FAA clears Falcon 9 launch of Hera mission
The FAA has granted approval for the Falcon 9 launch of ESA’s Hera asteroid mission, but is keeping the vehicle grounded for now for other missions. The post FAA clears…
Primordial Holes Could be Hiding in Planets, Asteroids, and Here on Earth
Small primordial black holes (PBHs) are one of the hot topics in astronomy and cosmology today. These hypothetical black holes are believed to have formed soon after the Big Bang,…
What it was like to experience the ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse on Easter Island
A few hundred eclipse chasers flocked to Chile’s Rapa Nui to see annularity from the home of the mysterious moai.
SpaceX will launch Europe’s Hera asteroid probe today: Watch it live
SpaceX will launch Europe’s Hera spacecraft on Monday (Oct. 7) toward the asteroid Dimorphos for a post-impact evaluation, and you can watch the liftoff live.
Earth is a spaceship like the ISS — let me explain
From water recycling to carbon capture, there are a myriad ways in which space technologies can be applied to help us live in a more environmentally friendly way on Earth.
See Venus rendezvous with the crescent moon in the night sky tonight (Oct. 5)
On Saturday evening (Oct. 5) as darkness is falling, be sure to take a look low toward the west-southwest part of the sky for a beautiful celestial tableau formed by…
Brightness of first Chinese broadband constellation satellites alarms astronomers
The first satellites of a Chinese broadband constellation are significantly brighter than those of Western systems, posing a new challenge for astronomers. The post Brightness of first Chinese broadband constellation…
The Milky Way Might be Part of an Even Larger Structure than Laniakea
If you want to pinpoint your place in the Universe, start with your cosmic address. You live on Earth->Solar System->Milky Way Galaxy->Local Cluster->Virgo Cluster->Virgo Supercluster->Laniakea. Thanks to new deep sky…
Webb Detects Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Perodixe on Pluto’s moon Charon
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed magnificent things about the Universe. Using its sophisticated infrared optics, it has peered deeper into space (and farther back in time) than…
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 131 —The Star Wars vs. Star Trek Food Fight
On Episode 131 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq tackle a question that rivals the meaning of life itself: which is better, Star Trek or Star Wars?