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‘It’s like taking a picture of lightning’: How astronomers raced to track the smallest asteroid ever seen (Image Credit: Space.com) Astronomer Teddy Kareta had spent countless nights over the years observing various objects across our solar system using Arizona’s Lowell Discovery Telescope, or LDT. On Nov. 19, 2022, he set his alarm […]
Here’s how SpaceX’s 6th Starship megarocket launch looked from the ISS (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) The biggest rocket ever built cuts quite a figure when it flies, even as seen from space. That rocket, SpaceX’s 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship, launched for the sixth time ever on Nov. 19, lifting off from the […]
Webb telescope exposes secrets of a famous cosmic metropolis (Image Credit: Mashable) Galaxies may not need to crash and smash into each other as much as previously thought to spawn new galaxies, according to two new scientific studies. Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope, the leading infrared observatory in space, to […]
SpaceX completes 1st Starlink direct-to-cell constellation with launch from California (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX notched a big milestone with a launch of its Starlink internet satellites on Wednesday night (Dec. 4). A Falcon 9 rocket launched 20 Starlink spacecraft from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday at 10:05 p.m. EST (7:05 […]
Update: launch postponed to Thursday 5 December 2024. Due to a mechanical issue preventing the withdrawal of the mobile gantry, the launch chronology has been stopped. The earliest targeted launch date is planned for tomorrow Thursday 5 December 2024 at 22:20 CET (18:20 local time in Kourou). The launcher and its passenger the Copernicus Sentinel-1C […]
Watch Europe’s Vega-C rocket launch Dec. 5 after delay, on 1st flight since 2022 (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) Watch live! Vega-C rocket to launch Sentinel-1C satellite in return to flight – YouTube Watch On For the first time since the launch vehicle’s catastrophic mission failure in 2022, Europe’s Vega-C rocket is poised […]
Spiderweb protocluster is filled with baby galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope reveals (image) (Image Credit: Space.com) Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to explore the strands of the Spiderweb protocluster. While the $10 billion space telescope didn’t find a creepy cosmic spider at the heart of this intergalactic web, […]
NASA will update us all on its Artemis moon landing program on Dec. 5. Here’s how to watch live. (Image Credit: Space.com) Watch live! NASA to deliver Artemis moon campaign update ahead of change in leadership – YouTube Watch On NASA is about to speak out about its plan to return astronauts […]
Watch Vega-C Rocket Make a Long-Awaited Return After 2022 Disaster [Update] (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. Update: December 4, 4:15 p.m. ET: Wednesday’s […]
Trump Taps Billionaire Space Tourist Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) President-elect Donald Trump has selected Jared Isaacman, entrepreneur, pilot, and all-around space enthusiast, as the next NASA administrator, marking a major shift in the space agency’s leadership. Trump made the announcement through a post on Truth Social, writing that […]
