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SpaceX to launch 24 more Starlink satellites from Florida early Nov. 26 (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX plans to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast early Tuesday morning (Nov. 26). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy […]
Is Mercury in retrograde again? 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 […]
Uranus’s swaying moons could help spacecraft seek out hidden oceans (Image Credit: Phys.org) Ariel, Uranus’s fourth largest moon, is thought to be made of equal parts rock and ice. A new computer model developed at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics could be used to detect liquid water oceans beneath Ariel’s […]
AI and astronomy: Neural networks simulate solar observations (Image Credit: Phys.org) Plasma loops above sunspots viewed in ultraviolet light. Credit: DKIST/NSO/AURA/NS Research by astronomers and computer scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) could revolutionize our understanding of the sun. The study, part of the “SPIn4D” project, combines cutting-edge […]
Inside NASA’s archives: Meet the team restoring astronomical history (Image Credit: Space.com) Precious data from space missions, going back decades, is being carefully restored and archived by scientists at NASA’s Space Science Date Coordinated Archive, allowing researchers today to make new discoveries by delving into the history books. “What’s surprising is how […]
NASA tests cellphone-sized underwater robots for potential ocean world missions (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) A swarm of tiny robots destined to search for life on a faraway moon recently began its journey in a swimming pool here on Earth. The SWIM robots — short for Sensing With Independent Microswimmers — demonstrated impressive […]
Watch SpaceX Starship flight 6 splash down in amazing ‘buoycam’ footage (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) A camera set up on a buoy in the Indian Ocean caught the end of SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight, and it’s quite a sight to behold. That suborbital flight, which launched from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in […]
Strange ‘zebra’ patterns are coming from the Crab Nebula — this physicist finally figured out why (Image Credit: Space.com) Historical records from around the world describe a bright star appearing in the sky in the year 1054. Today, astronomers are confident that what our ancestors were seeing was, in truth, a star […]
Firefly Aerospace completes Blue Ghost moon lander for January 2025 SpaceX launch (Image Credit: Space.com) Firefly Aerospace’s moon lander is ready for its upcoming lunar voyage. The company announced its Blue Ghost lunar lander completed environmental testing at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in mid-October and is now ready to be shipped […]
Scientists find highest energy cosmic ray electrons ever seen (Image Credit: Space.com) After over a decade of meticulous data collection, scientists at the H.E.S.S. observatory — which stands for “High Energy Stereoscopic System” and is located in Namibia — have made a groundbreaking discovery. They’ve detected the most energetic cosmic electrons ever […]
