SpaceX launched the Starship megarocket system on Thursday night for its eighth integrated test flight. Regretfully, the Starship vehicle was lost during the mission, just like in the January test that failed. The upper stage (S34) successfully launched from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, but was unable to regulate its Read more…
SpaceX Starship Flight 8: SpaceX plans to launch its next Starship megarocket next week, a test that will also attempt to use massive metal chopsticks to capture the largest rocket booster in the world. For the launch of Starship Flight 8, SpaceX is targeting a liftoff time of 6:30 p.m. Read more…
NASA Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) mission is scheduled to launch in March and will study the powerful electrical currents known as electrojets that flow through the Earth’s upper atmosphere around the poles. All three spacecraft carry a NASA JPL-built sensor called the Microwave Electrojet Magnetogram, which maps electrojets to help Read more…
SpaceX is preparing for its eighth Starship test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Friday, pending regulatory clearance. The most powerful rocket ever built, Starship, continues to advance deep-space exploration in spite of past disappointments. Starlink Test: Starship Soars About an hour after launch, the rocket’s 171-foot (52-meter) Read more…
NASA has selected SpaceX to launch the Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission, a space telescope designed to detect and monitor potentially hazardous comets and asteroids. This mission marks a major breakthrough in planetary protection by improving our ability to identify and mitigate potential impact threats. Launche Date As early as Read more…
For the first time, scientists have mapped the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet in remarkable detail, uncovering an unusual and chaotic weather system. This alien world, WASP-121b—also known as Tylos—exhibits record-breaking wind speeds in its stratosphere, moving in baffling directions that defy conventional atmospheric models. Since its discovery in 2015, Read more…
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are expected to return to Earth on March 19. They have remained in orbit for nearly ten months due to technical issues with Boeing’s Starliner. After months of delays due to spaceship failures, Wilmore admits that the return is earlier than expected and Read more…
SpaceX broke the previous record early on Saturday, February 15, when it launched a Falcon 9 rocket. At 1:14 a.m. EST (0614 GMT), the rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, which already had 21 Starlink broadband satellites in orbit.This rocket soared for the 26th time last month, breaking Read more…
China is recruiting people for a “planetary defence force” that will protect Earth from an asteroid strike in 2032. Beijing’s State Administration of Science, Technology, and Industry has opened applications for three posts, including those centred on asteroid monitoring and early warning system development, after risk assessments revealed the threat. Read more…
A recent study has uncovered that biofluorescence is widespread among birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds renowned for their elaborate courtship dances and vividly colored plumage. Researchers found that 37 out of 45 known species exhibit this hidden glow, which appears more pronounced in males and could play a role Read more…