Shotwell Says SpaceX is Ready for the Starship Static-fire Test
In Washington As early as Feb. 9, SpaceX will conduct a static-fire test of every one of the 33 engines of its Starship launcher, a…
Astronomy
Mercury Helps in Revealing the most significant Extinction event on Earth
Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, has played an important role in helping scientists understand the Earth’s most massive extinction event, known as the…
Scientists Have Discovered That Meteorites Rapidly Absorb Salt from the Earth’s Atmosphere
The Winchcombe meteorite has undergone new research, which has demonstrated just how quickly the atmosphere may contaminate space objects that fall to Earth. The meteorite…
Asteroid Mining Company Prepares for First Private Space Flight
In order to establish itself as the first deep space mining firm in the world, California’s AstroForge has announced a bold commercial mission to observe…
Despite appearances, SpaceX’s goal of 100 launches is more feasible
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk set an outrageously ambitious goal of 100 launches in one year, yet it already appears possible less than a month into…
Unique, Hitherto Unseen Living Types Were Destroyed by Tonga’s Huge Volcanic Eruption
An island in Tonga that appeared from the water in 2015 was filled with unusual life forms, but the largest volcanic explosion of the twenty-first…
This Island Appeared Out of Nowhere and Included Hitherto Undiscovered Life Forms
In 2015, a brand-new island erupted from the South Pacific, offering geologists, volcanologists, and even biologists and ecologists a previously unheard-of opportunity. The emergence of…
Atomos Tows a $16 Million Load of Funds to Build Space Tugboats
You may not have realized that space requires tugboats, but now you do. Atomos Space just closed a $16.2 million Series A investment, allowing the…
First Human Mission to the Lunar South Pole by NASA, Artemis III
Humans have always been drawn to discovering more about the world around us and learning everything we can about them. Although it’s not always simple,…
A 4.2 Billion-year-old Asteroid’s Space Dust May Contain the Answer to Preventing Catastrophic Impacts With Earth
Researchers believe that tiny particles of dust from a “great space cushion” that is nearly as old as the solar system may hold new secrets…
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