Elon Musk Thinks Almost Anyone Can Afford $100,000 Ticket to Mars
Elon Musk, a man of the people and the world’s richest man, has said that a $100,000 SpaceX trip to Mars will be affordable to…
Astronomy
SpaceX Successfully Sends Second Classified US Spy Satellite into Orbit
From the Vandenburg Space Force Base in California, SpaceX launched a secret US National Reconnaissance Office surveillance satellite payload into space on April 17. A…
Greenland’s Ice Sheet Hints At Shallow Liquid Water on Europa
A peculiar feature discovered on Greenland’s ice sheet mirrors those observed on Europa’s surface. Europa may contain pockets of water far closer to the surface…
Four Planets Line Up In Rare Alignment From Today. Here’s How to Spot Them
All early birds and (very late) night owls are invited! This is the week to see four of the five planets that can be seen…
A Helicopter Will Try To Catch a Falling Rocket This Month
Rocket Lab, a small satellite launch expert, has announced intentions to use a helicopter to intercept one of its launch vehicles on its way back…
Predicted Nova Explosion Caught Launching Cosmic Rays into Interstellar Space
The RS Ophiuchi star system goes nova every 15 years or so. As plasma is pushed out of the system at a high rate, it…
Look Up! Lyrids Meteor Shower Will Start Lighting Up the Skies from Tonight
April is currently a fantastic month for night sky enthusiasts. A geomagnetic storm caused lower-latitude and more vivid Northern Lights, and the Pink Moon, the…
NASA’s Tiny Ingenuity Helicopter Seen From Space in New Photos!
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has provided breathtaking images of the Red Planet from orbit throughout the years, as well as seeing the robotic explorers we’ve…
Largest Comet Ever Seen Confirmed By Hubble – And It’s Heading This Way
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have made additional observations of the gigantic Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), confirming what they predicted based on earlier data:…
NASA’s Perseverance Spots Its Own “Secret Code” Parachute In Martian Desert
On its journey across Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered something amazing. A robotic Mars resident has never discovered its own parachute before. For almost…
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