Watch SpaceX launch 15,000-pound SiriusXM satellite to orbit tonight
SpaceX will launch a big SiriusXM radio satellite to orbit from Florida’s Space Coast tonight (June 28), and you can watch the action live. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with…
Listening to the One Place That Swallows Everything
The event horizon of a black hole should be impossible to study. It’s the point of no return, the boundary where gravity grows so strong that not even light can…
Hot Jupiter CoRoT-2b Rotates Backward to Orbit
Hot Jupiter exoplanets have completely changed how we look at the universe. This is because before the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star was discovered in 1995, 51 Pegasi b,…
Deuterium in Comets Tell Interesting Tales
Comets have play an interesting role in astronomy history. From antiquity, many cultures saw them omens or spirits, portending good or bad news for kings, queens, and emperors. Over the…
Astronomers Spot a Possible Supernova Remnant Near the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton may have found a supernova remnant near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. If confirmed as a…
‘Logan’s Run’ at 50: Remembering this disco-age sci-fi classic on its golden anniversary
The 1970s were truly when science fiction cinema made astronomical leaps into the public’s consciousness and catapulted out of the B-movie bin to become a respected entertainment genre. Aside from…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 216 — Dark Matter Intelligence
On Episode 216 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with physicist Dr. Daniel Whiteson about other intelligences is beyond our scope. Whiteson, particle physicist at…
SpaceCamp at 40: A wish-fulfillment fantasy brought down to earth by NASA’s real-life disaster
When “SpaceCamp” landed in theaters in June 1986, it should have been the ultimate wish-fulfillment movie, as if “The Goonies” had cashed in their hard-earned pirate treasure in return for…
Blue Origin plans to fly New Glenn rocket again this year despite massive rocket explosion (video)
Blue Origin is hard at work at its Cape Canaveral launch pad, collecting debris and repairing the damage after an explosive accident last month. The company’s New Glenn rocket exploded…
NASA used a drone to deliver a human kidney. Is this the future of transplant transport?
NASA is hoping to use drones to speed up organ delivery for transplant patients. A flight test earlier this month at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia saw a drone…