Artemis Program 1 month ago
Chandrasekhar and the Limits of Physics, Part 1: Triumph

The story of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who as a teenager on an ocean voyage worked out that white dwarf stars have a maximum mass of 1.4 Suns. A tou...

Source: Universe Today

Artemis II was an incredible reminder of our shared humanity just when we needed it most (op-ed)
Artemis Missions 1 month ago
Artemis II was an incredible reminder of our shared humanity just when we needed it most (op-ed)

The Artemis II astronauts reminded us that they considered it the honor of a lifetime to go to the moon for us - and as us - while transmitting daily ...

Source: Space.com

Space Technology 1 month ago
SpaceX suffers rare, last-second Falcon 9 rocket launch abort

The Starlink 17-39 mission is SpaceX’s 85th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 7:...

Source: Spaceflight Now

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Our First View of the Surface of Mars

“Touchdown, we have touchdown!” At 5:12 a.m. PDT, July 20, 1976, mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers as they lea...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
From Hampton to Mars: How NASA Langley Helped Land on the Red Planet

Fifty years ago, NASA’s Viking 1 and 2 landers made the first successful landings on Mars, opening a new era in planetary exploration. Behind that ach...

Source: NASA

Did Viking 1 find life on Mars 50 years ago? Here's why the debate continues
NASA & Space Agencies 1 month ago
Did Viking 1 find life on Mars 50 years ago? Here's why the debate continues

Did Viking 1 find evidence of life on Mars? Fifty years after the NASA lander touched down, the jury is still out.

Source: Space.com

Rocket launch costs have dropped 96% since 1960. How low can they go?
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Rocket launch costs have dropped 96% since 1960. How low can they go?

The costs of space launch have fallen 96% in the past six decades and have the potential to plummet by nearly as much by 2040, a new study finds.

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 1 month ago
Pipelines to payloads: risk management lessons for the space economy

The energy sector has spent decades learning how to manage complex disputes that touch on sovereign power, geopolitics, regulation and private capital...

Source: SpaceNews

Astronomy Research 1 month ago
Gamma-Ray Bursts Size Up the Milky Way’s Spiral Arms

Observations of remote cosmic explosions reveal that the outer spiral arms of the Milky Way might extend farther out than previously thought. The post...

Source: Sky & Telescope

An artificial 'Saturn's ring' of satellites could soon fill the sky, astronomers warn
Artemis Program 1 month ago
An artificial 'Saturn's ring' of satellites could soon fill the sky, astronomers warn

A bright Saturn's ring of satellites will encircle Earth if plans to launch a million orbiting data centers and tens of thousands of space mirror...

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 1 month ago
The First Breath of Another World

Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around a rocky planet in another star's habitable zone for the very first time. It’s a milestone that bri...

Source: Universe Today

Comet & Asteroid News 1 month ago
The Case of the Sun's Missing Silver

Astronomers have solved a decades old puzzle about the Sun's missing silver, not by finding something new, but by modelling something old far mor...

Source: Universe Today

How Buying SpaceX Today Could More Than 10X Your Net Worth
Space Technology 1 month ago
How Buying SpaceX Today Could More Than 10X Your Net Worth

Let's cut to the chase. An investment in Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) today could very well grow your net worth tenfold if -- st...

Source: Biztoc.com

SpaceX (SPCX) Loses Its IPO Premium as a Bigger Supply Test Looms
Space Technology 1 month ago
SpaceX (SPCX) Loses Its IPO Premium as a Bigger Supply Test Looms

With investors increasingly questioning whether massive AI and infrastructure spending will generate adequate returns, Space Exploration Technologies ...

Source: Yahoo Entertainment

Loses Its IPO Premium as a Bigger Supply Test Looms
Space Exploration 1 month ago
Loses Its IPO Premium as a Bigger Supply Test Looms

With investors increasingly questioning whether massive AI and infrastructure spending will generate adequate returns, Space Exploration Technologies ...

Source: Biztoc.com

Enceladus, a Saturn moon just 500 kilometres wide, fires geysers of water thousands of kilometres into space through cracks at its south pole — and that water carries the building blocks of life
Moon Science 1 month ago
Enceladus, a Saturn moon just 500 kilometres wide, fires geysers of water thousands of kilometres into space through cracks at its south pole — and that water carries the building blocks of life

Enceladus is only about 500 kilometres across, yet it continuously ejects water vapour and ice from fractures near its south pole. The James Webb Spac...

Source: Space Daily

Astronauts Marooned On Moon Could Be Abandoned Under Current NASA Plan
Artemis Missions 1 month ago
Astronauts Marooned On Moon Could Be Abandoned Under Current NASA Plan

NASA’s masterplan for upcoming lunar landings has a massive flaw that could prove fatal to the U.S. astronauts set to touch down on the Moon in 2028, ...

Source: Forbes

Special guest dazzles aspiring astronauts at Space Day Out
Space Exploration 1 month ago
Special guest dazzles aspiring astronauts at Space Day Out

Young South Australians got one step closer to achieving their space exploration dreams on Sunday when they met a "real-life" astronaut.

Source: ABC News (AU)

Weekly current affairs: India's hydrogen train, Skyroot's space milestone and more
Artemis Program 1 month ago
Weekly current affairs: India's hydrogen train, Skyroot's space milestone and more

India enhanced naval power with a new helicopter and launched its first hydrogen train. Skyroot Aerospace achieved a historic private orbital rocket l...

Source: The Times of India

The Faintest Planet Ever Imaged From Earth Was Hiding in 11 Years of Old Photos
Astronomy Research 1 month ago
The Faintest Planet Ever Imaged From Earth Was Hiding in 11 Years of Old Photos

Astronomers have directly imaged the faintest exoplanet ever seen from Earth, a gas giant called Beta Pictoris d — and it turns out the planet had bee...

Source: Fstoppers