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SpaceX and NASA Will Deliver Next-Generation Power to the ISS
SpaceX and NASA are teaming up again to launch their 22d Commercial Resupply Services mission to the ISS... but this time, they're bringing along tools to give it a makeover! Onboard the Dragon cargo capsule is a massive solar array system that&rsqu...
Kelly · 06 June 2021 · 66
11 Billion Years of Our Universe’s History Were Missing… Until Now
We think it all started with a Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago. Just like that, the universe burst into existence, and we can still see the remnants of this event’s afterglow in the form of cosmic microwave background radiation. But between the...
Alex · 27 August 2020 · 99
Space Telescope James Webb: Evidence of planetary system around Fomalhaut
The outermost ring around Fomalhaut has been known for years, and now two more have been discovered with the space telescope James Webb. They indicate the presence of exoplanets. The space telescope James Webb has achieved the most detailed image to...
Kelly · 09 May 2023 · 77
Dark Matter Stabilizes a 60-Star Dwarf Galaxy?
A tiny collection of a few dozen stars may have been orbiting the Milky Way for billions of years. This would probably only be possible thanks to dark matter. An international research group has discovered an extremely faint small dwarf galaxy consis...
Kelly · 3 weeks ago · 18
The most exciting telescope that no-one is talking about
We are all, in my opinion, rightfully excited about the James Webb Space Telescope launch in 2021. Such a powerful space telescope will allow us to see things extremely far away with a heretofore unprecedented fidelity. However, there’s...
Alex · 02 September 2020 · 165
SpaceX Crew Dragon Is the Most Anticipated Launch of the Year
This is the moment that we’ve all been waiting for. SpaceX’s Demo-2 is just about to launch. We're on the verge of a truly historic event in human spaceflight. For the very first time SpaceX, a privately owned company, will ferry two NASA...
Alex · 27 May 2020 · 55
This Upcoming NASA Mission Could Discover How Our Solar System Began
As of this month, NASA officially approved the construction of their asteroid hunting spacecraft, Lucy. Little Lucy will visit two large asteroid clusters near Jupiter known as the Trojan asteroids. It will be the very first time NASA visits t...
Kelly · 02 September 2020 · 88
This New Martian Moon Mission Could Explain How Life Began
We’re heading to Mars again. But this time, it will be the first round-trip mission, not to the Red Planet itself, but to its moons. In case you didn’t know, Mars actually has two moons and JAXA is planning to land on one of them, Phobos...
Jacob Enderson · 08 October 2020 · 69
NASA’s Solar Probe Did the Impossible, Here’s How
Thanks to the Parker Solar Probe we’re up close and personal with our host star. And just one step closer to understanding space weather and so much more about how the Sun impacts life right here on Earth. So the thought of traditionally &ldqu...
Kelly · 2 years ago · 78
In Space, Every Poop Is a Floater: Why the New ISS Toilet Costs $23 Million
We have a habit of deifying astronauts, but the truth is they’re humans just like us. They put on their space suits one leg at a time, they have to eat, sleep, and just like us, poop. The only difference is if their toilet doesn’t work, they can’t po...
Den W. · 09 September 2020 · 90
How Quantum Diamonds Will Help Us Detect Cosmic Collisions
Back in 2015, the two detectors that make up the experiment called LIGO made waves. Well, technically they detected waves — they picked up the gravitational waves generated by two merging black holes. It was no small feat, but LIGO is no small...
Alex · 07 October 2020 · 40
What We Lost When the Arecibo Observatory Collapsed
The Arecibo Observatory has fallen. This marks the end of a nearly 60 year sky gazing career that has not only helped us to better understand the universe, but has also scoured the skies searching for any signal from extraterrestrial worlds. So, what...
Den W. · 23 January 2021 · 95
There May Be 300 Million Earths in Our Galaxy Waiting to Be Found
Our home planet Earth is just one of the over 100 billion planets found in the entire Milky Way galaxy. Orbiting our Sun at literally the perfect distance to support life, it kinda makes you wonder: Of these billions of planets, just how many other h...
Alex · 27 January 2021 · 115
How Space-Time Works When You Look At The Stars
In life, we're used to looking at everything around us unfolding in real time. But looking up at the night sky is different. When we look at the stars we're actually looking at the past, we aren't seeing the stars, or really anything in the universe...
Alex · 29 January 2021 · 180
NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket May Be One Step Closer to Launch
NASA decided to kick off the year in a major way, by performing the latest test on the core stage engines of the Space Launch System destined to put the first woman and next man on the moon. But things didn’t go quite as expected. In fact, the...
Alex · 24 February 2021 · 57
A Guide To Navigating the Stars Without a Smartphone
What happens when you’re lost and you don’t have your phone to give you directions? We all have that one road, building, or tree that helps us remember where we’re going. Without those kinds of landmarks, it might be harder to navig...
Jacob Enderson · 19 March 2021 · 87