NASA’s Plan to Save Swift Depends on a Difficult Orbital Chase
If an engineer could rescue a still working telescope in the fall, which is going down, and never is able…
Webb Found a Giant Black Hole Where a Young Galaxy Should Be
Around 50 million suns, as its name suggests, equals the mass of a blackhole that emerged before the galaxy, in…
Rare ISS View Framed Earth’s Aurora With Deep-Sky Landmarks
Case in point: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Kimiya Yui posted this one of the more unusual views from the…
Starship V3 Flew, but SpaceX Still Faces the Hard Part
When it’s supposed to be the hard part it’s supposed to look like lift off. What is your big rocket?What…
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Pad Blast Raises Pressure on Moon Missions
When an explosive high-lift pad occurs, what consequences does the reported exploding involved occur if the rocket is intended to…
Netflix’s Giant Vecna Drone Record Shows How Far Sky Swarms Have Evolved
This huge man in the sky is more than just a display. The Vecna formation after the fictional dragon that…
Silent Mars Probe Data Revealed a Hidden Shield Against Solar Wind
Billions of years ago, Mars may have lost much of its global magnetic protection, but data from NASA’s quiet space-based…
Why DARPA’s Robotic GEO Servicer Could Change Satellite Lifespans
A geosynchronous satellite can be healthy and useful and still cost money. But if one mechanism fails or one propellant…
Dead Star Engine May Explain Why Some Supernovas Stay Blindingly Bright
“For nearly 20 years, astronomers have searched Fermi data for gamma-ray signals from thousands of supernovae, and while a few…