Rocket Lab launches first satellites for Open Cosmos constellation
WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron launched the first satellites for a new constellation being developed by Open…
Sonic booms could be a new way to track falling space junk
Space junk falling out of orbit and crashing toward Earth is a growing threat. Indeed, old satellites and…
Magnetic Avalanches Ignite Solar Flares, New Solar Orbiter Observations Reveal
New high-resolution observations by ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission show that solar flares are driven by cascading magnetic reconnection…
Snow Buries Kamchatka – NASA Science
It has been an eventful few months for the Northern Hemisphere atmosphere. An unusually early sudden stratospheric warming…
Stunning aurora filmed from space by cosmonaut
Aurora lights shimmering over Earth were filmed on camera by Russia’s Space Agency Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov from…
Tomorrow.io unveils DeepSky: constellation of large satellites and instruments
SAN FRANCISCO – Weather intelligence startup Tomorrow.io unveiled DeepSky, a satellite constellation designed to refine atmospheric forecasts by…
Skimming Satellites: On The Edge Of The Atmosphere
There’s little about building spacecraft that anyone would call simple. But there’s at least one element of designing…
James Webb Space Telescope discovers what remains after two stars collide and explode as a red nova
Astronomers have discovered what kind of stellar body is left after two stars collide and merge to generate…
I Want To Die On Mars, ‘Just Not On Impact’
Topline Musk shared his hopes of dying on Mars, rehashed his futuristic vision for humanity, and joked about…
Blue Origin launches 6 space tourists to the final frontier after last-minute crew swap (video)
Blue Origin just sent its latest batch of space tourists to the final frontier. The company, which was…
A celebrity cluster in the spotlight
This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month brings us a scene from the distant Universe. Pictured here…
Blue Origin schedules third New Glenn launch for late February, but not to the moon
Blue Origin is targeting late February for the third launch of its mega-rocket, New Glenn. But it won’t…