SpaceX is working on its most powerful rocket yet, the Starship, a reusable vehicle for carrying both humans and other payloads to the moon and beyond. Recently, the company shared footage of the rocket being stacked at its Starbase development facilit…
When it comes to hunting for evidence of ancient life on Mars, some key features that scientists want to explore are areas with high levels of sulfate minerals. These salts form in the presence of water, so even though Mars is dry today, finding these …
One of the most dramatic cosmic events is a supernova, when a massive star runs out of fuel. The star explodes in an enormous burst of energy that can be seen even in other galaxies. We know essentially when these supernovae happen, but we aren’t able …
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft scooped up a sample from asteroid Bennu in October 2020, and in May 2021 the spacecraft headed back to Earth to drop that sample off. This week. the spacecraft performed a trajectory correction maneuver to keep it headed to…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is on its way to the Trojan asteroids to learn about the formation of the solar system, but it isn’t traveling in a straight line from Earth to the orbit of Jupiter. Instead, it is performing a series of slingshot maneuvers to he…
One of the first things that people learn about black holes is that they absorb everything which comes close to them, but this isn’t exactly accurate. It is true that once anything passes the event horizon of a black hole it can never escape, but there…
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted an intriguing object created by a rare pair of stars that are encircled by rings of dust. The pair, known as Wolf-Rayet 140, is located 5,000 light-years away and could us learn about the interstellar medium b…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a space-based exoplanet hunter, has resumed operations following a technical issue that caused it to be put into safe mode earlier this week.
The issue began on Wednesday, October 12, when a problem …
The four astronauts of NASA’s Crew-4 mission have returned from the International Space Station and splashed down safely off the coast of Florida. The crew of NASA astronauts Bob Hines, Kjell Lindgren, and Jessica Watkins, plus European Space Agency as…
This week, you’ll find a wide range of deals from various internet retailers thanks to Amazon’s Prime Early Access sale. This sequel to Amazon’s Prime Day in the summer is seeing discounts on all sorts of products, with electronics and gadgets being a…
Even though Amazon’s Prime Day has been and gone this summer, there’s a second chance for you to score some Prime Day deals this year with Amazon’s Prime Early Access sale. This week will see a ton of offers including some great Prime Day TV deals whi…
Amazon’s famous Prime Day happened earlier this year, but now Amazon is back for a second round with its Prime Early Access Sale. That means you have a second chance to score some Prime Day deals, and not only from Amazon — there are also deals to be h…
This week is a great opportunity to grab a bargain, as many electronics are on sale for the early Amazon Prime Day deals as part of the Prime Early Access Sale. Walmart is having its own discounts available this week for its Walmart Rollback Sale, inc…
When it comes to searching for places beyond Earth where life could thrive in our solar system, some of the most intriguing targets aren’t planets but rather moons. From Jupiter’s icy moons like Europa to Saturn’s moon Enceladus, these places are thoug…
This week has been a fun time for telescope team-ups, with a recent project combining data from the James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes. There’s also a second set of images that has been released that combines data from the James Webb Space Telescop…