Space News
Cygnus launch to ISS scrubbed as NASA considers schedule changes for future cargo missions
Space News - 10 Feb 2020 02:24
A technical issue scrubbed a scheduled Feb. 9 launch a Cygnus cargo mission to the International Space Station as NASA is considering changes to the schedule of future cargo missions and science activities on the station...
Fast radio burst with steady 16-day cycle observed
Phys.org - 10 Feb 2020 16:20
A large team of space scientists working in Canada has found evidence of a fast radio burst with a steady 16-day cycle. The team has published a paper describing their findings on the arXiv preprint server.
NRL-built camera provides view into sun's polar regions
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(Naval Research Laboratory) The SoloHI mission will use an NRL-designed and -built heliospheric camera to provide unique perspectives and unprecedented views of the Sun's North and South poles.
Space Force gets $15.4 billion in 2021 budget request
SPACE.com - 10 Feb 2020 23:52
The White House's 2021 federal budget request, which was released today (Feb. 10), allocates $15.4 billion to the U.S. Space Force, the new military branch that President Donald Trump proposed several years ago and offic...
Star One sole regional operator included in FCC C-band clearing plan
Space News - 10 Feb 2020 23:26
WASHINGTON -- Only one of the four regional satellite operators authorized to provide C-band services in the United States, Embratel Star One of Brazil, will be eligible to receive payments as part of a spectrum clearing...
Trump's 2021 NASA budget proposal axes 2 telescopes, 2 Earth science missions & STEM grants
SPACE.com - 10 Feb 2020 23:12
In the Trump administration's federal budget request for 2021, NASA proposes the cancellation of two telescopes, two earth science programs and STEM engagement efforts.
Distant giant planets form differently than 'failed stars'
Phys.org - 10 Feb 2020 22:49
A team of astronomers led by Brendan Bowler of The University of Texas at Austin has probed the formation process of giant exoplanets and brown dwarfs, a class of objects that are more massive than giant planets, but not...
What's the difference between orbital and suborbital spaceflight?
SPACE.com - 10 Feb 2020 22:34
How will you go to space today?
Solar Orbiter Launches on a Mission to Study the Sun's Poles
Scientific American - 10 Feb 2020 22:00
The probe's long, historic journey is underway --
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Exploring Earth and space by remote control
SPACE.com - 10 Feb 2020 21:06
The James Webb Space Telescope, WFIRST, Hubble, and hundreds of other missions sprang from or have close connections to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Iran satellite launch fails to reach orbit
SPACE.com - 10 Feb 2020 21:03
Iran launched a communications satellite called Zafar 1 atop a Simorgh rocket at 10:45 a.m. EST Sunday (Feb. 9). But the spacecraft didn't make it all the way to orbit.
Trump seeks $15.4 billion for U.S. Space Force in 2021 budget
Space News - 10 Feb 2020 20:32
The Trump administration's budget request for national defense in 2021 includes $15.4 billion for the U.S. Space Force. SpaceNews.com
Trump calls for $25 billion NASA budget for 2021 to boost moon and Mars goals
SPACE.com - 10 Feb 2020 20:30
President Donald Trump wants to raise NASA's budget to $25.2 billion for the fiscal year beginning in October, an increase of 12% over the current year's funding.
NASA Administrator Statement on Moon to Mars Initiative, FY 2021 Budget
NASA Breaking news - 10 Feb 2020 20:22Solar Orbiter Launched
SpaceRef - 10 Feb 2020 20:11
Solar Orbiter, a new collaborative mission between ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA to study the Sun, launched at 11:03 p.m. EST Sunday on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canave...
Hubble Captures Grand Spiral NGC 5364
SpaceRef - 10 Feb 2020 20:08
This eye-catching galaxy is known as NGC 5364....
Meet the Physicist Predicting When Online Hate Will Turn to Real-World Violence
Discover - 10 Feb 2020 19:30
The same principles that govern jostling molecules apply to groups of humans as well.
Distant Giant Planets Form Differently than 'Failed Stars'
PTTU - 10 Feb 2020 19:15
McDonald Observatory:
ESA's next sun mission will be shadow-casting pair
Phys.org - 10 Feb 2020 17:13
After Solar Orbiter, ESA's next mission observing the sun will not be one spacecraft but two: the double satellites making up Proba-3 will fly in formation to cast an artificial solar eclipse, opening up the clearest vie...
Qarman CubeSat: Falling into a fireball
Phys.org - 10 Feb 2020 17:13
This Wednesday 12 February, ESA's latest mission will enter the vacuum of space, not aboard a rocket but by being released from the International Space Station. The first task of the shoebox-sized Qarman CubeSat is simpl...
Supercharged light pulverises asteroids, study finds
Phys.org - 10 Feb 2020 16:31
The majority of stars in the universe will become luminous enough to blast surrounding asteroids into successively smaller fragments using their light alone, according to a University of Warwick astronomer.
CHEOPS space telescope takes its first pictures
Phys.org - 10 Feb 2020 16:11
The tension was high: In front of a large screen at the house near Madrid where members of the Consortium participating in the commissioning of the satellite live, as well as at the other institutes involved in CHEOPS, t...