Musk confident Starship will start launching 100 tons to orbit next year
WASHINGTON — SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk says he is confident that Starship can start delivering 100 tons…
Rocket Lab Pitches Mars Satellite As First Step To Keep Astronauts Mission-Ready Before They Set Foot On The Red Planet: ‘Talk First, Land Later’ – Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB)
On Tuesday, Rocket Lab Corp. RKLB positioned its Mars Telecommunications Orbiter as the critical first step in connecting…
One Extremophile Eats Martian Dirt, Survives In Space, And Can Create Oxygen For Colonies
Extremophiles are a favorite tool of astrobiologists. But not only are they good for understanding the kind of…
NASA to Make Major Announcement About Martian Rock Sample on Wednesday. Here’s How to Watch
In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover extracted a rock core from the edge of Neretva Vallis, a river…
Earth’s ‘New’ Quasi-Moon Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight for 60 Years
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown quasi-moon that’s been shadowing Earth’s orbit for decades, undetected, and will likely…
Abolishing the UK’s independent space agency could be a mistake
At the end of August, the U.K. government took the decision to fold the UK Space Agency (UKSA)…
400 scientists worked 24×7 during Op Sindoor: ISRO Chief
More than 400 scientists worked round-the-clock to provide support using earth observation and communication satellites during Operation Sindoor,…
Is ‘Oumuamua a piece of ancient solar system? Scientists think it came from ‘exo-Pluto’
1I/’Oumuamua, the first interstellar object to visit our solar system in 2017, belongs to a completely new class…
Ramses asteroid mission on track ahead of key funding
WASHINGTON — A European-led mission to the asteroid Apophis is on schedule ahead of key funding decisions in…
Astronomers Detect a Never-Before-Seen Gamma-Ray Burst
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the universe’s ultimate boom, brief, blazing explosions from dying stars or black holes feasting…
Chinese scientists make an incredible discovery, tardigrades could protect us in space
Tardigrades—tiny eight-legged creatures nicknamed water bears—are famous for surviving conditions that would kill almost any other form of…
Apophis flyby 2029: Ultraclose encounter with Earth will forever change ‘god of chaos’ asteroid’s orbit, scientists say
When the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis makes its breathtakingly close flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029,…