Space Tourism: The Good, The Bad, The Meh
Space tourism here is here to stay, and will likely remain a permanent fixture of near-Earth activities for the foreseeable future. But is it worth it? While for decades private…
Two Supermassive Black Holes on the Verge of a Merger
In March 2021, astronomers observed a high-energy burst of light from a distant galaxy. Assigned the name AT 2021hdr, it was thought to be a supernova. However, there were enough…
Did NASA’s Viking landers accidentally kill life on Mars? Why one scientist thinks so
Dirk Schulze-Makuch is a scientist who thinks NASA’s Viking landers could have inadvertently destroyed the life they were searching for. In this Q&A, we ask why.
AST SpaceMobile leans on Blue Origin to ramp up satellite launches
AST SpaceMobile said Nov. 14 it has booked rockets from Blue Origin and others to deploy enough satellites between 2025 and 2026 to provide full text, voice, and 5G data…
Aging and Fragility Biomarkers are Altered by Spaceflight
Parallels between spaceflight and the aging process may extend to encompass frailty.Figure Left: Venn diagram of differentially expressed frailty genes in rodent and human samples shows the common differentially expressed…
Intuitive Machines calls for “infrastructure-first” focus for Artemis
Intuitive Machines suggested the need for “reformulation” of NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration campaign to accommodate budget issues and delays. The post Intuitive Machines calls for “infrastructure-first” focus for Artemis appeared…
Trump’s ‘America First’ policy faces test in space
Former U.S. Space Command official: ‘It’s hard to do things on your own in space’ The post Trump’s ‘America First’ policy faces test in space appeared first on SpaceNews.
SpaceX rolls Starship Flight 6 Super Heavy rocket to pad ahead of Nov. 18 launch (photos)
SpaceX has rolled the Super Heavy first stage of its Starship megarocket out to the launch pad to prep for the vehicle’s sixth test flight, which is scheduled for Monday…
New Study Examines Cosmic Expansion, Leading to a New Drake Equation
In 1960, in preparation for the first SETI conference, Cornell astronomer Frank Drake formulated an equation to calculate the number of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations in our Milky Way. Rather than…
Northrop Grumman eyes 2026 launch of robot-armed satellite servicer
The Naval Research Laboratory delivered a pair of robotic arms for Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle The post Northrop Grumman eyes 2026 launch of robot-armed satellite servicer appeared first on…