Rocket Lab is targeting mid-2025 for the debut of its partially reusable Neutron rocket, with commercial launches to start in 2026.
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Green auroras and a SpaceX Dragon glow in new astronaut photos from the ISS
The long-duration photographs capture Earth in motion.
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Starship Flight 6 test mission from Starbase in southern Texas
SpaceX fueled its fully integrated Starship rocket at its Starbase facilities on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in preparation for the Flight 6 suborbital test mission. Image: SpaceX
After launching three Falcon 9 rockets in less than 20 hours, SpaceX is preparing to use its fourth and final active launchpad in the United States to launch its massive Starship rocket.
Dark matter might make space-time ring like a bell around black holes — and we might be able to 'hear' it
To explain why dark matter particles haven't come up in any direct detection experiments, physicists have wondered if it may be a kind of particle known as an axion.
These 5 stunning galaxy images tell us a story of cosmic evolution
Five new portraits of galaxies located between 4 million to 30 million light-years from Earth could help astronomers unlock the secrets of cosmic evolution.
The Biggest Black Holes May Start From The Tiniest Seeds
The existence of gigantic black holes in the very early universe challenges our assumptions of how black holes form and grow. New research suggests that these monsters may have found their origins in the earliest epochs of the Big Bang.
Space for Shore: Sentinel-1 reveals Arctic glacier retreat
As Arctic temperatures rise, marine-terminating glaciers—especially in places like Svalbard—are undergoing rapid retreat and intensified calving.
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Proba-3’s journey to see the Sun’s corona
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The double-satellite Proba-3 is the most ambitious member yet of ESA’s Proba family of experimental missions. Two spacecraft will fly together as one, maintaining precise formation down to a single millimetre. One will block out the fiery disc of the Sun for the other, to enable prolonged observations of the Sun’s surrounding atmosphere, or ‘corona’, the source of the solar wind and space weather. Usually, the corona can only be glimpsed for a few minutes during terrestrial total solar eclipses. Proba-3 aims to reproduce such eclipses for up to six hours at a time, in a highly elliptical orbit taking it more than 60 000 km from Earth. The two spacecraft are being launched together by India’s PSLV-XL launcher from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Follow the mission’s deployment and commissioning, up to its first glimpse of the corona, in this overview video.
China’s Proposed Cargo Shuttle, the Haolong, Has Entered Development
The 2024 China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition was held in Zhuhai last week – from November 12th to 17th, 2024. Since 1996, and with support from the Chinese aerospace industry, this biennial festival features actual products, trade talks, technological exchanges, and an air show. This year’s big highlight was China’s newly announced reusable space cargo shuttle, the Haolong (Chinese for “dragon”). According to chief designer Fang Yuanpeng, the spacecraft has entered the engineering phase and will be ready for space in the near future.
Up to a Third of Stars Ate Some of their Planets
In recent years, astronomers have developed techniques to measure the metal content of stars with extreme accuracy. With that capability, astronomers have examined sibling stars to see how their metallicity differs. Some of these co-natal stars have pronounced differences in their metallicity.
'Star Trek Generations' at 30: Director David Carson reflects on The Nexus and Kirk's quiet death (exclusive)
An exclusive interview with British director David Carson for "Star Trek Generations'" 30th anniversary.
Blue Origin targeting Nov. 22 for next space tourism launch
Blue Origin is targeting Friday (Nov. 28) for its NS-28 tourism mission, which will take "Space Gal" Emily Calandrelli and five other people to suborbital space.
Rocket startup ABL Space Systems ends orbital launch plans, pivots to missile defense
ABL Space Systems, founded in 2017, will pivot from orbital launch sector to U.S. missile defense programs.
This Black Friday Sony camera deal at Walmart has everyone else beat
Walmart's Sony camera Black Friday deal price beats Adorama, Amazon and Best Buy by hundreds of dollars.
Pentagon UFO office testifies to US Senate on Tuesday. Watch it live here (video)
The Pentagon's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office will testify before the U.S. Senate on Tuesday (Nov. 19) about its latest report starting at 4:30 p.m. ET (2130 GMT).
SpaceX's epic Starship Super Heavy rocket catch looked just like the company imagined (side-by-side video)
New video ahead of SpaceX next Starship launch shows footage of a rendering versus reality of the Super Heavy booster performing its landing burn before being caught by the launch tower's "chopstick" arms.
Check out these top space gifts at Amazon this Black Friday
We've rounded up the top space gifts from Amazon this Black Friday. Happy shopping!
SpaceX fuels up Starship megarocket in key test ahead of 6th test flight (photos)
SpaceX has fueled up Starship and completed preflight checkouts ahead of the sixth test launch of the giant rocket, which is scheduled for Nov. 19.
Aurora forecast: Will the northern lights be visible tonight?
The latest aurora predictions for tonight help you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.
SpaceX launches India’s GSAT-N2 satellite on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) on the GSAT-N2 / GSAT-20 mission on Nov. 18, 2024. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now
SpaceX launched its third Falcon 9 rocket in less than 24 hours, bringing all three of its launch pads into play.
