SpaceX lofted three telecom satellites to orbit today (Sept. 13) on a milestone mission for the company. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station…
Category: Astronomy
On this day in space! NASA astronaut Mae Jemison makes history as the 1st Black woman in space
On Sept. 12, 1992, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to go to space. In NASA’s early days, women and people of color were never selected…
Rocket Lab protests NASA’s decision to award Blue Origin $700 million Mars orbiter contract
Rocket Lab still holds out hope that it can build NASA’s next Mars orbiter. The agency picked Blue Origin for that job earlier this month, awarding Jeff Bezos‘ spaceflight company…
The Summer Triangle — 3 stars, 1 seasonal mystery
On clear September evenings, I often find myself looking up just after dusk, expecting the sky to feel a little less like summer. Yet there, still commanding the overhead darkness,…
This ‘impossible’ black hole merger may be explained by a warp in spacetime
A “forbidden” merger between two massive black holes may not have been quite as impossible as previously thought. That’s according to new research that suggests the black holes involved were…
Did Venus eat its own moon?
Scientists may finally know why Venus, Earth’s twin, lacks a moon, finding that the hottest planet in the solar system may have consumed its own natural satellite. Venus is often…
‘The Last Starship’ is 2026’s most slept-on space game — you need to check out this ‘FTL’-like shipbuilding strategy gem
I’m a pretty thrifty guy; no one will ever accuse me of being a hoarder or a bulk shopper. You won’t ever see me at a Costco lugging around 48-count…
On this day in space! Sept. 6, 1947: The US Navy launches 1st V-2 rocket at sea in ballistic missile test
On Sept. 6, 1947, a rocket launched from an aircraft carrier for the first time. The V-2 rocket was captured from a German manufacturing site by the Allied forces at…
Venus is disappearing from the evening sky — here’s how to see it while you can
Soon, the sky’s most glamorous evening performer will take its leave. Since late March, Venus has been the unmistakable “Evening Star,” gleaming shortly after sunset and stealing attention from nearly…
Scientists detect signals of hydrogen from billions of years ago. Could this help us map out the universe?
Astronomers have used the MeerKAT radio telescope to detect hydrogen gas billions of light-years away from us — from a period when the cosmos was billions of years younger than…
