SpaceX fired up the engines of its space-bound Starship prototype Thursday afternoon (Sept. 8) in a dramatic test that also set some of the surrounding landscape ablaze.
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Bouncy Castles on the Moon. Inflated Habitats Might be the Best Way to Get Started on a Lunar Base
In this decade, multiple space agencies will send astronauts to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era. In addition to NASA, the ESA, China, and Roscosmos, commercial space entities like SpaceX and Blue Origin are hoping to conduct regular missions in support of human exploration while also mounting their own private ventures. In time, this activity could result in the creation of permanent infrastructure, a regular human presence, and the emergence of a lunar economy. Nevertheless, there are many questions about how humans will live in lunar conditions and what type of facilities will be needed.
NASA, other space agencies mourn passing of Queen Elizabeth II
NASA and others in the space community are adding their voices to the chorus mourning the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
New 'Star Trek: Resurgence' comic book is a prequel to upcoming video game
IDW to release a prequel comic series to this year's "Star Trek: Resurgence" video game.
New satellite images reveal largest Pakistani lake overflowing dangerously
After weeks of off-the-charts monsoon rains, Pakistan's largest freshwater lake started overflowing in early September, new satellite images reveal.
A new way to teach science (op-ed)
A new way of teaching science can give students a chance to learn how science really makes its way forward and offer them a chance to mix it up themselves.
NASA officials evaluating late September launch dates for Artemis 1 moon mission
NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 30. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon
NASA officials said Thursday they hope to try again to launch the Artemis 1 moon rocket from the Kennedy Space Center as soon as Sept. 23 or 27, but that schedule comes with two big caveats: A repair to a leaky liquid hydrogen fueling line must hold tight during a tanking test next weekend, and the Space Force’s Eastern Range has to extend the certification of batteries on the moon rocket’s flight safety system.
Boom Supersonic and Rolls-Royce part ways on engine development
'Rolls' proposed engine design and legacy business model is not the best option,' the supersonic jet maker said in a statement.
New class of exoplanet! Half-rock, half-water worlds could be abodes for life
A new type of exoplanet, one made half of rock and half of water, has been discovered around the most common stars in the universe. The find may have great consequences in the search for alien life.
NASA targets Sept. 23 for next Artemis 1 launch attempt, but a lot has to go right
NASA's next attempt to launch its new megarocket on a test flight to the moon could lift off by Sept. 23, but only if the agency fixes a leak and receives a critical waiver from the U.S. Space Force.
Socks, The Final Frontier
What is the greatest challenge facing humans as we prepare for the first crewed missions to Mars? Solar and cosmic radiation? Atrophying bone and muscle? Growing food? How about laundry? It’s strange but true, right now we don’t have a way to clean laundry in space.
NASA's asteroid-slamming spacecraft catches 1st look at target (photo)
Using its DRACO camera, DART has imaged the asteroid Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos.
Register now: ESA Open Day at ESTEC
Registration is now open for the 11th annual ESA Open Day at ESTEC, open to all visitors. ESA’s ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, will be open from 10:00 to 17:00 on Sunday 2 October, giving visitors a chance to meet astronauts, space scientists and engineers and learn all about the work carried out at Europe’s largest space establishment.
Beautiful Dunes on Mars, Sculpted by Swirling Winds
This interesting image from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a field of fascinating dunes called barchan dunes. These dunes have formed along a cliff in Chasma Boreale, in the North Pole of Mars.
The Hazards of Uncontrolled Reentries from Space
A recent study examines the risk posed to human life by reentering space debris as the number of rocket launches continues to grow.
US Postal Service releases James Webb Space Telescope stamp, collectibles
The world's largest and most powerful space telescope is now for sale at your local U.S. post office. A postage stamp depicting the James Webb Space Telescope has been released by the USPS.
See the conjunction of the moon and Saturn on Thursday (Sept. 8)
Every month the moon pairs up with Saturn and in September this conjunction will be seen in the evening time, visible with the naked eye.
Spiralling stars provide a window into the early Universe
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Astronomers have been bemused to find young stars spiralling into the centre of a massive cluster of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The outer arm of the spiral in this huge, oddly shaped stellar nursery – called NGC 346 – may be feeding star formation in a river-like motion of gas and stars. This is an efficient way to fuel star birth, researchers say.
Lunar mining and moon land claims fall into a gray area of international law, but negotiations are underway to avoid conflict and damage to spacecraft
It's been 50 years since humans last visited the moon, and even robotic missions have been few and far between. But the Earth's only natural satellite is about to get crowded.
Discovery of alien world with strange, tilted orbit puzzles astronomers
The 3D modeling of a planet's orbit around a star in a binary star system is raising new questions about how both gas giant planets and binary stars form.
What are bosons?
Bosons are at the heart of interactions between matter, carry the universe's fundamental forces, and help the constituents of matter stick together.
