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NASA’s X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA’s revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing towards its first flight test. Starting on Oct. 30, engineers with NASA’s X-59 Quesst program (Quiet SuperSonic Technology) have been conducting test runs of the jet’s engines at the storied Lockheed […]
How comet Hale-Bopp can reveal the origins of life on Earth — and maybe beyond (Image Credit: Space.com) Comets — those small, icy objects orbiting the sun — act like floating time capsules, offering a window into the early days of our solar system’s formation and holding clues about the origins of […]
Space stations are loud — that’s why NASA is making a quiet fan (Image Credit: Space.com) Despite the International Space Station being comparable in size to a five-bedroom house, the prospect of spending months confined to a building that floats 250 miles (402 kilometers) above the Earth would be daunting for many. […]
‘God of chaos’ asteroid may be transformed by tremors and landslides during 2029 flyby of Earth, study finds (Image Credit: Space.com) Landslides and tremors may transform the asteroid Apophis during its 2029 brush with Earth, according to a new study. Named after Apep, the ancient Egyptian god of chaos, Apophis is a […]
Astronaut Suni Williams ‘in good health’ on the ISS, NASA says, refuting tabloid claims (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA astronaut Suni Williams is in good health in Earth orbit, despite some speculation in the media to the contrary, according to the agency. Tabloids such as The Daily Mail and The New York Post […]
Can SpaceX Bring Down the ISS? An Upcoming Test Could Be the First Step (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) NASA is preparing for the retirement of the International Space Station (ISS) by figuring out the best way to toss it in the ocean. To that end, the space agency plans to use SpaceX’s Dragon […]
Image: Exceptionally rare triple ring galaxy (Image Credit: Phys.org) Credit: Subaru Telescope The Hubble Classification, also known as the Hubble Sequence, is a widely recognized method for systematically categorizing galaxy morphology. Galaxies are classified into elliptical, lenticular, and spiral (or barred spiral) galaxies. Galaxies with irregular shapes that do not fit into […]
Venus’ ‘missing’ giant impact craters may be hiding in plain sight (Image Credit: Space.com) Impact features on Venus may have been staring us in the face all along That’s the message from a team of planetary scientists, who have explained Venus‘ apparent dearth of large craters by discovering that impacts could have […]
SpaceX’s Dragon is about to do something to the ISS it’s never done before (Image Credit: Space.com) SpaceX will boost the space station for the first time Friday (Nov. 8), as the company prepares to eventually kill the orbiting complex. A Dragon cargo spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS) will […]
This black hole just did something theoretically impossible (Image Credit: Mashable) The powerful James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a phenomenon once thought impossible. Astronomers trained the instrument on a number of galaxies in deep space, and at the center of one galaxy spotted a young, dwarf black hole triggering enormous outbursts […]
