Researchers have found a new way to measure dark energy – the mysterious force that makes up more than two-thirds of the universe and is responsible for its accelerating expansion…
Category: Space
Putting the Universe to the Test
New computer simulation of the universe as a promising multitool. Comparison of the distributions of neutrinos (top) and dark matter (bottom), based on an observer positioned in the middle of…
US Department of Justice sues SpaceX for hiring discrimination
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) is suing SpaceX, alleging that the company discriminated against job applicants who are refugees or asylum recipients. The lawsuit claims that, from September 2018…
NASA and SpaceX re-attempt launch of four crew to ISS
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on top is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.…
Wreckage of Russian warlord’s plane spotted from space (photo)
A satellite has spotted the wreckage of the plane that went down in northwestern Russia on Wednesday (Aug. 23), apparently with Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin on board. The plane, an…
Satellite built as low-cost way to reduce space junk reenters atmosphere years early
SBUDNIC, a bread-loaf-sized cube satellite with a drag sail made from Kapton polyimide film, designed and built by students at Brown reentered Earth’s atmosphere five years ahead of schedule. Image…
Long wait nearly over for Psyche asteroid probe’s Space Coast launch
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Just off a tree-covered side road past businesses selling boats and fishing gear sits a fenced-off building that’s home to a $700 million satellite nearly ready…
Mysterious Origin of Magnetars, Dead Stars
Magnetars are the strongest magnets in the Universe. These super-dense dead stars with ultra-strong magnetic fields can be found all over our galaxy but astronomers don’t know exactly how they…
India’s historic cut-price Moon mission set for touchdown
An Indian Space Research Organisation rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lifts off on July 14, 2023. India readied Wednesday to become the first nation to land a spacecraft on the…
Clearspace-1 space debris cleanup target struck by space debris
The target for a space debris cleanup mission is apparently in pieces. A leftover rocket adapter, expected to be removed from low Earth orbit in 2026, has new pieces of…
