Category: #Space
NASA clears Boeing Starliner for July 30th test flight to ISS
More than 18 months after its failed first attempt to make it to the International Space Station, Boeing’s Starliner is ready for a second shot….
Elon Musk booked a trip to space with Virgin Galactic
You’d think that Elon Musk and Richard Branson would hold grudges against each other when they both have space tourism plans, but that’s not true…
Blue Origin throws shade at Virgin Galactic before Richard Branson’s flight
On July 11th, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, could fly to space aboard the SpaceShipTwo to assess the company’s private astronaut experience. If you ask…
NASA’s Ingenuity completes ninth flight despite massive challenge
NASA has announced that Ingenuity, its small Martian helicopter, successfully passed its ninth and most challenging flight thus far, marking a new milestone for the…
The high stakes of Branson and Bezos’ race to space
When Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson take flight aboard the rockets their companies built, the hopes and dreams of a burgeoning industry will be flying…
Richard Branson says he ‘can’t wait’ to rocket to space Sunday
Branson said there is no rivalry with fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos, who plans to launch with his own company, Blue Origin, on July 20. Source:…
Rocket Report: Super Heavy rolls to launch site, Funk will get to fly
Enlarge / A Super Heavy booster rolled out of SpaceX’s production facilities in South Texas on Thursday. (credit: Elon Musk) Welcome to Edition 4.05 of…
Billionaire Branson plans to beat Billionaire Bezos to space
Sir Richard Brandon will fly to space on July 11, if all goes to plan, beating Jeff Bezos’s planned flight by a week or two….
These greedy black holes just swallowed two neutron stars and it’s a pretty big deal
One of the best things about being an astronomer is being able to discover something new about the universe. In fact, maybe the only thing…
China shares video and audio from its Mars rover
China has shared video footageand audio from its Mars rover Zhurong, giving another look at what it’s like to explore the Red Planet. Source: https://www.engadget.com/china-zhurong-mars-rover-video-sound-173845448.html?src=rss_b2c…
Largest comet ever discovered is 1,000 times the typical mass
Comets are typically are 6 miles across, but scientists have recently discovered a mega comet which is 10 times that diameter. Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/huge-comet-discovered/ Droolin’ Dog…
The 7 Weirdest Things About Venus, Hell Planet
It’s been nearly 30 years since a NASA spacecraft went to Venus, a yellowish planet 67 million miles from the Sun and 141 million miles…
New study offers clues about how Mars lost its water
Mars is known for its thin atmosphere, where CO2 dominates and provides most of the atmospheric mass and pressure. In fact, the pressure is similar…
Aliens From 1,715 Stars Could’ve Seen Earth Over the Past 5,000 Years, Study Suggests
Astronomers on Earth have spotted thousands of exoplanets since the 1990s, so it’s not unreasonable to assume that aliens, should they exist, would be capable…
Signs of geological activity found on Venus
Scientists find evidence parts of Venus’s rocky surface move around like bits of ocean pack ice. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57567577 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and…
Bezos vs. Branson: Another billionaire space battle is brewing
The race between billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson to make suborbital space tourism a viable business is heating up. Why it matters: The disagreements between…
Chinese sends three astronauts to live on the Tianhe space station for 90 days
China has confirmed that it successfully launched a rocket carrying a trio of astronauts on Thursday. The launch placed the crewed spacecraft known as Shenzhou-12…
NASA: Earth Is Absorbing an ‘Unprecedented’ Amount of Heat
Ominous new research shows that the Earth is taking in a shocking amount of heat. In the past 15 years, the amount of incoming solar…
Scientists Now Know For Sure What Causes the Northern Lights
Humans have spent millennia in awe of the beautiful aurora borealis in the night sky. And while we remained uncertain of what causes them for…
Over 500 fast radio bursts captured by the CHIME telescope in its first 12 months
It’s challenging to capture a fast radio burst or FRB. To capture an FRB, a radio telescope has to be pointed in just the right…
‘Ring of fire’ eclipse to sweep across Earth
A large swathe of the Northern Hemisphere is about to enjoy a so-called annular solar eclipse. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57420056 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and…
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Nails Its Seventh Flight on Mars
The seventh flight of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars saw the vehicle fly nearly 350 feet to a landing spot that hadn’t been closely surveyed…
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