Looking like a soccer ball with glowing blue eyes, the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera-2 is put to test aboard the International Space Station. Continue ReadingFloating blue-eyed robot keeps watch on the ISS: Space photo of the day
Canada’s MDA Space announced plans April 1 to buy Israeli satellite chipmaker SatixFy in a $269 million deal to further vertically integrate its constellation manufacturing capabilities. The post MDA Space buys SatixFy to boost constellation production appeared first on SpaceNews.
he first commercially built rocket to lift off from continental Europe came tumbling back to Earth within seconds. But its manufacturer considers the mission a success. The test flight, “Going Full Spectrum,” was the debut launch of Norwegian company Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum, a two-stage orbital launch vehicle designed to compete with SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9Continue reading “Debut flight of Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket ends in explosion” The post Debut flight of Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket ends in explosion appeared first on Astronomy Magazine. Continue ReadingDebut flight of Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket ends in explosion
Europe’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft has chronicled the development of the magnetic escape of plasma driven out by a powerful magnetic reconnection event. Continue ReadingMillion-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun’s greatest mysteries (video)
The first images of Earth’s poles from the Fram2 Crew Dragon have been uploaded from the orbiting spacecraft, and the views are breathtaking. Continue ReadingWatch chilling 1st views of Earth’s poles seen by SpaceX Fram2 astronauts (video)
NASA’s “quiet” new supersonic jet, the X-59, just passed a key engine test, bringing it closer to its first flight later this year. Continue ReadingNASA’s X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet aces key ‘cruise control’ test ahead of 1st flight
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a bacteria-based technique to repair bricks that can be used to build lunar habitats if they get damaged in the moon’s harsh environment.
The JWST was used in a creative way to capture direct images of distant worlds. Continue ReadingScientists used JWST instruments ‘wrong’ on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets
From the editor: As the extraordinary pace of astronomical discovery carries on, we increasingly see that the stuff of life is spread throughout the cosmos. Life, even complex life, must be common out there. We know of several hundred billion stars in our galaxy, at least 100 billion galaxies, and planets around most of theContinue reading “Earth as a planet” The post Earth as a planet appeared first on Astronomy Magazine. Continue ReadingEarth as a planet
My childhood fascination with the night sky led me to study astronomy and physics at university. By my second year, I was operating the telescope atop the physics building, tracking celestial objects — just like astronomy student Kate Dibiasky in the disaster movie Don’t Look Up.I never imagined I’d also soon find myself alerting othersContinue reading “Solving the climate equation” The post Solving the climate equation appeared first on Astronomy Magazine. Continue ReadingSolving the climate equation
In many ways, Tony Fadell built the digital world we live in. At the turn of the millennium, his efforts to build a pocket-sized, hard-disk-based device that could hold 1,000 songs in MP3 format caught the attention of Apple. Within months, he had been hired by the firm, and less than a year after hisContinue reading “How to build climate solutions: An interview with Tony Fadell” The post How to build climate solutions: An interview with Tony Fadell appeared first on Astronomy Magazine. Continue ReadingHow to build climate solutions: An interview with Tony Fadell
In January 1774, Captain James Cook’s third and final attempt to sail south in search of the elusive Terra Australis was blocked by impenetrable sea ice. A frustrated Cook left the question of a southern land mass unanswered and later wrote, “If any one should have resolution and perseverance to clear up this point byContinue reading “Why our climate future depends on Antarctica” The post Why our climate future depends on Antarctica appeared first on Astronomy Magazine. Continue ReadingWhy our climate future depends on Antarctica
Astronomy magazine tends to focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth, into the depths of space. But the vast majority of observational satellites around our blue world stare right back at us. From weather to climate to ocean currents to vegetation, all kinds of Earth-sensing satellites surround our planet, giving a bird’s-eye view ofContinue reading “How we study our planet” The post How we study our planet appeared first on Astronomy Magazine. Continue ReadingHow we study our planet
Using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), European astronomers have carried out multi-wavelength radio observations of a radio galaxy designated 3C 111. Results of the observational campaign, published March 24 on the arXiv preprint server, shed more light on the properties of this galaxy and its relativistic jet.
After last week’s explosive X-flare, sunspot AR4046 is at it again! Could this latest eruption bring stormy space weather to Earth? Continue ReadingSun unleashes powerful M5.6 solar flare and Earth is in the firing line — are auroras incoming?
China conducted a new launch for a nebulous series of internet technology test satellites early Tuesday. The post China launches internet technology test satellites with Long March 2D appeared first on SpaceNews.
An analysis of two decades of data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex atmospheric changes on Uranus, including the effects of the sun’s radiation on its seasonal shifts. Continue Reading2 decades of Hubble Space Telescope data track changing seasons on Uranus
A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday night on the first rocket ride to carry people over the North and South poles.
Face north after darkness falls and the prominent constellations Taurus, Orion, Canis Major, and Gemini will grab your attention. Mars resides in the last of these star groups during April’s first half. The magnitude 0.4 planet starts the month 4° south of Gemini’s luminary, 1st-magnitude Pollux. Mars’ eastward motion relative to the background stars carriesContinue reading “April 2025: What’s in the Southern Hemisphere sky this month?” The post April 2025: What’s in the Southern Hemisphere sky this month? appeared first on Astronomy Magazine. Continue ReadingApril 2025: What’s in the Southern Hemisphere sky this month?
The planets offer exciting views in April. Jupiter is a brilliant object in the evening sky, although the observing window narrows as the Sun sets later each day. Mars is past its best, but remains bright and high in the sky. Mercury, Venus, and Saturn make an early-morning appearance before sunrise. And a special treatContinue reading “April 2025: What’s in the sky this month? Jupiter and Mars remain prominent, while Venus, Mercury, and Saturn rule the morning skies” The post April 2025: What’s in the sky this month? Jupiter and Mars remain prominent, while Venus, Mercury, and Saturn rule the Continue ReadingApril 2025: What’s in the sky this month? Jupiter and Mars remain prominent, while Venus, Mercury, and Saturn rule the morning skies
