NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is awake and healthy after its one-year nap at the edge of the solar system
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Jamie Dimon Says He Has Seen the Numbers and SpaceX’s Orbital Data Centers ‘Could Actually Work’ Despite
Dimon Sees Orbital Computing’s Economic Potential Speaking on “The Master Investor Podcast with Wilfred Frost,” Dimon called SpaceX…
Something we’ve never seen before is coming out of a solar system in our galaxy, astronomers say
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History of Astronomy and Obscurantism Ancient and Modern
Dear readers, faithful companions of the lantern and the basketball, There are nights when I retrace the path…
The Secret Behind China’s Unique Spy Satellite Is a Rare Metal It Controls
Nearly three years ago, China launched a radar satellite capable of monitoring nearly a third of Earth’s surface…
The Milky Way Flipped its Disk Billions of Years Ago
The Milky Way is ancient, and its first stars formed shortly after the Big Bang. It’s been through…
Elon Musk’s Starlink enters one of Africa’s most connected countries as SpaceX expands to its 28th market
The satellite internet service became operational on July 18, according to Seychelles Vice President Sebastien Pillay, months…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could reveal black holes ripping up stars. It’s set to launch Aug. 30
The launch of NASA’s next super telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman), may mean there is…
Cathie Wood Says SpaceX Could Be the Most Important Company in History, and She’s Buying the 38% Dip
Quick Read Tesla holds a $2 billion SpaceX equity stake while Rocket Lab’s revenue grew 63% year over…
NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return
NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are wrapping up their 241‑day mission…
The Oh-My-God particle still defies explanation
On the evening of October 15, 1991, the University of Utah’s Fly’s Eye detector at Dugway Proving Ground…
NASA’s Juno Takes Temperature of Jupiter’s Fiery Moon Io
NASA’s Juno mission has provided the first measurements of the temperature below the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io,…