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Halloween is today! Don’t miss these 7 hidden gem horror films — and their cosmic counterparts (Image Credit: Space.com) Halloween is approaching quickly, meaning many of us have turned our minds to the more ghoulish and macabre elements of life. So, settle in. It’s time to revel in tales of horror and suspense — both […]
Will China return Mars samples to Earth before the US does? (Image Credit: Space.com) It appears that China has moved up its agenda for bringing Mars samples to Earth, and aims to do so before the U.S. achieves this same goal. NASA’s Mars sample return plan, a joint effort with the European Space Agency (ESA), […]
The creepiest skulls ever seen in space (Image Credit: Mashable) The universe is rife with mystery. Ambitious space missions, like the James Webb Space Telescope and Martian rovers, are helping scientists grasp what’s out there: Could any of the rocky, Earth-sized planets in the TRAPPIST solar system host life? How did galaxies teeming with stars […]
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video, photos) (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida’s Space Coast this afternoon (Oct. 30). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 5:10 p.m. EDT (2110 GMT). […]
Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin endorses Trump for president (Image Credit: Space.com) One of the United States’ most famous space explorers is backing Donald Trump for president. Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person ever to walk on the moon, endorsed Trump in a statement today (Oct. 30), less than a week before the […]
Can ‘failed stars’ have planets? James Webb Space Telescopes offers clues (Image Credit: Space.com) Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that planet-forming disks in the Orion nebula actually surround “failed stars,” or brown dwarfs. This is the first confirmation that planet-forming, flattened clouds of gas and dust called “protoplanetary disks” surround these […]
NASA astronaut snaps spooky photo of SpaceX Dragon capsule from ISS (Image Credit: Space.com) A SpaceX Dragon capsule looks a little ghostly in a new image taken from the space station. NASA astronaut Don Pettit snapped a picture of the Crew Dragon Freedom after the Crew-9 mission, SpaceX‘s ninth operational astronaut effort for the agency, […]
Pentagon Uneasy About Elon Musk’s New Spy Satellites (Image Credit: futurism-com) And they have good reason to worry. Tinker Tailor SpaceX just launched some reportedly “next-gen” spy satellites on behalf of the US government — and it sounds like certain officials at the Pentagon are anxious about it. In interviews with the New York Times, Pentagon […]
Space Force Wants Your Help Naming All Its Satellites (Image Credit: airandspaceforces) Oct. 30, 2024 | By Greg Hadley Share Article The Air Force has the F-22 Raptor. The Navy has its Nimitz-class (CVN-68) aircraft carriers. The Army has the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Now the Space Force wants in on the name game, and is […]
Sungrazing Comet Turns to Cosmic Dust in Dramatic Halloween No-Show (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) A newly discovered comet met its demise during a dangerously close encounter with the Sun, breaking apart into chunks and destroying any hope of being spotted for Halloween. NASA and the European Space Agency’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spotted Comet C/2024 […]
