A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just set a new record
Following a mission early on Monday, the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket entered the record books by becoming the first one to launch and land 27 times.…
What happened to Amazon’s inaugural Project Kuiper launch?
Amazon is aiming to take on SpaceX’s Starlink internet service using thousands of its own Project Kuiper satellites in low-Earth orbit. The first Project Kuiper satellites were suppsoed to launch…
Trippy time-lapse shows Starlink satellites streak light across space
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has shared a new time-lapse video showing some of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites streaking across space. Other lines of light appearing in the 18-second clip captured from…
Astronomers enthralled as a hungry black hole wakes up and starts feeding
At the center of almost every galaxy lies a giant monster: a supermassive black hole that is ten of thousands or even millions of times the mass of the sun.…
NASA’s Mars is rover finding ‘intriguing rocks everywhere’ on crater rim
Perseverance’s challenging three-and-a-half month climb out of Jezero Crater has definitely been worth it, with NASA reportedly discovering a fascinating array of rocks worthy of detailed examination. “During previous science…
Space station meets aurora in this stunning time-lapse video
In his final days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Pettit has shared a time-lapse video (below) showing the orbital outpost flying above cities at night before…
A pair of stars in our cosmic backyard are on a collision course
A dramatic cosmic event is winding up to occur right in our backyard. Astronomers have spotted a pair of stars bound for collision, located just 150 light-years away. When the…
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon to splash down in Pacific for first time — how to watch
SpaceX is making final preparations to bring home the Fram2 crew, which launched to orbit in a private mission on Monday. The Crew Dragon and its four crewmembers will splash…
Earth takes on ‘eyeball’ vibes from space
The blue marble and the blue planet are both well-known descriptions of the rock that is our home. But “Earthly eyeball”? That’s a new one. But when viewed through the…
SpaceX shares first views of polar regions from Crew Dragon
SpaceX has just shared a video from the Fram2 mission, which has become the first-ever crewed flight to take a polar orbit. The footage (below), captured by a camera attached…