Houston, we… are not in Kansas anymore. “The Wizard of Oz” and space exploration are two topics that by all rights should have nothing in common. But with the 1939…
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New DESI data shed light on gravity’s pull in the universe
DESI observes the sky from the Mayall Telescope, shown here during the 2023 Geminid meteor shower. Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks Gravity has shaped our cosmos. Its attractive influence turned tiny differences…
SabersPro Luke lightsaber review: “A premium, supersaver saber for duellists”
The Luke lightsaber from SabersPro’s Character Sabers collection is inspired by the younger Skywalker’s second lightsaber, featured in Return of the Jedi. Need we remind you that his original hand-me-down…
How we’ll land large payloads on the Red Planet
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Back in 2007, I talked with Rob Manning, engineer extraordinaire at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and he told me something shocking. Even though he had successfully…
Rocket startup ABL Space Systems ends orbital launch plans, pivots to missile defense
ABL Space Systems is dropping plans to compete in the launch market and is switching its focus to missile programs for U.S. national defense. ABL, founded in 2017, had attempted…
SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites from California early Nov. 18
SpaceX is set to launch 20 more of its Starlink internet satellites from California early Monday morning (Nov. 18). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with…
A new way to detect daisy worlds
Daisy Worlds are planets where the biosphere regulates the environment to keep it habitable. Earth is one, sort of. Can we use information theory to identify agnostic biosignatures from these…
Last supermoon of 2024 wows skywatchers around the world with Full Beaver Moon (photos)
The final supermoon of 2024, the Beaver Moon of November, thrilled skywatchers around the world as it ushered in the weekend with a stunning night sky sight. November’s full moon…
Trump and Musk could redefine US space strategy
Donald Trump’s fascination with space is nothing new — during his first term he created Space Force and launched the Artemis program to return to the moon. Should NASA return…
The ISS has been leaking for 5 years. NASA and Russia disagree on how to fix it
NASA and the Russian space agency are not in agreement about the risk an ongoing leak poses to the space station, a U.S. advisory committee said. NASA and Roscosmos also…
