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Starlink satellite falls to Earth, burns up as stunning fireball over US (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] A brilliant fireball that lit up the skies over four U.S. states is reported to be from the fiery reentry of a SpaceX Starlink satellite. Dozens of eyewitnesses reported seeing a meteor on Saturday […]
How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths (Image Credit: Space.com) This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Benjamin Roulston is Assistant Professor of Physics, Clarkson University The planet […]
The US is now at risk of losing to China in the race to send people back to the Moon’s surface (Image Credit: Space.com) This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Jacco van Loon is a reader in Astrophysics, […]
Jupiter’s storms and its ‘potato’ moon Amalthea stun in new NASA Juno probe images (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back stunning photos of Jupiter, including colorful, chaotic storms swirling through the planet’s atmosphere. Juno completed its 66th close flyby (also referred to as a perijove) of Jupiter on Oct. […]
What a 2nd Trump term could mean for NASA and space exploration (Image Credit: Space.com) President-elect Trump’s return to the White House next January will likely bring big changes to NASA’s Artemis program and a renewed sense of urgency to land a crew on the moon, in part to keep up with […]
Something Strange Happened During Voyager 2’s Flyby of Uranus in 1986 (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) A recent analysis of 38-year-old Voyager 2 data indicates that the intrepid spacecraft flew past Uranus at an unusual moment when the planet’s magnetosphere was warped by particles from the Sun. The research—published today in Nature Astronomy—suggests that […]
Marslink? SpaceX Wants to Develop a Version of Starlink Around the Red Planet (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) SpaceX has launched thousands of satellites into Earth’s orbit, and now its exploring similar plans for Mars. The company is pitching NASA on a Marslink constellation based on its Starlink design to provide communication for future […]
Supermassive black holes prefer to eat from wobbly plates (Image Credit: Space.com) Black holes exert a tremendous influence on their surroundings, meaning that when they spin, they literally drag the very fabric of space and time around with them. That means nothing can sit still around a rotating black hole, including the […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching KoreaSat-6A satellite today on record-tying 23rd flight (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX is set to tie its rocket-reuse record today (Nov. 11). A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch the KoreaSat-6A telecom satellite from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida today, during a four-hour window that […]
SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites from Florida on Monday (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX plans to launch 24 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast on Monday (Nov. 11). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday […]
