Day: May 3, 2024

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (May 2), on the second half of a spaceflight doubleheader. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:37 p.m. EDT (0237 GMT on May 3). The Starlink launch was SpaceX’s second of …

SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites In 2nd Half Of Spaceflight Doubleheader. Read More »

China is set to launch its next robotic moon mission on Friday (May 3), and you can watch the action live. A Long March 5 rocket carrying the Chang’e 6 lunar far side sample return mission is scheduled to launch between 5:17 a.m. EDT (0917 GMT) and 6:18 a.m. EDT (1018 GMT) on Friday. The …

China Launching Chang’e 6 Mission To Far Side Of The Moon Early May 3. Read More »

More than 27,000 asteroids in our solar system had been overlooked in existing telescope images — but thanks to a new AI-powered algorithm, we now have a catalog of them. The scientists behind the discovery say the tool makes it easier to find and track millions of asteroids, including potentially dangerous ones that might strike …

AI Discovers Over 27,000 Overlooked Asteroids In Old Telescope Images. Read More »

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has performed a weather report for a distant planet. The powerful space telescope forecasts extreme wind speeds, blisteringly hot temperatures and blankets of rock clouds for the world, named Wasp-43b. As such, the extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet,” demonstrates just how strange alien planets outside the solar system can be. …

James Webb Space Telescope Forecasts Clouds Of Melted Rock On This Blisteringly Hot Exoplanet. Read More »