Starwatch: Waning crescent moon gets close to brilliant beacon of Jupiter | Astronomy
Those already out and about at 5am this week will be rewarded with a beautiful waning crescent moon…
A Bright Spot at Mount Michael
Winter near the Antarctic Circle brings months of frozen darkness, when sea ice chokes ocean waters and many…
2 Ways Elon Musk Can Make SpaceX Win the New Space Race
Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX), known as SpaceX, is ready to explore the cosmos. At least that’s what CEO…
One of the world’s darkest paints makes everything look like a black hole – and it could save our night sky
A new study of one of the world’s darkest coatings suggests it could dramatically reduce the impact of…
Imminent Earth Impactor: CERNQ52
Image credit: European Space Agency’s Planetary Defense Office/Near-Earth Objects Coordination Center The European Space Agency’s Planetary Defense Office/Near-Earth…
Musk Moves Up SpaceX (SPCX)’s Orbital Data Center Timeline, Again
Bloomberg reported that Elon Musk said Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) first AI satellites, powered exclusively by NVIDIA…
Saturn’s South Pole Is Apparently Decagon-Shaped
Saturn’s north pole captured by Cassini in 2013. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill) Although some would argue that the…
Astronomers Hear the Faint Whispers of Cosmic Hydrogen from the Distant Past.
The MeerKAT radio telescope, composed of 64 dish antennas located in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, was built…
A space elevator connecting Earth and the Moon could be closer than ever
A Moon-anchored “Spaceline” could theoretically reach toward Earth using materials such as Zylon, Kevlar or Dyneema that already…
Blasting into space at hundreds of miles per second, the origins of the fast solar wind remain one of astrophysics’ most elusive secrets
Waves too quick for older telescopes to see ripple through the Sun’s polar corona, and they carry a…
NASA expands Deep Space Network with giant new dish in California desert
NASA’s long-distance spacecraft-calling network just got a boost. The Deep Space Network (DSN), best known for communicating with…
On this day in space! Sept. 6, 1947: The US Navy launches 1st V-2 rocket at sea in ballistic missile test
On Sept. 6, 1947, a rocket launched from an aircraft carrier for the first time. The V-2 rocket…