NASA chief Jared Isaacman hints at campaign to make Pluto a planet again
NASA & Space Agencies 6 months ago
NASA chief Jared Isaacman hints at campaign to make Pluto a planet again

The NASA administrator’s latest remarks in support of reexamining Pluto’s status come 20 years after the orb was downgraded to a dwarf planet by the I...

Source: Scientific American

Trump will host hero astronauts of NASA’s groundbreaking Artemis II mission at White House
Artemis Missions 6 months ago
Trump will host hero astronauts of NASA’s groundbreaking Artemis II mission at White House

The team — including commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen — broke the record for dista...

Source: New York Post

Astronomy Research 6 months ago
Laser-Swarm Science at the Proxima Centauri System

The idea of sending a swarm of tiny laser-sail powered spacecraft to our nearest exoplanet won't go away. While complex and punctuated with tough...

Source: Universe Today

NASA & Space Agencies 6 months ago
ESA’s Proba 3 is Unlocking Secrets of the Solar Wind

It has been a dream of astronomers and solar scientists for ages. A new mission gives solar researchers a powerful new tool in their arsenal: on-deman...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 6 months ago
Is the Earliest Supermassive Black Hole Mystery Solved?

One of the most intriguing puzzles in cosmology is the existence of supermassive black holes that seem to appear very early in the history of the Univ...

Source: Universe Today

James Webb Space Telescope's strange little red dots may really be 'black hole stars', X-ray data suggests
Astronomy Research 6 months ago
James Webb Space Telescope's strange little red dots may really be 'black hole stars', X-ray data suggests

Finding X-rays coming from one of the little red dots discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could be the key to answering what these weird obje...

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 6 months ago
SpaceX launches 6-ton ViaSat-3 F3 satellite on Falcon Heavy rocket

The mission was the 12th launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket to date. The rocket lifted off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 10:13 a.m. EDT ...

Source: Spaceflight Now

Space Exploration 6 months ago
Show HN: How to become an Anti-founder, THE MANUAL

The flywheel to getting developers to making Rust binaries so we can collectively get us to deep space exploration packages before I die, Will you joi...

Source: Cochranblock.org

Satellite Captures Rare View of Hubble Space Telescope on its 36th Birthday
Astronomy Research 6 months ago
Satellite Captures Rare View of Hubble Space Telescope on its 36th Birthday

It's famous for picturing far-off galaxies, redefining how the public sees the Universe, but as the Hubble Space Telescope turns 36, another sate...

Source: PetaPixel

Artemis Program 6 months ago
Aphelion Crackfix-RUNE

Release Description:By 2060, Earth will be uninhabitable. The discovery of a 9th planet – Persephone – at the edge of the solar system, is humanity�...

Source: Rlsbb.to

Artemis Program 6 months ago
Your Brain Thinks It Knows Where It Is…. Even When It Doesn’t

Astronauts take time to adjust how firmly they grip and handle objects when moving between Earth and space, because the brain continues making predict...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 6 months ago
Satellite or Meteor? Dissecting Light Trails in Your Sky Photos

Here's a quick guide to tell meteors from machines in your wide-field images of the night sky. The post Satellite or Meteor? Dissecting Light Tra...

Source: Sky & Telescope

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 4 gets release date and trailer packed with space cowboys, black holes, and a T-rex
Astronomy Research 6 months ago
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 4 gets release date and trailer packed with space cowboys, black holes, and a T-rex

"We really think it's our best season yet."

Source: Space.com

Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket launching 32 Amazon internet satellites early April 30: Watch it live
Artemis Program 6 months ago
Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket launching 32 Amazon internet satellites early April 30: Watch it live

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket will launch 32 of Amazon's broadband-beaming satellites early Thursday morning (April 30), and you can watch it liv...

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 6 months ago
DESI Completes Its Epic 3D Map, Hinting that Dark Energy Might Be Changing

On top of Kitt Peak in the Arizona Desert, a robotic surveyor just completed a five year mission to catalogue the positions of tens of millions of gal...

Source: Universe Today

Astronomy Research 6 months ago
Curiosity Team Hits Jackpot: A Sample Full of Complex Organic Molecules

Scientists have identified at least seven carbon-rich molecules that NASA's Curiosity rover detected on Mars, and they're more complex than ...

Source: Sky & Telescope

Space Technology 6 months ago
Falcon Heavy launches final ViaSat-3 terabit-class satellite

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched the third and final terabit-class ViaSat-3 broadband satellite toward geostationary orbit April 29, putting Viasat on c...

Source: SpaceNews

Artemis Program 6 months ago
Falcon 9 rocket stage projected to impact moon’s near side in August

A spent Falcon 9 stage used to launch a pair of commercial lunar landers is projected to impact the moon Aug. 5, according to astronomers.  The post F...

Source: SpaceNews

NASA & Space Agencies 6 months ago
CEQ Permitting Innovators Program Call for Solutions

NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tourn...

Source: NASA

NASA & Space Agencies 6 months ago
NASA Demonstrates New Prescribed Burn Capability for Spaceport 

Anyone who has seen a launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida knows the agency’s pursuit of the stars involves some smoke and fire. Sometimes...

Source: NASA