NASA astronaut’s estranged partner pleads guilty over false ‘space crime’ allegation | World News
A long-running and highly publicised legal saga once promoted as the world’s first “space crime” has reached a…
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…
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…
Don’t Miss the Geminids Meteor Shower – Here’s When to Catch the Best Show of the Year
The Geminids meteor shower is back, offering skywatchers one of the best opportunities of the year to catch…
FAA Ends Restrictions On Daytime Rocket Launches Following Shutdown
After weeks of uncertainty following the U.S. government shutdown, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has lifted its temporary…
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…
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…
The James Webb Space Telescope may have finally found the 1st stars in the universe
Astronomers have discovered that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may have already found the long-sought first generation…
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…
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…
Huge red giant star has newfound companion — and it may be a bad neighbor
Astronomers have discovered that an aging red giant star has a closely orbiting stellar companion, which could be…