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In recent months there has been a gradual build-up of excitement regarding the approach of a new comet with the moniker, Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, cataloged officially as C/2023 A3. Comet Tsuchinchan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) was first discovered at the Purple Mountain Observatory’s XuYi Station in China on Jan. 9, 2023, then lost and discovered a second time 44 …

A Comet Predicted To Light Up The Sky In 2024 May Already Be Doomed. Read More »

Just as we were beginning to think “The sun has been rather quiet of late,” it silences the critics with an explosive X-class flare, the most powerful class of solar flare. The solar flare from sunspot AR3738 occurred late Saturday night (July 13) at 10:34 p.m. EDT (0234 UT on July 14) and NASA’s Solar …

Sun Unleashes Powerful X-class Solar Flare Triggering Radio Blackouts Over Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan. Read More »

The Hubble Space Telescope has shown that dark matter is concentrated within the core of a nearby dwarf galaxy, a finding that rushes to the rescue of the Standard Model of cosmology. This model basically predicts dark matter to be “cold,” but recent findings have started to hint at the substance being “warm.” These new …

Hubble Telescope Tracks A Dwarf Galaxy’s Stars To Map Out Dark Matter. Read More »

Key Highlight The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has renewed its partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to advance space geodesy and geohazard research. The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This renewed agreement …

NASRDA Renews Partnership with NASA to Advance Space Geodesy and Geohazard Research in Nigeria. Read More »

The Chinese company iSpace’s launch-success rate has dipped below 50% once again. iSpace’s seventh Hyperbola-1 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on Wednesday (July 10) at 7:40 p.m. EDT (2340 GMT; 7:40 a.m. on July 11 Beijing time), carrying an undisclosed payload toward Earth orbit. But the solid-fueled …

Chinese Company ISpace Suffers 4th Launch Failure In 7 Tries. Read More »

The US military recently launched a groundbreaking initiative to strengthen ties with the commercial space industry. The aim is to integrate commercial equipment into military space operations, including satellites and other hardware. This would enhance cybersecurity for military satellites. As space becomes more important to the world’s critical infrastructure, the risk increases that hostile nation …

US Military Project Aims To Prevent Hackers Targeting Satellites And Recognizes Rising Threat Of Cyberattacks in Space. Read More »

A highly anticipated NASA astrobiology mission is troubleshooting a serious issue just months before its planned liftoff. The Europa Clipper spacecraft is scheduled to launch this October atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The robotic explorer will embark upon a $5 billion mission to assess the potential of Europa, an ice-covered ocean moon of Jupiter, …

NASA’s $5 Billion Europa Clipper Mission May Not Be Able To Handle Jupiter’s Radiation. Read More »

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requiring an investigation into the recent anomaly suffered by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The issue occurred on Thursday night (July 11), during the launch of 20 Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Falcon 9‘s upper-stage engine failed to complete its second burn …

FAA Investigating SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Failure. Read More »

One of the most interesting events in visual astronomy, and certainly the fastest, occurs when the moon occults a star. The moon’s edge creeps up to it, seems almost to press against it for a number of seconds, and then suddenly the star is gone! It reappears just as abruptly on the moon’s other side …

Watch The Moon Cover Up The Blue Giant Star Spica On July 13. Read More »

A private cargo spacecraft departed the International Space Station (ISS) this morning (July 12). Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus vehicle undocked from the ISS today at 7:01 a.m. EDT (1101 GMT), while the ISS was over the South Atlantic, ending a 5.5-month orbital stay. This Cygnus spacecraft — named the S.S. Patricia “Patty” Hilliard Robertson, after a NASA astronaut who died …

Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft Departs The ISS For A Fiery Re-entry In Earth’s Atmosphere. Read More »