Semiconductor startup to fly payloads on Falcon 9 boosters
A startup plans to test technology to produce semiconductors in space on a series of Falcon 9 launches using payloads attached to the rocket’s booster. The post Semiconductor startup to…
Early Hydrogen–Iron Reactions Key to Planetary Habitability
How does water form on exoplanets and what could this mean for the search for life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address…
Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is still full of surprises — an unexpected brightening has scientists baffled
“The reason for 3I’s rapid brightening, which far exceeds the brightening rate of most Oort cloud comets at similar distances, remains unclear.”
Shenzhou-21 completes rapid docking with Tiangong space station 3.5 hours after launch
China’s latest crewed mission arrived at the Tiangong space station Friday, just 3.5 hours after launch from Jiuquan spaceport in the Gobi Desert. The post Shenzhou-21 completes rapid docking with…
Kyivstar prepares to expand Starlink Direct to Cell testing across Ukraine
Ukrainian telco Kyivstar said Oct. 31 it is preparing to test SpaceX’s Starlink Direct to Cell service across most of the country, excluding border areas, active combat zones and territories…
Satellite images show ‘mesovortices’ forming around the eye of deadly Hurricane Melissa
Footage from a NOAA satellite taken Oct. 28 shows Melissa’s deadly spin as it moves across the Caribbean.
The last stop in a literary Grand Tour portrays Pluto the way it really is
NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto has forced astronomers to rewrite their textbooks — but that’s not all: In the latest episode of the Fiction Science podcast, space scientist Les…
For clues to the future of military space, look in the air
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Logistics, from satellite life extension to in-space assembly, will become common elements of future military operations, according to speakers at the MilSat Symposium here. “The way…
Astronomers capture vast cosmic bat spreading its wings in time for Halloween (photo)
The European Southern Observatory captured a nebula bat during a survey of the Milky Way’s galactic plane.
Best sci-fi horror books: Top sci-fi horror reads to haunt your Halloween
From Orwell’s dystopian paranoia to Jeff VanderMeer’s ecological nightmares, these science-fiction horror novels explore fear on every scale.