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What next for NASA’s Europa Clipper? The long road to Jupiter and its moons (Image Credit: Space.com) On Oct. 14, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft began a vital mission. It will be investigating the potential habitability of Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa — but first, it has to get there. Though not on an “alien hunting” […]
Nearly two months after Boeing’s Starliner returned to Earth without its astronauts, NASA is still working on the issues that complicated the spacecraft’s first crewed test flight, agency officials said on Friday (Oct. 25). Starliner‘s Crew Flight Test (CFT) concluded on Sept. 6, with the capsule touching down in New Mexico autonomously. NASA astronauts Butch […]
Does alien life need a planet to survive? Scientists propose intriguing possibility (Image Credit: Space.com) What if we dropped the “terrestrial” from “extraterrestrial”? Scientists recently explored the intriguing possibility that alien life may not need a planet to support itself. At first glance, planets seem like the ideal locations to find life. After all, the […]
SpaceX to launch 22 Starlink internet satellites from Florida this evening (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast this evening (Oct. 26). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today […]
Before and after satellite images show lakes appearing across Sahara after deluge of rain soaks desert (Image Credit: Space.com) Lakes have appeared in the Sahara after a cyclone brought a deluge of rain to northern Africa that drenched swathes of the largest hot desert on Earth, satellite images show. An extratropical cyclone hit parts of […]
SpaceX launches 22 Starlink internet satellites from Florida (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday evening (Oct. 26). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:47 p.m. EDT (2147 GMT). The first […]
“Yes, it was indeed gruyère, and it almost caused a disaster!” Crisis Averted During an important rocket test, some students decided to strap some cheese onto one of the craft’s landing legs — and got a crucial lesson in physics. As Interesting Engineering reports, the student-built Gruyère Space Program in Lausanne, Switzerland beat out the European […]
Crew-8 astronauts splash down on SpaceX Dragon Endeavour after weather delays (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) [embedded content] Four space station crewmates are safely back on Earth after an extended mission and a long wait for the weather to cooperate. SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps all with NASA and Roscosmos cosmonaut […]
Massive, bustling Perseus galaxy cluster dazzles in new telescope image (Image Credit: Space.com) This scene of cosmic chaos shows a section of the immense Perseus galaxy cluster, revealing several giant elliptical galaxies, a dusty spiral whose arms are fading, and several edge-on galaxies, some of which appear to be experiencing interactions or mergers with their […]
Listen to haunting sounds of Earth’s magnetic field flipping 41,000 years ago in eerie new animation (Image Credit: Space.com) A captivating new video shows how Earth’s magnetic field went haywire and almost completely disappeared during our planet’s most recent “polar reversal event,” around 41,000 years ago. A haunting soundscape of “alien-like” creaking sounds emphasizes the […]
