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Balloon Mission May Also Work to Detect Quakes on Venus
An opportunity in 2019 lays the groundwork for balloon-borne detectors on Venus, working to unravel a key mystery.
This is how you get Tatooines. Binary Star Planet Formation
One of the less appreciated aspects of George Lucas’ vision for Star Wars was that he predicted the existence of planets in binary star systems years before we saw even the first exoplanet. Now a team from the University of Cambridge and the Max Planck Institute for Extra-terrestrial Physics have found how exactly those planets can form without being torn apart by their accompanying suns.
Astronauts are celebrating their own Summer Olympics in space (satellites, too)
One of the biggest sporting events on Earth is being watched by those beyond our world.
Matter From Light. Physicists Create Matter and Antimatter by Colliding Just Photons.
Future rockets could fly with tanks made of lightweight carbon fibre reinforced plastic thanks to ground-breaking research carried out within ESA’s Future Launchers Preparatory Programme.
Mariner 9: The Martian Semicentennial
Some astronomers suggest setting up a "SatHub" to address the growing threat that satellite megaconstellations pose to the night sky — but funding and support are necessary to make it happen.
NASA Chooses Falcon Heavy Over SLS to Launch Europa Clipper, Saving About $2 Billion
Retired NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg has teamed up with apparel company SvahaUSA to create a "Dinos in Space" clothing line.
We could hunt gravitational waves on the moon if this wild idea takes off
The moon is a great place to hunt for ripples in space-time, a new study argues.
China is building a new ship for sea launches to space
A Portland-area high school came out on top in a new "distributed" version of this year's American Rocketry Challenge that was optimized for pandemic safety.
ESA Web TV image for the launch of Eutelsat Quantum
Image: ESA Web TV image for the launch of Eutelsat Quantum
Watch the launch of Eutelsat Quantum
Follow the launch on 30 July of a sophisticated telecommunications satellite capable of being completely repurposed while in space.
SpaceX stretches rocket reuse record with another Starlink launch
ESA has successfully operated a spacecraft with Europe’s next-generation mission control system for the first time. The powerful software, named the 'European Ground System - Common Core' (EGS-CC), will be the ‘brain’ of all European spaceflight operations in the years to come, and promises new possibilities for how future missions will fly.
“All eyes on weather” for Friday test launch of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is stacked on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral. Credit: Boeing/Damon Tucci
The threat of lightning could thwart plans to launch an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Friday with a Boeing commercial crew capsule on an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station, according to the forecasters on the Space Coast.
Magnetic "Spoon" Feeds Supermassive Black Hole
The Space.com Forums are giving away a SpaceX Crew-3 prize pack to get ready for the planned Oct. 31, 2021 launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station.
25 weird and wild solar system facts
On Monday (July 26), astronauts said goodbye to a cornerstone of the International Space Station and captured stunning images of the compartment burning up in Earth's atmosphere.
SpaceX is about to begin launching the next series of Starlink satellites
A Starlink ground terminal. Credit: SpaceX
After going through July with no launches, SpaceX is scheduled to resume missions in August with Falcon 9 rocket flights from California and Florida to commence deployment of the next generation of Starlink internet satellites.
Jeff Bezos asks NASA for moon lander contract, offers to cover billions in costs
Hot on the heels of its first crewed flight to suborbital space, Blue Origin reiterated that it wants a NASA moon lander contract — and stressed that it's willing to put a lot of its own money into the effort.
Fireball streaks across North Texas, creating light show and sonic boom
A fireball streaked across North Texas last night, leading to several hundred witness reports of a bright flash and sonic boom.
SpaceX retires giant net boats that caught rocket nose cones
SpaceX has retired its two rocket nose-cone-catching boats with their giant arms and nets.
Watch the trailer for 'Return to Space' on Netflix chronicling SpaceX's historic 1st astronaut launch
In the wisp-thin sky of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest satellite in the solar system, astronomers have for the first time detected evidence of water vapor, a new study finds.
