Webb telescope scientists forced to reckon with enormous galaxy outliers (Image Credit: Mashable) Modern astronomers have speculated that, in the beginning, all galaxies formed in large halos of dark matter, a mysterious-yet-abundant substance that doesn’t shine or interact with light. These halos would have captured gas into gravitationally bound structures, turning about […]
Scientists compile library for evaluating exoplanet water (Image Credit: Phys.org) Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth’s hot mantle, Cornell scientists have started developing a library of basalt-based spectral signatures that not only will help reveal the composition of planets outside of our solar system but could […]
SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites today on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX plans to launch 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida early this morning (Nov. 14) on the second half of a spaceflight doubleheader. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the 24 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to […]
Northrop Grumman eyes 2026 launch of robot-armed satellite servicer (Image Credit: Space News) Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics subsidiary is eyeing a 2026 launch for its next-generation satellite servicing vehicle, the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV). […]
SpaceX rolls Starship Flight 6 spacecraft to pad ahead of Nov. 18 launch — and it’s wearing a banana (photos) (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX is gearing up for the sixth test flight of its Starship megarocket, which is now less than a week away. Elon Musk‘s company has rolled the sixth Starship […]
Former Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides wins seat in US Congress (Image Credit: Space.com) Former Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides is headed to Capitol Hill. Whitesides, who also has “NASA chief of staff” on his resume, won his U.S. House of Representatives race to represent California’s 27th district, which covers a big […]
All astronauts still in good health on ISS, NASA flight surgeon says amid new tabloid rumors (Image Credit: Space.com) Last week, media outlets like The New York Post and The Daily Mail claimed that International Space Station astronaut Suni Williams’ health was deteriorating — and today, (Nov. 13), similar conjectures were made […]
NASA Astronaut Suni Williams Shouldn’t Have to Discuss Her Weight to Dismiss Tabloid Rumors (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) Floating in a microgravity environment that’s 250 miles above Earth’s surface hasn’t spared Suni Williams from inappropriate comments about her body, forcing the NASA astronaut to issue a public statement on her weight. In response […]
Is an ‘off-year’ Leonid outburst in the cards for November? (Image Credit: Phys.org) The 1999 Leonids seen from NASA’s airborne Leonid MAC campaign. Credit: NASA/Ames Research/ISAS/Shinsuke Abe/Hajime Yuno. It’s still one of the coolest things I ever saw. I was in the U.S. Air Force in the 90s, and November 1998 saw […]
A mission to Triton and Neptune could unlock their mysteries (Image Credit: Phys.org) Global color mosaic of Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, taken by NASA’s Voyager 2 in 1989. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS A town in the Austrian Alps might not seem like the most conducive place to come up with daring space missions. But, […]
