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Starship Prototype Catches Fire After a Recent Test, But Appears Undamaged Despite the fireball that engulfed the Starshopper this past week, both the vehicle and its Draco engine appear to be unscathed. The post Starship Prototype Catches Fire After a Recent Test, But Appears Undamaged appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
The Lunar Gateway Will be in a “Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit” After months of discussion, the space agencies behind the Lunar Gateway have decided how the space station will orbit the Moon. NASA and the ESA are developing the Lunar Gateway jointly, and the orbital path that it will follow around the Moon is a key part of mission design. It’ll affect all the vital aspects … Continue reading “The Lunar Gateway Will be in a “Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit”” The post The Lunar Gateway Will be in a “Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit” appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
There are Ring-Like Formations Around the Lakes on Titan Some lakes on Titan have ring-like shapes around them, and scientists are trying to find out how they formed. Understanding how they formed may tell us something about how the entire region they’re in, including the lakes, formed. The ring-shaped features are found around pools and lakes at Titan’s polar regions. Thanks to the Cassini … Continue reading “There are Ring-Like Formations Around the Lakes on Titan” The post There are Ring-Like Formations Around the Lakes on Titan appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
LightSail 2 is Sending Home New Pictures of Earth LightSail 2, the brainchild of The Planetary Society, has gifted us two new gorgeous images of Earth. The small spacecraft is currently in orbit at about 720 km, and the LightSail 2 mission team is putting it through its paces in preparation for solar sail deployment sometime on or after Sunday, July 21st. LightSail 2 … Continue reading “LightSail 2 is Sending Home New Pictures of Earth” The post LightSail 2 is Sending Home New Pictures of Earth appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 1 Dick Battin stood on his driveway in the New England frosty pre-dawn back in October 1957, straining his eyes to see Sputnik fly overhead. It was amazing. Watching that little point of light scoot silently across the sky made Battin’s heart pound. A human-made hunk of metal was actually orbiting Earth! Walking back to his … Continue reading “The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 1” The post The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 1 appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Asteroid 2006 QV89 Now Has a 0% Chance of Hitting Earth in September Why report on an asteroid that has no chance of hitting Earth? Because this asteroid, known as 2006 QV89, has a history. A history of being kind of hard to track. As the name says, this asteroid was discovered in 2006. It’s a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA, or NEO, for Near-Earth Object.) An object is classified … Continue reading “Asteroid 2006 QV89 Now Has a 0% Chance of Hitting Earth in September” The post Asteroid 2006 QV89 Now Has a 0% Chance of Hitting Earth in September appeared first on Universe Today. UniverseRead More →
Blankets of Silica Aerogel Could Make Parts of Mars Habitable The idea of somehow terra-forming Mars to make it more habitable is a visionary, sci-fi dream. But though global terra-forming of Mars is out of reach, the idea persists. But now, a material called silica aerogel might make make the whole idea of terra-forming Mars slightly less impossible. Notable people from Carl Sagan to Elon … Continue reading “Blankets of Silica Aerogel Could Make Parts of Mars Habitable” The post Blankets of Silica Aerogel Could Make Parts of Mars Habitable appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Gaia Mission is Mapping Out the Bar at the Center of the Milky Way The latest discovery to come from Gaia’s years of observing the Milky Way is the first 3D measurements of our galaxy’s central bar structure. The post Gaia Mission is Mapping Out the Bar at the Center of the Milky Way appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Screaming Sounds Sent to the Edge of Space, Confirming That… “In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream” A unique, low-cost, and crowd-scream-sourced experiment has proven what all sci-fi movie fans know is true: In space, no one can hear you scream.” That line is the tag line from the famous 1979 movie Alien, of course. And now an innovative experiment in Britain has shown that the writer of that movie was correct. … Continue reading “Screaming Sounds Sent to the Edge of Space, Confirming That… “In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream”” The post Screaming Sounds Sent to the Edge of Space, ConfirmingRead More →
Crew Dragon Exploded Back in April Because of a Nitrogen Tetroxide Leak SpaceX has revealed the cause of the accident that took place back in April, attributing it to a leak that took place just prior to the final tactic engine fire test. The post Crew Dragon Exploded Back in April Because of a Nitrogen Tetroxide Leak appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
First Ever Image of Quantum Entanglement A research team from the University of Glasgow has, for the first time ever, captured an image of entangled photons. The post First Ever Image of Quantum Entanglement appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Pictures from Curiosity Show the Bottom of an Ancient Lake on Mars, the Perfect Place to Search for Evidence of Past Life It’s all about the detail. In a way, Mars looks like a dusty, dead, dry, boring planet. But science says otherwise. Science says that Mars used to be wet and warm, with an atmosphere. And science says that it was wet and warm for billions of years, easily long enough for life to appear and … Continue reading “Pictures from Curiosity Show the Bottom of an Ancient Lake on Mars, the Perfect Place to Search for Evidence of Past Life” The post PicturesRead More →
NASA is Building Robots That Can Climb Rock and Ice Cliffs Engineers at NASA JPL are busy developing next-generation robotic missions that will allow astronauts to explore harder-to-reach places in the search for life. The post NASA is Building Robots That Can Climb Rock and Ice Cliffs appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Hayabusa 2 is the First Spacecraft to Sample the Inside of an Asteroid Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is now the first spacecraft to retrieve a subsurface sample from an asteroid. On July 11th, the spacecraft touched down for a second time on asteroid 162173 Ryugu. This time, the probe retrieved a sample from a crater it excavated with its impactor. The subsurface sampling operation is a complex mission. … Continue reading “Hayabusa 2 is the First Spacecraft to Sample the Inside of an Asteroid” The post Hayabusa 2 is the First Spacecraft to Sample the Inside of an Asteroid appeared first on Universe Today. UniverseRead More →
Our Guide to Tuesday Night’s Partial Lunar Eclipse Happen to be in Europe, Africa, Asia or Australia on Tuesday night with clear skies? I July weather cooperates, you’ll have a good view of the final lunar eclipse for 2019. The post Our Guide to Tuesday Night’s Partial Lunar Eclipse appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Messier 89 – the NGC 4552 Spiral Galaxy Located in the Virgo constellation, roughly 50 million light years from Earth, is the elliptical galaxy known as Messier 89. The post Messier 89 – the NGC 4552 Spiral Galaxy appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
There’s A Fire in Greenland… Again. It’s 10 Degrees Hotter Than Normal As global warming ramps up, expect to see Greenland in the news a lot. That’s because its ice sheet is under threat of melting. But that’s not the only reason. The other reason is fire. We know that Greenland, like the rest of the globe, is warming. And it’s ice is melting and contributing to … Continue reading “There’s A Fire in Greenland… Again. It’s 10 Degrees Hotter Than Normal” The post There’s A Fire in Greenland… Again. It’s 10 Degrees Hotter Than Normal appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go toRead More →
Here’s a First. Astronomers See a Moon Forming Around a Baby Exoplanet Astronomers have discovered, for the first time, moons forming in the disk of debris around a large exoplanet. Astronomers have suspected for a long time that this is how larger planets—like Jupiter in our own Solar System—get their moons. It’s all happening around a very young star named PDS 70, about 370 light years away … Continue reading “Here’s a First. Astronomers See a Moon Forming Around a Baby Exoplanet” The post Here’s a First. Astronomers See a Moon Forming Around a Baby Exoplanet appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go toRead More →
Carnival of Space #620 This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by me at the CosmoQuest blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space #620 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. Just email an entry to susie@wshcrew.space, and … Continue reading “Carnival of Space #620” The post Carnival of Space #620 appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
Hubble Spots “Impossible” Debris Disk Around a Black Hole Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers recently observed a bright disk around a black hole that defies astronomical models. The post Hubble Spots “Impossible” Debris Disk Around a Black Hole appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →
