Space Exploration

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Astronaut on Mars using a purple plasma beam device to sterilize fabric, with Martian landscape in the background.

Plasma beam tech could revolutionize Mars laundry

A purple plasma beam reduced spore colonies on cotton fabric from 250,000 colonies per milliliter to about 60,000 in recent tests, according to New Scientist .

Aram Sarkisian·May 25, 2026

SpaceX Starship V3 rocket launching successfully into the sky above the Indian Ocean, deploying dummy satellites.

Earth & Environment

SpaceX Starship V3 rocket achieves first flight success

Standing 408 feet tall, SpaceX's Starship V3, the largest rocket ever built, successfully deployed 20 dummy satellites and splashed down in the Indian Ocean on its maiden flight.

David Grossman·May 24, 2026

Russian cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, with Earth visible below.

Cosmos & Space

NASA Broadcasts Roscosmos Spacewalk for ISS Operations

On Wednesday, May 27, NASA will broadcast live coverage of a spacewalk performed by Russian cosmonauts, a striking decision given its own astronauts, Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mike Barratt, were origin

David Grossman·May 23, 2026

Diverse artists collaborating under a starry sky, inspired by NASA's space missions, symbolizing the call for creative storytelling partnerships.

Cosmos & Space

NASA Seeks Partners for Mission Storytelling, From Moon to Mars

NASA, the agency renowned for its groundbreaking missions, is now asking filmmakers, poets, and musicians to tell its stories – but without offering any funding.

Marcus Cole·May 23, 2026