SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea, after weather delay (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX launched 24 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Florida’s Space Coast and landed a rocket at sea in the second of back-to-back launches today (Nov. 11). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the […]
What a 2nd Trump administration 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 […]
US Congress will hold another UFO hearing this week. Here’s how to watch (Image Credit: Space.com) Watch live! 2nd UFO hearing held by US congress, witnesses include fmr. miltary – YouTube Watch On The U.S. government is holding another hearing on UFOs this week, and you can watch it live. The U.S. […]
SpaceX rocket launches Koreasat-6A satellite, lands Falcon 9 booster on record-tying 23rd flight (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] SpaceX tied its rocket-reuse record today (Nov. 11). A Falcon 9 rocket launched the KoreaSat-6A telecom satellite from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida today at 12:25 p.m. EST (1625 GMT). It […]
At 60 years, monument to NASA’s Project Mercury still stands, but what of its time capsule? (Image Credit: Space.com) A 60-year-old tribute to America’s first human spaceflight program is standing up to the test of time, but what about the contents of its time capsule not to be opened until 2464? The […]
Star cities: New 3D view of globular clusters illuminates their origins (photo) (Image Credit: Space.com) Looking out into the Milky Way, it’s possible to see all sorts of strange cosmic structures — tentacle-like spiraling arms of stars in the outer regions of the galaxy, dark clouds of gas and dust that block […]
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. […]
