Astronomers Open ‘New Window’ on Exoplanets After Landmark First Detection of Magnetospheres
Artist’s impression of an exoplanet with a magnetic field – credit, ESOM / Kornmesser, L. Calçada For a…
Tom Mueller spent nearly two decades building the Merlin and Draco engines that helped make SpaceX possible, and now his in-space mobility company has crossed $1 billion in venture funding before its fastest vehicle has flown to geostationary orbit
Tom Mueller helped build the engines that made Falcon 9 and Dragon work, and his next company has…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is launching August 30, eight months ahead of schedule
In brief: NASA is planning to launch its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on August 30, a full…
Venus and Jupiter align in NZ night sky – what to look for
Venus and Jupiter make a striking pair this week with a conjunction just after sunset in the northwestern…
Discovery Of An Active Wind From The Milky Way’s Central Black Hole
One of the fun aspects of astrophysics is that much of it involves phenomena which you cannot exactly…
The Hidden Physics Complicating Interstellar Lightsails
If we’re to reach another star, chemical propulsion will not get us there in any reasonable time frame.…
NASA’s INCUS Satellites Progress Toward Launch
One of the three satellites that make up NASA’s INCUS (Investigation of Convective Updrafts) mission sits on a…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Won’t Get A Fast Track To The S&P 500 As Index Provider Keeps Rules Unchanged
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Prada Unveils the New Spacesuit NASA Astronauts Will Wear to the Moon
Prada just took another giant leap into the space industry. The fashion house has teamed up with the…
He joined SpaceX as a welder for $28 per hour, will now receive $880,000: How Elon Musk made his employees rich
It was in 2002 that Elon Musk founded SpaceX with the dream of revolutionising space technology and possibly…
A Falcon 9 booster turns 5 years old—and just set a remarkable reuse record
A little more than five years ago, a shiny white Falcon 9 rocket made its debut flight, boosting…
Scientists Release Results After Scanning 3I/ATLAS for Alien Signals
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