Space News
SDA evaluates cloud computing for speed, flexibility
Space News - 12 Mar 2020 01:20
The Space Development Agency (SDA) is evaluating how cloud computing could bolster its campaign to quickly identify and track missiles. SpaceNews.com
Assure Space won't cover collision risk in low Earth orbit
Space News - 12 Mar 2020 03:30
Since the beginning of the year, space insurance underwriter Assure Space is no longer offering policies covering collision risk for satellites operating in low Earth orbit. SpaceNews.com
Europe's ExoMars rover launch delayed to 2022 due to parachute problems
SPACE.com - 12 Mar 2020 16:20
European and Russian space leaders have decided to postpone the launch of the ExoMars rover until 2022 due to issues with its parachutes and electronic equipment.
Lockheed Martin app offers a glimpse into the planning of a satellite constellation
Space News - 12 Mar 2020 00:33
The app is to help "understand the elements associated with communications satellite architectures." SpaceNews.com
Satellite 2020 conference ends early as coronavirus cancellations grow
Space News - 12 Mar 2020 02:56
Satellite 2020, one of the largest space industry conferences of the year, ended a day early March 11, part of a growing number of events affected by the coronavirus pandemic. SpaceNews.com
India's Chandrayaan 2 is Creating the Highest Resolution Map We Have of the Moon
Universe Today - 12 Mar 2020 00:04
India's space organization, ISRO, launched Chandrayaan 2 to the Moon last year in July. While its lander Vikram crashed on the lunar surface on September 7, the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter continues to orbit the Moon. The Chan...
NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy Available for Interviews Before Launch
NASA Breaking news - 12 Mar 2020 23:53China's new navigation system is nearly complete with penultimate Beidou satellite launch
SPACE.com - 12 Mar 2020 23:00
The Chinese Beidou satellite navigation system is almost finished, thanks to the launch of a new satellite this week.
Slime Mold Grows the Same as the Large Scale Structure of the Universe
Universe Today - 12 Mar 2020 22:34
Matter in the Universe is not distributed equally. It’s dominated by super-clusters and the filaments of matter that string them together, surrounded by huge voids. Galaxy super-clusters are at the top of the hierarchy...
'Minor planet' bonanza: 139 new objects discovered beyond Neptune
SPACE.com - 12 Mar 2020 22:19
The list of Pluto's neighbors just got considerably longer, potentially boosting scientists' odds of finding the putative Planet Nine.
Getting sick in space: How would NASA handle an astronaut disease outbreak?
SPACE.com - 12 Mar 2020 20:28
As coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, it's interesting to ponder what would happen if such a virus were to spread in space.
'Dyson sphere' legacy: Freeman Dyson's wild alien megastructure idea will live forever
SPACE.com - 12 Mar 2020 20:00
Freeman Dyson may be gone, but his famous alien-hunting idea will likely persist far into the future.
SpaceX's Starship will soon be made of different stuff
SPACE.com - 12 Mar 2020 19:33
SpaceX built its first few Starship prototypes out of a stainless-steel alloy known as 301. But aerospace engineers have been using that particular metallic blend since the middle of the last century, and it's time for a...
NASA Science to Hold Virtual Community Town Hall Meeting
NASA Breaking news - 12 Mar 2020 19:11SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket debuts on display at Space Center Houston
SPACE.com - 12 Mar 2020 17:54
You can now get up close, around and even under the first commercial rocket launch two missions for NASA.
ExoMars to take off for the red planet in 2022
Phys.org - 12 Mar 2020 16:42
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Roscosmos Space Corporation have decided to postpone the launch of the second ExoMars mission to study the Red Planet to 2022.
Astronomers Spot Rare Brown Dwarf Pair
Universe Today - 12 Mar 2020 15:51
Sometimes, the strangest stellar finds are right in our own cosmic neighborhood. Astronomers recently made an interesting discovery while putting a new set of telescopes through their paces: an eclipsing pair of sub-stel...
India's Chandrayaan 2 is creating the highest-resolution map we have of the moon
Phys.org - 12 Mar 2020 15:50
India's space organization, ISRO, launched Chandrayaan 2 to the moon last year in July. While its lander Vikram crashed on the lunar surface on September 7, the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter continues to orbit the moon.
Coronavirus prompts European Southern Observatory to close facilities, cancel events
SPACE.com - 12 Mar 2020 15:32
The European Southern Observatory has closed several of its facilities and canceled public events in Germany and Chile in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Press briefing on ExoMars
ESA - 12 Mar 2020 14:00
Video: 00:45:56 Replay of a press briefing on ExoMars, held on 12 March 2020.
Molten Iron Rain Falls On Scorching-Hot Exoplanet
Scientific American - 12 Mar 2020 14:00
A planet called WASP-76 b may be the most extreme world we know of --
ExoMars rover mission delayed to late 2022
Space News - 12 Mar 2020 13:37
The ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission has been delayed to 2022 due to a lack of time to qualify hardware vital to the spacecraft. SpaceNews.com