Will Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Shine Brighter Than Expected?
Now is the time to catch Comet A3-Tsuchinshan-ATLAS at dawn. The window is now open. If skies are clear, set your alarm heading into this weekend to see Comet C/2023…
All The Stars Align for a Record-Breaking Breaking 75th IAC
During the week 14 – 18 October 2024 Milan transforms into the world’s space capital with the arrival of thousands of experts, scientists, industry professionals, and, of course, astronauts! The…
Biosignatures Can be Made in the Lab. No Life Needed.
The most likely way we will discover life on a distant exoplanet is by discovering a biosignature. This can be done by looking at the atmospheric spectra of a world…
How a Nearby Supernova Left its Mark on Earth Life
When a massive star explodes as a supernova, it does more than release an extraordinary amount of energy. Supernovae explosions are responsible for creating some of the heavy elements, including…
SpaceX Recovers the Super Heavy Booster from Flight 4
On June 6th, 2024, the fourth orbital test flight of the Starship successfully lifted off at 07:50 a.m. CT (08:50 a.m. EDT; 06:50 PDT) from SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas. This…
ARMD Solicitations
7 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA / Lillian Gipson/Getty Images This ARMD solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or…
NASA creates space sustainability division to consolidate orbital debris activities
NASA has established a space sustainability division that will consolidate much of the work the agency is doing on orbital debris and related issues. The post NASA creates space sustainability…
Advanced Civilizations Will Overheat Their Planets Within 1,000 Years
Earth’s average global temperatures have been steadily increasing since the Industrial Revolution. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), Earth has been heating up at a rate of…
What the 1st analysis of China’s Chang’e 6 lunar far side samples revealed
In late June, the Chang’e 6 lunar lander returned to Earth with samples of the moon. Now, the first paper about these samples has been published.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 129 —Back From Mars!
On Episode 129 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Pascal Lee about his Mars Simulation Base in the Arctic.