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James Webb Space Telescope Brings Details Of Nearby 'Super-Earth' Into Focus

staff@jalopnik.com (Nicholas Werner) — Thu, 07 May 2026 19:25:00 +0000

This one telescope is enabling us to deduce not just the chemical and mineral compositions of distant worlds, but their terrain and features as well.

Artemis Astronauts Explain Why Nutella Tastes Different In Space (And So Does Everything Else)

staff@jalopnik.com (Nicholas Werner) — Wed, 06 May 2026 14:25:00 +0000

It's a brave new world for spread science.

FAA Will Begin Making Space Rockets Pay Tolls

staff@jalopnik.com (Nicholas Werner) — Mon, 04 May 2026 20:05:00 +0000

One can only hope that he will build a giant toll barrier in the sky, at which the rocket will have to stop and deposit some change before heading to the stars.

We're Launching So Much Stuff At The Moon That We're Littering It With Space Junk Now

staff@jalopnik.com (Nicholas Werner) — Sun, 03 May 2026 22:25:00 +0000

The upper stage of a rocket used to launch a lunar lander mission now heading towards the moon, and it's going to crash there at 5,400 miles per hour.

Meta Will Harvest Sunlight With Satellites To Keep Its AI Data Centers On Earth Going At Night

staff@jalopnik.com (Nicholas Werner) — Sat, 02 May 2026 03:25:00 +0000

Meta has partnered with Overview Energy, with the claim that 1 GW of energy could be sent to existing solar farms on earth by 2030, even when it's dark out.

NASA Completes The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, Ahead Of Schedule And Under-Budget

staff@jalopnik.com (Nicholas Werner) — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:25:00 +0000

Our understanding of our universe will grow in bounds and, very likely, change forever.

Is Somebody Hunting America's Aerospace Engineers And Scientists?

staff@jalopnik.com (Nicholas Werner) — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:07:19 +0000

It's hard to see how all of these cohere into some sort of grand design, or what the purpose of that design might be.

Even SpaceX Doesn't Believe SpaceX's Hype About Space AI And Moon Cities

staff@jalopnik.com (Nicholas Werner) — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:23:36 +0000

Remember those halcyon days when SpaceX believed it was on the cusp of transforming humanity?

Blue Origin Put Satellite Into Wrong Orbit In Bungled Launch

staff@jalopnik.com (Ryan Erik King) — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:56:19 +0000

Jeff Bezos' space company had one job and failed spectacularly.

How Goodyear Developed Tires For The Moon

staff@jalopnik.com (Nico DeMattia) — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:05:00 +0000

You can't take tires off a car and expect them to work on the moon. In fact, the tires Goodyear developed for 1970s moon missions were quite different.

Global Starlink Outage Tanked U.S. Navy Drone Boat Test

staff@jalopnik.com (Ryan Erik King) — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:32:00 +0000

The incident highlights how reliance on a single system could threaten our military capabilities, especially when that system could be shut down by Elon Musk.

Visitors From Outer Space (NASA's Artemis II Astronauts) Splash Down Off The Coast Of San Diego

staff@jalopnik.com (Nicholas Werner) — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:23:21 +0000

Coming home is never easy after a long trip, but it's a lot harder when you're traveling around Mach 35.

SpaceX Starship Engine Test Is Successful In Every Way, Except For All Of The Exploding

staff@jalopnik.com (Nicholas Werner) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:34:57 +0000

Part of testing is pushing components way past their limits, so it's entirely possible that the team predicted a fiery end.

New 'Earthset' Photo Gives Earthlings A Unique Glimpse At Our Own Home

staff@jalopnik.com (Justin Hughes) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:37:18 +0000

We need some positivity right now, and Artemis II is delivering, not just to the U.S. but to the entire world.

NASA's Artemis II Crew Send Stunning Pictures Of Earth Back To Earth

staff@jalopnik.com (Nicholas Werner) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:03:12 +0000

May you be grateful that you yourself are looking at a screen right now, instead of being subjected to such powerful cosmic wonder.

As Artemis II Heads To The Moon, We Look Back At The Rovers That Made Lunar Exploration Possible

staff@jalopnik.com (Ryan Erik King) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:51:41 +0000

Apollo's legacy is still visible in the tire tracks etched along the lunar surface.

Artemis II Crew Faces First SNAFU In Space: A Broken Toilet

staff@jalopnik.com (Ryan Erik King) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:11:45 +0000

The system itself is so loud that astronauts have to wear hearing protection when they use it.

SpaceX, Earth's Most Valuable Private Company And Owner Of xAI And X, Files For IPO

staff@jalopnik.com (Nicholas Werner) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:16:44 +0000

Why might Musk be considering this now? Currently, Musk's net worth at $822 billion, but you know... big, round numbers are really nice.

Astronauts Are On Their Way To The Moon For The First Time In 50 Years After Successful Launch Of NASA's Artemis II

staff@jalopnik.com (Nicholas Werner) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:09:43 +0000

Apollo was one of the 20th century's greatest triumphs; Artemis is just starting to see how much farther it can go.

Starlink Satellite Explodes In Orbit, Yet Another Moment Of SpaceX Engineering Excellence

staff@jalopnik.com (Ryan Erik King) — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:30:36 +0000

There are roughly 10,000 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit, over a third of all the tracked objects in that part of space.