Halley’s Comet Discovered 600 Years Earlier by an 11th-Century Monk, Study Finds
For more than three centuries, Halley’s Comet has been synonymous with the British astronomer Edmond Halley, who famously…
Icy Comets Get A Contribution From Stellar Furnaces
Comets inhabit the cold reaches of the Solar System: the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud. Occasionally, one…
NASA, GE Aerospace Hybrid Engine System Marks Successful TestÂ
To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like…
Spaceport’s milestone a major boost for Hainan space industry
A bird”s-eye view of the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Wenchang, Hainan province. China Daily China’s primary spaceport…
Explosion of a SpaceX satellite in orbit what we know about the incident worrying experts
SpaceX is one of the earliest and most dominant players in low Earth orbit, a massive presence that…
A SpaceX Dragon capsule just nudged the ISS to a record altitude
The International Space Station (ISS) is now orbiting Earth at a record altitude of 262 miles (422 km).…
“It vanished without a trace” — NASA loses sights of a star after it flared to a million times the Sun’s brightness
Stars don’t usually just disappear. They burn for millions of years, slowly changing, fading, or exploding in dramatic…
Next-gen lunar spacesuit redefines mobility
As NASA gears up to send four astronauts on a crewed flight around the moon in the imminent…
‘Now the dream has come true’
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NASA Reveals New Details About Dark Matter’s Influence on Universe
Closer look Found in the constellation Sextans, the area covered by the new map is a section of…
Astranis adds Oman customer to summer GEO launch lineup
TAMPA, Fla. — Oman-based industrial conglomerate MB Group has ordered a small geostationary broadband satellite from Astranis that…
Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Leo satellites disrupt astronomy, like Starlink
A team of scientists has found that, unsurprisingly, Amazon’s new internet mega constellation, Amazon Leo, has a strong…