Science
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is preparing to launch another Falcon 9 rocket in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning … Read More
Remember that amazing ‘first image’ of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A) black hole at the heart of the Milky Way? Well, it may not be completely accurate, according to researchers at … Read More
JWST NIRCam imaging of star-forming protocluster PHz G191.24+62.04, 11 billion years ago as the universe was approaching the peak of star formation. These early galaxies are among the most active … Read More
Comet’s spooky death dive into sun captured by spacecraft VideoFromSpace Watch comet ATLAS burn up as it flies into the sun (video) Space.com There Won’t Be a Second Bright Comet This Month … Read More
Weird, but cool. Pointy Perfection Ever notice something about those images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope — other than the fact that they look absolutely incredible, that is? … Read More
On a large asteroid named Vesta, mysteriously curved gullies and fan-shaped deposits may have formed from short-lived flows of saltwater, a new study reports — a discovery that’s quite surprising … Read More
The fossilized remains of a nearly 75-million-year-old “swamp dweller” have been discovered by paleontologists in northwest Colorado. The University of Colorado team behind the discovery has been digging just outside … Read More
This capability makes the arc jet test facility unique in the world, but it still can’t fully replicate the stresses a spacecraft’s heat shield undergoes during reentry. There are some … Read More
SpaceX’s historic rocket catch earlier this month was even more dramatic than it looked. That catch occurred on Oct. 13, during the fifth test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket. Starship’s … Read More
Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) is no more. On Monday (Oct. 28), the comet evaporated as it was heading toward perihelion, the closest point to the sun in its orbit. There … Read More
