Science
Eclipsing August’s famed Perseid meteor shower, December’s Geminids arguably is the year’s best meteor shower with shooting star rates theoretically as high as 75-125 per hour under perfectly clear and … Read More
A Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ahead of the launch of the RRT-1 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 8:37 p.m. EST (0137 UTC): SpaceX … Read More
Dim-witted dope or brainy brawn? The debate over T. Rex’s smarts continues, with a recent paper leaning toward the original theory that these fearsome giants weren’t all that bright. A … Read More
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Dec. 13). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 22 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space … Read More
A geological phenomenon is occurring in the heart of East Africa that could forever alter the Earth’s map. A new ocean is in the process of forming, a consequence of … Read More
The world’s most powerful rocket is nearing its next test flight. The seventh launch of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket is expected within the next month or so. After a recent static … Read More
Astronauts are many things. They’re often scientists, engineers, or pilots. And in the case of NASA astronaut Don Pettit, he’s also an astrophotographer. Pettit is currently on his third stay … Read More
SpaceX plans to launch a mystery mission from Florida’s Space Coast this evening (Dec. 13). A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force … Read More
Gwynne Shotwell, the woman making SpaceX’s moonshot a reality Financial Times Source link
Massive solar storms this year have meant that people across America have been able to see the Aurora Borealis like never before. The massive jets of charged particles that have … Read More
