The Large Hadron Collider has discovered the first evidence of the heaviest antimatter particle to date.

  • December 11, 2024
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Large Hadron Collider finds 1st evidence of the heaviest antimatter particle yet (Image Credit: Space.com) The world’s most massive science experiment has done it again, detecting hints of the heaviest antimatter particle ever found. This means the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most powerful particle accelerator ever built, has given scientists a […]

Rocket Lab’s discreet launch last month was a hypersonic test for the U

  • December 11, 2024
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Rocket Lab’s pioneering suborbital launch last month conducted hypersonic tests for the U.S. military, the company has revealed. The mission in question lifted off on Nov. 24 from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) on Virginia’s Wallops Island. It employed HASTE, the suborbital variant of Rocket Lab‘s workhorse Electron launcher. Less than 22 hours later, an […]

NASA is evaluating advanced software for an upcoming mission aimed at exploring the possibility of life on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons.

  • December 10, 2024
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NASA tests high-tech software for future mission to search for life on Jupiter’s moon Europa (Image Credit: Space.com) Artificial intelligence is being developed to provide a robotic brain for a future NASA mission to land on the icy surface of one of the solar system’s ocean moons, such as Europa or Enceladus. […]

A SpaceX rocket launch lights up the top of the Christmas tree at Vandenberg Space Force Base (photo).

  • December 10, 2024
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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 […]

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The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the smallest asteroids ever observed in the region between Mars and Jupiter.

  • December 10, 2024
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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 […]

Intelsat 33e demise exposes vulnerabilities in the space domain

  • December 10, 2024
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Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every 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 U.S.-based space-tracking company ExoAnalytic Solutions said Dec. 10 during the Spacepower Conference here. Clint Clark, […]

U.S. and Japan forge stronger space alliance to counter China

  • December 10, 2024
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Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every 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 in the space domain. The collaboration includes advancing shared capabilities in space object surveillance in order […]