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A small stack of miniature black slabs modeled after the monoliths in the epic “2001: A Space Odyssey” have made the trip into space and back on the first flight of Blue Origin’s second human-rated launch vehicle. The blocks, which were flown for Spacemanic, a satellite mission integrator, in partnership with the Croatian publisher Amaranthine […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded a $386 million contract to Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing subsidiary, to build six satellites designed to detect and track missiles that could threaten the United States and allies.The contract, announced Oct. 23, marks the second major deal for Millennium Space in this program, following a $509 million […]
A microwave-sized spacecraft with large silver wings is tumbling in orbit as engineers work to fix a glitch that’s causing it to lose orientation. After deploying four composite booms on board the experimental solar sail mission, NASA engineers observed a slight bend in one of the poles that extends along the spacecraft’s wings, the space […]
Physicists from MIT and Caltech have discovered a first: a black hole triple system, consisting of three bodies spinning around each other about 7,800 light-years from Earth. Black hole binaries—two-body systems in which at least one is a black hole—are fairly commonplace in the universe. Often, the black hole is observed gobbling up an orbiting […]
China’s next space station mission is almost ready for launch. A Long March 2F rocket, topped with the Shenzhou 19 spacecraft, now sits on its pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China, ready for launch to the Tiangong space station. The 203-foot-long (62 meters) rocket was transferred 0.93 miles (1.5 kilometers) by rail from […]
Lunar landing attempts are becoming so frequent that companies are watching and learning from each other. A panel discussion at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, Italy, on Oct. 17 gave insights into four teams that attempted moon landings over the past year, with participants from Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) […]
NASA astronaut makes dazzling ‘Jupiter-like planet’ on ISS using water and food coloring (photo) (Image Credit: Space.com) An astronaut just created a colorful little world with the help of microgravity. NASA astronaut Don Pettit used water and food coloring to make a “Jupiter-like planet” on the International Space Station. Bold orange, blue and red shine […]
One of humanity’s best telescopes snapped a stunning image of deep space (Image Credit: Mashable) A powerful telescope, perched above the clouds at some 13,800 feet, has snapped a brilliant view of distant galaxies. Astronomers pointed the Gemini North telescope into deep space at the Perseus Cluster, capturing a “dazzling collection of galaxies in the […]
Scientists propose a bold new reason for Betelgeuse’s volatile behavior (Image Credit: Mashable) A brilliant red star beaming through our night sky is Betelgeuse, an aging supergiant on the shoulder of the Orion constellation. For years astronomers have watched this star — pronounced “Beetlejuice” just like the Michael Keaton character — with some convinced it’s […]
James Webb Space Telescope sees lonely supermassive black hole-powered quasars in the early universe (Image Credit: Space.com) Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered back 13 billion years to discover surprisingly lonely supermassive black hole-powered quasars. The James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) observations are confusing because isolated black holes should struggle to gather […]
