SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink internet satellites from Florida this evening (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast this evening (Oct. 26). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today […]
Before and after satellite images show lakes appearing across Sahara after deluge of rain soaks desert (Image Credit: Space.com) Lakes have appeared in the Sahara after a cyclone brought a deluge of rain to northern Africa that drenched swathes of the largest hot desert on Earth, satellite images show. An extratropical cyclone hit parts of […]
SpaceX launches 22 Starlink internet satellites from Florida (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday evening (Oct. 26). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:47 p.m. EDT (2147 GMT). The first […]
Rocket Launch Threatened by Sliced Cheese Stuck on Leg (Image Credit: futurism-com) “Yes, it was indeed gruyère, and it almost caused a disaster!” Crisis Averted During an important rocket test, some students decided to strap some cheese onto one of the craft’s landing legs — and got a crucial lesson in physics. As Interesting Engineering reports, […]
Crew-8 astronauts splash down on SpaceX Dragon Endeavour after weather delays (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] Four space station crewmates are safely back on Earth after an extended mission and a long wait for the weather to cooperate. SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps all with NASA and Roscosmos cosmonaut […]
Massive, bustling Perseus galaxy cluster dazzles in new telescope image (Image Credit: Space.com) This scene of cosmic chaos shows a section of the immense Perseus galaxy cluster, revealing several giant elliptical galaxies, a dusty spiral whose arms are fading, and several edge-on galaxies, some of which appear to be experiencing interactions or mergers with their […]
Listen to haunting sounds of Earth’s magnetic field flipping 41,000 years ago in eerie new animation (Image Credit: Space.com) A captivating new video shows how Earth’s magnetic field went haywire and almost completely disappeared during our planet’s most recent “polar reversal event,” around 41,000 years ago. A haunting soundscape of “alien-like” creaking sounds emphasizes the […]
A meteorite 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing asteroid helped life on Earth flourish (Image Credit: Space.com) There is probably no better example of the destructive power of space rocks upon our planet than the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs along with three-quarters of Earth’s plant and animal species around 66 million years ago. Now, […]
NASA’s solar-sailing spacecraft has a bent boom in Earth orbit (photo) (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA’s technology-demonstrating Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) has a bent boom in Earth orbit, a newly released photo shows. The ACS3 spacecraft launched April 23 to test key aspects of solar sailing, a next-gen propulsion strategy NASA thinks could greatly […]
NASA Astronaut Hospitalized Immediately After Returning to Earth (Image Credit: futurism-com) Mysterious Circumstances After landing back on Earth, a NASA astronaut was taken to the hospital for an unidentified health issue — and there’s still a lot we don’t know about the situation. In an update, NASA said that all four members of SpaceX’s Crew-8 […]
