Example of observations used in the study. Credit: Albany et al, JCAP, 2025 Example of observations used in the study. Credit: Albany et al, JCAP, 2025 Example of observations used…
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SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster will fly with fresh ‘grid fins’ photo of the day for Aug. 18, 2025
Recently, SpaceX posted photos on X of its redesigned grid fin for its Super Heavy rocket booster. What is it? Grid fins are lattice-style control surfaces that help steer rockets…
See a trio of spectacular star clusters brighten the summer sky in August 2025
Warm mid-August summer nights offer prime conditions for spotting three magnificent star clusters visible to northern-hemisphere skywatchers in the coming months. Star clusters are gravitationally bound groups of stars that…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 173 — The Return of the Malik
The Return of the Malik – The Wild Proposals on NASA’s Table – YouTube Watch On On Episode 173 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik…
After repeated explosions, new test for Musk’s megarocket
The massive Starship rocket launches on a test flight from SpaceX’s base in Texas. Elon Musk’s SpaceX announced Friday that its Starship megarocket is scheduled to blast off on a…
Stem cells cryopreserved in space produce healthy offspring
Stem cells from mice cryopreserved on the International Space Station for six months have produced healthy offspring. Credit: KyotoU / Shinohara lab Features of spaceflight such as gravitational changes and…
Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects.…
Astronauts launch space agriculture with seed pillows
A member of the space crop production team prepares materials for Veggie seed pillows inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA/Cory S Huston When…
