Space News
Waste Products Of Australian Aluminium Smelting Seen From Orbit
SpaceRef - 4 Aug 2021 05:04
A red lake implies flamingos... or aluminium smelting. Here in Queensland, Australia, it is the latter. The red mud is a waste product of producing aluminium....
NASA Model Describes Nearby Star which Resembles Ours in its Youth
SpaceRef - 4 Aug 2021 04:59
New research led by NASA provides a closer look at a nearby star thought to resemble our young Sun....
Ingenuity Mars helicopter gearing up for 11th Red Planet flight
SPACE.com - 4 Aug 2021 20:27
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity is getting set for its 11th off-Earth flight, which could happen early Thursday morning (Aug. 5).
Perseid meteor shower peak this month! New moon bodes well for skywatchers.
SPACE.com - 4 Aug 2021 13:00
Perseid meteors are already beginning to fall in a display that promises to dazzle skywatchers this month.
New sci-fi shooter 'The Ascent' comes to Xbox Series X and PC
SPACE.com - 4 Aug 2021 02:30
"The Ascent," a new sci-fi action-shooter role-playing game (RPG) from game developer Neon Giant and publishers Curve digital, is now available.
National Reconnaissance Office exercises contract option for Maxar satellite imagery
Space News - 4 Aug 2021 23:24
The National Reconnaissance Office has exercised a contract option to continue to procure satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies through August 2022. SpaceNews
New details of Russian "movie in space" emerge as producers seek funding
Space News - 4 Aug 2021 23:18
New information has emerged about the Russian movie "The Challenge" planned to be filmed partly on the International Space Station in October. SpaceNews
NASA's TESS Tunes into an All-sky 'Symphony' of Red Giant Stars
PTTU - 4 Aug 2021 23:00
NASA: Kepler News and Features:
My favorite Martian image: Helicopter scouts ridge area for Perseverance
Phys.org - 4 Aug 2021 22:20
Ask any space explorer, and they'll have a favorite photo or two from their mission. For Kevin Hand, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and co-lead of the Perseverance rover's first sc...
NASA TV Coverage Set for Next International Space Station Cargo Launch
NASA Breaking news - 4 Aug 2021 21:13SES and Eutelsat point to improving broadcast trends
Space News - 4 Aug 2021 20:48
European satellite giants SES and Eutelsat see improving trajectories in their broadcast businesses, although the wider picture remains mixed as the pandemic hangs over financials. SpaceNews
French court denies European Aviation Network challenge
Space News - 4 Aug 2021 20:12
France's highest court has rejected a legal challenge from Eutelsat against Inmarsat's hybrid satellite and cellular European Aviation Network. SpaceNews
Space solar power project got off the ground with billionaire's $100 million donation
SPACE.com - 4 Aug 2021 18:53
Real estate mogul Donald Bren's donation could help seed an energy revolution.
Stars Are Exploding in Dusty Galaxies. We Just Can't Always See Them
PTTU - 4 Aug 2021 18:00
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:
What does the edge of the solar system look like?
SPACE.com - 4 Aug 2021 18:00
Far-flung spacecraft are helping us learn about the solar system's edge.
Space scientists reveal secret behind Jupiter's 'energy crisis'
Phys.org - 4 Aug 2021 17:51
New research published in Nature has revealed the solution to Jupiter's 'energy crisis', which has puzzled astronomers for decades.
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 3 August, 2021 - Starliner Launch Delayed
SpaceRef - 4 Aug 2021 17:32
Boeing scrubbed today's launch of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft after discovering "unexpected valve position indications in the propulsion system."...
Astronomers Find a Huge Planet Orbiting its Star at 6,000 Times the Earth-Sun Distance
Universe Today - 4 Aug 2021 17:18
Tracking exoplanets is hard – especially when that exoplanet is so far away from its parent star that the normally used "transit" method of watching it dim the light of the star itself is ineffectual. But it really hel...
Observatories Assemble: NASA's Juno Spacecraft Joins Japan's Hisaki Satellite and W. M. Keck Observatory to Solve "Energy Crisis" on Jupiter
PTTU - 4 Aug 2021 17:00
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:
'Star Trek: Discovery' actor Doug Jones on conquering fear and stepping up screentime
SPACE.com - 4 Aug 2021 17:00
The acclaimed creature performer reveals Captain Saru's inner workings on the Paramount Plus sci-fi series.
Scientists Figure out how the Asteroid Belt Attacked the Dinosaurs
Universe Today - 4 Aug 2021 16:36
How do you track an asteroid that hit the Earth over 60 million years ago? By using a combination of geology and computer simulations, at least according to a team of scientists from the Southwest Research Institute (SwR...