Mars’ Rotation Is Speeding Up at an Unprecedented Rate, and Scientists Finally Know Why
Mars’ rotation is speeding up slightly, but enough for scientists to notice. A new study suggests the cause…
Wtih SpaceX’s 10,000th Satellite, We Have Great Remote Internet — and Inescapable Light Pollution » Explorersweb
This week, SpaceX launched its 10,000th satellite into low-earth orbit. Many of us have seen chains of these…
A fast starburst wind consumes most of the energy from supernovae
Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva, Versoix, Switzerland Marc Audard, Dominique Eckert & Stephane Paltani Department of Physics, Ehime University, Matsuyama,…
‘Space archaeology’ used for first time ever to trace the history of faraway galaxy
Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have pioneered a groundbreaking technique to reconstruct the 12-billion-year history of…
The Moon That Tipped a Planet
Neptune is the Solar System’s most distant planet, a cold, blue ice giant sitting nearly 30 times further…
Chinese satellite performs landmark refuelling test in low Earth orbit
A Chinese commercial satellite has completed a refuelling test in low Earth orbit using a flexible “octopus tentacle”…
Canada cancels its 1st moon rover: ‘It’s hopefully not a lost cause’
Canada will cancel its first rover mission to the moon’s south pole as the Canadian government shifts its…
NASA astronaut posted a photo on social media of a bizarre object growing in space
Solar activity can be dangerous to astronauts in space. As Artemis II prepares to launch on April 1,…
Webb Captures Saturn in Infrared
Saturn’s icy rings glow in this infrared view from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released on March 25,…
Musk Races to Launch SpaceX Before the Next Guy
Musk Races to Launch SpaceX Before the Next Guy – Moby Rumors are circulating that the spaceman himself,…
A photographer’s journey to capture a blood moon rising over the South China Sea. ‘It was an incredible moment’
Planning, uncertainty, a last-minute road trip and elation in the battle against cloud cover. Malaysian photographer Tharuman Gnanamoorthy…
Jupiter and the moon take a sunset stroll on March 26. Here’s how to see it
Look to the east at sunset tomorrow (March 26) to see the half-lit form of the waxing gibbous…