Science & Exploration 06/02/2023 4835 views 68 likes A previously unknown 100–200-metre asteroid — roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum — has been detected by an international team of European […]
The Earth with the upper mantle revealed. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a previously unknown layer of partly molten rock in a key region just […]
Astronomers from an international team have used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal, for the first time, the exact location of the source powering colliding galaxies. Curiously, this source […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. defense contractor CACI International announced Feb. 6 it signed an agreement with the U.S. Army to collaborate on the development of space sensors and payloads for positioning, […]
We could be just a month away from the first-ever Starship orbital launch attempt. SpaceX will try to send its huge Starship rocket to Earth orbit for the first time […]
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket will […]
Webb is fully operational again, Rolls-Royce is building a nuclear reactor for the Moon, and the space debris worst-case scenario almost happened. James Webb is Back Last week was tough […]
Space Safety 01/02/2023 28587 views 206 likes In brief Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) today makes its closest approach to Earth before likely leaving our Solar System forever. At billions of […]
The brainwaves experiment set up in the Adaptive Brain Lab, led by Prof Zoe Kourtzi, in the University of Cambridge’s Department of Psychology. Credit: University of Cambridge First study to […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Some 540 million years ago, diverse life forms suddenly began to emerge from the muddy ocean floors of planet Earth. This period is known as the […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. and Indian officials agreed this week to expand civil space cooperation, including training Indian astronauts and flying payloads on commercial lunar landers. In meetings this week in […]
Gamers champing at the bit to play the upcoming “Star Wars Jedi: Survivor” video game next month will have to wait a bit longer, as the development team recently shared […]
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The seven-person crew of the space shuttle Columbia in orbit during their 16-day science mission. From left to right (in red): Kalpana Chawla, […]
A team of astronomers have used a model of earthquakes to understand glitches in the timing of pulsars. Their results suggest that pulsars may have interiors that are far stranger […]
Science & Exploration 03/02/2023 2927 views 62 likes As humankind’s technology becomes more advanced, and the possibilities for human space travel are realised, it is important to think about what […]
Part of the setup for creating medium-density amorphous ice. Credit: Christoph Salzmann Researchers at University College London and the University of Cambridge have discovered a new type of ice that […]
This photo made available by NASA shows the planet Jupiter, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, on June 27, 2019. On Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, scientists said they have discovered […]
WASHINGTON — The White House on Feb. 3 announced the appointment of new members to President Biden’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Among the newly selected members of the NSTAC […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket notched its 200th successful orbital mission on Thursday (Feb. 2), and the company marked the milestone by sharing some stunning photos of the spaceflight action. A […]
Astronaut Koichi Wakata, in foreground at right, works on the space station’s truss during a spacewalk Thursday. Astronaut Nicole Mann is visible in the background at left. Credit: NASA TV […]
Kilonovae are extraordinarily rare. Astronomers think there are only about 10 of them in the Milky Way. But they’re extraordinarily powerful and produce heavy elements like uranium, thorium, and gold. […]
A snapshot of the Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is the most recent Picture of the Week from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The Tarantula Nebula is a large star-forming region […]
By NASA February 2, 2023 Spacewalkers Koichi Wakata (top) and Nicole Mann (bottom) work on the starboard truss structure to upgrade the space station’s power generation system. Credit: NASA NASA […]
Artist’s impression of Kepler-16b, the first planet known to definitively orbit two stars – what’s called a circumbinary planet. The planet, which can be seen in the foreground, was discovered […]
HELSINKI — China is to construct new ground station facilities to its Zhongshan research base in Antarctica to support satellite data acquisition. Official space industry newspaper China Space News reported […]
ISS US EVA 85 – IROSA 1A Channel TroubleshootingAstronauts will troubleshoot the lower strut and attempt to reinstall the mid strut.Afterwards, they will route power cables, shuffle APFRs and tie […]
If you’re looking for a telescope that offers an easy-to-use and fun stargazing experience with clear views, then a $127 saving on the Celestron NexStar 5SE could be just what […]
“Our action will allow SpaceX to begin deployment of Gen2 Starlink, which will bring next generation satellite broadband to Americans nationwide, including those living and working in areas traditionally unserved […]
If you want to know where you are in space, you’d better bring along a map. But it’s a little more complicated than riding shotgun on a family road trip. […]
Science & Exploration 01/02/2023 587 views 38 likes ESA’s geology training course PANGAEA has come of age with the publication of a paper that describes the quest for designing the […]
Drinking only one cup of coffee a day was not associated with an increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease at any blood pressure level. Green tea did not increase […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Before summer, 14 more humans could launch from U.S. soil as SpaceX has three missions set to lift off from Kennedy Space Center on Crew Dragons […]
WASHINGTON — Axiom Space says the customers for its upcoming private astronaut missions to the International Space Station are dominated by governments rather than individuals. In a call with reporters […]
<snip>Many thanks for this. That indicates that they spotted the first and second prototypes even before June 1970.<snip> The report on “BACKFIRE PRODUCTION FROM 1969 TO MID-1983, USSR” states that […]
The first NASA astronauts to launch on board a commercial spacecraft have been presented with the United States’ highest honor reserved for spaceflight veterans. Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Credit: Brian Sandoval / Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday from California’s […]
The asteroids in our Solar System are survivors. They’ve withstood billions of years of collisions. The surviving asteroids are divided into two groups: monolithic asteroids, which are intact chunks of […]
Science & Exploration 31/01/2023 1087 views 55 likes Mars displays fascinating geology everywhere you look – and nowhere is this more true than in the fractured, wrinkled ground seen in this […]
A comparison of cortical thickness between the brains of obese patients to those with Alzheimer’s disease. Darker colors indicate similarities in cortical thickness between the two groups. Credit: Filip Morys […]
Larger than the average bear: there’s a 2-kilometer-wide bear’s face on the surface of Mars, space scientists say. Yogi, Paddington and Winnie the Pooh, move over. There’s a new bear […]
SAN FRANCISCO — LeoLabs announced the commissioning Jan. 30 of its West Australian Space Radar to improve tracking of satellites and debris in low-Earth orbit. LeoLabs tracks more than 20,000 […]
A Lego fan got an early start on launching a new rocket line. Jackson Armstrong, who enjoys photographing rocket launches and building Lego models, rendered his own version of United […]
It is an exciting time for astronomers and cosmologists. Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have been treated to the most vivid and detailed images of the Universe […]
The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes centre stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which has also captured a smaller companion star in the upper […]
Artist’s concept of NASA’s Lucy spacecraft at an asteroid. Credit: NASA NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will add another asteroid encounter to its 4-billion-mile journey. On November 1, 2023, Lucy will get […]
Columbia (pictured in December 2002 during preparations for what would turn out to be its final mission) was the oldest shuttle to fly in orbit. America may now be aiming […]
WASHINGTON — NASA officials met last week to review its overall exploration architecture, although it was unclear exactly what they agreed to and when they will make it public. Agency […]
To be fair John, your attempts to address Rons point about the intermediate axis theorem were oblique at best, and at this point Im still not 100% sure you actually […]
Scientists studying the surface of Mars recently found a piece of the rocky planet smiling back at them. In an image shared Jan. 25 by The University of Arizona (UA), […]
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket fires away from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida with two U.S. Space Force satellites. Credit: SpaceX A U.S. military data relay satellite and […]
In a recent paper submitted to The Astronomical Journal in November 2022, a scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne quantifies how the Earth has not heard a […]
Agency 27/01/2023 4543 views 107 likes We’ve just made it easier to use the ESA brand to create merchandise or materials for events. If you are interested in producing and […]
New research has found that the light emitted by stars outside our galaxy is significantly brighter than previously thought. Scientists at RIT lead a study utilizing data collected by LORRI […]
This image taken from video provided by the NAOJ & Asahi Shimbun, shows spiral swirling through the night sky from Mauna Kea, Hawaii’s tallest mountain. Researchers believe it shows the […]
WASHINGTON — The Commerce Department has outlined the services it proposes to offer free of charge to satellite operators from the space traffic management system it is developing. In a […]
Also, to address your earlier point Ron, I dont really see why having multiple space stations flying in formation – and having one dock to Starship and transfer people over […]
An Independence Day ceremony will bring a little more space to a presidential museum. A statue of former NASA astronaut Sally Ride will be unveiled July 4 outside the Ronald […]
Three small satellites for the U.S. company HawkEye 360 are awaiting liftoff on Rocket Lab’s first mission from U.S. soil. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab is set to fill up […]
Detecting exoplanets was frontier science not long ago. But now we’ve found over 5,000 of them, and we expect to find them around almost every star. The next step is […]
An iceberg around the size of Greater London broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf due to a natural process called ‘calving’. The iceberg, measuring 1550 sq km, detached from the […]
Cinnamon-colored black bears are a unique subspecies of the American black bear that are known for their distinctive reddish-brown coat. These bears can be found in parts of North America […]
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Bally, M. Robberto The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which has also […]
WASHINGTON — As NASA prepares to launch another commercial crew mission with a Russian cosmonaut on board, the agency says it has yet to work out an agreement with Roscosmos […]
NASA has funded a new set of visionary concepts for space exploration that could one day prove useful — and perhaps even transformative. The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program […]
“Our action will allow SpaceX to begin deployment of Gen2 Starlink, which will bring next generation satellite broadband to Americans nationwide, including those living and working in areas traditionally unserved […]
The JWST is having a problem. One of its instruments, the Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS,) has gone offline. The NIRISS performs spectroscopy on exoplanet atmospheres, among other […]
Applications 26/01/2023 962 views 27 likes An ambitious new development phase of ESA’s 5G/6G Hub has begun. The agency is extending the facility’s satellite-enabled communications technologies and pursuing new collaborations […]
Asteroid Itokawa. Credit: Curtin University Curtin University-led research into the durability and age of an ancient asteroid made of rocky rubble and dust, revealed significant findings that could contribute to […]
Fermi LAT image with bright, diffuse glow from the central plane of the Milky Way (map centre) and active galaxies as point-like sources. Many of the bright sources along the […]
Lamborn said areas of focus for the subcommittee include hypersonic weapons and DoD space programs WASHINGTON — Rep. Doug Lamborn, a Republican representing Colorado Springs, was named chairman of the […]
New tales of the Jedi keep coming. Restless Jedi Knight Cal Kestis is primed to bolt onto your video game console in March with Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm […]
Nine kerosene-fueled Rutherford engines power Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher off the launch pad Tuesday night at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: Rocket Lab / Trevor Mahlmann Rocket Lab’s first mission from […]
Humanity is in a back-and-forth relationship with nature. First, we thought we were at the center of everything, with the Sun and the entire cosmos rotating around our little planet. […]
Applications 25/01/2023 1322 views 42 likes Satellite imagery confirms an enormous iceberg, around five times the size of Malta, has finally calved from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. The new berg, […]
Example of the fractal structures in spin ice together with a famous example of a fractal (the Mandelbrot set), on top of a photograph of water ice. Credit: Jonathan N. […]
Dr. Hank Pernicka, a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of aerospace engineering and spacecraft design expert at Missouri S&T, says humans will likely not have the ability to visit planet TOI […]
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab performed its long-awaited first Electron launch from Virginia Jan. 24, placing three HawkEye 360 satellites into orbit. The Electron rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 2 […]
WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — The small satellite launch company Rocket Lab aced its debut liftoff from American soil on Tuesday (Jan. 24), paving the way for potential monthly flights from […]
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. The Electron rocket will […]
Today, multiple space agencies are investigating cutting-edge propulsion ideas that will allow for rapid transits to other bodies in the Solar System. These include NASA’s Nuclear-Thermal or Nuclear-Electric Propulsion (NTP/NEP) […]
Agency 24/01/2023 417 views 23 likes ESA has formed a formidable partnership with the EU to secure the future of Europe in space, developing Earth observation, navigation, secure connectivity and space […]
Listeria monocytogenes is a type of Listeria bacteria that can cause a serious and sometimes fatal infection known as listeriosis. This bacteria is found in a variety of foods, including […]
Asteroid Itokawa. Credit: Curtin University Curtin University-led research into the durability and age of an ancient asteroid made of rocky rubble and dust, revealed significant findings that could contribute to […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Charter Space, a London startup offering program management software for satellite missions, is the product of sheer frustration. While managing a satellite mission for Anchor Orbital, a […]
Bad weather has pushed Rocket Lab’s first-ever launch from U.S. soil back a day, to Tuesday (Jan. 24). Rocket Lab had been targeting Monday (Jan. 23) for its “Virginia Is […]
SpaceX launched 51 more Starlink satellites Jan. 19 on the first launch of the year from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s first launch of the year from […]
The Titan Dragonfly is coming together, NASA is considering a new kind of nuclear rocket, getting more warning for solar flares, and pinpointing carbon emissions from space. Titan Helicopter Starts […]
Applications 23/01/2023 3 views 1 likes Staying safe from cyberattacks that target vital services such as power supplies is increasingly important in today’s digital world. ESA is supporting European autonomy […]
It is important for individuals with heart failure to inform their healthcare team, including pharmacists, about any over-the-counter treatments or other therapies, such as herbal supplements or exercise programs, that […]
Rapidly growing light pollution — skyglow — is making it harder to see stars in the night sky with the naked eye. Light pollution is growing rapidly and in some […]
The company developed a satellite-based augmentation system that leverages both GPS and Europe’s Galileo WASHINGTON — The availability of a new GPS navigation signal for civilian users is creating market […]
A new lunar new year is hopping off to a great start and Google is marking the occasion with a series of Google doodles. The Lunar New Year 2023 began […]
Watch a replay of our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:24 a.m. EST (1224 GMT) on Jan. 18 from Space Launch […]
Sometimes it’s hard to remember that NASA also does atmospheric research too. While typically thought of as the province of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), America’s space agency […]
Science & Exploration 20/01/2023 4347 views 47 likes A commemorative plaque celebrating Galileo’s discovery of Jupiter’s moons has been unveiled on ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice. The spacecraft has […]
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, or Siddhartha Gautama, who lived in ancient India. One of the key principles of Buddhism is the […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Legendary Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to set foot on the Moon, said he had married his longtime girlfriend on Friday, his 93rd […]
TAMPA, Fla. — The satellite behind Europe’s next flagship space mission is ready to be sent to French Guiana for an April launch to explore three of Jupiter’s largest icy […]