Space

Cepheus is a rich region of the Milky Way with many emission nebulae. One of the largest, IC 1396, could be called the Northern Rosette because it resembles the more famous nebula in Monoceros. IC 1396 is about 3° wide, with a hollow interior showing minimal nebulosity. This fascinating object […]

Given all of the planned international lunar activity, emergencies could happen that will call for the unconstrained mobilization of all possible aids.

NGC 6905 is a fine planetary nebula with the colourful moniker ‘the Blue Flash Nebula’.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday night with 51 more Starlink internet satellites and a rideshare payload that will use a Spaceflight-built orbital transfer vehicle to climb into a higher orbit to test broadband communications technology for Boeing. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral occurred at 10:09 p.m. EDT Sunday (0209 […]

The DJI Avata makes FPV video accessible to the masses thanks to an impressive drone that’s capable of satisfying the needs of both beginners and highly-skilled FPV drone pilots.

Frank Drake, the radio astronomer who pioneered the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), died yesterday (2 September) at the age of 92.

NASA’s star-crossed Space Launch System moon rocket was grounded for the second time in five days Saturday, this time by a large hydrogen leak in a fuel line quick-disconnect fitting that will delay the $4.1 billion booster’s maiden flight by several weeks, likely into October.

Following the Artemis I launch scrub Saturday from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency will hold a media briefing no earlier than 4 p.m. EDT on Saturday Sept. 3, to discuss mission status.

SpaceX plans to send a big batch of Starlink satellites, along with a space tug, into orbit on Sunday night (Sept. 4).

NASA’s second try to launch the Artemis 1 moon mission ended in a scrub Saturday after a persistent hydrogen leak during the countdown. The more than 30-story-tall Space Launch System moon rocket is awaiting its first test flight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with an unpiloted Orion crew capsule on […]