Cosmic rays may complicate the quest to find life on Mars (Image Credit: Space.com) On Mars, some of the most likely places to look for traces of ancient life may also be the least likely to preserve those traces. This is the result of a recent study that simulated exposing important building […]
How the ‘Great Filter’ could explain why we haven’t found intelligent aliens (Image Credit: Space.com) “Where is everybody?” That famous phrase, uttered over lunch by eminent physicist Enrico Fermi, perfectly encapsulated what has since become known as the Fermi paradox: If life happened here on Earth and the universe tends to not […]
SpaceX rocket launch tops the Christmas tree at Vandenberg Space Force Base (photo) (Image Credit: Space.com) 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 test-fires Super Heavy booster for 7th Starship launch (video, photos) (Image Credit: Space.com) 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. […]
