Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is gearing up to launch its next batch of Starlink satellites into orbit for the company’s ever-growing broadband internet megaconstellation and you can watch it live online. 

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover just fired up its deep-space thrusters for the first time.

The gigabit speeds that Musk had promised are nowhere in sight, but it is still early.

Using data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, astronomers have explored a planetary nebula (PN) known as Abell 30. Results of the study suggest that the central star of this nebula is a binary system, which could have implications for our understanding of PN population in general. The finding is detailed in […]

Scientists have detected a mysterious gamma-ray heartbeat coming from a cosmic gas cloud. The inconspicuous cloud in the constellation Aquila is beating with the rhythm of a neighboring precessing black hole, indicating a connection between the two objects, as the team led by DESY Humboldt Fellow Jian Li and ICREA […]

NASA’s Ingenuity and Mars Perseverance are on course to reach Mars on February 18, 2021.

A rocket that blasted off from French Guiana successfully placed two communications satellites into orbit Saturday, launch firm Arianespace said.

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.

 On Aug. 16, 1963, NASA’s M2-F1 aircraft prototype made its first glide flight. 

An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket carrying will launch three satellites, including a space tug, into orbit today, Aug. 15, and you can watch it live online here at 6:04 p.m. EDT (2204 GMT). Weather is now GO for launch.