The White House is proposing steep cuts in NASA’s science program that, if implemented, would cancel several major missions, contradicting claims by the administration’s nominee to lead the agency. The post White House proposal would slash NASA science budget and cancel major missions appeared first on SpaceNews.
Space businesses are under pressure to adapt as artificial intelligence and shifting geopolitics reshape their industry in ways that are still coming into focus. The post Space industry confronts twin disruptors: AI and geopolitics appeared first on SpaceNews.
We’re less than two weeks out for Disney+’s rousing ‘Rogue One’ prequel series return! Continue Reading“The Empire can not win” — A pair of explosive ‘Andor’ Season 2 teasers drop ahead of April 22 release (video)
Astroscale and Orbit Fab are teaming up to refuel U.S. Space Force satellites in geostationary orbit high above Earth, demonstrating a capability that could reshape space operations. Continue ReadingPrivate probe will refuel Space Force satellites high above Earth on landmark 2026 mission
Through his research at Caltech, a local high school student revealed 1.5 million previously unknown objects in space, broadened the potential of a NASA mission, and published a single-author paper.
I recently wrote a story about the wild ride of the Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station last summer. It was based largely on an interview with the commander of the mission, NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore. His account of Starliner’s thruster failures—and his desperate efforts to keep the vehicle flying on course—was riveting. In the aftermath of the story, many readers, people on social media, and real-life friends congratulated me on conducting a great Continue Reading“What the hell are you doing?” How I learned to interview astronauts, scientists, and billionaires
There’s a new companion in the TARDIS… Here’s how to watch “Doctor Who” season 2 online on BBC iPlayer in the UK and on Disney Plus in the US. Continue ReadingHow to watch ‘Doctor Who’ season 2 online and from anywhere
The Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud are at war, with the larger of these dwarf galaxies ripping the other apart. Continue ReadingA gravitational war next door: The Large Magellanic Cloud is gradually destroying the Small Magellanic Cloud
The sun was caught bursting out a huge quantity of helium-3, an isotope that’s scarce in our solar system. Continue ReadingThe sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon
Behold the visionary creator’s catalog of sad dreams and technological nightmares. Continue Reading5 Simon Stålenhag art books to check out after you’ve watched ‘The Electric State’ on Netflix
Welcome to Edition 7.39 of the Rocket Report! Not getting your launch fix? Buckle up. We’re on the cusp of a boom in rocket launches as three new megaconstellations have either just begun or will soon begin deploying thousands of satellites to enable broadband connectivity from space. If the megaconstellations come to fruition, this will require more than a thousand launches in the next few years, on top of SpaceX’s blistering Starlink launch cadence. We Continue ReadingRocket Report: “No man’s land” in rocket wars; Isaacman lukewarm on SLS
Our new study of the nearby starburst galaxy Haro 11 has shown that strong X-ray-emitting superwinds may be a key mechanism enabling galaxies to leak ionizing radiation, which is believed to have played a major role in the cosmic reionization in the early universe.
The satellite industry has seen major mission, market and technology leaps over the decades, but nothing like the top-to-bottom disruption we are going through now. Driven in large part by […] The post Winning the satellite industry’s most disruptive decade yet appeared first on SpaceNews.
Blue Origin is set to launch its star-studded, all-female NS-31 mission to suborbital space on April 14. Here’s how to watch it live. Continue ReadingWhat time is Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch with Katy Perry and Gayle King on April 14?
Imagine if Earth’s history had a mystery novel, and one of its biggest unsolved puzzles was: Where did all the nitrogen go? Scientists have long known that our planet’s rocky outer layers—the mantle—are oddly poor in nitrogen compared to other volatile elements like carbon or water. Very strangely, the C/N and 36Ar/N ratios in the bulk silicate Earth (BSE, the whole Earth minus the metallic core) are far higher than those found in the meteorites that supposedly delivered these ingredients during the planet’s infancy.
The promise of artificial intelligence has been a staple of government technology roadmaps for decades. But too often, AI has remained an aspirational concept — more a collection of PowerPoint […] The post Bridging the gap between AI hype and reality appeared first on SpaceNews.
The swirling, paint-like clouds in the darkness of space in this stunning image seem surreal, like a portal to another world opening up before us. In fact, the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is very real. We are seeing vast clouds of ionized atoms and molecules, thrown into space by a dying star. This is a planetary nebula named Kohoutek 4-55, a member of the Milky Way galaxy situated just 4,600 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan).
The Full Pink Moon rises Saturday (April 12), marking the farthest, smallest and faintest full moon of the year, and you can watch it live online. Continue ReadingWatch April’s Full Pink ‘micromoon’ rise this weekend with a free telescope livestream
The Andromeda galaxy is surrounded by a constellation of dwarf galaxies that are arranged in a highly lopsided manner. Analysis of cosmological simulations published in Nature Astronomy reveal that this degree of asymmetry is only found in 0.3% of similar systems, painting Andromeda as a striking outlier in the current cosmological paradigm.
The asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an analysis from NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The probability of collision peaked at over 3% on Feb. 18—the highest ever recorded for an object of its size. This sparked concerns about the damage the asteroid might do should it hit Earth.
