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Behold! These gorgeous never-before-seen space images are from a NASA space telescope that should have died long ago (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft launched to Earth orbit in 2009 and was placed in hibernation in 2011. Then, in 2013, the probe was reactivated for a new mission […]
Trump picks billionaire private SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA (Image Credit: Space.com) A billionaire tech entrepreneur and private astronaut is Donald Trump’s choice for the next NASA chief. The president-elect announced via social media today (Dec. 4) that he has picked Jared Isaacman, the founder and CEO of payment-processing company […]
Watch Vega-C Rocket Make a Long-Awaited Return After 2022 Disaster (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Europe’s much-needed launch vehicle Vega-C had a less-than-ideal inaugural flight, prompting a two-year hiatus to allow a redesign of the rocket’s motor nozzle. Today, Vega-C is finally ready for its highly-anticipated comeback. The European Space Agency (ESA) is gearing […]
Perseverance now arriving at Pico Turquino (Image Credit: Phys.org) NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image following a successful 107-meter (about 351 feet) drive on sol 1332, Martian day 1,332 of the Mars 2020 mission. The rocks in the foreground are part of “Pico Turquino,” a large ridge exposed in the Jezero […]
Dragonfly is going to Titan on a Falcon Heavy (Image Credit: Phys.org) This artist’s illustration shows NASA’s Dragonfly octocopter in flight over Titan. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben NASA has given SpaceX the contract to launch the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. A Falcon Heavy will send the rotorcraft and its […]
Planetary scientists confirm new main-belt comet (Image Credit: Phys.org) Images of 456P/PANSTARRS taken with the Magellan-Baade telescope in Chile on October 3, 2024, and the Lowell Discovery Telescope in Arizona on October 26, 2024, where the head, or nucleus, of the comet is at the center of each image, and the tail […]
The planets are stunning in December 2024 — and no telescope is needed (Image Credit: Mashable) You don’t need a telescope to admire the majesty of our planetary neighborhood. Planets like Jupiter and Venus reflect bounties of light from the sun — and unlike stars, the vivid planets don’t twinkle. These beacons […]
India to launch European Proba-3 satellites on Dec. 4 to create artificial eclipses in space. Watch the liftoff live (Image Credit: Space.com) PSLV-C59/PROBA-3 Mission – YouTube Watch On A European mission that will use two satellites to create artificial eclipses in Earth orbit will launch early Wednesday morning (Dec. 4), and you […]
Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. WASHINGTON — Umbra Space secured a contract extension with the National Reconnaissance Office, the company announced Dec. 4. The California-based startup, which specializes in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite technology, has been working with the agency since […]
Inside the Hubble Space Telescope’s 23-year-long look at a beautiful blue galaxy (Image Credit: Space.com) It’s the year 2000. We’re floating in space, and we come across the side view of a spectacular spiral galaxy. It’s called UGC 10043 and is located 150 million light-years away. Spiral galaxies like this one are […]
