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).
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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.
Luke and Lando land on Exegol in Adam Christopher’s 'Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith' novel (exclusive)
Del Rey Books releases Adam Christopher’s new "Star Wars" novel, "Shadow of the Sith."
Shuttered full-scale space station mockup finds new use with Axiom Space
Houston-based Axiom Space has found the perfect place to develop its commercial orbital outpost: a sprawling facility that comes pre-equipped with a mockup of the International Space Station.
CubeSat launches on scouting mission for NASA’s Artemis moon program
Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher fires off the pad in New Zealand with NASA’s CAPSTONE mission. Credit: Rocket Lab
NASA’s $30 million CAPSTONE mission lifted off Tuesday on a Rocket Lab launcher from New Zealand, departing Earth on a circuitous but fuel-efficient four-month journey toward a halo orbit around the moon to test technologies and operations for the Artemis moon program.
Why it'll take NASA's tiny CAPSTONE probe so long to reach the moon
NASA's 55-pound (25 kilograms) CAPSTONE cubesat launched toward the moon today (June 28), but it won't get there until Nov. 13.
Rock samples from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover contain key ingredient of life
Martian rock samples collected by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show signs of key ingredients of life as we know it on Earth.
Water Worlds Could Have Plumes of Nutrients Carried up From Down Below
Earth’s oceans are one huge, uniform electrolyte solution. They contain salt (sodium chloride) and other nutrients like magnesium, sulphate, and calcium. We can’t survive without electrolytes, and life on Earth might look very different without the oceans’ electrolyte content. It might even be non-existent.
White dwarf seen to survive its own supernova explosion
Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf that miraculously survived its own thermonuclear detonation, raising questions over how and why these stars create supernovas.
James Webb Space Telescope scientists prepare for 1st operational images: Listen in Wednesday
Join in for free Wednesday (June 29) as NASA celebrates the forthcoming end of commissioning for its $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope.
What are Dobsonian Telescopes?
Discover what Dobsonian telescopes are as we take you through their design and widespread popularity among astronomers.
