HD 13931 – a Sun-like Star
HD 13931 is a Sun-like star in the constellation Andromeda, located in the northern hemisphere. It has 1.3 times the mass of the Sun and…
Astronomy
Hubble’s Successor, JWST, Successfully Launched into Space
The JWST has finally reached orbit after a 14-year journey. The space telescope is currently the most powerful and biggest ever launched. At 7:20 a.m.…
China Reports Elon Musk’s Starlink to UN after Claims Satellites Almost Hit Its Space Station
China’s space agency claims that its space station was obliged to take evasive measures on two occasions this year to escape hit by Elon Musk’s…
Bringing Life to the Stars by Interstellar Travel
The possibility of interstellar travel is no longer confined to science fiction but has appeared tantalizingly on the horizon. Although we may not see it…
Invisible Magnetic Bubbles in the Solar System are being Investigated by NASA
Although space appears to be empty, it is actually a dynamic environment populated by near-invisible matter and dominated by forces, particularly magnetic fields. Magnetospheres are…
Hubble Spotted a Tiny Neptune Moon that could have been Broken from Larger Moon
It’s been called “the moon that shouldn’t be there” by astronomers, who discovered a new moon orbiting Neptune: Hippocamp, a 34-kilometer-wide chunk of rock. Hippocamp…
Last Year’s Prediction of Galactic Gamma-Ray Bursts has Come True
Magnetars are strange objects that are gigantic, spinning neutron stars with some of the strongest magnetic fields known, capable of emitting brief bursts of radio…
In 2021, Space Investors Watched Stars form in Real-Time
The fast growth of the commercial space industry in recent years has prompted early-stage investors to examine entirely different sorts of businesses than they did…
How to Build a Better Rocket Company
SpaceX’s success is founded on good engineering and well-executed operations leveraging current technologies. It is also a private company, so it does not have to…
How Rocket Lab Questions the Fundamentals of Building Both Rockets and Launch Companies
Despite the unanticipated hurdles that COVID-19 thrown in the way of Rocket Lab’s LA and New Zealand operations, CEO Peter Beck has had an interesting…
Cyclones on Jupiter are Explained by Ocean Physics
Images from NASA’s June Spacecraft have provided oceanographers with the raw materials for a new study that will describe the rich turbulence at Jupiter’s poles…
Astronomers Discover a Possible Clue to the Universe’s Reinonization
The universe encompasses all of space and time, as well as its contents, which include planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and…
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