Space News
AI's Costly JWST Mistake, 33-Engine Super Heavy Test, Problems in Orbit
Universe Today - 13 Feb 2023 03:13
SpaceX tests all 33 engines on Super Heavy. The worst-case scenario for space debris actually happened. A kilonova is coming. A new map of all the matter and dark matter in the Universe. SpaceX Sets New Record With Succe...
'Sphere' is 25 and coming to TV soon. Here's why Michael Crichton's mind-bending sci-fi tale is still awesome
SPACE.com - 13 Feb 2023 23:00
Director Barry Levinson's adaptation of Michael Chricton's underwater sci-fi thriller, "Sphere," turns 25 today.
Do Advanced Civilizations use Black Holes as Giant Quantum Computers?
Universe Today - 13 Feb 2023 22:52
A new study suggests that advanced civilizations could used black holes as massive quantum computers, a theory that has implications for SETI. The post Do Advanced Civilizations use Black Holes as Giant Quantum Computers...
Small planets orbiting low-mass stars detected with the SPIRou instrument and the TESS satellite
Phys.org - 13 Feb 2023 22:00
Since the discovery in 1995 of a planet in orbit around a star other than the sun, research in exoplanetology has revolutionized our knowledge of planetary systems. The SPIRou instrument, installed at the Canada-France-H...
Russia delays launch to space station while leak is probed
Phys.org - 13 Feb 2023 21:20
Russia will postpone the launch of an empty space capsule to the International Space Station pending further investigation of a coolant leak on a supply ship docked to the station, the second such leak at a docked Russia...
The Sun Continues its Journey to Solar Maximum, Releasing X-Class Flares
Universe Today - 13 Feb 2023 21:00
The Sun belted out strong solar flares two days in a row, as activity ramps up toward the next Solar Maximum, predicted for mid-2025. On Saturday, February 11, a flare classified as X1.1 erupted from the Sun, while just ...
The mysterious black behemoths controlling our galaxies
Phys.org - 13 Feb 2023 20:41
Scientists try to unravel the birth, growth and power of black holes, some of the most forceful yet difficult-to-detect objects in our universe.
SpaceX to launch 1st Saudi woman to space on private Ax-2 mission
SPACE.com - 13 Feb 2023 20:40
A Saudi Arabian woman will reach space for the first time this spring on the private Ax-2 mission to the International Space Station, if all goes according to plan.
Russia postpones launch of rescue ship to space station
Phys.org - 13 Feb 2023 20:29
Russia said Monday it had delayed the launch of a rescue ship supposed to bring home three astronauts whose planned return vehicle was damaged by a tiny meteoroid.
SpaceX Starlink launch grazes the moon in gorgeous photos
SPACE.com - 13 Feb 2023 19:00
The moon almost photobombed the Sunday (Feb. 12) SpaceX Falcon 9 launch that took place with Starlink satellites on board.
Event Horizon Telescope captures images of NRAO 530 quasar
Phys.org - 13 Feb 2023 19:00
A large team of scientists has used data from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project to create images of the NRAO 530 quasar. The findings are published in The Astrophysical Journal.
Seventh shooting star ever spotted before strike
ESA - 13 Feb 2023 19:00
Image: For the seventh time, a small asteroid - a meteoroid as astronomers call it- was discovered in space as it raced towards Earth for impact. Thepredicted time and location of the impact (02:50 - 03:03 UTC, above nor...
Seventh shooting star ever spotted before it struck
ESA - 13 Feb 2023 19:00
Image: For the seventh time, a small asteroid - a meteoroid as astronomers call it- was discovered in space as it raced towards Earth for impact. Thepredicted time and location of the impact (02:50 - 03:03 UTC, above nor...
Everything we know about Marvel Studios' Secret Invasion
SPACE.com - 13 Feb 2023 18:00
SHIELD director Nick Fury returns to the fray in Marvel Studios' Secret Invasion, the first Disney Plus series of the MCU's Phase 5. Here's what we know so far.
See the half-lit last quarter moon rise tonight
SPACE.com - 13 Feb 2023 18:00
Tonight the moon will reach its third-quarter phase, the last phase in the moon's monthly four-phase cycle. It will continue to wane until the new moon on Feb. 20.
World's first space platforms utilising H2O2 in concentration above 98% - next level of green space propulsion
Space News - 13 Feb 2023 17:53
Polish leading R&D aerospace entity: Łukasiewicz - Institute of Aviation (Łukasiewicz - ILOT) concludes 2022 with major advances in its strategic area of green space propulsion and sets off with announcing ambitious pl...
Using rocks found in Minnesota to help explain how Mars could have developed an atmosphere
Phys.org - 13 Feb 2023 17:30
A pair of Earth scientists, one with the University of Calgary, in Canada, the other from the University of Cambridge in the U.K., has found that studying rocks found in Duluth, Minnesota, might help us understand how Ma...
New UFO docuseries seeks to shed light on flying saucer folklore
SPACE.com - 13 Feb 2023 17:00
A new National Geographic docuseries by investigative journalist Leslie Kean aims to shed light on the modern UFO phenomenon.
Falling asteroid sparks brilliant fireball over Europe just hours after discovery (video)
SPACE.com - 13 Feb 2023 16:55
A space rock transformed into a fireball within view of millions on Monday (Feb. 13) about 10 years after the Chelyabinsk event that saw a small space rock explode over a Russian town.
Hundreds of new high-redshift quasars discovered
Phys.org - 13 Feb 2023 16:53
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of more than 400 new high-redshift quasars using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). The discovery, published February 3 on the arXiv preprint serve...
NASA's Lucy asteroid target gets a name
Phys.org - 13 Feb 2023 16:48
The first asteroid to be visited by NASA's Lucy mission now has a name. The International Astronomical Union has approved the name (152830) Dinkinesh for the tiny main belt asteroid that the Lucy spacecraft will encounte...
Saudi Arabia to send its first woman into space
Phys.org - 13 Feb 2023 16:22
Saudi Arabia will send its first ever woman astronaut on a space mission later this year, state media has reported, in the latest move to revamp the kingdom's ultra-conservative image.