One of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites just dodged a bullet in orbit. That bullet was one of the nine spacecraft that launched atop a Chinese Kinetica 1 rocket on Tuesday
One of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites just dodged a bullet in orbit. That bullet was one of the nine spacecraft that launched atop a Chinese Kinetica 1 rocket on Tuesday
A diagram of the worldbuilding pipeline developed for this study. The pipeline begins with the global and technology factors that define each scenario from Table 5 and other assumptions common
Astronomers have for the first time measured the speed and direction of a newborn black hole, thanks to gravitational waves produced as it bounced away from the site of its
As we all learn from a young age, the sun is the star at the center of our solar system. However, compared with the stars visible to Earth at night,
What do many baked goods and the planet Mercury have in common? They shrink as they cool. Evidence suggests that since it formed about 4.5 billion years ago, Mercury has
Despite the arrival of privately funded lunar mining companies, advancements in space resource legislation (such as the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015) and lunar prospecting missions such as
A distant supermassive black hole may have bitten off more than it can chew! Not only did the star it selected for a stellar meal escape its clutches, but it
Like many lifelong learners, astronaut Peggy Whitson says she found a way to grow her space skillset — even after 695 total days in orbit. Peggy Whitson, the commander of
Updated 6:10 p.m. Eastern with NASA statement. WASHINGTON — NASA’s acting administrator says he plans to “open up the contract” SpaceX holds to land astronauts on the moon for the
X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. of Hong Kong/S. Zhang et al.; Radio: ATNF/CSIRO/ATCA; H-alpha: UK STFC/Royal Observatory Edinburgh; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk In 2009, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory released a captivating image: a






