Space News
Watch a Minotaur 1 rocket launch a classified US spy satellite early Tuesday
SPACE.com - 15 Jun 2021 01:24
Northrop Grumman is set to launch a Minotaur 1 rocket early Tuesday morning (June 15), and you can watch the action live online.
Mushrooms on Mars? 5 unproven claims that alien life exists
SPACE.com - 15 Jun 2021 02:38
A recent study claims to have found evidence for mushroom-like life forms on the surface of Mars.
Launcher to develop orbital transfer vehicle
Space News - 15 Jun 2021 14:00
Small launch vehicle company Launcher announced June 15 that it is also working on an orbital transfer vehicle for small satellites that it plans to use on both its own rocket as well as SpaceX's Falcon 9. SpaceNews
Astronomers Spot a Blinking Giant Near The Center Of The Galaxy
SpaceRef - 15 Jun 2021 04:52
Astronomers have spotted a giant 'blinking' star towards the centre of the Milky Way, more than 25,000 light years away....
Wow! This video of an Atlas V rocket launch seen from an airplane is just amazing
SPACE.com - 15 Jun 2021 23:48
Flying isn't easy to do these days amid the pandemic, but one group of passengers got to see a rocket launch from the air last month as an unexpected reward for their efforts.
NASA has Approved a Space Telescope That Will Scan the Skies for Dangerous Near-Earth Asteroids
Universe Today - 15 Jun 2021 23:17
A lot of the threats humanity faces come from ourselves. If we were listing them, we’d include tribalism, greed, and the fact that we’re evolved primates, and our brains have a lot in common with animal brains. Our a...
La NASA lanza la misión Equity y solicita comentarios del público para ampliar el acceso
NASA Breaking news - 15 Jun 2021 23:05Brazil makes history in signing the Artemis Accords for moon exploration
SPACE.com - 15 Jun 2021 22:04
Brazil has signed on to the NASA-led Artemis Accords initiative to explore the moon responsibly.
7 Science Fiction Movies on Netflix to Watch This Summer
Discover - 15 Jun 2021 22:00
Not quite ready to face the world? Sink your teeth into one of these sci-fi flicks that are streaming on Netflix.
Rare Triple Galaxy Merger With at Least Two Supermassive Black Holes
Universe Today - 15 Jun 2021 21:18
One of the best things about that universe is that there is so much to it. If you look hard enough, you can most likely find any combination of astronomical events happening. Not long ago we reported on research that fou...
NASA Launches Mission Equity, Seeks Public Input to Broaden Access
NASA Breaking news - 15 Jun 2021 21:15Iridescent Clouds on Mars Seen by Curiosity
Universe Today - 15 Jun 2021 20:53
Laying on a grassy field staring at the cloud formations in the sky and coming up with harebrained ideas about their shapes is a common feature in childhood summers – at least as they're portrayed in media. Someday tha...
Upcoming SpaceX mission a reusability milestone for national security launch
Space News - 15 Jun 2021 19:57
The scheduled June 17 SpaceX launch of a GPS 3 satellite will be the first national security space mission to use a refurbished Falcon 9 booster. SpaceNews
NASA wants proposals for 2 private astronaut missions to space station
SPACE.com - 15 Jun 2021 19:20
NASA is looking for proposals for two new commercial astronaut missions to begin as soon as 2022 as the agency works to make space more accessible.
NASA asteroid-hunting satellite clears hurdle on path to 2026 launch
SPACE.com - 15 Jun 2021 18:52
NASA has approved the Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope to move into "preliminary design," its next phase of development on the road to a planned liftoff in 2026.
The world needs space junk standards, G7 nations agree
SPACE.com - 15 Jun 2021 18:49
The western world's most advanced economies have agreed to take action against space debris at the G-7 Leaders' Summit in Cornwall, U.K.
Coronal mass ejections and cosmic ray observations at Syowa Station
Phys.org - 15 Jun 2021 18:42
Solar activities, such as CME(Coronal Mass Ejection), cause geomagnetic storms that disturb the Earth's magnetosphere. Geomagnetic storms can affect GPS positioning, radio communication, and power transmission system. So...
Peggy Whitson is back! The record-breaking astronaut reveals why she chose to command a private space mission after leaving NASA.
SPACE.com - 15 Jun 2021 18:00
Record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson will return to space to command a commercial mission for Texas-based Axiom Space, three years after her retirement from NASA in 2018.
4iG to buy majority of Spacecom in a boost for Hungary's first commercial satellite
Space News - 15 Jun 2021 17:20
Hungarian IT and communications company 4iG aims to buy 51% of Israeli satellite operator Spacecom to jump-start its international space ambitions. SpaceNews
Observations detect a brown dwarf orbiting the star TOI-1278
Phys.org - 15 Jun 2021 17:10
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a companion to the M dwarf star known as TOI-1278. The newly found object turns out to be a brown dwarf nearly 20 times as massive as Jupiter. The finding is ...
Largest structures in the universe show clear light-shifted signal of rotation
Phys.org - 15 Jun 2021 16:37
By mapping the motion of galaxies in huge filaments that connect the cosmic web, astronomers at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), in collaboration with scientists in China and Estonia, have found that...
Minotaur 1 rocket launches 3 classified spy satellites for National Reconnaissance Office
SPACE.com - 15 Jun 2021 16:32
A Minotaur 1 rocket blasted off from the Eastern Shore of Virginia Tuesday morning (June 15), heading to orbit with three secret spacecraft for the U.S. government's spy satellite agency.