Red Giant Stars Can’t Destroy All Gas Giants. Some Are Hardy Survivors
Astronomers haven’t found many gas giants orbiting white dwarfs. But is that because they’re so difficult to spot? Or is it because their survival rate is so low? New research…
‘It’s insightful, it’s informative.’ Neil deGrasse Tyson on his 5-hour backyard audio chat with William Shatner (interview)
‘He’s wise and very well educated and so every turn of conversation is rich.’
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‘Armageddon’s’ William Fichtner stars in the brand’s first-ever Big Game commercial
Full Moon over Artemis II
NASA/Sam Lott A full moon is seen shining over NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…
NASA Space to Soil Challenge
NASA/JPL-Caltech Rapid advances in commercial space, artificial intelligence, and edge computing are transforming what is possible for Earth observation. By pushing more intelligence onboard, missions can move from passively collecting…
Flight heritage? It isn’t what you think
In space procurement, there are few phrases that carry more weight than “flight heritage.” Once a supplier claims it, the rest of the room can relax. The hardware has flown,…
Reading the Moon’s Diary, One Speck of Dust at a Time
Magnetism on the Moon has always been a bit confusing. Remote sensing probes have noted there is some magnetic signature, but far from the strong cocoon that surrounds Earth itself.…
SpaceX pauses Falcon 9 launches after upper stage anomaly
SpaceX is pausing Falcon 9 launches after an issue with the rocket’s upper stage encountered at the end of a launch Feb. 2. The post SpaceX pauses Falcon 9 launches…
Artemis 2 slips to March
NASA is no longer planning a February launch of the Artemis 2 mission after encountering hydrogen leaks during a fueling test of the Space Launch System. The post Artemis 2…
Elon Musk lays out a new vision of AI satellites as SpaceX acquires xAI
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he’s making space-based artificial intelligence the “immediate focus” of a newly expanded company that not only builds rockets and satellites, but also controls xAI’s generative-AI…