Watch SpaceX’s 31st Dragon cargo capsule head back to Earth Dec. 12 after delay (Image Credit: Space.com) A SpaceX cargo capsule is set to head back toward Earth on Dec. 12, and you can watch the action live. A robotic Dragon freighter will undock from the International Space Station‘s (ISS) Harmony module […]
Dwarf planet Ceres could be rich in organics, defunct spacecraft data reveals (Image Credit: Space.com) Using data from NASA’s now-defunct Dawn spacecraft, scientists have discovered that the dwarf planet Ceres, the second wettest body in the solar system after Earth, could have an interior reserve rich in organic materials — the building […]
Drones look to the stars to make themselves stealthier (Image Credit: Space.com) A new celestial navigation system designed for drones could make them harder to detect by eliminating the need for GPS signal emissions. Scientists from the University of South Australia have developed a new navigation system that allows uncrewed aerial vehicles […]
Sweeping gravitational wave map of the universe could reveal hidden black holes (Image Credit: Space.com) The most detailed map of the universe ever created using gravitational waves could reveal hidden black holes, merging supermassive black holes and even the large-scale structure of the cosmos. The study, conducted by a team led by […]
Meet ‘Blackbird’: A flying taxi that spins and moves in any direction thanks to new propulsion system (Image Credit: Space.com) A new type of flying car could soon be ferrying passengers through the skies using a novel propulsion technology, engineers say. On Nov. 5, CycloTech, an Austrian company that builds flying car […]
Iran launches military satellite, sending nation’s largest-ever payload to orbit: reports (Image Credit: Space.com) Iran’s space program continues to make progress as the nation announces the successful launch of its largest payload yet. Iranian state media says one of the nation’s two-stage Simorgh rockets launched on Friday (Dec. 6) with payloads weighing […]
Watch SpaceX’s 31st Dragon cargo capsule head back to Earth Dec. 12 (Image Credit: Space.com) A SpaceX cargo capsule is set to head back toward Earth this morning (Dec. 6), and you can watch the action live. A robotic Dragon freighter will undock from the International Space Station‘s (ISS) Harmony module on […]
Watch the sun rise on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon as the Milky Way fades into darkness in mesmerizing ISS video (Image Credit: Space.com) A new video from humanity’s largest orbital laboratory is a good reminder of why spaceflight continues to captivate us. In this one-minute clip posted to X from the International Space […]
NASA leader doubts Elon Musk will push Trump to axe moon rocket (Image Credit: Mashable) NASA will not launch astronauts around the moon next year as planned, pushing the Artemis II mission back another six months to April 2026, space officials said Thursday. The new timeline also will postpone the first human […]
At 2 a.m., an unexpected event led to a surprise planet discovery (Image Credit: Mashable) The astronomical confusion started at 2 a.m ET on June 26, 2023. Scientists using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope sought to observe a planet beyond our solar system (an exoplanet) called Kepler-51d, an unusual “puffy” world […]
