Astronomers Discover First Known Planet to Orbit a White Dwarf Star
The unprecedented discovery of a Jupiter-sized planet in orbit around a white dwarf star suggests it’s possible for planets to survive the tumultuous death throes of their…
Category: Space
Dynetics has built a full-scale mock-up of the lander it hopes will soon be carrying NASA astronauts to the moon. Read More
Elon Musk wants to settle humans on Mars with his rocket company SpaceX. Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, wants a trillion people living in space. But the chief executive of one… Read More
China appears to have launched an experimental space plane, which may be the precursor to a vehicle that can carry humans to and from space. Read More
Less than one month ago, SpaceX blasted a full-scale prototype of its Starship vehicle to an altitude of 150 meters above South Texas before returning it safely to the… Read More
SpaceX launches 60 Starlink internet satellites, sticks rocket landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX delivered a new batch of its Starlink satellites into orbit today (Sept. 3) and nailed a rocket landing, following a few delays.
On February 24, 1987, an unexpected cosmic explosion rocked the astronomical community. Dubbed Supernova 1987A (SN 1987A), the fiery event — triggered by the implosion of a… Read More
Welcome to the age of the satellite megaconstellation. Within the next few years, vast networks, containing hundreds or even thousands of spacecraft, could reshape the future of… Read More
NASA’s exoplanet-hunting TESS space telescope is done with its primary mission, but its search for strange new worlds goes on. Read More
The standard story of the birth of the cosmos goes something like this: Nearly 14 billion years ago, a tremendous amount of energy materialized as if from… Read More