Congressional hearings on UAP have become increasingly prominent since 2023. Some testimony has been credible and specific. Some has not. Separating the two requires knowing what to look for.
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office has released two annual reports to Congress. They are worth reading carefully. They are not what either believers or skeptics want them to be.
NASA's Europa Clipper launched in October 2024, beginning a six-year journey to Jupiter's ice moon Europa. The mission is the most direct search for conditions suitable for extraterrestrial life ever sent to the outer solar system.
SpaceX's fourth integrated flight test of Starship marked the first time both stages returned and survived reentry. It was not a complete success, but it was the most important one yet.
The James Webb Space Telescope completed its first full year of science operations with results that genuinely surprised the astronomers who built it. Some findings revised existing models. Others created new puzzles.
Starlink passed 4 million subscribers in 2024 and is generating over $6 billion in annualized revenue. After years of being described as a moon shot, it is beginning to look like a business.
Europa Clipper crosses the asteroid belt. Axiom Space prepares for its fourth ISS mission. The Dragonfly Titan drone passes its critical design review. China announces a second crewed lunar mission. What you need to know.
Jupiter's ice moon Europa has a subsurface ocean, a rocky seafloor, and an energy source that has kept water liquid for billions of years. This is a serious scientific argument, not wishful thinking.
Launch costs have fallen by roughly 90 percent in the last decade. That change is democratizing access to orbit in ways that are reshaping every other space industry, from Earth observation to communications to scientific missions.
Curious people who find space fascinating but do not have aerospace engineering degrees. The reader who wants to understand why a Starship test flight matters, what Europa Clipper is actually looking for, or why fast radio bursts are so strange. Sagan-era wonder applied to the news cycle.
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