Spaceplane developer Reaction Engines goes bankrupt
Reaction Engines Ltd., a British company that has worked for decades on an air-breathing rocket engine for spaceplanes and other hypersonic vehicles, has filed for bankruptcy. The post Spaceplane developer…
How Webb Stays in Focus
One of the most difficult challenges when assembling a telescope is aligning it to optical precision. If you don’t do it correctly, all your images will be fuzzy. This is…
SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites from Florida on Monday
SpaceX plans to launch 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast on Monday (Nov. 11).
‘Mass Effect’ TV series is headed to Amazon Prime Video
After more than a decade of waiting for a big-screen project that never materialized, Mass Effect is headed to Prime Video.
Star Wars is following in the MCU’s footsteps, but is this the way?
Is shaping Star Wars’ next live-action era after the tired Marvel Cinematic Universe the right path forward?
NASA’s Roman space telescope gets ready to stare at distant suns to find alien planets
The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will enable scientists to detect the faint light from planets beyond our solar system.
NASA extends ISS cargo contracts through 2030
NASA has extended three contracts with companies to continue providing transportation of cargo to and from the International Space Station through the projected end of the station’s life in 2030.…
Long March 2C launches 4 PIESAT-2 commercial radar satellites
HELSINKI — A Long March rocket launch sent four satellites into orbit late Friday to provide commercial X-band radar imaging services. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off at 10:39…
A Trash Compactor is Going to the Space Station
Astronauts on the International Space Station generate their share of garbage, filling up cargo ships that then deorbit and burn up in the atmosphere. Now Sierra Space has won a…
Using Light Echoes to Find Black Holes
The most amazing thing about light is that it takes time to travel through space. Because of that one simple fact, when we look up at the Universe we see…