Space News
CADRE's Three Adorable Rovers Are Going to the Moon
Universe Today - 19 Feb 2025 17:29
Dubbed CADRE, a trio of lunar rovers are set to demonstrate an autonomous exploration capability on the Moon. An exciting Moon mission launching in the next year will perform a first, deploying multiple rovers. These wil...
Boeing plans to lay off hundreds of employees working on NASA's SLS moon rocket: reports
SPACE.com - 19 Feb 2025 01:00
Boeing is preparing to lay off roughly 200 employees working on the Space Launch System rocket as it braces for the possibility that its contracts with NASA may not be renewed after they end in March.
Webb Space Telescope Tracks Fireworks Around Our Galaxy's Black Hole
Universe Today - 19 Feb 2025 00:07
The supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy may not be as voracious as the gas-gobbling monsters that astronomers have seen farther out in the universe, but new findings from NASA’s James Webb Spa...
Black holes snacking on small stars create particle accelerators that bombard Earth with cosmic rays
SPACE.com - 19 Feb 2025 23:16
Gamma rays detected by NASA's Fermi spacecraft indicate that microquasars are powered by small black holes slowly devouring stars. They pack quite a punch, bombarding Earth with cosmic rays.
OQ Technology gets EU funds to accelerate direct-to-smartphone efforts
Space News - 19 Feb 2025 23:14
OQ Technology said Feb. 19 it could receive up to €17.5 million ($18.2 million) from a European Union-backed accelerator to support efforts to connect smartphones via its small satellite constellation. The post OQ Tech...
Did Astronomers Just Witness the Formation of a "Strange Star"?
Universe Today - 19 Feb 2025 23:03
There are plenty of types of stars out there, but one stands out for being just a little weirder than the others. You might even say it’s strange. According to a paper from researchers at Guangxi University in China, t...
NASA Sends Experiment to Space to Study Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
NASA Breaking news - 19 Feb 2025 22:01
In an effort to learn more about astronaut health and the effects of space on the human body, NASA is conducting a new experiment aboard the International Space Station to speed up the detection of antibiotic-resistant b...
Lego Marvel Logo & Minifigures set review
SPACE.com - 19 Feb 2025 22:00
It's not the most exciting set, but Lego Marvel Logo & Minifigures expertly achieves what it sets out to do.
NASA's SPHEREx Launches Soon and Will Search For Water in Molecular Clouds
Universe Today - 19 Feb 2025 21:58
As far as we can tell, life needs water. Cells can’t perform their functions without it. Some have suggested that other exotic liquids, like liquid methane, could do the job on worlds like Saturn’s moon Titan. That i...
Over 1,000 NASA employees saved from dismissal as Trump downsizes federal workforce
SPACE.com - 19 Feb 2025 21:12
After the space community braced for a brutal shake-up at NASA this week, a last-minute decision on Tuesday (Feb. 18) spared over 1,000 agency employees on probationary status from being dismissed.
Report: Space Force strategy, resources insufficient to counter China
Space News - 19 Feb 2025 20:02
The Space Force, still in its infancy at five years old, must overcome systemic issues, including inadequate resources, unclear roles, and a lack of warfighting ethos, says a new report by the Mitchell Institute for Aero...
Musk and Trump repeat inaccurate claims about Starliner astronauts
Space News - 19 Feb 2025 19:41
President Donald Trump and SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk reiterated claims in a televised interview that NASA astronauts were "abandoned" on the ISS. The post Musk and Trump repeat inaccurate claims about Starliner as...
A spiral structure in the inner Oort cloud
Phys.org - 19 Feb 2025 19:31
We typically think of the Oort cloud as scattered ice balls floating far from the sun, yet still tied to it gravitationally. Occasionally, some wayward gravitational perturbation will knock one of them a weird way and cr...
Life on Mars? It probably looks like something you'd find in your stomach
Phys.org - 19 Feb 2025 19:16
We often forget how wonderful it is that life exists, and what a special and unique phenomenon it is. As far as we know, ours is the only planet capable of supporting life, and it seems to have arisen in the form of some...
The next giant leap? How jumping could help astronauts train for trips to the moon and Mars
SPACE.com - 19 Feb 2025 19:00
Scientists suggest adding jumping exercises to astronauts' training regimens, to minimize the health effects of long space missions, such as moon and Mars trips.
Largest-ever discovery of 'missing link' black holes revealed by dark energy camera (video)
SPACE.com - 19 Feb 2025 18:01
Using a revolutionary dark energy camera, astronomers have discovered the largest haul of "missing link" intermediate-mass black holes ever seen, but there should have been more.
DESI uncovers 300 intermediate-mass black holes plus 2,500 active black holes in dwarf galaxies
Phys.org - 19 Feb 2025 18:00
Using early data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a team of scientists have compiled the largest sample ever of dwarf galaxies that host an actively feeding black hole, as well as the most extensive ...
Glacier melt intensifying freshwater loss and accelerating sea-level rise
ESA - 19 Feb 2025 18:00
Ice melting from glaciers around the world is depleting regional freshwater resources and driving global sea levels to rise at ever-faster rates. According to new findings, through an international effort involving 35 re...
Cosmic radiation from supernova altered virus evolution in Africa, study suggests
Phys.org - 19 Feb 2025 17:10
Isolated by mountains along the East African Rift is Lake Tanganyika. More than 400 miles long, it is the continent's deepest lake and accounts for 16% of the world's available freshwater. Between 2 and 3 million years a...
Want a workout? Try walking to the top of the world's largest telescope (photo)
SPACE.com - 19 Feb 2025 17:00
The world's largest telescope continues to take shape on the Cerro Armazones mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert.
What's That Smell? It's Sulfur - A New Tool For Finding Alien Life
Universe Today - 19 Feb 2025 16:01
Astronomers have identified sulfur as a potentially crucial indicator in narrowing the search for life on other planets. While sulfur itself is not necessarily an indication of habitability, significant concentrations of...
Now more expensive: the role of government tariffs in spacecraft supply
Space News - 19 Feb 2025 16:00
In February 2025, the United States Executive Branch invoked an emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and determined that tariffs on imports would be implemented in the near […] The post Now m...