Space News
How to Photograph the ISS
SPACE.com - 11 Oct 2021 17:58
It's very possible to photograph the ISS, but you need to know where the International Space Station is, and how to track it. Our guide explains it all
People have long claimed to hear the northern lights. Are the reports true?
SPACE.com - 11 Oct 2021 13:12
People have long claimed they can hear the northern lights, saying the sounds include eerie whizzing, crackling and buzzing. Is it just an auditory illusion?
Life on Mars: simulating Red Planet base in Israeli desert
Phys.org - 11 Oct 2021 15:59
Inside a huge crater in Israel's sun-baked Negev desert, a team wearing space suits ventures forth on a mission to simulate conditions on Mars.
Hubble Detects A Dangerous Dance
SpaceRef - 11 Oct 2021 05:57
Their delicate galactic dance takes place more than 100 million light-years from Earth. The lower galaxy, NGC 5953, is tugging at NGC 5954, which appears to be extending one spiral arm downward....
New 'Star Trek: Prodigy' footage lands at NYCC with cast announcements
SPACE.com - 11 Oct 2021 16:09
"Star Trek: Prodigy," Paramount+'s new animated Trek show, wowed the New York Comic Con crowed with its first full-length episode.
Astronomers discover an inflated 'hot Jupiter'
Phys.org - 11 Oct 2021 15:53
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered a new inflated, low-density "hot Jupiter" exoplanet. The newly found alien world, designated TIC 257060897b, is about 50 percent larg...
Remains of Nazi V2, the first supersonic rocket, unearthed in South East England
SPACE.com - 11 Oct 2021 13:22
The remains of a V2 rocket fired by Nazi Germany at London during World War II have been unearthed in a field in the southeast of England, where it crashed and exploded before reaching its target.
Forecasting space weather is hard. A new Australian satellite may help make it easier
SPACE.com - 11 Oct 2021 13:13
The new satellite is the first designed and built by the Australian Research Council Training Centre for Cubesats, UAVs, and their Applications (or CUAVA for short).
Does space travel in the MCU make any sense?
SPACE.com - 11 Oct 2021 11:49
Untangling all the different space travel methods to move across the Marvel universe.
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 8 October, 2021 - Advanced Housekeeping
SpaceRef - 11 Oct 2021 22:58
The Expedition 65 crew focused on a variety of advanced housekeeping activities today aboard the International Space Station....
Space Development Agency seeks proposals for 18 satellites with experimental payloads
Space News - 11 Oct 2021 19:46
The Space Development Agency on Oct. 8 issued a draft request for bids for 18 satellites that will carry experimental payloads. SpaceNews
Radio signals from distant stars suggest hidden planets
Phys.org - 11 Oct 2021 17:00
Using the world's most powerful radio antenna, scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets.
Varda Space selects SpaceX for launch of first space manufacturing satellite
Space News - 11 Oct 2021 17:00
Space manufacturing starting Varda Space will launch its first spacecraft on a Falcon 9 in early 2023 to demonstrate the ability to produce a wide range of materials in microgravity. SpaceNews
Nature of unknown gamma-ray sources revealed
Phys.org - 11 Oct 2021 16:00
An international team of astronomers has unveiled the nature of hundreds of gamma-ray emitting sources, discovering that most of them belong to the class of active galaxies known as blazars.
La Palma volcano: How satellites help us monitor eruptions
ESA - 11 Oct 2021 15:30
Since the Cumbre Vieja volcano began erupting on 19 September 2021, lava has burned through homes, roads and farmlands causing mass destruction on the west part of the Canary Island of La Palma. Satellite imagery has hel...
Spotlight on climate and the New Space economy
ESA - 11 Oct 2021 14:25
Kicking off with a bold flourish, Φ-week 2021 promises to bring space even closer to the forefront of addressing society's biggest challenges, namely issues associated with the climate crisis, while boosting the economy...
Rocket Lab to launch NASA smallsat using SBIR award
Space News - 11 Oct 2021 12:24
Rocket Lab will launch a NASA technology demonstration satellite under an unconventional arrangement as the agency works on a more standardized approach for launching smallsats. SpaceNews
Top 10 astrophotography competitions
SPACE.com - 11 Oct 2021 11:59
Enter astrophotography competitions to get your work noticed by some of the world's most prestigious photographic institutions
Scaling up ESA's asteroid facilities
ESA - 11 Oct 2021 11:00
The new heart of ESA's Planetary Defence Office was inaugurated today, heralding a new chapter in the Agency's work to protect Earth from dangerous near-Earth objects, aka asteroids.
Smoke From The La Palma Volcano As Seen From The ISS
SpaceRef - 11 Oct 2021 06:00
Thomas Pesquet Bright orange lava sticks out an night, and drak grey smoke and ash sticks out during the day. The LaPalma volcano in the Canary Islands is making itself known to the world....
Teams Selected for NASA's 2022 Human Exploration Rover Challenge
SpaceRef - 11 Oct 2021 05:52
Ingenuity and inspiration drive NASA's Human Exploration Rover Challenge....
All Artemis I Secondary Payloads Installed in Rocket's Orion Stage Adapter
SpaceRef - 11 Oct 2021 05:47
Technicians have loaded the last of 10 CubeSats into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket's five-foot-tall Orion stage adapter at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida....