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Virgin Orbit ready for first night launch on Space Force mission
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket under the wing of the company’s Boeing 747 carrier aircraft. Credit: Virgin Orbit
The first nighttime flight of Virgin Orbit’s commercial air-launched rocket is on track for Wednesday night off the coast of California, carrying seven small payloads into orbit on a mission for the U.S. military’s Space Test Program.
How black holes and galaxies play tug-of-war across the cosmos
How monster black holes overpower their much larger host galaxies.
Meet The Sun, Our Home Star
The Sun isn't exactly your typical star, but its light, warmth, and overall stability has helped lead to life on Earth.
Hypersonic missile defense program moves toward 2 prototypes
The Pentagon continues to develop its new hypersonic interceptor.
ULA ready to roll Atlas 5 rocket to launch pad today
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket inside the Vertical Integration Facility earlier this month. Credit: United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance teams at Cape Canaveral are preparing to roll an Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad Wednesday, moving the launcher into position for liftoff Thursday evening with a pair of geostationary satellites for the U.S. Space Force.
Watch SpaceX launch communications satellite, land rocket at sea Wednesday
SpaceX will launch a commercial communications satellite and land a rocket at sea on Wednesday (June 29), and you can watch the action live.
Hubble Space Telescope shows distortions of massive galaxy cluster in stunning image
A massive galaxy cluster shines in a new telescope image, distorting the view of more distant galaxies lying in the background.
NASA's Europa Clipper may crash into Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, at mission's end
The Europa Clipper mission, due to launch in 2024, was originally supposed to crash into Jupiter, but there's been a change of plans.
Watch Virgin Orbit launch 7 satellites early Thursday
Virgin Orbit's carrier plane, known as Cosmic Girl, is scheduled to lift off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California on Thursday (June 30) during a window that opens at 1 a.m. EDT (0500 GMT).
NASA's solar forecast is turning out to be wrong. This team's model is still on track.
The sun is acting out, and solar weather forecasters are baffled. But one scientist might know what's going on.
Amazon Prime Day 2022: The best space deals to watch
Amazon.com's annual Amazon Prime Day megasale begins on Monday, July 12 with deals in telescopes, binoculars, Star Wars and other space gear.
One ESA: an interactive journey around ESA sites!
We are a huge organisation of 5000+ people operating at nine different locations. How do we work together to achieve our goals and fly our missions?
SpaceX postpones space station cargo mission again, to July 14
The latest delay will allow teams more time to assess and mitigate the consequences of elevated propellant vapor readings inside Dragon's propulsion system.
A Star has Grown Spiral Arms
Astronomers using the ALMA Observatory have discovered an unusual, massive star near the center of our galaxy, a star that has two spiral arms. The arms are part of an accretion disk, a broad disk of dust and gas surrounding the protostar. While this is not the first star to be seen with such rare arm-like features, researchers say they believe they can track the formation of the spiral arms to a close encounter the star had with another object.
Curiosity Finds Life-Crucial Carbon in Mars Rocks
We are carbon-based life forms. That means the basis for the chemical compounds that forms our life is the element carbon. It’s crucial because it bonds with other elements such as hydrogen and oxygen to create the complex molecules that are part of life. So, when we look for evidence of life elsewhere in the solar system, we look for carbon. That includes Mars.
'The Orville' Season 3 episode 4 takes its world building to a new level
'The Orville' season 3 continues to wow us with enthralling stories, just the right amount of humor and mind-blowing space battles.
US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward orbital record
The Space Force's X-37B has now been aloft for 773 days, just a week shy of the program record.
Rocket Lab Launches NASA’s CAPSTONE Mission to the Moon
A microwave oven–sized cubesat launched to space today from New Zealand by commercial company Rocket Lab and their Electron rocket. The small satellite will conduct tests to make sure the unique lunar orbit for NASA’s future Lunar Gateway is actually stable.
Strange cloud in satellite data catches interest of scientists
A "peculiar" cloud over the Caspian Sea offers an interesting case study of how satellites can detect such phenomena in Earth's atmosphere.
