Lunar dust particles can travel across vast regions of the moon via static electricity. A new study may explain how dust particles on the moon “levitate” just above the surface, even though there is no wind or flowing water on the moon to kick-up the material. In a recent laboratory study, researchers found that micron-size […]
SpaceX now has an FAA license for seven Falcon 9 launches of Iridium spacecraft from this launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. GRAPEVINE, Texas — The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a launch license to SpaceX for the upcoming return to flight of its Falcon 9, although its planned launch […]
NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough (left in red stripe) and Peggy Whitson work retrieve adapter plates outside the International Space Station during a Jan. 6, 2017 spacewalk to upgrade the orbiting laboratory’s power system. Two NASA astronauts breezed through a spacewalk at the International Space Station today (Jan. 6) while performing upgrades to the outpost’s power […]
The bladed terrain of Pluto’s Tartarus Dorsa region, imaged by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of the dwarf planet in July 2015. Pluto’s strange “snakeskin” terrain has an Earthly counterpart, a new study suggests. The “scales” of this alien landscape, which were first spotted by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its epic Pluto […]
An artist’s illustration of a pulsar, a fast-spinning neutron star that fires off powerful beacons of light. Scientists have found two strange pulsars that seem to perform a “cosmic vanishing act.” GRAPEVINE, Texas — Two weird pulsars serve as extremely powerful and accurate cosmic clocks — some of the time. Pulsars are extremely dense neutron […]
Astronomers have discovered what happens when the eruption from a supermassive black hole is swept up by the collision and merger of two galaxy clusters. To source
Artist’s illustration of a large asteroid headed for Earth. The White House has released a “National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy” — a document developed by the Interagency Working Group (IWG) for Detecting and Mitigating the Impact of Earth-bound Near-Earth Objects (DAMIEN). According to the strategy document, it “seeks to improve our nation’s preparedness to address […]
Before filming the movie “Hidden Figures ,” which will be widely released Jan. 6, the cast and crew studied up on the history of NASA in the 1960s and America’s civil rights movement to immerse themselves in the lives of those who worked for the space agency during the height of the space race — […]
In the movie “Hidden Figures,” astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell) launches to space, but not before he directs NASA to “get the girl to check the numbers.” “Get the girl to check the numbers.” With those seven words, spoken by astronaut John Glenn before he became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962, Katherine […]
By Samantha Mathewson, Space.com Contributor | January 5, 2017 07:00am ET Credit: EuropaCorp Coming Up in 2017… Exciting space action will take center stage on the big screen this year, with the return of the “Guardians of the Galaxy” superheroes, a glimpse of what it might be like to live on Mars, and the next […]
The Museum of Flight in Seattle will open a new exhibit devoted to the space race, as depicted in this artist’s rendering, on Saturday, May 20, 2017. A new museum exhibit will feature space exploration artifacts retrieved from both the surface of the moon and the ocean floor when it opens in Seattle. The Museum […]
After an exciting 2016, ESA has a busy year in store To source
NASA has selected two missions that have the potential to open new windows on one of the earliest eras in the history of our solar system – a time less than 10 million years after the birth of our sun. The missions, known as Lucy and Psyche, were chosen from five finalists and will proceed […]