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SpaceX is Sure They'll be Able to Land Starship on the Moon in 2022

By Matthew Williams - October 28, 2019 11:31 PM UTC | Space Exploration

As the president of SpaceX said at the 2019 IAC, the company hopes to conduct missions to the Moon by 2022, and to send people there by 2024

InSight's Heat Probe Has Bounced Back Out Of Its Hole

By Evan Gough - October 28, 2019 05:12 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers See the Wreckage from a Collision Between Exoplanets

By Evan Gough - October 28, 2019 04:28 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Breakthrough Listen and NASA Team Up to Look for Signs of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence!

By Matthew Williams - October 26, 2019 08:25 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Breakthrough Listen recently entered into a partnership with members of the NASA TESS mission team to search for aliens!

Skylon's SABRE Engine Passes a Big Test

By Matthew Williams - October 26, 2019 03:33 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Reaction Engines Ltd. recently passed a major milestone with the development of their SABRE engine, which could lead to spaceplanes that don't rely on rocket boosters.

New Horizons Team Pieces Together the Best Images They Have of Pluto's Far Side

By Evan Gough - October 25, 2019 05:43 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Astronomers See Strontium in the Kilonova Wreckage, Proof that Neutron Star Collisions Manufacture Heavy Elements in the Universe

By Evan Gough - October 24, 2019 05:12 PM UTC | Cosmology

Weekly Space Hangout: October 23, 2019 - Aileen Yingst: Space Geologist

By Susie Murph - October 23, 2019 08:53 PM UTC | Site News

A Private Company in China Plans to Launch Reusable Rockets by 2021

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2019 06:52 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Boeing and Airstream Show off Their New Astronaut Transport Vehicle: the Astrovan II

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2019 04:52 PM UTC | Missions

Elon Musk Tweets with Starlink. Services Could be Available Next Year.

By Matthew Williams - October 23, 2019 04:42 PM UTC | Space Policy

Starlink could be offering services by this time next year, and Musk just tested it by sending out the inaugural tweet (spoiler alert, it worked!)

James Webb Tests its Sun-Shield. So Far, So Good.

By Evan Gough - October 23, 2019 02:23 PM UTC | Telescopes

Did an Ancient Supernova Force Humans to Walk Upright?

By David Dickinson - October 23, 2019 11:26 AM UTC | Stars

Now that Many Countries Have the Ability to Destroy Satellites, the US is Figuring Out Ways to Make Them More Armored

By Matthew Williams - October 22, 2019 08:27 PM UTC | Space Policy

With all the advances made in anti-satellite technology, Sandia National Laboratories is seeking partnerships to develop satellites that can defend themselves

The Most Massive Galaxies Spin More Than Twice as Fast as the Milky Way

By Matthew Williams - October 19, 2019 06:54 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Based on new observations of super spiral galaxies, a team of scientists has found that they have massive dark matter halos that cause them to rotate much faster than our own!

SpaceX is Sure They'll be Able to Land Starship on the Moon in 2022

InSight's Heat Probe Has Bounced Back Out Of Its Hole

Astronomers See the Wreckage from a Collision Between Exoplanets

Breakthrough Listen and NASA Team Up to Look for Signs of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence!

Skylon's SABRE Engine Passes a Big Test

New Horizons Team Pieces Together the Best Images They Have of Pluto's Far Side

Astronomers See Strontium in the Kilonova Wreckage, Proof that Neutron Star Collisions Manufacture Heavy Elements in the Universe

Weekly Space Hangout: October 23, 2019 - Aileen Yingst: Space Geologist

A Private Company in China Plans to Launch Reusable Rockets by 2021

Boeing and Airstream Show off Their New Astronaut Transport Vehicle: the Astrovan II

Elon Musk Tweets with Starlink. Services Could be Available Next Year.

James Webb Tests its Sun-Shield. So Far, So Good.

Did an Ancient Supernova Force Humans to Walk Upright?

Now that Many Countries Have the Ability to Destroy Satellites, the US is Figuring Out Ways to Make Them More Armored

A NASA Panel Says We Don't Need to be so Careful About Infecting Other Worlds

Time-lapse Captured from the International Space Station

How Long is a Day on Venus? Astronomers Make Their Best Measurement Yet

Carnival of Space #634

Messier 93 - the NGC 2447 Open Star Cluster

The Most Massive Galaxies Spin More Than Twice as Fast as the Milky Way