Starwatch: Tracking down the faint stars of Pisces | Astronomy
This week we will track down Pisces, the fishes. Despite being one of the largest zodiacal constellations, it…
Jeff Bezos has given $26 million for satellites so advanced that they can spot a fire the size of two parking spaces from space, and they have sent their first images. Once fully live, FireSat will save forest land twice the size of Rhode Island from getting burned each year in the US
What if satellites could spot a wildfire when it was still little more than a patch of heat…
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch first Starlink V3 satellites to orbit on Starship – Spaceflight Now
SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket stands at Pad 2 at Starbase prior to the Starship Flight 14 mission. Image:…
Aerospacelab to supply satellite platforms to Lockheed Martin
WASHINGTON — Satellite manufacturer Aerospacelab won a contract to supply two spacecraft platforms to Lockheed Martin, adding a…
On this day in space! Sept. 27, 1997: NASA’s Mars Pathfinder lander sends its last transmission to Earth
On Sept. 27, 1997, NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission beamed its very last data transmission back to Earth. Pathfinder…
A black hole jet is aimed at us … and it’s in our galaxy
A black hole jet is aimed at us, not from afar, but from only a few tens of…
SpaceX’s Starship megarocket launching to orbit for 1st time ever on Sept. 28: Watch it live
Watch live! SpaceX Starship megarocket launches to orbit for first time – YouTube Watch On SpaceX’s Starship megarocket…
Nasa thought an ancient Martian lake shaped these rocks; Perseverance found evidence of three water events |
When Nasa’s Perseverance rover reached the inner edge of Jezero Crater in September 2023, scientists expected to find…
Asteroid samples from NASA’s epic OSIRIS-REx mission show Bennu was born from fire and ice
The asteroid Bennu was shaped on the boundary between hot and cold in the dusty disk that formed…
James Webb telescope shares one of its biggest images ever, with record-breaking stars hiding in the dust — Space photo of the week
quick facts What it is: IC 348, a star-forming reflection nebula Where it is: 1,000 light-years away in…
What is the closest any object has gotten to the sun?
When you think of objects close to the sun, Mercury, the solar system‘s innermost planet, probably comes to…
A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days
Earth’s days are not exactly the same length. Scientists have been recording small variations in for decades. These…