Space and astronomy news
Starship completes its wet-dress rehearsal, another problem for Webb, a nuclear rocket test is coming, and more cool NIAC grants.
Continue reading “Nuclear Rocket In 2027, JWST Problems, Starship WDR”
The Titan Dragonfly is coming together, NASA is considering a new kind of nuclear rocket, getting more warning for solar flares, and pinpointing carbon emissions from space.
Continue reading “Titan’s Dragonfly Test, New Nuclear Rocket, Shadow Universe”
Keep your eyes on the sky for a comet, another Mars rover has died, the leaky Soyuz will be replaced, JWST dominates the American Astronomical Society meeting, and Starship is just around the corner.
Continue reading “Mars Rover’s Dead, Comet Incoming, JWST’s First Exoplanet”
NASA is looking for dangerous asteroids, Io is blasting lava into space, the solar wind could be creating water on the Moon, space power is finally getting a test.
Continue reading “Eruption on Io, Moon Navigation, Space-Based Power Test”
Splashdown! Artemis I has returned home. Webb has made its first Deep Field survey. Listen to the sound of a dust devil on Mars, and a Space journalist is going to the Moon.
Continue reading “Accident on the ISS, JWST Deep Field, Space Habitat Goes BANG!”
Construction Begins on the Square Kilometer Array. Artemis I’s iconic crescent Earthrise picture. A gamma-ray burst that breaks all the rules. SpaceX launches a new service.
Continue reading “Iconic Earthrise By Artemis 1, Rule-Breaking GRB, SpaceX Launches Starshield”
SpaceX revealed their new service called Starshield. It is a “secured satellite network for government entities” and is aimed at “supporting national security.” The project looks similar to Starlink, but instead of providing service to end users and businesses, Starshield is aimed at government entities. Here’s what we know so far.
Continue reading “SpaceX Launches ‘Starshield’. A Quiet Announcement With A Huge Potential”
The best images from Artemis so far. More spacecraft are going to the Moon. Researchers have simulated a wormhole. China now has six people on board its space station. All this and more space news in this week’s Space Bites.
Continue reading “Scientists Simulate a Wormhole, NASA’s Moon Infrastructure, China’s Space Station Crew”
Updates on Artemis I. NASA predicted an asteroid striking Canada. James Webb’s view of Titan. New adaptive optics for the Very Large Telescope.
Continue reading “Asteroid Explodes Over Canada, Artemis I Updates, Very Large Telescope Improvements”
SLS finally launches to the Moon. SpaceX gets another contract from NASA. James Webb gets a protection plan from micrometeoroids. A Chinese booster shreds in low-Earth orbit. A secret space plane returns.
Continue reading “Artemis 1 Launch, Secret Space Plane, JWST Protection Plan”