Astronomers Witness the Moment a Fatal Shockwave Bursts Through the Surface of a Star
Supernovas, the catastrophic explosions that follow the collapse of a star, are essential to our understanding of the…
Walk through the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs with American Museum of Natural History’s new ‘Impact’ exhibit
NEW YORK — The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City has opened a new…
Rust on the Moon? Far-side dirt says yes, actually • The Register
A Chinese-led team of boffins has uncovered tiny grains of hematite and maghemite in materials scooped from the…
ArianeGroup–Avio Deal Outlines Extended Transition of Turbopump Manufacturing to France
Credit: ArianeGroup A new agreement between ArianeGroup and Avio has renewed questions about when the production of Ariane…
Avoiding a harmful lunar ‘gold rush’
As shown by the recent SpaceNews editorials by Mustafa Bilal and Stirling Forbes, there is currently much talk of…
The next generation of radar needed to detect micro-debris and enable a safer LEO
As someone deeply involved in the space sector, I’ve seen firsthand how low Earth orbit (LEO) is becoming…
Why Is It So Difficult To Fire Your Enemies Into The Sun?
It’s a thought that may have crossed your mind at some point: what would be the practicalities of…
NASA Confirms Century-Old Theory About Betelgeuse: A Companion Star Exists
Using the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i, NASA scientists have directly imaged the faint partner, confirming what astronomers…
Do the cores of dead stars exist forever?
White dwarfs don’t get enough airtime. Sure, these ultradense, dim cores of dead stars are small and hard…
It’s official—SpaceX’s Starlink V2-mini satellites emit 32 times more interference and threaten global radio astronomy
Starlink has become a very popular name thanks to its satellites that promise faster internet connection in the…
Secretive SpaceX satellites operated by US government are shooting disruptive radio signals into space, astronomer accidentally discovers
SpaceX‘s secretive “Starshield” government-operated intelligence satellites are deliberately emitting radio signals the “wrong way around,” and outside of…
AI Satellite Reorients Itself in Space Without Human Help
For the first time, a satellite in orbit has reoriented itself entirely through artificial intelligence. This groundbreaking experiment,…