SpaceX just launched the 1st-ever nuclear-powered commercial satellite
Space Technology 2 months ago
SpaceX just launched the 1st-ever nuclear-powered commercial satellite

A satellite aboard SpaceX's Transporter-17 rideshare mission is the first commercially designed and operated spacecraft to harness nuclear energy...

Source: Space.com

Chinese scientists find the best way to nuke an asteroid on its way to impact Earth
Comet & Asteroid News 2 months ago
Chinese scientists find the best way to nuke an asteroid on its way to impact Earth

While no imminent asteroid threats have been found for Earth, Chinese scientists discussed two ways to deflect a space rock in case of trouble.

Source: Space.com

2 Space Stocks to Buy in July (Hint: Not SpaceX)
Space Technology 2 months ago
2 Space Stocks to Buy in July (Hint: Not SpaceX)

Space stocks are getting a lot of attention this summer. Some of that can be attributed to the buzz surrounding Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ...

Source: Biztoc.com

NASA Just Made A Huge Bet That These 3 Companies Will Get America Back To The Moon Before China
NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
NASA Just Made A Huge Bet That These 3 Companies Will Get America Back To The Moon Before China

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has framed the current moment in stark terms: “We are in a new space race to the lunar surface, and if we fall behin...

Source: 24/7 Wall St.

Here's What a $17,000 Investment in SpaceX Could Be Worth Over the Next 12 Months, According to Wall Street AI Bull Dan Ives
Space Technology 2 months ago
Here's What a $17,000 Investment in SpaceX Could Be Worth Over the Next 12 Months, According to Wall Street AI Bull Dan Ives

Here's What a $17,000 Investment in SpaceX Could Be Worth Over the Next 12 Months, According to Wall Street AI Bull Dan Ives If you're bulli...

Source: Biztoc.com

Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-2 beams back first image of Earth’s “mini moon”
Comet & Asteroid News 2 months ago
Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-2 beams back first image of Earth’s “mini moon”

China’s Tianwen-2 aims to collect samples from asteroid Kamo’oalewa and return them to Earth

Source: Scientific American

SpaceX Joins the Nasdaq-100 on July 7. Here Is What This Means for QQQ and QQQM Investors
Space Technology 2 months ago
SpaceX Joins the Nasdaq-100 on July 7. Here Is What This Means for QQQ and QQQM Investors

Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) is finally a publicly traded company. Now the process begins for stock indexes to add SpaceX shares to t...

Source: Biztoc.com

The sun's atmosphere is way hotter than its surface. Scientists may finally know why
NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
The sun's atmosphere is way hotter than its surface. Scientists may finally know why

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has found charged grains of dust being carried on magnetic plasma waves in the Sun's outer atmosphere, providing a...

Source: Space.com

Space Technology 2 months ago
SpaceX satellite wins test Pentagon’s commitment to competition

As the military rushes to deploy proliferated networks, SpaceX’s dominance is attracting congressional scrutiny The post SpaceX satellite wins test P...

Source: SpaceNews

Mysterious 'space balls' that washed up on an Australian beach are likely pressure vessels from a rocket, experts confirm
Artemis Program 2 months ago
Mysterious 'space balls' that washed up on an Australian beach are likely pressure vessels from a rocket, experts confirm

Six mysterious metal balls that washed up on an Australian beach this weekend are from a space launch vehicle, experts have confirmed.

Source: Dailymail.com

SpaceX's $1.6 Trillion Opportunity Could Be More Valuable Than Its AI Business
Space Technology 2 months ago
SpaceX's $1.6 Trillion Opportunity Could Be More Valuable Than Its AI Business

Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), better known as SpaceX, has been receiving a lot of attention for its deals to sell compute capacity to...

Source: Biztoc.com

History Says This Is What Happens When a Stock Joins the Nasdaq-100
Space Exploration 2 months ago
History Says This Is What Happens When a Stock Joins the Nasdaq-100

Membership has its privileges. Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) investors are hoping that's the case regarding the stock's July...

Source: Biztoc.com

Artemis Program 2 months ago
The Mars Tax: Starship's toll on American lunar ambitions

SpaceX's Starship is one of the two lunar landers being developed for landing NASA astronauts on the Moon. Ethan Hicks argues that Starship'...

Source: The Space Review

NASA strapped a helmet called the Apollo Light Flash Moving Emulsion Detector around astronauts’ heads in the dark, and every time a crewman called out a flash, the plates had caught a particle crossing straight through his skull
NASA & Space Agencies 2 months ago
NASA strapped a helmet called the Apollo Light Flash Moving Emulsion Detector around astronauts’ heads in the dark, and every time a crewman called out a flash, the plates had caught a particle crossing straight through his skull

On Apollo 16 and 17, NASA strapped nuclear emulsion plates around astronauts' heads to prove the mysterious light flashes crewmen had been report...

Source: Space Daily

Could SpaceX Surge When It Joins the Nasdaq-100? Maybe, but History Says the Bounce Won't Last
Space Technology 2 months ago
Could SpaceX Surge When It Joins the Nasdaq-100? Maybe, but History Says the Bounce Won't Last

Have you considered buying shares of Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX)? Even if you haven't, you could soon own a stake in the high-p...

Source: Biztoc.com

If You Own an Index Fund, You Likely Already Own SpaceX. Here Is How Much
Space Technology 2 months ago
If You Own an Index Fund, You Likely Already Own SpaceX. Here Is How Much

Following the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history, Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) stock is starting to pop up in a variety...

Source: Biztoc.com

The Sun accounts for 99.86 percent of all the mass in the entire solar system — meaning that if you took all eight planets, every one of their moons, every asteroid, and every comet, and combined them into a single object, that object would weigh less tha
Comet & Asteroid News 2 months ago
The Sun accounts for 99.86 percent of all the mass in the entire solar system — meaning that if you took all eight planets, every one of their moons, every asteroid, and every comet, and combined them into a single object, that object would weigh less tha

The specific numerical fact that essentially every high-school astronomy textbook published in the specific interval between approximately 1970 and th...

Source: Space Daily

A probe called Cassini spent thirteen years orbiting Saturn, flew through the plumes of its moon Enceladus, tasted water and organic molecules in the spray, and then was deliberately crashed into Saturn’s atmosphere in 2017 so it could not contaminate wha
Space Technology 2 months ago
A probe called Cassini spent thirteen years orbiting Saturn, flew through the plumes of its moon Enceladus, tasted water and organic molecules in the spray, and then was deliberately crashed into Saturn’s atmosphere in 2017 so it could not contaminate wha

For thirteen years, a spacecraft called Cassini circled Saturn. It flew straight through the icy plumes erupting from the little moon Enceladus, taste...

Source: Space Daily

Forget SpaceX's Nasdaq-100 Inclusion: This Is a Much Bigger Catalyst for Shares on July 7
Space Technology 2 months ago
Forget SpaceX's Nasdaq-100 Inclusion: This Is a Much Bigger Catalyst for Shares on July 7

Although earnings season is right around the corner, all eyes are on Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) (NASDAQ: SPCX) this week...

Source: Biztoc.com

Chinese space probe reaches asteroid for first sample collection
Comet & Asteroid News 2 months ago
Chinese space probe reaches asteroid for first sample collection

The mission, which was launched in May 2025, is China's first to collect samples from an asteroid.

Source: CNA