Space News
Rocket Lab Delays Planned Rocket Launch for More Ground Tests
SPACE.com - 29 Nov 2019 22:47
Rocket Lab's quest to test out reusable rocket features will need to wait a little longer. The California-based company announced today (Nov. 29) that it needs to hold off on its planned launch attempt for now to do more...
'The Mandalorian' Episode 4 is a Nod to a Classic Western Movie Trope
SPACE.com - 29 Nov 2019 22:33
"The Mandalorian" defends a village against raiders in Episode 4. Here's a full review of the live action "Star Wars" series now showing on Disney Plus.
Move over Graphene: Next-Gen 2D Materials Could Revolutionize Technology
Discover - 29 Nov 2019 21:00
Move over, flat carbon. Meet borophene, phosphorene and the rest of the next generation of "atomically thin" super-materials.
These So-Called 'Super-Puff' Worlds Could Be Exoplanets with Rings
Discover - 29 Nov 2019 20:00
Astronomers investigate whether mysterious low-density planets are actually ringed planets that have been misunderstood.
Lego's NASA Apollo Saturn V Is 30% Off for Black Friday
SPACE.com - 29 Nov 2019 19:51
NASA's Apollo 11 moon landing celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and Lego set the stage with this epic Saturn V moon rocket set, which is on sale now for 30% off via the Lego online store.
Quantum Physics is No More Mysterious Than Crossing the Street: A Conversation with Chris Fuchs
Discover - 29 Nov 2019 19:15
According to a quantum interpretation called QBism, there's no need for parallel universes or physics mysticism.
Celestron's 114AZ Smartphone-Ready Telescope is $80 Off for Black Friday
SPACE.com - 29 Nov 2019 18:56
This Black Friday, you can get a quality beginner telescope from Celestron for nearly half off.
Earth from Space: Lake St. Clair, US - Canada Border
SpaceRef - 29 Nov 2019 18:51
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Lake St. Clair, forming the border between Ontario, Canada to the east, and Michigan, US to the west....
Why Cloud Constellation turned down $100 million
Space News - 29 Nov 2019 18:15
In December, Cloud Constellation was finalizing receipt of a $100 million investment that would help the startup deploy a ring of secure data-storage satellites in low Earth orbit. By spring, Cloud Constellation had walk...
Hallmark's Astronaut Snoopy Is 50% Off on Amazon (Timex Watches on Sale, Too!)
SPACE.com - 29 Nov 2019 16:40
Hallmark's Astronaut Snoopy plush is 50% off for Black Friday, and it's joined by a Timex watch and ornament deals for the holidays.
Searching for star prints in space and stories
Phys.org - 29 Nov 2019 16:38
Stars don't shine forever. Eventually, even the brightest stars run out of fuel and collapse in a massive explosion, called a supernova.
Space as a service takes root at RBC Signals
Space News - 29 Nov 2019 16:08
RBC Signals is expanding its global network of ground stations by combining excess capacity in existing antenna networks with its own antennas. CEO Ron Faith spoke with SpaceNews about the lessons he sees in the growth o...
Gravitational Waves Are Being Detected at an Increasing Pace
Scientific American - 29 Nov 2019 16:00
Sensors have captured more than 40 events --
A surprisingly big black hole might have swallowed a star from the inside out, and scientists are baffled
Phys.org - 29 Nov 2019 15:10
About 15,000 light years away, in a distant spiral arm of the Milky Way, there is a black hole about 70 times as heavy as the Sun.
Mapping our galaxy's magnetic field
Phys.org - 29 Nov 2019 14:59
Astronomers from CSIRO and Curtin University have used pulsars to probe the Milky Way's magnetic field. Working with colleagues in Europe, Canada, and South Africa, they have published the most precise catalogue of measu...
An Actor's 'Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker' Script Landed on eBay (But No, You Can't Bid On It)
SPACE.com - 29 Nov 2019 14:39
Bothan spies? No, not in this case.
China's Big Ambitions for Space Are Riding on a December Launch
SPACE.com - 29 Nov 2019 14:29
China recently staged a show test of its Mars lander looking ahead to the program's launch next summer. But an equally crucial mission component faces a different kind of test in December.
Ina's YGT experience in space architecture and infrastructure
ESA - 29 Nov 2019 14:10
Video: 00:02:37 Ina Cheibas talks about her YGT experience in the Advanced Concepts Team at ESTEC, Netherlands, where her role was to propose and develop additive manufacturing techniques for a space habitat with in situ...
Cleaning the dishes
Phys.org - 29 Nov 2019 13:51
Large antennas are our only current way of communicating through space across vast distances, and every now and then they need to be spruced up to ensure we can keep in touch with our deep-space exploration spacecraft.
Watch live: third #SpacewalkForAMS
ESA - 29 Nov 2019 11:03
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and his spacewalking buddy NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan will venture beyond the International Space Station's airlock for the third time on 2 December as part of a complex series of spacewalk...
Lake St. Clair
ESA - 29 Nov 2019 11:00
Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Lake St. Clair, forming the border between Ontario, Canada to the east, and Michigan, US to the west. The Saint Clair River is visible at the top of the image and fl...
Earth from Space: Lake St. Clair
ESA - 29 Nov 2019 11:00
Video: 00:02:39 In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Lake St. Clair, forming the border between Ontario, Canada to the east, and Michigan, US to the we...