Space News
Do we live in a rotating universe? If we did, we could travel back in time
SPACE.com - 6 Feb 2023 15:00
A rotating universe would be capable of rotating your future into your own past, allowing you to travel back in time.
SpaceX eyeing March for 1st Starship orbital flight, Elon Musk says
SPACE.com - 6 Feb 2023 13:00
SpaceX will try to launch its huge Starship rocket to Earth orbit for the first time next month, provided the vehicle passes its remaining tests, Elon Musk said.
Astronomers poised to hunt new kind of gravitational wave
SPACE.com - 6 Feb 2023 13:00
The gravitational waves would be weak, but potentially detectable by the next joint observing run of the world's gravitational-wave detectors.
Hubble's New View of the Tarantula Nebula
Universe Today - 6 Feb 2023 23:25
The Tarantula Nebula, also called 30 Doradus, is the brightest star-forming region in our part of the galaxy. It’s in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and contains the most massive and hottest stars we know of. The Tar...
Scientists created a weird new type of ice that is almost exactly as dense as water
SPACE.com - 6 Feb 2023 23:00
Researchers have created a never-before-seen form of ice with a disorganized structure and a density almost exactly that of liquid water.
Face-on View of Galaxy NGC 4303 Reveals its Arms are Filled with Active Star Formation
Universe Today - 6 Feb 2023 22:45
Galaxies fill a lot of roles in the universe. The most obvious one is star formation factories. Without that activity, the cosmos would be a very different place. The European Southern Observatory and the Atacama Large M...
CACI to collaborate with U.S. Army on space technologies
Space News - 6 Feb 2023 22:12
U.S. defense contractor CACI signed an agreement with the U.S. Army to collaborate on the development of space sensors and payloads for positioning, navigation and timing. The post CACI to collaborate with U.S. Army on s...
SpaceX's 1st Falcon Heavy rocket launched Elon Musk's Tesla into space 5 years ago
SPACE.com - 6 Feb 2023 22:00
Five years ago today (Feb. 6), SpaceX's brawny Falcon Heavy rocket left Earth for the first time ever, sending a car into orbit around the sun.
Full Snow Moon, the smallest 'micromoon' of 2023, dazzles winter stargazers
SPACE.com - 6 Feb 2023 22:00
Stargazers across the world, as well as celebrants of China's Lantern Festival, hailed the arrival of the full snow moon in pictures.
Ultra-rare 'rainbow clouds' light up the Arctic Circle like auroras in stunning new photos
SPACE.com - 6 Feb 2023 21:00
Rare clouds that give off bright, multi-colored light like an aurora were recently spotted at multiple locations in the Arctic. But what causes them?
Busek ramps up production for OneWeb constellation
Space News - 6 Feb 2023 21:00
In-space propulsion specialist Busek revealed its role in helping OneWeb recover from the sudden loss of Fakel satellite thrusters after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The post Busek ramps up production for OneWeb co...
'Engine' of luminous merging galaxies pinpointed for the first time
Phys.org - 6 Feb 2023 20:28
Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify the precise location of a powerful energy source hidden by cosmic dust in the luminous merging galaxy IIZw096.
Senator Mark Kelly, Roy Bridges to enter Astronaut Hall of Fame
SPACE.com - 6 Feb 2023 20:06
The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will induct two space shuttle pilots: Roy Bridges, who flew at the start of the program, and Mark Kelly, who helped bring it to a close, at a public ceremony in May.
Only filmed interview with Georges Lemaître, 'father of the Big Bang,' rediscovered after 60 years
SPACE.com - 6 Feb 2023 19:54
The only known filmed interview with physicist and Catholic priest Georges Lemaître, who originally proposed the Big Bang theory, has been found on a video that was lost nearly 60 years ago.
Webb detects extremely small main-belt asteroid
Phys.org - 6 Feb 2023 19:49
A previously unknown 100-to-200-meter asteroid--roughly the size of Rome's Colosseum--has been detected by an international team of European astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Their project us...
Watch the 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' world premiere red carpet event live online tonight!
SPACE.com - 6 Feb 2023 19:34
Marvel Studios kicks off the world premiere of "Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania" with a free livestream party on Feb. 6, 2023.
JWST Unexpectedly Finds a Small Asteroid During 'Failed' Observations
Universe Today - 6 Feb 2023 19:04
While astronomers and engineers were trying to calibrate one of the James Webb Space Telescope's instruments last summer, they serendipitously found a previously unknown small 100-200-meter (300-600 ft) asteroid in the m...
Researchers investigate properties of double white dwarfs with new mass transfer stability criterion
Phys.org - 6 Feb 2023 18:21
White dwarfs comprise a class of faint stars representing the endpoint of the evolution of intermediate- and low-mass stars. The mass of a white dwarf is the order of that of the sun, but a radius comparable to that of t...
A star is born: Study reveals complex chemistry inside 'stellar nurseries'
Phys.org - 6 Feb 2023 18:00
An international team of researchers has uncovered what might be a critical step in the chemical evolution of molecules in cosmic "stellar nurseries." In these vast clouds of cold gas and dust in space, trillions of mole...
Webb detects extremely small main-belt asteroid
ESA - 6 Feb 2023 18:00
A previously unknown 100-200-metre asteroid -- roughly the size of Rome's Colosseum -- has been detected by an international team of European astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Their project u...
NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Space Station Cargo Launch, Docking
NASA Breaking news - 6 Feb 2023 17:26Earth-sized planet found just 72 light years away
Phys.org - 6 Feb 2023 17:20
An international team of astronomers has confirmed the existence of K2-415b, an Earth-sized exoplanet circling an M dwarf star, just 72 light years away from Earth. The group has also collected some statistics regarding ...