AI Could Make Alien Contact More Likely for SETI’s ‘Project Hail Mary’
A new movie called “Project Hail Mary” tells the story of an unlikely astronaut who teams up with an alien to deal with a common cosmic threat. In the latest…
Starlab Space fully books commercial payload space on planned space station
The Starlab commercial space station has fully booked its commercial payload space as the joint venture developing it awaits the next phase of a NASA program. The post Starlab Space…
Viasat wins $14 million contract to provide in-flight satcom for Navy executive aircraft
The two-year deal covers satellite communications for Navy C-37 executive jets used to transport senior leaders The post Viasat wins $14 million contract to provide in-flight satcom for Navy executive…
Jupiter’s moons leave cold ‘footprints’ in the planet’s auroras, James Webb Space Telescope finds
Never-before-seen temperature and ion density measurements reveal that the effect of Jupiter’s moons on its aurora are more complicated than scientists thought.
The Sun Has a Heartbeat
For forty years, a network of telescopes has been listening to the Sun hum and scientists have finally decoded what those sounds reveal about our star’s hidden interior. A new…
Sunday Morning’s European Fireball Was Probably Only a Few Meters in Diameter
Multiple mobile phones, dashcams, and dedicated meteor cameras capture a fireball over part of Europe on Sunday night. Thousands of people witnessed it, and the ESA’s Planetary Defence Team is…
Suspended NOAA satellite chief warns of threats to federal science programs
The head of NOAA’s satellite division, on administrative leave for more than half a year, warned that workforce reductions and cuts to science programs have “lobotomized” the federal government. The…
‘War Machine’s’ Alan Ritchson and director Patrick Hughes on why they filmed the action flick ‘like a horror movie’ (interview)
‘I just wanted to make a film that was completely non-stop from start to end.’
Insights into Spallation Mechanisms of Thermal Protection System Materials from Mass Spectrometry and HyMETS Testing
Download PDF: Insights into Spallation Mechanisms of Thermal Protection System Materials from Mass Spectrometry and HyMETS Testing An effort was undertaken to investigate the mechanisms responsible for internal pressure build…
The Rubin Observatory’s LSST Will Detect Imminent Impactors Before They Crash Into Earth
One of the Vera Rubin Observatory’s objectives is to detect incoming objects. It’s decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time will detect one-meter class objects about to impact Earth and…