Students gather to watch a solar eclipse from the CU Boulder campus in 2017. Credit: Glenn Asakawa/CU Boulder At about 10:30 a.m. Mountain Time on Saturday, Oct. 14, the moon…
Category: Planetary Science
Inside the long battle to maintain the spot where we found our place in the universe
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Los Angeles was once the best place in the world to see the universe. The most important things we know about the cosmos were discovered in…
Spain’s first private rocket successfully lifts off
A Spanish company launched the country’s first private rocket. A Spanish company launched the country’s first private rocket on Saturday in a step towards bringing Spain into the exclusive club…
Virgin Galactic carries first Pakistani into space
Namira Salim during a press conference in Islamabad in 2006. Adventurer Namira Salim became the first Pakistani to travel into space on Friday, riding aboard Virgin Galactic’s fifth successful flight…
Hubble captures starry Cetus constellation galaxy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, ESA, R. Chandar (University of Toledo), and J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) New and old stars alike twinkle…
Space needs better ‘parking spots’ to stay usable, and an engineer is finding them
“Space is a common resource for humanity,” says David Arnas, a Purdue professor whose research is pointing out more sustainable ways to organize satellites in space. Credit: Purdue University photo/John…
Estonia’s next satellite, largely built by undergrad students, to fly aboard Vega VV23
ESTCube-2 being carried into vibration testing. The CubeSat was tested against harsh launch vibrations at Stoneridge Electronics in Estonia. More specifically, the satellite undergoes a Quasi-Static Load, Sine and Random…
US TV provider given first-ever space debris fine
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain US authorities have issued a “breakthrough” first-ever fine over space debris, officials said Monday, slapping a $150,000 penalty on a TV company that failed to properly…
