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India’s Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter avoids collision with South Korea’s Danuri spacecraft (Image Credit: Space.com) India’s Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter maneuvered in September to avoid a close approach with South Korea’s Danuri spacecraft, according to a recent report from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The report said the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter raised its orbit […]
SpaceX Starship launches banana to space, skips giant rocket catch on 6th test flight (video, photos) (Image Credit: Space.com) The biggest and most powerful rocket ever built now has a half-dozen launches under its belt. SpaceX‘s 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship megarocket lifted off for the sixth time ever today (Nov. 19), rising […]
Pentagon UFO chief tells Senate ‘very anomalous objects’ need careful study (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) It’s never aliens. At least, it hasn’t been yet. The United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities heard testimony on Tuesday (Nov. 19) from Jon T. Kosloski, director of the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly […]
‘Mind-blowing’ dark energy instrument results show Einstein was right about gravity — again (Image Credit: Space.com) General relativity has passed one of its most precise tests ever thanks to observations of the past 11 billion years of cosmic evolution collected by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI. Albert Einstein’s 1915 theory, general […]
Trump watches SpaceX launch Starship’s 6th test flight (photos) (Image Credit: Space.com) The bond between Elon Musk and Donald Trump appears to be getting stronger. Musk was a big supporter of Trump’s campaign over the past few months, and the president-elect recently appointed the SpaceX founder and CEO to co-lead the new […]
SpaceX Calls Off Booster Catch Attempt Mid-Flight, Citing Safety Concerns (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Shortly after launching its Starship rocket for the sixth time, SpaceX opted out of performing a booster catch, letting the rocket’s first stage dive into the ocean instead. It’s not the result the company was hoping for, but data […]
Researchers Plotting Giant Spaceship That Could Carry Generations of Humans (Image Credit: futurism-com) An international consortium of scientists, engineers, and urban planners called Project Hyperion has launched a design competition for a massive multi-generational spaceship that could sustain and transport humans on long journey across the interstellar expanse. As Universe Today reports, […]
Pentagon UFO office testifies to US Senate today. Watch it live here (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) Watch live! Pentagon UFO office testifies to Senate emerging threats committee – YouTube Watch On A U.S. Senate subcommittee will hear from the Pentagon’s UFO office tomorrow, and you can watch live. Director Jon T. Kosloski […]
Green auroras and a SpaceX Dragon glow in new astronaut photos from the ISS (Image Credit: Space.com) There’s a fire in the sky, and it’s not because of the Dragon in sight. NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured both an aurora and a docked SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at the International Space Station (ISS) […]
Rocket Lab signs 1st customer for its powerful new Neutron rocket. But who is it? (Image Credit: Space.com) Rocket Lab is targeting mid-2025 for the debut of its partially reusable Neutron rocket, with commercial launches to start in 2026. The company anticipates building from one Neutron flight in 2025 to three in […]
