Water Arrived in the Final Stages of Earth’s Formation
Roughly 4.6 billion years ago, the Sun was born from the gas and dust of a nebula that underwent gravitational collapse. The remaining gas and dust settled into a protoplanetary…
Sols 4445–4446: Cloudy Days are Here
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An Amazing JWST Image of a Protostar
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been giving us a fabulous new view on the universe since its launch. This new image of the protostar HH30 is in amazing…
‘Fork in the Road’ buyout offer reaches space and national security agencies despite exemptions
The Trump administration’s buyout program was extended to civilian employees in agencies with critical space-related missions The post ‘Fork in the Road’ buyout offer reaches space and national security agencies…
Taking space safety cues from air and sea
Parallels with aviation and maritime industries offer important insights for managing increasingly congested orbits, according to a Feb. 6 panel of space technology executives at the SmallSat Symposium in Silicon…
DIU studying applications of SpaceX Starship in-space refueling
A Defense Department unit is examining how SpaceX’s Starship vehicle could be used to support a broader architecture of in-space refueling. The post DIU studying applications of SpaceX Starship in-space…
Putin axes Yuri Borisov, head of Russia’s space agency
Vladimir Putin has dismissed Roscosmos chief Yuri Borisov, who led the Russian space agency for a turbulent 2.5-year stretch.
There Could Be a Supermassive Black Hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud Hurling Stars at the Milky Way
Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed. HVSs travel much faster than normal stars, and sometimes, they can…
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2024 Annual Report
Credit: NASA The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, issued its 2024 annual report Thursday examining the agency’s safety performance, accomplishments, and…
What You Need To Know About the March 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse
4 min read What You Need To Know About the March 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse The Moon will pass into Earth’s shadow and appear to turn red on the night…