NASA's X-59 Spacecraft: Lockheed Martin's 'Quietest' Aircraft's First Flight Approaching Soon

SPACE 09.01.2021 22:30 PM

The NASA X-59 QueSST is being built by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and is expected to reach supersonic speeds of around 660 mph at sea level.

Earth’s Largest Martian Rock on Display: See It up Close and Personal in Maine Starting September 1

09.01.2021 21:37 PM

The largest Mars rock on Earth has been put on display permanently at a Maine museum starting September 1. This is identified as Taoudenni 002.

China Zhurong Rover Marks Its 100 Days On Mars; Snaps Broad Panorama of the Utopia Planitia Area of Mars

09.01.2021 20:25 PM

Zhurong Rover is scouting Utopia Planitia for the China National Space Administration's Tianwen-1 Mars mission.

How Black Holes Form: New Simulation Video Shows How Galaxies Feed Supermassive Mouths

09.01.2021 07:53 AM

There is no definite way of how a black hole forms in the universe, but the new high-powered simulation from the researchers of Northwestern University could shed light on how galaxies feed the supermassive black hole.

SpaceX All-Civilian Spaceflight: Inspiration4 To Take Giant Leap to Futuristic Goal of Sending Humans to Space

09.01.2021 05:56 AM

SpaceX's next crewed mission, Inspiration4, to be launched on September 15, will be the first all-civilian mission to orbit. It will be a mission like no other, testing the ambitious futuristic goal of sending civilians to space in the next few years.

Planet Nine Lurking Near Sun’s Orbit? Scientists Spot Planet Around Solar System

09.01.2021 04:20 AM

Planet Nine's orbit has been discovered, and its route around the sun has been plotted by new research. The planet is estimated to have a mass of 6.2 times that of the Earth and is 300 AU from the sun.

NASA's Space Launch System Not To Fly Until 2022, Space Agency Says

09.01.2021 02:20 AM

NASA currently eyes launching Artemis 1 mission next year. Modal testing is ongoing at Kennedy Space Center, with the aim to conduct a 'wet dress rehearsal' according to schedule.

Russia Says ISS Will Retire Soon Due to New Cracks Found in the Space Station's Walls

09.01.2021 00:15 AM

In the latest in a series of setbacks, Russian cosmonauts detect new fissures in a section of the International Space Station which might expand.

Pigeons Roosting on Starlink Dish; Are They Causing Outages in Elon Musk’s Satellite Internet Service Beta-Testing?

08.31.2021 23:52 PM

People beta-testing the Starlink Satellite Internet Service of Elon Musk are experiencing outages in their connection and this, according to Professor Alan Woodward, is because of pesky pigeons roofing on the dish on the roof.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Detects Ultra Weak Galactic Fossils Near Sculptor's Galaxy

08.31.2021 23:16 PM

Astronomers discovered a trio of dwarf galaxies linked with NGC 253, located 12 million light-years from the Sun in the constellation Sculptor.

New Exoplanets Discovered: NASA Finds 40 in All, Using Old Measurements of the Retired Kepler Space Telescope

08.31.2021 21:45 PM

40 new exoplanets have been discovered by NASA Exoplanets using the retired Kepler space telescope’s old measurements.

Stars Gobble Up Planets; Instability of Solar Systems Could Help Identify Sun-Like Stars Hosting Earth-like Planets

08.31.2021 07:19 AM

The Greek god Cronos had a horrifying reputation for eating his own children. In the same way, researchers found that some Sun-like stars gobble up their planets.

Sword and Heart: Hubble Space Telescope's WFC3 Captures Herbig-Haro Object HH111

08.31.2021 06:44 AM

A discovery by the Hubble Space Telescope shows the image from a rare Herbig-Haro object charted at the great constellation of Orion. The phenomenon was dubbed a 'blue sword' piercing through a 'celestial heart.'

Cold Planets Like Jupiter and Neptune Exist in Milky Way's Galactic Bulge; Here's What It Means

08.31.2021 02:47 AM

A large number of planets might be orbiting around our Milky Way's Galactic Bulge, experts say.

NASA Chooses Ball Aerospace for Additional 2 Landsat Architecture Studies; Landsat-9 To Replace 22-Year Satellite for Earth Research

08.31.2021 00:30 AM

Landsat Next Instrument Study – Constellation Satellite Concept and Landsat Next Instrument Study – Single Satellite Concept were chosen by NASA for two Landsat Next architecture studies.