NewOrbit claims launch slot for commercial VLEO mission
SAN FRANCISCO – UK startup NewOrbit announced plans Sept. 10 to send NEO-1, a rideshare mission, to very…
See the highest-resolution footage of a black hole jet ever taken, thanks to AI and 27 years of observations
Astronomers just dropped a video 27 years in the making: the highest-definition animation of a gargantuan black hole…
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites, lands on ship at sea (video)
SpaceX will launch a secret mission for the U.S. Space Force today (Sept. 10), and you can watch…
New Revelations About the Origin of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Ever since 3I/ATLAS buzzed through the Solar System, swinging by Earth and then looping around the Sun, scientists…
International Space Station astronaut gives out of this world tribute to honor Star Trek’s 60th anniversary
Celebrations of Star Trek’s 60th anniversary made it all the way to the final frontier. Among the science…
In 1947, fruit flies were sent into space using captured German rocket. Decades later, NASA studied how space affects immunity |
A tiny insect became one of the earliest living passengers sent towards space, long before astronauts were routinely…
This ‘impossible’ black hole merger may be explained by a warp in spacetime
A “forbidden” merger between two massive black holes may not have been quite as impossible as previously thought.…
NASA’s newly launched Roman Space Telescope will ‘directly’ image exoplanets. But what does that mean?
A brand new observatory began its tenure on Aug. 30 — it’s called the Nancy Grace Roman Space…
On this day in space! Sept. 9, 1982: The 1st private rocket Conestoga 1 launches from Texas ranch
On Sept. 9, 1982, the first private rocket launched from a Texas cattle ranch. The Conestoga 1 rocket…
The moon may have formed in just 5 hours, new simulations suggest
The moon may have formed in as few as five hours after the cataclysmic collision between Earth and…
10 billion km in 3 minutes! Epic video captures a spacecraft’s 8-year odyssey to planet Mercury
After nearly eight years navigating the inner Solar System, the BepiColombo mission has released incredible footage showing the…
Mathematician delved into celestial mysteries
Gazing toward the heavens, our eyes are drawn to mesmerizing galaxies and stars. We wonder where humans fit…