5 galaxies in perfect alignment challenge our best model of the universe (Image Credit: Space.com) Astronomers have discovered a group of dwarf galaxies that are unusually aligned in a near-straight line, with most of them rotating in the same direction. These peculiar features challenge predictions made by the prevailing cold dark matter […]
Near Space Labs launches fleet of AI-powered balloon robots to track Earth climate risks (Image Credit: Space.com) Near Space Labs, a New York-based startup, has deployed a network of high-altitude balloons equipped with advanced robotic cameras to capture high-resolution images of disaster-prone neighborhoods across the United States. With this enhanced imagery, the […]
Goodnight moon! Astronomers snap photo of Earth’s departing mini-moon (Image Credit: Space.com) A temporary mini-moon snared by Earth’s gravity for nearly two months before departing back into the solar system can be seen in a new image from the Two-Meter Twin Telescope in Spain. The near-Earth asteroid (NEO) 2024 PT5 was snared […]
China’s Tianzhou 7 spacecraft burns up in Earth’s atmosphere to end cargo mission (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) China has deorbited a cargo spacecraft that earlier this year delivered supplies to the country’s space station. That freighter, called Tianzhou 7, launched on a Long March 7 rocket from the Wenchang spaceport on Jan. […]
Astronaut catches Dextre space robot ‘busting a move’ outside ISS — for science (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) A space robot was just caught in action during a science experiment, high above Earth. NASA astronaut Don Pettit took a short video of a Canadian handy-robot on the International Space Station (ISS). The long-running […]
NASA’s Voyager 1 Finally Phones Home After Worrying Communications Glitch (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) After some quiet time, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is back in action. NASA’s iconic mission has resumed its regular operations following a month-long pause in communication. In late October, Voyager 1 suddenly turned off one of its radio transmitters, […]
How China plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2030 (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) China’s human spaceflight agency has released a video detailing its plans for a first crewed mission to the moon, including progress on lunar hardware. The promotional video, published by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Nov. […]
Powerful new Vulcan Centaur rocket gearing up for 1st Space Force mission (Image Credit: Space.com) In late 2024 or early 2025, United Launch Alliance (ULA)’s Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly its first of more than two dozen U.S. Space Force missions allocated under a national security space launch contract. “It’s incredibly exciting,” […]
NASA plane swooped over the Arctic. It detected a buried military base. (Image Credit: Mashable) The U.S. Army chose frigid, remote Greenland for a secretive Cold War project code-named “Iceworm.” Years later, NASA detected the project’s buried base, called Camp Century, deep beneath the accumulating ice. A space agency research plane swooped […]
SpaceX launches 24 more Starlink satellites from Florida (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX just launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday (Nov. 26) at 11:41 p.m. EST (0441 GMT on […]
