‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ episodes 1 & 2: What’s the secret of At Attin?

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew explores the New Republic era from a new, innocent perspective, but there’s more...

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Dragonfly is going to Titan on a Falcon Heavy

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

NASA has given SpaceX the contract to launch the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan. A Falcon...

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Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Launches Rebrand, Reorg and Integrate, Compete, and Unleash Plan

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

Washington, D.C, December 3, 2024. The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) has announced a rebrand of the organization...

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Handle on history: Knives embedded with rocket parts honor 45 years of Ariane launches

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

A company that crafts knife handles from leftover rocket metal and the wood from trees surrounding the...

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Infrared detectors made from quantum dots—a keener eye for the invisible

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

What do motion detectors, self-driving cars, chemical analyzers and satellites have in common? They all contain detectors...

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Planetary scientists confirm new main-belt comet

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

A mysterious object discovered in the main asteroid belt in 2021 was determined to be a main-belt...

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Perseverance now arriving at Pico Turquino

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

Perseverance has been continuing its sightseeing tour of the Jezero crater rim, with this week’s travel itinerary...

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Is it time to rename the Hubble constant?

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

Most people associate the discovery that faraway galaxies are receding from us — and thus, that the...

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Mysterious fast radio bursts could be caused by asteroids slamming into dead stars

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

Asteroids colliding with neutron stars could account for mysterious blasts of energy called fast radio bursts by...

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Observations detect a new long-period radio transient associated with supernova remnant G22.7-0.2

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

Using the DAocheng Radio Telescope (DART), Chinese astronomers have detected a long-period transient event. The newfound transient,...

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Lockheed Martin challenges narrative on GPS vulnerability

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

Company executives say the system is more resilient than many realize The post Lockheed Martin challenges narrative...

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Peter Connito, Redwire – Commercial Space Transformers

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

In this episode of Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews Senior Staff Writer Jason Rainbow speaks with Pawel Skonieczka,...

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Microfiber plastics appear to tumble, roll and move slowly in the environment

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

The first-known direct observations of the movement of microfiber plastics through a thin layer of soil-like particles...

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Stranded sea turtles in critical condition wash along Cape Cod beaches

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

After a rash of stranded turtles on Massachusetts shores in the last week, the New England Aquarium...

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Name change reflects expanded focus for Commercial Space Federation

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

An industry group is changing its name, ever so slightly, to more accurately reflect its work across...

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Connecting The Dots | IRIS² anchors SES and Eutelsat next steps

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

Europe’s proposed sovereign broadband constellation is slowly chugging along, carrying with it the non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite...

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Could dark matter have been forged in a ‘Dark Big Bang?’

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

The Big Bang may not have been the origin of the universe’s most mysterious matter. Instead, dark...

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Ancient Iberian slate plaques may be genealogical records

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

A study published in the European Journal of Archaeology by Prof. Katina Lillios and her colleagues has...

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China launches clandestine TJS-13 satellite, rocket reaches milestone

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

HELSINKI — China launched a new communication engineering test satellite early Tuesday, adding to a series of...

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PLD Space secures loan for Miura 5 launch facility

Astrobitica December 3, 2024

Spanish launch vehicle startup PLD Space has secured a loan to help fund development of the launch...

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