Orbital launches from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, 1966-2025 Huge drop of orbital launches from Plesetsk Cosmodrome after the 1990s. https://t.co/3Xa0CRrURN

Close-up photo of the Sun’s surface

A great shot of Energia 6SL lifting off from Baikonur's Universal Test Stand and Launch Complex (UKSS) carrying the Polyus spacecraft.

Number of orbital launches by China, 1957-2025 A new record in 2025, 93 orbital attempts. Details: https://t.co/x7lAU6pel1 Other countries: https://t.co/PPiRmaXLoI

On Feb. 28 a rare planetary alignment will happen. Six planets line up across the evening sky.

Number of orbital launches by the US, 1957-2025 A new record in 2025, 193 orbital attempts, mostly done by @SpaceX with Falcon 9. Details: https://t.co/yuSFDVFGBw Other countries: https://t.co/PPiRmaXLoI

A plot of all objects in the Universe

The US planning a lunar nuclear reactor by 2030

Apollo vs Artemis, how do they compare? Apollo was made with the goal of landing the first person on the moon. Artemis was made with the goal to return to the moon and stay permanently, and with the help of many commercial partners , it will do just that.

Most launched orbital rockets in 2025 Details: https://t.co/wRiHU30FEr

Orbital launches by country / organization in 2025. More details: https://t.co/wRiHU307OT

Orbital launches by year. New record in 2025: 324 launches. @SpaceX alone launched 165 Falcon 9 rockets which is more than half of the orbital launches worldwide. Decline of Russia continues, China with significant increase. Source and details: https://t.co/wRiHU30FEr

2025 launch stats finalized: Total: 324 confirmed orbital launch attempts (new record), 315 success, 9 failure By countries: USA 193 launches, China 93, Russia 17, Others less than 10 More details: https://t.co/wRiHU30FEr

Mars and Titan Comparison

Jupiter’s South Pole, taken by NASA’s Cassini

New impact crater on Mars This image shows a new impact crater that formed between July and September 2018. It's notable because it occurred in the seasonal southern ice cap, and has apparently punched through it, creating a two-toned blast pattern.

JWST has broken its own record and captured the earliest supernova discovered till date - when the Universe was only 730 million years old

I have been neglecting Uranus system for a long time now. So I decided to change that. Here's Uranus and Miranda visible above the canyons of Ariel.

The danger of large habitats in space like Starship: it's possible to get stuck floating if you can't touch anything to push off of. Video of an experiment done on ISS back in 2008.

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft, in orbit around Mars, experienced a loss of signal with ground stations on Earth https://t.co/2MUhN4XwrX