We are only now coming down from the peak of the year for meteor enthusiasts: the Geminid meteor shower which reached a prolific maximum of 60 to 120 meteors per hour on the night of Dec. 13-14.
The two largest planets in our solar system are coming closer together than they have been since the Middle Ages, and it's happening just in time for Christmas -- hence the nickname of the "Christmas Star."
Blue Origin's future New Glenn rocket will join NASA's fleet of commercial launch vehicles for flights in the mid-2020s, the agency and company announced this week.
Russia has launched a new anti-satellite missile test in its latest push to weaponize space, U.S. Space Command officials said Wednesday (Dec. 16).
In its third anti-satellite test this year, Russia launched a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASA
Russia has launched a new anti-satellite missile test in its latest push to weaponize space, U.S. Space Command officials said Wednesday (Dec. 16).
In its third anti-satellite test this year, Russia launched a direct-ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASA
SpaceX is in talks with investors to raise another round of funding and seeks to double its valuation to as much as $92 billion. SpaceX is looking to close the deal in January 2021.
What else can we say about this week other than it has been constant anticipation, excitement, disappointment, excitement again, and yea... You get the idea.
The consensus of the SpaceX YouTubers is that this was the best test flight ever as the flight was groundbreaking and then having a crash on the landing for an early test flight was more enjoyable than a good landing.
Chang'e 5's lunar flag display system consists of three parts: the flag, a compression release device and a small pyrotechnic deployment mechanism. The entire system is about 1.6 feet (0.5 meters) long and weighs just 2.2 lbs. (1 kilograms), Chinese
This "Galactic Federation" has supposedly been in contact with Israel and the US for years, but are keeping themselves a secret to prevent hysteria until humanity is ready.
Planetary nebulae are basically slow-motion explosions in space, expected to expand and then fade over tens of thousands of years. But in an unprecedented show, the Hubble Space Telescope has witnessed a nebula fading and shrinking dramatically withi
SpaceX launched the Cargo Dragon C208 to the International Space Station. CRS-21 launched on SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5. It is the first SpaceX launch under the CRS 2 contract.
The Boltzmann brain argument suggests that it is more likely for a single brain to spontaneously and briefly form in a void (complete with a false memory of having existed in our universe) than it is for the universe to have come about in the way mod
Chinese state media is reporting that its probe, called "Chang'e-5", has lifted off from the surface of the moon and is in the midst of completing the first stage of its return to Earth.