Webb Sees an Early Galaxy Blowing Away the Cosmic Fog
When the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in December 2021, one of its primary purposes was to see the first galaxies in the Universe forming just a few million…
China’s megaconstellations take off, government backs commercial space
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GAO rejects TraCSS contract protest
The GAO has denied a protest from a company over a contract that is part of the Office of Space Commerce’s space traffic coordination system. The post GAO rejects TraCSS…
Webb Sees Neptune’s Auroras for the First Time
The outer planets remain somewhat of a mystery and Neptune is no exception. Voyager 2 has been the only probe that has visited the outermost planet but thankfully the James…
Sols 4491-4492: Classic Field Geology Pose
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U.S. military prepares to award new commercial satcom deals
The Commercial Satellite Communications Office last week issued a final solicitation for bids for the Marine Enterprise Commercial Satellite Services (MECS2) contract The post U.S. military prepares to award new…
SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California, lands rocket at sea (video)
SpaceX launched a stack of Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California and returned a booster to Earth Friday afternoon (March 26).
China launches new Tianlian data relay satellite to support human spaceflight
HELSINKI — China launched a new Tianlian data tracking and relay communications satellite Wednesday, adding to the country’s on-orbit infrastructure in the geostationary belt. A Long March 3B lifted off…
One Day We Might Seed the Universe With Life. But Should We?
Suppose humanity was faced with an extinction-level event. Not just high odds, but certain-sure. A nearby supernova will explode and irradiate all life, a black hole will engulf the Earth,…
Hold onto your hats! Is the ‘blaze star’ T Corona Borealis about to go boom?
The nova is ignited when a “vampirific” white dwarf steals too much matter from a companion star.