Career Spotlight: Mathematician (Ages 14-18)
5 Min Read Career Spotlight: Mathematician (Ages 14-18) What does a mathematician do? Mathematicians use their expert knowledge of math to solve problems and gain new understanding about how our…
SpaceX launches fresh group of Starlink satellites from foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base, successfully lands booster (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today (May 27), carrying 24 Starlink satellites for the company’s growing constellation.
Enpulsion Unveils Nexus, Its Most Powerful Electric Propulsion System to Date
— — Enpulsion, a global leader in electric propulsion systems for small satellites, announces the launch of Nexus, its most advanced propulsion system to date. The post Enpulsion Unveils Nexus,…
New Adaptive Optics Show “Raindrops” on the Sun
Modern ground-based telescopes rely on adaptive optics (AO) to deliver clear images. By correcting for atmospheric distortion, they give us exceptional pictures of planets, stars, and other celestial objects. Now,…
Autonomous Tritium Micropowered Sensors
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Artist concept highlighting the novel approach proposed by the 2025 NIAC awarded selection of Autonomous Tritium Micropowered Sensors concept.…
Addressing Key Challenges To Mapping Sub-cm Orbital Debris in LEO via Plasma Soliton Detection
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Artist concept highlighting the novel approach proposed by the 2025 NIAC awarded selection of the Mapping Sub-cm Orbital Debris…
How to watch SpaceX’s Starship Flight 9 launch and Elon Musk’s Mars update today
SpaceX will launch the 9th test flight of its Super Heavy Starship rocket hours after CEO Elon Musk delivers an update on his company’s plans to make humans an multiplanetary…
One Star Once Orbited Inside the Other in this Bizarre Binary System.
Astronomers have spotted a pulsar in a binary system, taking about 3.6 hours for the stars to orbit one another. Their orbit is so close that, from our vantage point,…
Astronomers Identified the Lost Star of 1408…Or Have They?
Over the past 90 years, astronomers have successfully matched several Chinese historical records of “guest stars” with known supernovae. However, identifying historical novae (smaller stellar explosions) has proven to be…
Perseverance Photobombed by a Passing Dust Devil
On May 10th, while striking a selfie to mark its 1,500th day on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance Rover got an unexpected guest star—a towering dust devil swirling in the distance photobombed…