SpaceX to launch 24 more Starlink satellites from Florida tonight (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX plans to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast tonight (Nov. 26). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday […]
Scientists are updating chemistry models to track down life on icy moons (Image Credit: Space.com) Scientists are turning to chemical modeling to determine whether icy moons in our solar system have what it takes to host life — microbial life, that is. In general, chemistry models are crucial for understanding the conditions […]
‘Hidden black hole’ devouring curious star exposed by new X-ray space telescope (Image Credit: Space.com) Using the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), astronomers have taken a deep look into a fascinating binary system that is thought to contain a “hidden” black hole and a massive star blowing strong stellar winds. […]
‘Flame-throwing’ Guitar Nebula’s concert caught by Hubble and Chandra space telescopes (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA telescopes spotted a glowing nebula that looks like a guitar shredding rapid pulses of stellar material through space like sound waves through a packed concert stadium. The Guitar Nebula is located approximately 2,700 light-years from Earth. […]
Earth’s mini-moon has finally departed. Will it ever return as a ‘second moon?’ (Image Credit: Space.com) For the last few months Earth has had a “second moon,” albeit a much more diminutive one than our main lunar companion. Unlike the moon, this “mini-moon” was never expected to stick around. The mini-moon is […]
ISS astronauts open hatch to Russian spacecraft after strange smell delays cargo delivery (Image Credit: Space.com) A Russian spacecraft is finally open to the space station after its cargo delivery was delayed by an unusual smell. A robotic Progress spacecraft docked at the International Space Station as planned on Saturday (Nov. 23) […]
New Japanese rocket engine explodes during testing for 2nd time in 16 months (Image Credit: Space.com) A test of an engine for Japan’s upcoming Epsilon rocket ended in an explosion on Tuesday (Nov. 26), the second time in less than two years that this engine has met an untimely end during testing. […]
Japan’s Epsilon S Rocket Test Ends in Fiery Explosion, Marking Another Big Setback (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Japan’s space agency, JAXA, had to abort an engine test for its Epsilon S rocket after it burst into flames. This marks the second explosion involving the solid-fuel rocket, further delaying its debut as JAXA works […]
Is Mercury in retrograde? Yes, but there’s a catch. (Image Credit: Mashable) Mercury is a little-known, still mysterious world. But one thing is certain. Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, can’t actually travel backward in retrograde, and doesn’t impact us on Earth. The notion of Mercury retrograde, a common reference in […]
A super-Earth beyond Mars would have made Earth nearly uninhabitable (Image Credit: Space.com) Planetary scientists recently simulated an alternate version of our solar system: one with a super-Earth causing climate chaos on Earth, Mars and Venus. One of the most common types of planets in our galaxy are worlds larger than Earth, […]
