China Embraces Space-Based Solar Power To Meet 2060 Carbon Neutral Target

SPACE 08.19.2021 08:57 AM

China is sending a mile-long solar panel as it embarks on space-based solar power that will beam energy back to Earth for the country to achieve its 2060 carbon neutral target. Similar technology is also being studied by the U.S. Air Force.

NASA Curiosity Rover Celebrates 9th Year in Mars With Panoramic Photo of Red Planet

08.19.2021 07:07 AM

NASA celebrates the 9th year anniversary of the Mars Curiosity rover by sharing a 360° panorama of the Red Planet.

Zhurong Rover of China Completes First Mars Exploration Tasks of 90 Days; What Follows?

08.19.2021 06:24 AM

Zhurong rover of China completed its initial Mars exploration tasks of 90 Martian days or an equivalent of 92 Earth days. So far, it is in good condition and moving to its next exploration mission.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin To Take Key Moon Tech as NASA Payload; New Shepard Launch Date Soon?

08.19.2021 05:40 AM

Blue Origin is planning to launch the next New Shepard suborbital vehicle flight on August 25. It is an uncrewed mission this time.

NASA's Next SpaceX Dragon Launch This Month With Science Experiments Cargo Involving Bone Tissues, Materials Test, and More

08.19.2021 01:10 AM

Following the shipment of 8,200 pounds of supplies to the orbiting laboratory earlier this month, SpaceX Cargo Dragon is expected to make another special delivery to the ISS this month.

NASA's Black Brant IX Rocket to Solve Source of Sun's Hot Atmosphere Soon!

08.18.2021 22:30 PM

NASA will soon launch the upgraded EUNIS mission on top of Black Brant IX rocket to examine sun's hot atmosphere.

Seasonal Blue Moon August 2021 Coming Up This Week: How Did It Get Its Name?

08.18.2021 21:40 PM

August 2021 full moon is called the blue moon despite not being the second full moon of the month. So how is a seasonal blue moon differ from the regular blue moon?

Black Holes as Energy Sources of Advanced Civilization? Theoretical Megastructures Dyson Spheres May Catch Energy Up to 100 Million Suns

08.18.2021 21:30 PM

Researchers calculate that black holes, as energy sources, could provide as much as the total energy production of up to 100,000,000 suns.

Russian Space Junk Allegedly Smashed a Chinese Military Satellite This Year - Reports

08.18.2021 06:30 AM

A chunk of a Russian rocket considered a space junk collided with a Chinese satellite in March. Is this the result of our expanding space junk problems?

Hematite Found on Earth in 19th Century Opens Possibility of Former Life, Water on Mars

08.18.2021 04:06 AM

Recent examination of rocks found on Earth in the 19th century using high-tech tools reveals that rocks on Mars could also serve as a substantial water reservoir.

Did NASA Just Find Milky Way’s Broken Arm? Scientists Claim Seeing a Cluster of Nebulae, Young Stars in the Galaxy

08.18.2021 02:08 AM

Scientists said that one of Milky Way's spiral arm is sticking out like a splinter poking out of the wood's plank due to several forces in the galaxy.

Space Junk Cleanup Now Possible Thru Tiny AuroraSat-1 CubeSat to be Launched Later This Year

08.17.2021 23:50 PM

Rocket Lab will launch a tiny CubeSat called AuroraSat-1 later this year for an orbital test. The technology could hopefully ease humanity's problem in space junk.

Asteroid 3200 Phaethon Has a Comet-Like Tail That Fizzes Near the Sun, Here's Why

08.17.2021 23:40 PM

A new study identifies the reason behind the odd, comet-like tail of asteroid 3200 Phaethon. 3200 Phaethon is a cosmic body that has an unusual structure compared to the typical asteroids.

Elon Musk's SpaceX Orbital Stack to Roll Its 1st Orbital Test Flight 'In a Few Weeks'

08.17.2021 23:30 PM

The Starship rocket from SpaceX Musk's goals to make human space flight more cheap and routine are centered on it.

Arianespace Vega Rocket Launches 1 Earth Observation Satellite, 4 Tiny Cubesats to Capture Daily Imaging from Space

08.17.2021 21:55 PM

This was Arianespace's seventh successful launch of the year, and the second with the Vega spacecraft in 2021.