Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Over 100 space researchers signed a letter urging the federal government to perform an environmental review before allowing SpaceX to continue launching thousands of satellites for…
Category: Planetary Science
Innovative model offers new way for astronomers to analyze powerful space explosions
The explosion of a massive star leads to the expulsion of its envelope, and this “ejecta” expands outward with time and interacts with the medium surrounding the star at the…
China says it’s ready to launch the next crew to its orbiting space station early Wednesday
The launch pad for the Shenzhou-19 mission, left, is seen during day break at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Ng…
Red rocks with green spots at ‘Serpentine Rapids’
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image, a nighttime mosaic of the Malgosa Crest abrasion patch at “Serpentine Rapids,” using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the…
Boeing exploring sale of space business: report
The statements came after Boeing reported a whopping $6.2 billion loss. Boeing is exploring a possible sale of its space business as its new CEO seeks to improve the embattled…
NASA astronaut hospitalized after return from ISS
The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after splashdown off the coast of Florida on October 25, 2024. A NASA astronaut who just returned from the International Space Station has been…
Ion engines could take us to the solar gravitational lens in less than 13 years, suggests paper
Ion thruster. Credit: NASA Sending an object to another star is still the stuff of science fiction. But some concrete missions could get us at least part way there. These…
Discovery of carbon-storing molecules in a distant interstellar cloud may shed light on how our own solar system formed
The Taurus Molecular Cloud, in which TMC-1 is located, appears in the top portion of the image as a dark cloud blocking the light from the background stars as seen…
Weather clears for SpaceX Crew-8 to head home to Florida
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The four members of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission climbed on board the Crew Dragon Endeavour on Wednesday to prepare for their return trip to Earth from…
China’s ‘Thousand Sails’ joins Starlink as the latest mega-satellite constellation in orbit
The first batch of Thousand Sails satellites head to orbit. Credit: CNSA With “Thousand Sails,” China joins the race to fill up Low Earth Orbit with mega-satellite constellations. It’s getting…
