El verano boreal de 2023 fue el más caluroso para la Tierra desde que se establecieron registros mundiales de temperaturas en 1880, según un análisis realizado por científicos del Instituto Goddard de Estudios Espaciales (GISS, por sus siglas en inglés) de la NASA en Nueva York.
A ‘Planet Nine’ far from Earth could explain the odd behavior of icy bodies beyond Neptune
As the search for “Planet Nine” in the outer solar system continues, new research suggests there may be an Earth twin buried deep within the frozen waste of the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune.
FAA closes SpaceX-led Starship mishap investigation
The FAA has closed the SpaceX-led mishap investigation following the first Starship Integrated Test Flight (IFT). SpaceX founder Elon Musk also published the checklist of 63 items to be completed before the company can apply for a launch license modification for IFT-2.
Hubble captures the glittering gold of Terzan 12
Shrouded by a blanket of dust, the globular cluster Terzan 12 shines through the deep Milky Way Galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Located in the constellation Sagittarius the Archer, the group of stars is about 15,000 light-years from Earth. The object is part of a small group […]
China sends record-setting Tianzhou 5 cargo spacecraft to fiery death (video)
Tianzhou 5, which docked with China’s Tiangong space station just two hours after launching last November, has completed its orbital tasks and met its fiery fate.
Falcon 9 rocket launches another batch of Starlink satellites from California
SpaceX launched another batch of satellites for the company’s Starlink internet service from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 11:57 p.m. PDT Monday (2:57 a.m. EDT / 0657 UTC Tuesday).
Exclusive book excerpt: The Universal Timekeepers
They are 99.9999999999995% empty space. Almost perfectly nothing. And yet they make up everything you see, touch, smell, taste, and feel. They feed and clothe you. Their motion makes you warm (and cold). They generate your hopes and dreams and memories. They exist in splendid isolation and in highly complex […]
NASA Sets Coverage for Launch, Docking of New Space Station Crew
A NASA astronaut and two Roscosmos cosmonauts are set to launch to the International Space Station on Friday, Sept. 15. The U.S. space agency will provide full coverage of launch and crew’s arrival at the microgravity laboratory.
‘The Six’ author Loren Grush: 1st female astronauts set example for picking woman to land on moon
Forty-five years after selecting its first six women, NASA has 16 female astronauts who could be the first woman on the moon. For Loren Grush, the best thing is they don’t have ‘the right stuff.’
The Great Square of Pegasus: heralding autumn
Longer autumnal nights are taking over from more balmy late-summer evening. Behold the grand appearance in September’s late-evening southern sky of the Great Square of Pegasus