Category: Planetary Science
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…
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…
Trump orders space regulations eased in win for Musk
Elon Musk was an advisor to Donald Trump until the pair had a dramatic, public falling out. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday easing regulations for the…
Scientists use Earth’s shadow to hunt for alien probes
333 seconds-exposure containing 19 or more streaks due to Starlink satellites. Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/DECam DELVE Survey For decades, astronomers have searched for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence using radio telescopes and optical…
Astronomers spot the ‘Eye of Sauron’ in deep space
The “Eye of Sauron”: plasma jet in the blazar PKS 1424+240, threaded by a nearly perfect toroidal magnetic field. High-energy gamma rays and neutrinos are strongly beamed toward Earth, even…
On its fifth try, SpaceX manages launch of competitor Amazon’s satellites
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX was not one of Amazon’s original choices to fly its Project Kuiper broadband internet satellites, but Elon Musk’s company just knocked out its second launch…
Astronauts return to Earth with SpaceX after 5 months at the International Space Station
In this image provided by NASA, SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts, parachutes into the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. Credit: Keegan Barber/NASA via…
