On Oct. 22, 1992, the space shuttle Columbia launched into space with the ashes of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of “Star Trek,” aboard. During mission STS-52, NASA astronaut and shuttle…
The Vera Rubin Observatory’s Commissioning Camera operated for about 7 weeks in 2024, before the observatory released its well-known first look images. It’s an engineering camera, and its job was…
Ukraine wants its own satellite-communication system, which shouldn’t be surprising given the events of the past week or so. The Ukrainian military just signed a letter of intent with two…
The total solar eclipse on Aug. 2, 2027, has an ancient feel. It will certainly be a celestial event for the ages — at 6 minutes 23 seconds, it will…
SMBH jets are driven by thick, hot accretion disks with powerful magnetic fields. But there’s a bit of a paradox. Some SMBH produce jets, even though they appear to have…
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss talks with the CEO of Aalyria Brian Barritt about how networks are evolving, what scaling the company means and the role of software interoperability…
Researchers think they might have pinpointed the exact night sky that we see depicted in Vincent van Gogh’s iconic painting “The Starry Night.” Perhaps one of the most famous paintings…
Theory says that during some SMBH mergers, the merger remnant receives a recoil kick from gravitational waves. Instead of sitting placidly in the galactic center, these recoiled SMBH are sent…
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Where have all the planets gone? Late October 2026 sees a decided dearth of planets in the dusk sky, with only bashful Mercury receding from view, and Saturn fresh off…
