Scientists have successfully fermented miso aboard the International Space Station, marking the first deliberate food fermentation in space that may open up new culinary possibilities for astronauts on long-term missions. Continue ReadingSpace miso is nuttier than Earth miso — but it’s still miso
An international team led by UNIGE shows that red and dead galaxies can be found only 700 million years after the Big Bang, indicating that galaxies stop forming stars earlier than predicted by models.
This streaming deal is a great alternative to Disney Plus as you can get three months of Starz for just $2.99 and watch Marvel content for less. Continue ReadingYou can still get 73% Starz for three months and watch some Marvel content following the Avengers: Doomsday cast announcement
A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its core in a new photo taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile. Continue ReadingIncredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space
Asteroid 2024 YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) on January 29, 2025. The early calculations predicted an impact probability of 1.3% with Earth on December 22nd, 2032, and estimated its size to be between 40 and 90 meters.
Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new warm Jupiter exoplanet located more than 1,000 light years away. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-2005 b, is about the size of Jupiter and orbits its host star on a highly eccentric orbit. The discovery was reported March 25 on the arXiv pre-print server.
With NASA’s Artemis program preparing for the first crewed moon landing since 1972, four commercial space stations in development, and companies like SpaceX setting their sights on Mars, long-duration human […] The post Biotech is the launchpad for human survival in space appeared first on SpaceNews.
A California man has been sentenced to jail for flying a drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base and photographing the installation. Continue ReadingDrone pilot who flew over Vandenberg Space Force Base sentenced to 4 months in jail
Sky watchers The University of Arizona PressTucson, AZ Star Gazers: Finding Joy in the Night Sky, by prolific astronomy writer David H. Levy, is a collection of personal essays celebrating amateur and professional astronomy. Bringing together his decades of sky-watching experience, this 172-page book gives readers insight into Levy’s thoughts on James Webb Space Telescope,Continue reading “Spring for new astronomy products this month” The post Spring for new astronomy products this month appeared first on Astronomy Magazine. Continue ReadingSpring for new astronomy products this month
The company was awarded an SBIR Phase 3 contract to further develop satellite “fingerprinting” technology The post Slingshot adapting satellite ‘fingerprinting’ technology for military applications appeared first on SpaceNews.
WASHINGTON — An institute in Japan’s space agency is pursuing a concept that could allow the agency to send small rovers to the surface of Mars. In a talk at […] The post JAXA institute studying Mars lander concept appeared first on SpaceNews.
Lunar lander companies want NASA to revise and expand its approach to buy services as Congress raises questions about NASA’s handling of VIPER. The post CLPS companies seek expanded opportunities for commercial lunar landers appeared first on SpaceNews.
The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest. Continue ReadingPlush polar bear with penguin art floats as Fram2 zero-g indicator in polar orbit
Mother’s Day 2024 heralded Mexico’s most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades. Here’s why scientists say this is something to track. Continue ReadingNorthern Lights in Mexico? Low-latitudes may be more vulnerable than expected to geomagnetic storms
More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research led by the University of Bristol has revealed.
NASA’s new infrared telescope named “SPHEREx” has officially opened its eyes to the cosmos. Continue ReadingNASA’s new SPHEREx space telescope takes its 1st cosmic images: ‘The instrument team nailed it’
As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore, had to take manual control of the vehicle. But as Starliner’s thrusters failed, Wilmore lost the ability to move the spacecraft in the direction he wanted to go. He and his fellow astronaut, Suni Williams, knew where they wanted to go. Starliner had flown to within a stone’s throw of the space station, a safe harbor, if only they could reach it. But already, the failure of so many thrusters violated the mission’s flight rules. In such an Continue ReadingStarliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought
Check out this peek at new alien abduction thriller “Watch the Skies” coming to theaters May 9. Continue ReadingNew alien abduction film ‘Watch the Skies’ is giving us Swedish Spielberg vibes (video)
Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the moon? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC 2025) hopes to address as a team of researchers from the United States and Canada investigated the likelihood of long-term survival for microbes in the PSR areas of the moon, which are craters located at the poles that don’t see sunlight due to the moon’s small axial tilt.
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they’d ride on Boeing’s Starliner again, despite the issues the capsule had on its first crewed flight. Continue Reading‘I’d get on in a heartbeat’: Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)
