A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Feb. 7, 2025. The mission returned the Falcon to flight after an upper stage issue. Continue ReadingSpaceX resumes Falcon 9 flights with Starlink satellite launch from California
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is preparing to launch for a long-duration science mission aboard the International Space Station. During the mission, select crew members will participate in human health studies focused on understanding how astronauts’ bodies adapt to the low-gravity environment of space, including a new study examining subtle changes in blood flow.
I always say that one of the things that separates real science from pseudoscience is that while in both you’re allowed to say whatever crazy idea pops into your mind, in real science you’re obligated to take that idea seriously.
A Falcon 9 launched a batch of Starlink satellites on Feb. 7 after SpaceX completed an investigation into an engine malfunction during the rocket’s previous launch five days earlier. The post Falcon 9 returns to flight after upper stage engine investigation appeared first on SpaceNews.
An investor in two space companies that went public in the past year said an upcoming SpaceX IPO could generate new investor interest while also triggering a wave of consolidation. The post SpaceX IPO could drive investor interest in other space companies appeared first on SpaceNews.
For decades, astronomers have been watching WOH G64, an enormous heavyweight star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy visible with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere. This star is more than 1,500 times larger than the sun and emitting over 100,000 times more energy. For a long time, red supergiant WOH G64 looked like a star steadily reaching the end of its life, shedding material and swelling in size as it began to run out of fuel.
Astronomers from the University of Tokyo in Japan and elsewhere have employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a distant ultraviolet-luminous galaxy known as CEERS2-588. Results of the observational campaign, published January 29 on the arXiv preprint server, shed more light on the nature and properties of this galaxy.
A group of US astronomers may have uncovered the first evidence for a dark matter sub-halo lurking just beyond our stellar neighborhood. Reporting their findings in Physical Review Letters, a team led by Sukanya Chakrabarti at the University of Alabama in Huntsville suggests that an unseen clump of dark matter could be subtly tugging on nearby pulsars. If confirmed, the result could shed new light on the elusive nature of dark matter and how it is distributed throughout our galaxy.
Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com’s biggest headlines. Continue ReadingSpace.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Feb. 2, 2026: What type of object is C/2026 A1 (MAPS)?
Starfish’s Otter spacecraft will support relocation and life extension of military satellites The post Space Force awards $54.5 million contract to Starfish Space for GEO servicing vehicle appeared first on SpaceNews.
New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously thought. Continue ReadingThe way Earth’s surface moves has a bigger impact on shifting the climate than we knew
On Episode 196 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Scott Solomon, Rice Univeristy professor and researcher, about humanity’s need to expand its presence into the solar system. Continue ReadingThis Week In Space podcast: Episode 196 — Becoming Martian!
We’re going deeper underground; there’s too much panic in this town. Continue ReadingSilo vs Fallout: getting under the surface of TV’s bunker-based hits
This week in science news: Nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, may break down more rapidly in the atmosphere than previously thought due to climate change. A new, experimental pill dramatically reduces bad cholesterol. And physicists believe they detected an exploding black hole, representing scary new behavior from what we once thought was a more limited arsenal of gravity-based terror and awe.
China launched its experimental reusable spacecraft for the fourth time late Friday, once again maintaining strict secrecy around the mission. The post China launches reusable spaceplane on fourth secretive orbital mission appeared first on SpaceNews.
There are only three astronauts currently aboard the ISS, and two are Russian. Even so, NASA has plans to make sure the big game will be beamed up to orbit. Continue ReadingWill astronauts aboard the ISS get to watch Super Bowl LX?
Pare back what gear you take out with the Peak Design 7L sling bag Continue ReadingPeak Design 7L sling bag review
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is set to launch its Falcon 9 rocket on a return to flight mission following a brief stand down period lasting less than a week. The Starlink 17-33 mission will add 25 Starlink satellites to the company’s megaconstellation in low Earth orbit. There a more than 9,600 satellites currently in orbit, according to Continue ReadingLive coverage: SpaceX to launch return to flight Falcon 9 mission following brief stand down
Four astronauts will blast off to re-staff the International Space Station (ISS) next week, NASA said Friday, after an emergency medical evacuation of the previous crew.
The combustible sedimentary rock, better known as coal, was not only crucial to the onset of advanced technology here on earth, but it should also be key to the development of advanced E.T.s residing on any given exoearth.
