The Spitzer Space Telescope will shuts down Jan. 30. NASA celebrates its legacy this week.
A 16-year NASA mission that painted the universe in infrared light will come to an end this month, as the Spitzer Space Telescope takes its ...Read More
Showing posts with label Space News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Space News. Show all posts
SpaceX delays Crew Dragon abort test launch to Sunday due to bad weather
SpaceX has postponed the launch of a major astronaut safety test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft to Sunday, Jan. 19, due to bad weather at the...Read More
Kathryn Sullivan: Spacewalker and Earth Explorer
Few know the globe's nooks and crannies more intimately than Kathryn Sullivan — explorer and student of the sky and the sea. from Spac...Read More
Mars sample return is coming, so scientists urge preparing the public for it now
The first pristine pieces of Mars won't be coming down to Earth for at least another decade, but the time to start preparing society for...Read More
The problems with modern physics
Modern physics has many achievements to be proud of, but mysteries still abound, and sometimes we feel more in the dark than we did 100 year...Read More
Solar storms might be causing gray whales to get lost
Strandings of healthy gray whales increase with the prevalence of solar storms. from Space.com https://ift.tt/35NEVi4 Read More
I rode the 'Lunar Rover' from 'Ad Astra' and it was awesome (video)
Out in the desert in New Mexico, in the dusty terrain bordering a commercial spaceport, I got the chance to take a wild ride in a "luna...Read More
One of NASA's new 'Turtle' astronauts may walk on the moon ... or even Mars
One of the members of NASA's newest astronaut class graduating today (Jan. 10) might be the next to walk on the moon and perhaps might e...Read More
Lunar Eclipse 2020 Guide: When, Where & How to See Them
Four penumbral lunar eclipses will appear across Earth's skies in 2020. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2Ej1qyS Read More
How to turn off web notifications for Google Chrome and macOS
Here's a handy guide on how to turn off web notifications for Google Chrome and macOS. from Space.com https://ift.tt/2s9eJAY Read More
SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites, Nails Rocket Landing in Record-Breaking Flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink broadband internet satellites into orbit and landed back on Earth, making SpaceX the operator ...Read More
NASA's TESS Planet Hunter Finds Its 1st Earth-Size World in 'Habitable Zone'
For the first time, the agency's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a roughly Earth-size planet in the habitabl...Read More
Gravitational-Wave Discovery Reveals Spectacular Crash of Neutron Stars, the 2nd Known
For the second time ever, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has spotted two ultradense stellar remnants known a...Read More
Author Daniel H. Wilson Takes Crichton's 'Andromeda Strain' to Space in 'The Andromeda Evolution'
There's finally a sequel to Michael Crichton's 1969 classic about extraterrestrial life trying to take over humanity from, of all pl...Read More
Happy Perihelion Day 2020! Earth Is Closest to the Sun Today
Earth is about to have a close encounter of the stellar kind. from Space.com https://ift.tt/39FnqUh Read More
Astronaut Christina Koch Breaks Record for Longest Space Mission by a Woman
A NASA astronaut has set a new record for time spent in space, and she still has six weeks to go before she returns to Earth. from Space.c...Read More
Satellites Show Glaciers Rapidly Shrinking from Climate Change
New results relying on five decades of satellite observations show extensive changes to glaciers at the Earth's north and south poles. ...Read More
Magnetic Ropes Surround 'Whale Galaxy' 80,000 Light-Years From Earth
If you're feeling all tied up with obligations this holiday season, perhaps a newly studied galaxy feels the same way. from Space.com ...Read More
Russian Proton Rocket Sends Satellite Into Orbit in Christmas Eve Launch
Russia's space agency Roscosmos sent the new Electro-L 3 weather satellite into orbit in a dazzling Christmas Eve launch today (Dec. 24)...Read More
The Greatest Spaceflight Moments of 2019
Three lunar missions, commercial spaceflight milestones, the first all-woman spacewalk — 2019 was a busy year in space for public and privat...Read More
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