Black Hole Collisions Tell a Tale of Repeating Mergers
A black hole merger is one of the Universe’s most energetic and massive events. During such a collision, two black holes orbit closer and closer until they collide and become…
Chang’e-6 Samples Provide an Ancient Record of the Moon’s Far Side.
The samples returned by the Chang’e-6 mission from the far side of the Moon reveal that the two hemispheres have had rather different experiences when it comes to space weather.
Starship in space! See highlights of SpaceX megarocket’s epic Flight 13 test launch (video)
The 13th test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket went pretty well — and provided some amazing visuals, too. Flight 13 launched on Friday (July 24), sending the 408-foot-tall (124 meters)…
Upper C-band auction offers another lift for GEO industry
Satellite operators have welcomed the prospect of reaping more than $6 billion for quickly clearing upper C-band spectrum the FCC aims to auction next year, with billions more set to…
Little Red Dots Could Be Ancient Globular Clusters, Each Dominated by a Super-Massive Star
Little Red Dots are one of the mysteries uncovered by the JWST. Astronomers have been trying to figure out what they are, and have come up with multiple possibilities. New…
Rocket Lab to start launching missile-defense missions from Alaska under $266 million Space Force deal
Rocket Lab is expanding its launch operations to the snowy north. The California-based company, which already flies from New Zealand and Virginia, just inked a $266 million deal with the…
Sphinx Defense wins $287 million contract for strategic satellite communications software
Award covers mission planning software for ESS next-generation strategic communications satellites The post Sphinx Defense wins $287 million contract for strategic satellite communications software appeared first on SpaceNews.
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams to Discuss Space Station Mission
NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Chris Williams shows off the Destiny laboratory module’s Microgravity Science Glovebox aboard the International Space Station. Williams was supporting semiconductor crystal research to…
NASA Science Soars During August Total Solar Eclipse
6 min read NASA Science Soars During August Total Solar Eclipse Each time the Moon covers the Sun during a total solar eclipse — darkening daytime skies and briefly revealing…
25 years on, 2001’s ‘Planet of the Apes’ has become a bit of a guilty pleasure
We didn’t exactly go bananas for Tim Burton’s odd take on “Planet of the Apes” back in 2001, but now, on the occasion of the sci-fi film’s 25th anniversary, we’ve…