They’re Back! Stranded Astronauts Safely Touch Down on Earth
An eight-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS) unexpectedly turned into a nine-month wait for a return to Earth.
19Mar
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17Mar
SpaceX Launches Astronauts for a Long-Awaited ISS Crew Swap
Image Credits: SpaceXSpaceX successfully launched four astronauts on Friday, kicking off the Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Their arrival will provide enough personnel to allow Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to return to Earth after a nine-month stay.The Dragon spacecraft is set to dock with the ISS late Saturday, with the...
07Mar
SpaceX Starship Loses Control During Second Consecutive Test Flight Failure
Image Credits: SpaceXDuring a test flight on Thursday, SpaceX’s Starship lost control while in space, marking its second consecutive failed attempt to reach orbit.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) briefly grounded flights at major Florida airports and rerouted others due to concerns about potential "space launch debris." The agency informed TechCrunch that SpaceX must conduct...
06Mar
Sunken Continents Could Unbalance Earth’s Magnetic Field
Credit: DepositphotosStructures the size of continents, protruding from the lower mantle towards Earth's outer core, may be contributing to an instability in our planet's magnetic field.Initial Assumptions About SimilarityThese two formations, one beneath the Pacific and the other under Africa, have similar characteristics in terms of seismic waves, leading scientists to initially believe they...
24Feb
Rare Ice That Could Form on Alien Worlds Observed
An illustration of the molecular structure of Plastic Ice VII. (Institut Laue-Langevin Communications Office)For the first time, scientists have observed plastic Ice VII, a form of water previously predicted by theoretical models. While it might sound like the title of a B-movie, this is actually an exotic phase of water that experts believe could form...
20Feb
Risk of 2032 Asteroid Impact Reduced: Key Details You Should Know
An artist's impression of an asteroid moving through spaceNASA/JPL-CaltechAsteroid 2024 YR4 recently made headlines after NASA estimated a 1-in-32 chance of impact in 2032—the highest probability ever recorded for a hazardous-sized asteroid. Fortunately, new observations have since cut that risk in half.Discovered in late December, the asteroid passed Earth at roughly twice the Moon’s...
20Jan
Moon Rock or Asteroid? NASA Tracks 2024 PT5’s Earth Flyby
Credit: PixabayFirst detected on August 7, 2024, by the University of Hawaiʻi’s ATLAS telescope in Sutherland, South Africa, asteroid 2024 PT5 has intrigued astronomers with its Earth-like orbit around the Sun. This small asteroid, approximately 33 feet (10 meters) in diameter, poses no threat to our planet.Orbiting the Sun in a path similar to...
16Jan
Astronomers Find Unusual Slow-Spinning Radio Source That ‘Shouldn’t Exist’
Artist's impression of ASKAP J1839-0756. (James Josephides)At the end of their lifecycles, some of the largest stars explode in massive supernovas, leaving behind dense cores called neutron stars. These remnants can emit strong radio waves from their magnetic poles.As these stars rotate, their radio beams sweep across Earth, creating periodic pulses much like a...
05Jan
NASA Confirms Parker Probe Survived Historic Sun Encounter
Artist's concept of the Parker Solar ProbeNASAThe Parker Solar Probe has been confirmed by NASA to be safe and fully functional following a groundbreaking close approach to the Sun on December 24, 2024. During this event, the spacecraft set a record, venturing to within just 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the Sun's...
14Dec
Astrophysicists Capture Gamma-Ray Flare Visuals from M87’s Supermassive Black Hole
Credit: PixabayIn 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) unveiled the first image of a black hole, showcasing the supermassive black hole at the center of galaxy M87. Now, this cosmic giant is surprising scientists with an intense teraelectronvolt gamma-ray flare, the strongest observed in over a decade. Emitting photons billions of times more energetic...