SpaceX’s Third Starship Prototype Collapsed Last Night SpaceX suffered another setback with its development of the Starship last night when a third prototype (SN3) suffered a structural failure during testing and collapsed. The post SpaceX’s Third Starship Prototype Collapsed Last Night appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source
Because of Coronavirus Lockdowns, Europe is Having the Same Drop in Pollution that we Saw in China The pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus is creating all kinds of chaos for human society. But for the dear old Earth, and the humans and creatures that breathe its air, it’s a bit of a reprieve. Mirroring […]
Want to Buy Flights on Starship? Here’s the New SpaceX Payload User’s Guide, no Prices, Unfortunately The development of the Starship – SpaceX’s super-heavy launch system that will take cargo and crews to orbit, the Moon, and even Mars – has been fraught with setbacks and frustration. But Musk has no intention of stopping and […]
Carnival of Space #657 This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space #657 And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an archive to all the past Carnivals of Space. If you’ve got a space-related blog, you should really join the carnival. […]
Stratolaunch Shows Off its New Hypersonic Testing Vehicle A year ago, the high-altitude launch company Stratolaunch flew the world’s largest aircraft. Now, Stratolaunch has revealed the designs of two hypersonic aircraft plus a reusable space plane that will be launched from its giant Carrier Aircraft launch plane. The company hopes to begin test flights of […]
New Find Shows Uranus Loses Atmosphere to its Magnetic Field NASA’s researchers at the Goddard Space Flight Center recently did just that, looking at Voyager 2’s lone encounter with the planet Uranus to uncover an amazing find, as the planet seems to be losing its atmosphere to it’s lop-sided magnetic field at a high rate. […]
Mapping Out the Water on the Moon Using LRO data, the ESA recently created a map of water ice on the Moon, which will aid in future exploration and resource prospecting The post Mapping Out the Water on the Moon appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source
Astronomers Define the “Really Habitable Zone”. Planets Capable of Producing Gin and Tonic A hospitable star that doesn’t kill you with deadly flares. A rocky planet with liquid water and an agreeable climate. Absence of apocalyptic asteroid storms. No pantheon of angry, vengeful, and capricious gods. These are the things that define a habitable planet. […]
Five Snapshots of how the Earth Looked at Key Points in its History Could Help us Find Habitable Exoplanets A study by Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute provides models of how Earth looked like over time, which could help us find habitable exoplanets The post Five Snapshots of how the Earth Looked at Key Points in […]
This Galaxy Has Only One Spiral Arm There are all kinds of odd things in the sky. Things that defy our naming conventions, and our attempts to understand them. For instance, NGC 4618, the one-armed galaxy. A spiral galaxy with only one arm may not top the list of cosmic oddities, but it does capture […]
Astronaut Pee Will Help Build Bases on the Moon In a strange development, a new ESA-supported study has shown that urine could actually help astronauts build bases on the Moon The post Astronaut Pee Will Help Build Bases on the Moon appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source
SpaceX Almost Ready to Start Testing its Third Starship Prototype. Let’s Hope it Doesn’t Explode Musk recently posted photos of the latest Starship prototype, which were recently assembled and shipped to Boca Chica to begin testing. The post SpaceX Almost Ready to Start Testing its Third Starship Prototype. Let’s Hope it Doesn’t Explode appeared first […]
This Galaxy is the Very Definition of “Flocculent” I know you’re Googling “flocculent” right now, unless you happen to be a chemist, or maybe a home brewer. You could spend each day of your life staring at a different galaxy, and you’d never even come remotely close to seeing even a tiny percentage of all […]
Weekly Space Hangout: April 1, 2020 – Dr. Robert B. Hayes and Radiation Shielding in Space Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Pam Hoffman (EverydaySpacer.com / @EverydaySpacer) Michael Rodruck (@michaelrodruck) Announcements: This week we are airing Fraser’s prerecorded interview with Dr. Robert B. Hayes, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering at North […]
How were Supermassive Black Holes Already Forming and Releasing Powerful Jets Shortly After the Big Bang? A series of studies has shown that the seeds of supermassive black holes and relativistic jets existed much sooner than expected The post How were Supermassive Black Holes Already Forming and Releasing Powerful Jets Shortly After the Big Bang? […]
Are the Gaps in These Disks Caused by Planets? Astronomers like observing distant young stars as they form. Stars are born out of a molecular cloud, and once enough of the matter in that cloud clumps together, fusion ignites and a star begins its life. The leftover material from the formation of the star is […]
How Will Clouds Obscure the View of Exoplanet Surfaces? A new study shows how the presence of a cloud layer could make it harder for the James Webb Space Telescope to detect water on exoplanets. The post How Will Clouds Obscure the View of Exoplanet Surfaces? appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to […]
The heliosphere looks a lot weirder than we originally thought Every second of every day, our sun spits out a stream of tiny high-energy particles, known as the solar wind. This wind blows throughout the solar system, extending far beyond the orbits of the planets and out into interstellar space. But the farther from the […]
Highest Resolution Mosaic Image of the Surface of Bennu NASA and the University of Arizona have released a stunning new global map of asteroid Bennu. At 2 inches (5 cm) per pixel, this is the highest-resolution global map of any planetary body. This hi-res map will help guide the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to the surface of […]
Even More Repeating Fast Radio Bursts Discovered The CHIME radio telescope array has detected nine new fast radio bursts on repeat, which are revealing things about this strange phenomenon The post Even More Repeating Fast Radio Bursts Discovered appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to Source
