Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket lifts off from West Texas on Thursday. Credit: Blue Origin
The three companies who have flown people to space and back, Blue Origin, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, joined two experts at a Congressional hearing to press for regulatory improvements, warning the U.S. risks losing its lead in spaceflight.
Everyone likes a cool infographic, right? Does that statement hold even if the infographic points out a gap in our knowledge that could kill millions of people? Because that’s what a cool-looking infographic NASA released on October 16th does.
Researchers have shared a radical new idea for how to put a spacecraft in orbit around Neptune: Use the thin atmosphere of Triton, Neptune's largest moon, to capture it.
Stars could be sliced in half by "relativistic blades," or ultra-powerful outflows of plasma shaped by extremely strong magnetic fields, an unpublished paper claims.
Space.com met with Mike McMahan, creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks at New York Comic Con 2023. He shared his approach to finding comedy in a setting that's often serious and professional.
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will come to the Americas. Only those on the path of totality will experience the phenomenon to the fullest.
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ESA Member States met for the 317th session of the ESA Council on 18 and 19 October.
Virgin Galactic's next trip to the edge of space will include some familiar names, such as planetary scientist Alan Stern and science communicator Kellie Gerardi.
Scientists have detected the presence of air pollutants from burning space junk in the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere.
High-quality satellite images show that the 2020 wildfires burned at least 2.2 million more acres (890,000 hectares) of the Pantanal wetlands than previously estimated.
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The scene was set: a research base on the Red Planet was struck by a cyberattack and eight teams on Earth had just a matter of hours to save it. Far from being a farfetched scenario, cyberattacks are unfortunately a daily problem for all sectors, including space exploration, and can have devastating consequences.
The Jeff Bezos-founded aerospace company, Blue Origin, recently announced its new and upcoming Swiss army knife-style spacecraft platform, Blue Ring, which comes after very little public discussion by Blue Origin regarding this project. For example, a January 2023 story broke when Blue Origin briefly announced a job posting for “Blue Ring Senior Program Manager” on its “Careers” page, but the job was pulled less than 24 hours later. Overall, Blue Origin has been quite mum about Blue Ring.
When it comes to Mars and our ongoing efforts to understand that planet’s ancient habitability, evidence is so far elusive. But scientists have an idea where the evidence is likely hiding: in sediments.
Music legend Brian May has spoken about his role in the historic NASA OSIRIS-REx mission, which in September returned a sample of the space rock Bennu to Earth.
SpaceX hopes to launch 100 missions this year and ramp its cadence up to 144 flights in 2024, a company representative said during a Senate hearing on Wednesday (Oct. 18).
A review of this week's 'Quantum Leap' episode, 'Closure Encounters,' which takes Ben Song back to 1949 New Mexico to investigate UFO sightings.
India plans to land astronauts on the moon by 2040 and build a space station by 2035, officials announced on Tuesday (Oct. 17).
Guests at NASA's Kennedy Space Center can now see a space shuttle launch, a SpaceX Starship land on the moon and astronauts walk on the surface of Mars, all before they enter the visitor complex.
Eclipse-gazers across the United States got a chance last weekend to watch as the Moon aligned with the Sun to create an annular eclipse. They watched from the ground for a short experience of not-quite-darkness. NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCVR) caught the action from Earth orbit for a different view of the event.
The Canadian government promises it will get new satellites into space soon to extend its famous Radarsat series for Canada's Earth observation needs, climate change and Arctic military surveillance.
New mysteries aboard the International Space Station came to light during a space archaeology project tracking crew use of key spaces. Cake frosting, pegboards and dry wipes all came under scrutiny for better space habitat design.
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