Artemis 2’s Orion capsule goes into altitude chamber to prep for 2025 moon mission (photo) (Image Credit: Space.com) A moon spacecraft is one step closer to flying with humans on board in 2025. The Orion spacecraft, which will carry four astronauts around the moon on the Artemis 2 mission, recently reentered an […]
‘Hawking radiation’ may be erasing black holes. Watching it happen could reveal new physics. (Image Credit: Space.com) Primordial black holes (PBHs), which are thought to have formed right after the Big Bang, may be heating up and exploding throughout the universe. These black hole explosions, powered by Hawking radiation — a quantum […]
Is this the best Black Friday camera deal ever? The Canon EOS R5 is nearly $1500 off the MSRP (Image Credit: Space.com) Walmart has dropped the Canon EOS R5 camera to its lowest-ever price in this incredible Black Friday deal. It’s now available for $2407.74 exclusively at Walmart, reduced from its usual […]
First quilter in space challenges students, crafters to stitch the moon (Image Credit: Space.com) Ten years after launching a patchwork of stars from her place in space, astronaut Karen Nyberg is calling for quilters to create the moon. “The Next Giant Leap: Lunar Quilt Block Challenge” is now accepting moon-themed quilt blocks […]
China launching Tianzhou 8 cargo mission to Tiangong space station on Nov. 15 (Image Credit: Space.com) China is set to send fresh fuel and supplies to its space station. A Long March 7 rocket topped with the Tianzhou 8 cargo spacecraft was rolled out to its pad at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center […]
SpaceX Sets Ambitious Goal: 25 Starship Flights in 2025 (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) SpaceX has big plans for its Starship rocket. After a groundbreaking test flight, in which the landing tower caught the booster, the company’s founder and CEO Elon Musk wants to see the megarocket fly up to 25 times next year, […]
SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from California (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California’s central coast on Thursday (Nov. 14). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:23 […]
SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX launched 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida early this morning (Nov. 14) in the second half of a spaceflight doubleheader. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the 24 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral […]
Could a supernova ever destroy Earth? (Image Credit: Space.com) When the bright star Betelgeuse explodes, it will be an impressive sight. The stellar explosion, known as a supernova, will be brighter than any planet and almost as bright as the full moon. It will be visible during the day, and you could […]
Blue Origin stacks huge New Glenn rocket ahead of 1st launch (photo) (Image Credit: Space.com) Blue Origin’s massive new rocket is getting closer to being ready to fly. The company shared a new photo of the two stages of its New Glenn rocket being joined together for the first time in the […]
