Watch live: Arianespace Vega rocket launching 53 satellite tonight!
An Arianespace Vega rocket will make its return-to-flight launch tonight, Sept. 2, on an experimental flight to prove its ability to launch 53 small satellites at once in a rideshare mission and you can watch it live online. Liftoff is set for 9:51 p.m. EDT (0151 Sept. 2 GMT) from […]
Vega rocket launches 53 satellites in return-to-flight mission
Europe’s Vega rocket is back in action.
Air Force Research Laboratory announces new space experiments
AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate will study the physics of very low Earth orbit, and will pursue sensor technologies for cislunar space
A Faster-Than-Light Warp Drive-Powered Spaceship May Be Possible
Researchers could boldly go where no one has gone before.
Machine Learning Algorithm Scoops up 50 New Exoplanets
Advances in technology are having a profound impact on astronomy and astrophysics. At one end, we have advanced hardware like adaptive optics, coronographs, and spectrometers that allow for more light to be gathered from the cosmos. At the other end, we have improved software and machine learning algorithms that are […]
Has Earth’s oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of years?
To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes on the Moon, according to a study published today in Science Advances led by Shuai Li, assistant researcher at the Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) in the UH Mānoa School […]
The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Is Funding Some Out of This World Ideas
Some of these concepts could change the course of space travel.
Space Webcasts: NASA test fires Space Launch System rocket booster
NASA and Northrop Grumman will test a full-size solid rocket booster for the U.S. space agency’s new Space Launch System megarocket today, Sept. 2, and you can watch it live online here, courtesy of NASA.