Webb Discovers One of the Universe's First Galaxies
Astronomy Research 5 months ago
Webb Discovers One of the Universe's First Galaxies

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an ultra-faint galaxy seen just 800 million years after the Big Bang. The galaxy cont...

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Astronauts who walked on the moon reported that the dust tracked back into the lunar module smelled like spent gunpowder, and more than fifty years later scientists still cannot fully explain why, though the leading theory involves regolith that had sat u
Artemis Program 5 months ago
Astronauts who walked on the moon reported that the dust tracked back into the lunar module smelled like spent gunpowder, and more than fifty years later scientists still cannot fully explain why, though the leading theory involves regolith that had sat u

Every astronaut who walked on the moon and returned to a pressurised cabin noticed a smell. The descriptions are not identical, but they cluster aroun...

Source: Space Daily

Artemis Program 5 months ago
New Eruption in the Bismarck Sea

Satellite imagery shows a surge of new volcanic activity in the ocean near Papua New Guinea.

Source: NASA

Space Technology 5 months ago
Vandenberg May See SpaceX Rocket Launch, USAF Missile Test Hours Apart - Noozhawk

Vandenberg May See SpaceX Rocket Launch, USAF Missile Test Hours ApartNoozhawk SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket launch from V...

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Scott Kelly spent a year in orbit while his identical twin brother stayed on Earth, and when he came home NASA discovered his gene expression had changed in ways that didn’t fully reverse
NASA & Space Agencies 5 months ago
Scott Kelly spent a year in orbit while his identical twin brother stayed on Earth, and when he came home NASA discovered his gene expression had changed in ways that didn’t fully reverse

When Scott Kelly returned from 340 days aboard the International Space Station, NASA's twin study revealed that roughly seven percent of his gene...

Source: Space Daily

Space Technology 5 months ago
SpaceX launching 24 Starlink Satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base - KSBY News

SpaceX launching 24 Starlink Satellites from Vandenberg Space Force BaseKSBY News SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket launch fro...

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The Senate just installed a deputy administrator who thinks NASA’s job is beating China to the moon — and the 46-43 vote tells you everything about what the agency is becoming
NASA & Space Agencies 5 months ago
The Senate just installed a deputy administrator who thinks NASA’s job is beating China to the moon — and the 46-43 vote tells you everything about what the agency is becoming

Matt Anderson, the retired Air Force colonel who told senators that beating China to the moon should be NASA’s top priority, was confirmed Monday as t...

Source: Space Daily

Bryson DeChambeau questions moon landing footage but believes in interdimensional beings ‘for sure’
Artemis Missions 5 months ago
Bryson DeChambeau questions moon landing footage but believes in interdimensional beings ‘for sure’

As someone who has made much of his devotion to science, Bryson DeChambeau isn’t foolish enough to fall for any old conspiracy theory. The two-time ma...

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Astronomy Research 5 months ago
Hellish Venus-Like Planets May Be More Prevalent Than True ExoEarths

Exoplanet hunters are keen to find the next extrasolar earthlike planet, one that may harbor life as we know it. But preliminary results from a new s...

Source: Universe Today

Artemis Program 5 months ago
Resolving the Kardashev's Conundrum Using a Bitcoin-Inspired Metric

A new study reevaluates the Kardashev Scale using a new framework that includes the Bitcoin network as a means of measuring the trajectory of human de...

Source: Universe Today

Space Exploration 5 months ago
Future Mars Rovers Could Mimic a Swimming Motion to Traverse the Planet's Surface

Some animals can move efficiently beneath granular surfaces. These include the sandfish (Scincus scincus), a lizard native to the Sahara. It can burro...

Source: Universe Today

Space debris is forcing satellites to dodge more often — costing us vital science. 'Things will get worse before they get better'
Artemis Program 5 months ago
Space debris is forcing satellites to dodge more often — costing us vital science. 'Things will get worse before they get better'

Satellites forced to avoid space debris appear to have lost some of their data due to the movement. They've also lost precious fuel.

Source: Space.com

Space Technology 5 months ago
Starship Flight 12: Welcome to the Show Block 3 and Pad 2

It’s been just over seven years since a raptor engine first fired aboard a vehicle… The post Starship Flight 12: Welcome to the Sh...

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Artemis Program 5 months ago
Space Force eyes 2027 demonstrations of in-space refueling and satellite servicing

USSF-23 mission will launch vehicles to demonstrate refueling and satellite servicing in geostationary orbit The post Space Force eyes 2027 demonstrat...

Source: SpaceNews

In April 2019 the Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed into the lunar surface carrying thousands of dehydrated tardigrades inside a “lunar library” — and later impact tests put the survival cutoff for tardigrades at around 900 metres per second, almost ex
Space Technology 5 months ago
In April 2019 the Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed into the lunar surface carrying thousands of dehydrated tardigrades inside a “lunar library” — and later impact tests put the survival cutoff for tardigrades at around 900 metres per second, almost ex

In April 2019, the Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed into the lunar surface carrying thousands of dehydrated tardigrades inside a “lunar library”. ...

Source: Space Daily

Comet & Asteroid News 5 months ago
NASA's Psyche Mission Says Goodbye to Mars and Heads for its Metal-Rich Target

Spacecraft often use planets for gravity-assist or "slingshot" maneuvers. NASA's Psyche mission used Mars for that purpose during a May...

Source: Universe Today

NASA & Space Agencies 5 months ago
NASA Announces Winners in University Aeronautics Competition

The South Dakota State University team took first place at NASA’s fifth annual Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, which challenged student teams to a...

Source: NASA

Bryson DeChambeau says moon landing footage is 'quite wild'
Artemis Missions 5 months ago
Bryson DeChambeau says moon landing footage is 'quite wild'

Golfer Bryson DeChambeau says he thinks moon landing footage is 'quite wild' and believes in interdimensional beings.

Source: USA Today

Where did Neptune's mysterious moon Nereid come from? It may be the only survivor of the planet's violent history
Artemis Program 5 months ago
Where did Neptune's mysterious moon Nereid come from? It may be the only survivor of the planet's violent history

Neptune's moon Nereid might be the only satellite surviving from the planet's original system, researchers report in a new study.

Source: Space.com

US military test-launches nuclear-capable ICBM from California (photos)
Artemis Program 5 months ago
US military test-launches nuclear-capable ICBM from California (photos)

The U.S. military test-launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base on May 20, 2026.

Source: Space.com