NASA Saw an Interstellar Comet From a Viewpoint No One Expected

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has recorded important new observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using its Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS). In July, 3I/ATLAS ...

Flaring black hole whips up ultra-fast winds

Leading X-ray space telescopes XMM-Newton and XRISM have spotted a never-seen-before blast from a supermassive black hole. In ...

Astronomers Finally See What Really Happens During Stellar Nova Explosions

Using Georgia State’s CHARA Array, an international team of scientists has uncovered unexpected complexity in how stars ...

Why the world’s 1st hydrogen-powered hypersonic jet could have such an insane top speed

The world's first hydrogen-fueled hypersonic jet may be able to reach a simply astounding speed of 12 times the speed of ...

A dance of galaxies: JWST captures interacting dwarf galaxies

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured two nearby dwarf galaxies interacting with each other in this image released on ...
The National Interest

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Plane Just Made Its First Flight

The X-59 is designed to transform the sonic boom associated with supersonic flight into a “sonic thump”—making it feasible to fly over populated areas. NASA’s new X-59 experimental jet flew for the ...
RealClearScience

Watch NASA X-59's Historic First Flight

(via NASA) NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, departing from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, ...
Reuters

NASA reduces flights on Boeing's Starliner after botched astronaut mission

NASA reduces Starliner flights from six to four Starliner will fly up to three astronaut flights Contract changes follow Starliner's bumpy development Nov 24 (Reuters) - NASA on Monday slashed the ...
Flightglobal

NASA reveals details of X-59’s first flight, describes programme as ‘validation’

NASA has revealed more detail about the recent first flight of its X-59 Quesst supersonic demonstrator jet, a milestone the agency describes as demonstrating its continued ability to manage ...
autoevolution

NASA Spills All the Beans on Skunk Works X-59 Experimental Aircraft's First Flight

At the end of October 2025, when the government shutdown was beginning to get serious, American space agency NASA conducted the first flight of the X-59 experimental supersonic aircraft. It was a ...
Gizmodo

SpaceX to Tell NASA the Moon Will Have to Wait

SpaceX has fallen behind in developing a crewed lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis 3 mission, prompting the agency to reopen the contract to other providers. The added pressure has pushed SpaceX to ...
BGR

NASA's X-59 Supersonic Jet Broke The Sound Barrier On Its First Test Flight

The "quiet" supersonic aircraft developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin has completed its first flight in California. Dubbed the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft, or Quesst, it is a sleek ...