A spacecraft launched by NASA has done what was once thought impossible. On April 28, the Parker Solar Probe successfully entered the corona of the Sun — an extreme environment that’s roughly 2 million...
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On Nov. 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth. Later in the day, it was confirmed that Russia had destroyed one of its old satellites in a test of an...
NASA says that so far, more than 4,500 exoplanets have been discovered and are considered confirmed. But all of these have been located within the Milky Way galaxy. Thousands of other “candidate” exoplanet have...
Glowing with the radiance of 10 million times that of our own Sun, Pistol Star is one of the intrinsically brightest stars in our Galaxy. It appears as the bright white dot in the centre of this image. Related articles:...
SpaceX will launch a stack of 53 Starlink satellites on one of its previously flown rockets — a Falcon 9 dubbed B1062. The frequent flier is scheduled to blast off at 7:40 a.m. EST (1240 GMT) from Space...
On Jupiter, a storm’s been brewing for more than 300 years. Known as the Great Red Spot, this swirling high-pressure region is clearly visible from space, spanning a region in Jupiter’s atmosphere more than 10,000...
If the universe is infinite in size, you don’t really need to worry about this conundrum. The universe, being all there is infinitely big and has no edge, so there’s no outside to even talk about. Related articles:...
A growing number of scientists and space-technology enthusiasts are looking into ways to construct a huge moon elevator, either on Earth or the moon that could transport cargo to and from space. Related articles: Mining...