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 […]
Trump names billionaire private astronaut as next NASA chief (Image Credit: Phys.org) US fintech billionaire Jared Isaacman (EV1) peeks out to space from a hatch structure called “Skywalker,” during the first private spacewalk performed by the crew of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission. US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Jared Isaacman, […]
Astronomers close to solving mystery of how universe’s giant galaxies formed (Image Credit: Phys.org) Two antennae galaxies colliding. Credit: NASA Astronomers say they are close to solving an intergalactic mystery about the creation of the universe’s biggest galaxies which has puzzled experts for decades. Scientists have discovered the birth sites of gigantic […]
Webb finds new galaxies in Spiderweb protocluster field (Image Credit: Phys.org) Galaxy distribution in the Spiderweb Protocluster Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, H. Dannerbauer Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers have found new galaxies in the Spiderweb protocluster. Their characteristics shed light on the growth of […]
Dynamic tracking technique can reduce noise in gravitational-wave detectors to peer deeper into the cosmos (Image Credit: Phys.org) The proof-of-concept experiment demonstrates the potential of dynamic tracking in larger-scale systems, such as gravitational-wave observatories. Credit: Olivia Crowell, Louisiana State University Researchers have shown that optical spring tracking is a promising way to […]
