Space News
Satellites are burning up in the upper atmosphere - and we still don't know what impact this will have on the Earth's climate
SPACE.com - 4 Mar 2024 20:00
Atmospheric scientists are increasingly concerned that this sort of apparent fly-tipping by the space sector will cause further climate change down on Earth.
NASA Names Winners in Lunar Gateway Packing and Storing Challenge
NASA Breaking news - 4 Mar 2024 16:12
By Brayden McBee Humans living in space have confronted the challenge of maximizing the physical space available to them. As NASA works to return astronauts to the Moon with its Artemis campaign and chart a new era of de...
Curiosity rover is climbing through dramatic striped terrain on Mars
Phys.org - 4 Mar 2024 21:30
Just about every day we here on Earth get a breathtaking picture of Mars's terrain sent back by a rover. But, the view from space can be pretty amazing, too. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) just sent back a thought...
Warby Parker will give you free solar eclipse glasses for the big day on April 8
SPACE.com - 4 Mar 2024 19:00
Warby Parker will be handing out solar eclipse viewing glasses for free ahead of the total solar eclipse happening on April 8, 2024.
Rippling sand dunes, icy cliffs spied near Mars' north pole (photos)
SPACE.com - 4 Mar 2024 15:00
Newly released photos by Europe's Mars Express orbiter shows the Red Planet's exotic north polar region, where sand dunes meet high, icy cliffs.
BlackSky wins defense contract to supply satellite data to train AI models
Space News - 4 Mar 2024 23:56
Satellite "burst images" captured in quick succession will be used to help improve accuracy of AI models to track moving targets The post BlackSky wins defense contract to supply satellite data to train AI models appeare...
SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites tonight during 3rd launch in under 24 hours
SPACE.com - 4 Mar 2024 23:55
SpaceX is aiming for its third flight in under 24 hours on March 4. At 6:56 p.m. ET, the company has plans to launch 23 more Starlink internet satellites.
Multiple spacecraft tell the story of one giant solar storm
Phys.org - 4 Mar 2024 23:47
April 17, 2021, was a day like any other day on the sun, until a brilliant flash erupted and an enormous cloud of solar material billowed away from our star. Such outbursts from the sun are not unusual, but this one was ...
SpaceX fuels up massive Starship megarocket in test for 3rd launch (photos)
SPACE.com - 4 Mar 2024 23:11
SpaceX's next Starship to fly has successfully passed a critical fueling test ahead of the company's much anticipated Starship Flight 3 test launch this month.
65 Years Ago: Pioneer 4 Reaches for the Moon
NASA Breaking news - 4 Mar 2024 23:00
On March 3, 1959, the United States launched Pioneer 4 with the goal of photographing the Moon during a close flyby. As part of the International Geophysical Year that ran from July 1, 1957, to Dec. 31, 1958, the United ...
James Webb Space Telescope captures the end of planet formation
Phys.org - 4 Mar 2024 22:57
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is helping scientists uncover how planets form by advancing understanding of their birthplaces and the circumstellar disks surrounding young stars.
Lagniappe for March 2024
NASA Breaking news - 4 Mar 2024 22:43
Explore the March 2024 edition featuring: Gator Speaks Closing out February and coming into March has Gator fired up, and rightfully so! Recent weeks and upcoming events remind us all how we are in a golden era of space ...
NASA Leaders Participate in Annual Stennis Day at the Capitol
NASA Breaking news - 4 Mar 2024 22:41
Leaders from NASA's Stennis Space Center and NASA Shared Services Center visit Jackson, Mississippi, in late February to share site updates with state leaders during the annual Stennis Day at the Capitol. NASA Stennis is...
NASA Johnson Director to Discuss Exploration Park Facility
NASA Breaking news - 4 Mar 2024 21:53
March 4, 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY: J24-005 The director of NASA's Johnson Space Center will discuss the objectives behind the center's new Exploration Park initiative at the next meeting of the Bay Area Houston Economic Partn...
New study addresses how lunar missions will kick up moondust
Phys.org - 4 Mar 2024 21:42
Before the end of this decade, NASA plans to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since the Apollo Era. But this time, through the Artemis Program, it won't be a "footprints and flags" affair.
NASA tests the new Starship docking system
Phys.org - 4 Mar 2024 21:30
The Apollo Program delivered 12 American astronauts to the surface of the moon. But that program ended in 1972, and since then, no human beings have visited. But Artemis will change that. And instead of just visiting the...
Massive Stars Have the Power to Shape Solar Systems
Universe Today - 4 Mar 2024 21:11
Stars shape their solar systems. It’s true of ours, and it’s true of others. But for some massive stars, their power to shape still-forming systems is fateful and final. In their youth, stars are surrounded by a rota...
'Dune: Part Two' tries to find its pulse in a plodding sci-fi spectacle (review)
SPACE.com - 4 Mar 2024 21:00
Director Denis Villeneuve has made a valiant attempt to penetrate the intricacies of the iconic 1965 novel's eco-politics in "Dune: Part Two."
Humans Don't Walk Around With Tails Likely Because of This Genetic Mutation
Discover - 4 Mar 2024 21:00
Millions of years ago, our ancient ancestors, the apes, lost their tails. A new study shows how (and hints at why).
Women of NASA Langley Research Center
NASA Breaking news - 4 Mar 2024 20:53
In honor of Women's History Month and those who paved the way for them, hundreds of female staff - from artists to administrative support, educators to engineers, and scientists to safety officers - gathered in front of ...
Fixing space-physics mistake enhances satellite safety
Phys.org - 4 Mar 2024 20:36
Correcting 50-year-old errors in the math used to understand how electromagnetic waves scatter electrons trapped in Earth's magnetic fields will lead to better protection for technology in space.
'Zero chance' infamous Apophis collides with another asteroid, redirects to Earth
Phys.org - 4 Mar 2024 20:27
When it was first discovered in 2004, Apophis was identified as one of the most dangerous asteroids in that there was a risk that it could impact Earth. But that impact assessment changed over the years after astronomers...