Career Spotlight: Engineer (Ages 14-18)
3 Min Read Career Spotlight: Engineer (Ages 14-18) What does an engineer do? An engineer applies scientific principles to design, build, and test machines, systems, or structures to meet specific…
Watching the Power of Supermassive Black Holes With X-ray Interferometers
X-ray astronomy is a somewhat neglected corner of the more general field of astronomy. The biggest names in telescopes, like Hubble and James Webb, don’t even touch that bandwidth. And…
This is a Lunar Eclipse, Seen from the Moon!
Thursday brought with it a total lunar eclipse for parts of the world that could see the Moon. If you missed it (like I did) then no problem since Firefly…
Building a Solar Power Satellite from Moon Dust
Solar Power Satellite (SPS) advocates have been dreaming of using space resources to build massive constructions for decades. In-space Resource Utilization (ISRU) advocates would love to oblige them, but so…
These Funko Pop! Star Wars figures are highly collectable and have a big discount at Walmart and Best Buy
Young Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi Bobbleheads make a great addition or start to any Star Wars fan’s Funko Pop! collection
Hubble Sees a Spiral and a Star
2 min read Hubble Sees a Spiral and a Star This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the face-on spiral galaxy NGC 4900. ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. J. Smartt, C.…
James Webb Space Telescope investigates the origins of ‘failed stars’ in the Flame Nebula
The James Webb Space Telescope is investigating the Flame Nebula, hunting for “failed stars” to better understand how brown dwarfs form and evolve.
China’s iSpace secures D round funding, targets December orbital launch and landing
HELSINKI — Chinese commercial launch company iSpace has secured new funding as it prepares for a first launch of its Hyperbola-3 reusable rocket. The company, full name Beijing Interstellar Glory…
NASA hails Blue Ghost 1 mission as “proof positive” of CLPS program
NASA says its program to use commercial spacecraft to deliver payloads to the lunar surface is working well despite just a single fully successful landing in four attempts. The post…
‘Their loss diminishes us all’: Scientists emphasize how Trump’s mass NOAA layoffs endanger the world
“From our perspective down in the trenches actually working for the government, it feels like the people up top just have no clue about anything.”