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The U.S. Space Force is testing a new ground-based satellite jamming weapon to help keep U.S. military personnel safe from potential “space-enabled” attacks. The tests were conducted by Space Training and Readiness Command, or STARCOM, which is responsible for educating and training U.S. Space Force personnel. The satellite jammer is known as the Remote Modular …

Space Force Tests Small Satellite Jammer To Protect Against ‘Space-Enabled’ Attacks. Read More »

The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has survived its third week-long night on the moon. This is despite the fact the Japanese lunar lander wasn’t designed to withstand even one blisteringly cold night on the moon, during which temperatures dropped as low as minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 170 degrees Celsius). The Japan Aerospace …

Japan’s SLIM Moon Lander Defies Death To Survive 3rd Frigid Lunar Night. Read More »

The dotted white streak cutting across this photo of a faraway galaxy might seem like a nuisance for astronomers, but it’s actually the mark of a previously undiscovered asteroid. The image, snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope from its decades-long perch in low Earth orbit, is one of many that have been photobombed by asteroids …

Citizen Scientists Spot More Than 1,000 New Asteroids In Old Hubble Telescope Photos. Read More »

Astronomers believe they have found a rare, massive flare that erupted from an extremely magnetic dead star, or magnetar, that was bright enough to illuminate an entire galaxy. If true, the discovery would represent the first time gamma rays from a “recently deceased” neutron star erupting outside the Milky Way have been seen. The flare …

Giant Gamma-Ray Flare From ‘Recently Deceased’ Magnetar Lights Up Cigar Galaxy. Read More »

The world’s most advanced solar sail spacecraft began its odyssey today at 23:32 GMT as it lifted off atop a Rocket Lab Electron launcher from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand. It was one of two payloads on the Beginning Of The Swarm mission. Though it’s only the size of a toaster, NASA’s Advanced …

World’s Most Advanced Solar Sail Rockets Into Space. Read More »

SpaceX notched yet another rocket-reuse milestone this evening (April 23). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 6:17 p.m. EDT (2217 GMT). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth for a vertical landing about 8.5 minutes after …

SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites, Aces 300th Rocket Landing. Read More »

The first Starliner crew is in quarantine ahead of their scheduled May 6 launch. The two NASA astronauts to fly aboard Boeing Starliner, Barry “Butch” Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams, entered standard pre-flight quarantine on Tuesday (April 22) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, agency officials stated in a press release. Quarantine will …

NASA Astronauts Enter Quarantine For 1st Crewed Boeing Starliner Launch on May 6. Read More »

The Full Pink Moon of 2024 rises tonight. Look to the east shortly after sunset to see the full moon rise above the horizon. The moon will be in the Virgo constellation, and will have most of the night to enjoy the night sky by itself while the planets are situated on the other side …

Watch The Full Pink Moon 2024 Bloom In The Night Sky Tonight. Read More »

Tremendous explosions in a galaxy close to the Milky Way are pouring material equivalent to around 50 million suns into its surroundings. Astronomers mapped this galactic pollution event in high resolution, obtaining important hints about how the space between galaxies becomes filled with chemical elements that eventually become the building blocks of new stars. The …

Cosmic Fountain Is Polluting Intergalactic Space With 50 Million Suns’ Worth of Material. Read More »