Space Force taps OpTech for $4.5 million optical sensor payload
The imaging payload will be deployed on an Impulse Space vehicle for the Space Force’s Victus Surgo mission scheduled for 2026 The post Space Force taps OpTech for $4.5 million…
‘Lunik Heist:’ A real-life CIA rocket kidnapping goes to Hollywood
“At a time like this, we need to find more stories from the days when Americans outsmarted the bad guys and planted our flag on the moon.”
America’s Particle Physics Plan Spans the Globe — and the Cosmos
RALEIGH, N.C. — Particle physicist Hitoshi Murayama admits that he used to worry about being known as the “most hated man” in his field of science. But the good news…
Millions of Phones Could Map the Earth’s Ionosphere
We are all familiar with the atmosphere of the Earth and part of this, the ionosphere, is a layer of weakly ionized plasma. It extends from 50 to 1,500 km…
Detecting Primordial Black Hole Mergers Might be Within Our Grasp
Imagine a black hole with the mass of the asteroid Ceres. It would be no larger than a bacterium and practically undetectable. But if such black holes are common in…
Last supermoon of 2024 wows skywatchers around the world with Full Beaver Moon (photos)
The final supermoon of 2024, the Beaver Moon of November, thrilled skywatchers around the world as it ushered in the weekend with a stunning night sky sight.
Where did the universe’s magnetic fields come from?
How the universe got its large magnetic fields has remained one of the stickiest outstanding problems in astrophysics. Now, researchers have proposed a novel solution: a giant “dust battery” operating…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 137 —Strange New Worlds
On Episode 137 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Jason Steffen, a member of the science team for the Kepler Space Telescope mission.
Documentary director redefines astronaut Eileen Collins as the ‘Spacewoman’ (interview)
The dictionary defines “spacewoman” as simply “a woman astronaut.” In the case of its latest usage, though, the term carries more meaning. “Spacewoman” is a new film about Eileen Collins.
What’s Behind the Martian Methane Mystery?
The seasonal variations of methane in the Martian atmosphere is an intriguing clue that there might be life hiding under the surface of the red planet. But we won’t know…