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SpaceX achieved a major milestone on October 13, 2024, with the successful launch and landing of its Starship rocket during its fifth test flight. For the first time, the massive…

NASA is eagerly anticipating SpaceX’s upcoming fifth test flight of Starship, which could take place as soon as October 13, pending FAA approval. The flight is crucial to the development…

SpaceX is preparing for its fifth Starship test flight (IFT-5), potentially launching as soon as October 13, 2024, pending regulatory approval from the FAA. This test flight is a key…

A new theory suggests that black holes might actually be "frozen stars", ultra-compact objects that mimic the properties of black holes but lack singularities. Proposed by Ramy Brustein and his…

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a peculiar galaxy, GS-NDG-9422, where gas outshines its stars—a phenomenon never seen before. Found approximately one billion years after the Big Bang, the…

SpaceX is planning to launch five uncrewed Starships to Mars within the next two years, marking a crucial step toward future human missions. These initial flights will test the spacecraft's…

Astronomers are revisiting long-standing assumptions about the iconic red supergiant Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, as a new study suggests it might not be a...

Recent research has revealed that the high-altitude explosion of SpaceX's Starship rocket during its second test flight in November 2023 temporarily tore a hole in the ionosphere, the uppermost layer...

Astronomers are advocating for a revised definition of what constitutes a planet, aiming to include thousands of celestial bodies orbiting stars other than our Sun. This initiative seeks to address...

July 2024 offers a spectacular array of celestial events for stargazers, from the breathtaking sight of the Milky Way to a rare occultation of the star Spica by the moon....

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a groundbreaking image of aligned jets from newborn stars in the Serpens Nebula, offering new insights into star formation processes. This discovery marks...

NASA astronauts, in collaboration with industry partners, are gearing up for the Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time since 1972. This ambitious...

SpaceX is embarking on an ambitious journey to revolutionize space travel by constructing a new manufacturing facility, the Starfactory, aimed at producing one Starship megarocket per day. This announcement follows...

SpaceX's Starship, the largest and most powerful spacecraft ever sent to space, achieved a significant milestone with its fourth test flight on Thursday, completing its first successful splashdown in the...

SpaceX is gearing up for its fourth test flight of the Starship rocket, set to launch early Thursday, June 6. This test is crucial for demonstrating the reusability of the...

SpaceX has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to proceed with the fourth test flight of its Starship rocket. This test flight, scheduled for Thursday, marks a significant...

SpaceX has announced a delay in the fourth flight test of its Starship spacecraft. This highly anticipated event is crucial for the future of space exploration and has garnered significant...

In an extraordinary scientific breakthrough, astronomers have discovered magnetic stars beyond the Milky Way for the first time. These stars, located in the Magellanic Clouds, have provided new insights into...

SpaceX has announced that it is targeting June 5, 2024, for the fourth test flight of its Starship megarocket. This test is crucial for SpaceX's ambitious plans for future lunar...

Recent astronomical observations have uncovered a mysterious phenomenon: stars disappearing from the night sky. Over the past 70 years, about 800 stars have vanished without the typical explosive end of...

A recent test of SpaceX's Starship Raptor engine ended in a dramatic explosion at the company's McGregor, Texas facility. The incident, captured on video, highlights the challenges and risks associated...

SpaceX is making significant progress toward the fourth test flight of its Starship megarocket, stacking the rocket's upper stage on its Super Heavy booster at the Starbase site in South...

Researchers have allegedly discovered seven stars in our galaxy that exhibit signs of potentially being surrounded by Dyson spheres, advanced structures built by hypothetical alien civilizations to harness the energy...

MIT researchers have identified three of the universe's oldest stars, located within the Milky Way's halo. These ancient stars, formed between 12 and 13 billion years ago, offer insights into...

SpaceX presently launches the Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, from its Starbase site in Boca Chica, Texas, but it also plans to take off it from the Kennedy...

Posted on Dec 27, 2022 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Cosmos, Extraterrestrial Life, James Webb Space Telescope, Magnetic Fields, quantum physics, Science, Science News, Space News, Universe Today’s stories include What...

Posted on Nov 9, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Science, Space News Today’s stories include Particles may emerge out of empty space to Research hub wants to prepare humanity for potential...

Posted on Sep 30, 2022 in Science, Science News, Space News Today’s stories include The last planet you’d want to live on to Stunning new Europa pictures beamed home by...

Posted on Sep 11, 2022 in Planet Earth, Science, Science News This weekend’s stories include A newly-discovered exoplanet orbiting a cool star is remarkably like Earth to The true story...

Posted on Jun 4, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Cosmos, Early Universe, Extraterrestrial Life, Milky Way Galaxy, Multiverse, NASA, Science, Science News, Space News, Technology, Universe Today’s stories range...

“The R-Process Alliance aims to answer the big, unanswered questions related to decoding the mysteries of the oldest stars in the Milky Way–by bringing together an interdisciplinary group of observers,...

“Finding old stars could also lead to the discovery of new planets. Maybe we can find some ancient civilizations around these old stars,” suggested astrophysicist, Wei-Chun Jao, research scientist at...

Posted on Feb 9, 2022 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Milky Way Galaxy, Stars Astronomers have found an explanation for the strange occurrence of massive stars located far from their birthplace in...

Posted on Jan 6, 2022 in Astronomy, Science, Stars “The discovery of this exceptional globular cluster remnant will help refine models of the formation of the first stellar structures of...

Posted on Jan 14, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Early Universe, Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Life, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Science, Solar System, Universe Our Universe provided...

Maxwell Moe, astrophysicist, NASA Einstein Fellow, University of Arizona via Jackie Faherty and ESO Imagine a galaxy filled with roaming, dark, lifeless island worlds – rogue, free-floating planets (FFPs) without...

Posted on Dec 3, 2021 in Science In about 5 billion years, our Sun will expand to become a red giant, lose its hydrogen-rich envelope, and leave behind a white...

Posted on Dec 15, 2021 in Science Nobel-Prize laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, for whom NASA’s Chandra Observatory was named, described black holes  as “the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in...

Welcome to the strange new worlds of the Exoplanet Era. A new category of exoplanets, known as eggshell planets, have ultra-thin, brittle crusts only one kilometer in depth, too thin...

Posted on Nov 8, 2021 in Astronomy, Milky Way Galaxy, Stars Stars are born in nurseries with a collection of siblings that range in mass but share chemical compositions and...

A gravitational wave isn’t a ripple through objects in spacetime; it passes through spacetime itself. Gravitational waves make the Universe itself vibrate, says Brian Clegg, author of Gravitational Waves: How...

Posted on Oct 26, 2021 in Artificial Intelligence, Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Big Bang, Black Holes, Cosmology, Extraterrestrial Life, Science, Science News, Technology, Universe Our Universe was busy this week with...

Posted on Sep 14, 2021 in Astronomy, Science, Universe Determining the age of a star can be one of the trickiest measurements an astronomer can make.  Stars don’t obviate their...

Posted on Sep 27, 2021 in Science, Space Exo-Earths of Binary Star Systems – “Favor a Livable Climate and Evolution of Complex Life” “Pop Goes the Cosmos” –Mysteries of the...

Posted on Sep 20, 2021 in Astronomy, Science Determining the age of a star can be one of the trickiest measurements an astronomer can make.  Stars don’t obviate their age...

Posted on Jul 12, 2021 in Astronomy, Science, Space Darwin’s Dice –“Origin of Life was Non-Biological” “Unexplainable” –Cassini Mission’s Amazing Discovery in the Plumes of Enceladus Beyond Einstein –“Quantum Gravity...

Posted on Oct 9, 2022 in Astronomy, Galaxies, Science, Universe An unknown phenomenon was discovered in the Universe in 2021: three dozen dwarf galaxies far from each other had a...

Posted on Apr 19, 2021 in Science, Space, Universe Astronomers Peer Through the Fog at Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole –“Is It Emitting a Jet Angled Toward Earth?” “First Life-Bearing...

“Epic” –NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Poised to Forever Change the Way We Explore Other Planets Milky Way’s Ancient K Stars – “The Best Bet for Planets With Life?” A Tiny Wobble...

Posted on Apr 1, 2021 in Science Something unknown and unseen — a suspected population of ‘dark matter sub-halos’ — has been destroying the stars in the enormous tidal tail...