China Secretly Launches Reusable Suborbital Vehicle; Did It Land Successfully?

SPACE 07.19.2021 03:18 AM

China hopes to develop a network of reusable transport vessels that would cruise at high speeds at a suborbital level.

Neutron Stars Have Tiny Mountains That Are No More Than Millimeters Tall, Study Suggests

07.19.2021 02:51 AM

A team of astrophysicists used new models of neutron stars and showed that their tallest mountains could only be millimeters tall due to the huge gravity on the ultra-dense objects.

Malaysia's MEASAT-3 Satellite Drifts Out of Orbit, Deactivates Transponders; Is It Lost Forever?

07.19.2021 01:38 AM

MEASAT-3 have been restored onto backup satellite capacity on other co-located MEASAT satellites and third-party satellites that serve the region.

NASA Says Asteroid Twice as Big as Big Ben Will Make Near-Earth Approach; Should We Worry?

07.18.2021 23:10 PM

An asteroid tumbling through space at speeds of more than 18,000mph is expected to safely make a "close approach" on Earth this month, NASA's trackers have confirmed.

Gamma-Ray Bursts: What Do These Ultrabright Flashes Tell About the Universe?

07.18.2021 22:37 PM

What are Gamma-ray bursts? Scientists believe that these ultrabright flashes could hold the secrets of the origin of the universe and they are eager to find where these beams come from.

5 Ways of Shark Conservation: NASA's Earth-Observing Satellites Help in Nature Maintenance

07.18.2021 21:53 PM

As scientists at various institutions are directly focusing on shark conservation, the Earth-observing satellites of NASA collect important information about the habitat of sharks, the ocean, in particular.

Japanese Billionaire Yuzaku Maesawa of SpaceX dearMoon Mission Will Fly to Space Soon; Who Will Join Him?

07.18.2021 03:20 AM

Back in 2018, Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa was revealed to be behind the dearMoon Project: an art project that aims to send tourists around the Moon. And a new update teases who might be joining the visionary on the Starship trip.

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Fire Up Its Super Heavy Booster Soon; Is Raptor Engine Render Accurate?

07.17.2021 01:02 AM

Elon Musk reveals huge first test of starship rocket booster built for Mars, adding that Super Heavy Raptor Engine configuration render is accurate.

New Shepard Photos Released: Blue Origin All Set for First Crewed Mission on the Reusable Rocket Built for Space Tourism

07.16.2021 23:16 PM

Images of Blue Origin's New Shepard have recently come out in space news reports, as the company gets ready for its mission to space.

Why Do Asteroids and Comets Have Weird Shape? The Reason Behind Moon and Star's Spherical Shape Explained

07.16.2021 23:10 PM

Have you ever wondered why celestial objects in our universe, such a stars and planets, have spherical shape? What causes the round formation of these massive bodies?

Hubble Space Telescope is Back on Once Again! Backup Computing Hardware Switched On, What's Next?

07.16.2021 23:07 PM

NASA has announced that it has switched on Hubble Space Telescope's backup computing hardware and now has successfully turned it on once again. But now, what's next for the Hubble?

China Zhurong Mars Rover Shares Photo of Its Parachute, Partially Burnt Backshell

07.16.2021 22:55 PM

China’s Mars rover, Zhurong, has captured new images of the Red Planet. The images from China National Space Administration, show the rover’s parachute and partially burnt but still intact protective shell on the ground.

NASA to Relocate Crew Dragon Port on Space Station for Boeing's CST-100's Arrival; Here's How to Watch

07.16.2021 08:20 AM

Crew Dragon port's relocation to International Space Station will free up harmony’s forward port for Boeing’s CST-100 starliner docking. NASA TV will show the event live.

NASA's Curiosity Rover Detects Unusual Bump in Mars; Ends Up on Bedrock

07.16.2021 07:26 AM

NASA's Perseverance rover is on a road trip across Mars and shared snaps from a roadside attraction that's caught the rover team's attention.

Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein Will Make a Near-Earth Approach in 10 Years, Looks Like a Beautiful Dot in Image

07.16.2021 02:34 AM

Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, as it’s now known, won’t make its closest approach to the Sun for another 10 years.