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A recent study from the University of Nottingham has unveiled groundbreaking research into fuel-free spacecraft propulsion systems, providing hope for more sustainable space exploration. The study, titled “Modeling and Numerical Optimization of Refractive Surface Patterns for Transmissive Solar Sails,” published in Acta Astronautica, explores a cutting-edge approach to spacecraft propulsion that doesn’t rely on traditional fuel-based methods. By harnessing sunlight …

Chinese astronauts added more debris shielding to the Tiangong space station during a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Friday (Aug. 15), according to state media. Two astronauts from the three-person Shenzhou 20 mission ventured outside Tiangong to do the spacewalk, which concluded Friday at 9:27 a.m. EDT (1447 UTC, or 10:47 p.m. in Beijing). It was at least the second effort for …

I recently attended the 40th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, an event that has ballooned from a niche government-industry gathering into a global spectacle that drew over 15,000 attendees in 2025 including entrepreneurs, policymakers and even Hollywood influencers. Ten years ago, in my 2015 op-ed penned after the Space 2.0 conference in Silicon Valley, I described the aerospace sector as …

At first, the dot looked like any other star. Then the astrophysicists switched to polarized light and found themselves looking at an entirely unexpected sight. “Everything else disappeared, even the bright central black hole, and only this little dot remained,” Elena Shablovinskaia, an astrophysicist at Universidad Diego Portales in Chile and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany, …

“We Saw the Future”: SpaceX Dragon Lands With 6,700 Pounds of Advanced Robots, Leaving Scientists Reeling From Daring Space Mission  Rude Baguette NASA’s SpaceX-33 Resupply Mission to Launch Research to Station  NASA (.gov) SpaceX Dragon Stuns World by Delivering 6,700 Lbs of Advanced Robots Back to Earth After Daring Futuristic Mission Beyond Imagination  Rude Baguette SpaceX Scheduled to Launch CRS-33 Mission to ISS …

On August 20, 2025, Russia will launch the Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite atop a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, marking a key step in studying the effects of spaceflight on living organisms. As reported by Space.com, the spacecraft will carry 75 mice, over 1,000 fruit flies, and other biological specimens for a 30-day mission in space, exposing …

The Milky Way and zodiacal light crisscross above the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. (Image credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Horálek (Institute of Physics in Opava)) QUICK FACTS What it is: The luminous band of the Milky Way and the faint glow of zodiacal light Where it is: Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, Chile When it was shared: Aug. 6, 2025 This stunning …

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Hundreds of unusually bright early galaxy candidates have been identified in deep-field images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. . | Credit: Bangzheng “Tom” Sun Hundreds of unexpectedly energetic objects have been discovered throughout the distant universe, possibly hinting that the cosmos was …

IN A NUTSHELL 🔭 Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope found a pattern in galaxy rotations, challenging previous beliefs. 🌀 Approximately 60% of the observed galaxies rotate clockwise, suggesting a possible cosmic order. 🌌 A bold hypothesis proposes that our universe might be inside a massive black hole, reshaping cosmic understanding. 🔍 Observational bias like the Doppler effect could …

A US military space plane, the X-37B orbital test vehicle, is due to embark on its eighth flight into space on August 21, 2025. Much of what the X-37B does in space is secret. But it serves partly as a platform for cutting-edge experiments. One of these experiments is a potential alternative to GPS that makes use of quantum science …