A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket shined above a twinkling Christmas tree like a festive tree topper during last week’s holiday lighting ceremony at Vandenberg Space Force Base. SpaceX launched 20 new Starlink internet satellites from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday (Dec. 4) at 10:05 p.m. EST (7:05 p.m. local California time; 0305 GMT […]
James Webb Space Telescope finds smallest asteroids ever seen between Mars and Jupiter (Image Credit: Space.com) By reverse-engineering James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) exoplanet data, a team of astronomers just spotted dozens of tiny asteroids — including the smallest ever seen in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroids that […]
At five years, Space Force reflects on growth, challenges and the road ahead (Image Credit: Space News) Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. ORLANDO, Fla. — As the U.S. Space Force marks its fifth anniversary, senior leaders and rank-and-file members, known […]
U.S. and Japan forge stronger space alliance to counter China (Image Credit: Space News) Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Space Force is strengthening its partnership with Japan in a bid to counter China’s growing dominance […]
Intelsat 33e demise exposes vulnerabilities in the space domain (Image Credit: Space News) Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. ORLANDO, Fla. — Intelsat 33e’s break-up in geostationary orbit (GEO) highlights an emerging threat for the contested space domain, an executive at […]
The moon’s oldest crater is super round – and that’s great news for NASA’s Artemis astronauts (Image Credit: Space.com) New research published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters journal suggests the moon’s oldest crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, may be round, as opposed to the oval shape than scientists previously believed […]
Hubble Telescope sees ‘weird things’ in closest-ever look at a quasar from monster black hole (Image Credit: Space.com) The Hubble Space Telescope has stared deeper into a quasar than ever before, discovering “weird” features in its vicinity. Quasars are the superbright centers of active galaxies, and they’re powered by feeding supermassive black […]
SpaceX is gearing up for the seventh test flight of its Starship megarocket, which could take place in just a month or so. The company conducted a static-fire test with Flight 7’s Super Heavy first-stage booster today (Dec. 9), briefly igniting its 33 Raptor engines at a pad at SpaceX‘s Starbase facility in South Texas. […]
100th woman in space, Emily Calandrelli, stands up to ‘small men’ on the internet: ‘I should have expected this.’ (Image Credit: Space.com) Emily Calandrelli made history on Nov. 22, 2024, when she became the 100th woman to go to space. But thanks to “small men on the internet,” the monumental milestone was […]
Examining how Mars’ infamous dust storms can engulf the entire planet (Image Credit: Phys.org) Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a new study, planetary scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have begun to unravel the factors that kick off major dust storms on Mars—weather events that sometimes engulf the entire planet in […]
