NASA’s forthcoming Nancy Grace Roman Telescope could use the grisly death of stars ripped apart by black holes to hunt the universe’s first population of stellar bodies. These early stars, referred to (somewhat confusingly) as Population III (Pop III) stars, were very different from the sun and other stars seen in the cosmos today. That’s …
According to the news report released by KSA, the joint efforts with the Nakuja project team from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has led to a significant milestone in field tests of the Nakuja 3.5 rocket. The Nakuja series of rockets is part of a research …
KSA, JKUAT, and JICA Achieve Milestone in Nakuja 3.5 Rocket Field Tests. Read More »
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope, scientists have discovered a new cosmic “exhaust vent” funneling hot gas away from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole that sits at the very heart of our Milky Way galaxy. The newly discovered vent is linked to a chimney-like formation orientated at a right angle in the …
An asteroid that tore through the atmosphere over Germany in January was spinning faster than any other near-Earth object ever recorded, new research suggests. The space rock, dubbed 2024 BX1, turned into a fireball and exploded over Berlin in the early hours of Jan. 21. Although small asteroids on collision courses with Earth are typically …
Asteroid That Exploded Over Berlin Was Fastest-Spinning Space Rock Ever Recorded. Read More »
SpaceX will have to clear another regulatory hurdle before ramping up work with its Starship megarocket on Florida’s Space Coast. The company currently builds, tests and launches the 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship, which is still in development, at its Starbase site in South Texas. But SpaceX wants to add Florida to the mix as well: …
FAA To Conduct New Environmental Review For SpaceX’s Starship Operations In Florida. Read More »
According to the Daily Tribune news report, the National Space Science Authority (NSSA) has announced the success of the joint Bahraini-Egyptian venture in a global competition hosted by the Chinese Space Agency. This allowed them to secure a spot aboard the Chang’e-7 lunar exploration mission slated for 2026. The mission entails developing, testing, and deploying …
Joint Bahraini-Egyptian Venture Secures Spot on 2026 Chinese Lunar Exploration Mission. Read More »
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed light from stars surrounding some of the earlier supermassive black holes in the universe — black holes seen as they were less than a billion years after the Big Bang. The observations conducted by a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) addresses the question of …
The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) has captured an ominous and ghostly hand reaching from the Milky Way from a distant edge-on spiral galaxy. But don’t panic; despite its nickname, “God’s Hand,” there is nothing supernatural about this structure — yet that doesn’t make it any less awe-inspiring. God’s Hand is actually a cometary globule officially …
‘God’s Hand’ Interstellar Cloud Reaches For The Stars In New Dark Energy Camera Image. Read More »
On May 7, 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its first flight. Endeavour was the fifth and last space shuttle that was ever built, and STS-49 was the first of 25 missions to fly on it. The purpose of this mission was to retrieve a satellite called Intelsat 603, which had failed to reach …
On This Day in Space: May 7, 1992: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launches On Maiden Voyage. Read More »
The first crewed flight of Boeing’s new Starliner capsule has been pushed to the end of the week due to a technical issue. Starliner was supposed to launch late Monday night (May 6) on Crew Flight Test (CFT), a roughly 10-day mission that will carry two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and …
Rocket Issue Pushes 1st Astronaut Launch of Boeing’s Starliner Capsule to May 10. Read More »
