The fifth orbital flight test of SpaceX's Starship was a resounding, astonishing success. Now, courtesy of new footage released by the aerospace company, we get to witness the launch of the world's most powerful rocket up close, where its sheer size and thunderous power is enough to overwhelm you even through a computer screen. The […]
MILAN (Reuters) -China unveiled a rock sample from the moon's far side to a space summit overshadowed by shifting political and commercial rivalries on Monday, with traditional space power Russia absent from the Milan gathering amid tensions with the West. The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) has been a venue since 1950 for scientists, engineers, companies and politicians of space-faring nations to discuss cooperation, even during the Cold War. At the latest edition in Milan, the China National Space Administration showcased a rock sample that its Chang’e 6 rover fetched from the moon’s far side - the first such exploit and widely seen as evidence of Beijing’s rising space-power status.
Researchers have found a thriving ecosystem of animal life in an unlikely place: beneath hydrothermal vents under the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean. A community of marine life was found below the East Pacific Rise, a volcanically active ridge located where two tectonic plates meet on the floor, according to a paper published Tuesday in Nature Communications. "It was once believed that only microbes and viruses inhabited the subseafloor crust beneath hydrothermal vents," the study states.
SpaceX astounded engineers, scientists and space enthusiasts by returning its heaviest rocket booster back to its launch pad intact. Beyond the technical marvel of the Starship rocket, reusability is expected to dramatically cut back on mission costs.
Different Kind of Galaxy As scientists continue learning more about how galaxies form, the James Webb Space Telescope is aiding their quest with new imagery of one being born "inside-out." Researchers from the University of Cambridge say that these images prove the existence of a type of galaxy that had previously been purely theoretical. Named […]
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — To cheers and applause from kids wearing spacesuits and star-studded T-shirts, a tree was planted in California that is out of this world.
NASA launched a spacecraft from Florida on Monday on a mission to examine whether Jupiter's moon Europa has conditions suitable to support life, with a focus on the large subsurface ocean believed to be lurking beneath its thick outer shell of ice. The U.S. space agency's Europa Clipper spacecraft blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket under sunny skies. The robotic solar-powered probe is due to enter orbit around Jupiter in 2030 after journeying about 1.8 billion miles (2.9 billion km) in 5-1/2 years.
Archaeologists have discovered a secret tomb at the Treasury monument in Petra, Jordan - one of the Seven Wonders of the World. A long-buried tomb containing the remains of 12 ancient skeletons and grave offerings were found beneath the monument after research teams used remote sensing technology. The discovery comes more than two decades after similar tombs were found on the other side of the famous monument, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and attracts more than a million visitors a year.
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India has a plan to carve out a beachhead in the battle for commercial space, officials say: crunching space data, building small satellites and launching them cheaply into orbit rather than challenging heavyweights such as SpaceX head-on. At stake is a launch market worth $14.54 billion by 2031, and a related data services market pegged at $45 billion by 2030. "The world has gone from satellites the size of a Boeing plane to the size of a laptop," said AK Bhatt, director general of the Indian Space Association, an industry body.
The earliest cells likely didn’t have membranes to separate and protect their components and chemistry away from a harsh surrounding environment. But they may have made do with rain.
A burial ground containing 50 "exceptionally well-preserved" skeletons from the Viking Age has been discovered in Denmark. The 21,500sq ft site was found during a routine survey ahead of infrastructure work near the village of Aasum, close to Odense, Denmark's third-largest city. It holds the remains of men, women and children.
Found on Land Up in Newfoundland, scientists and locals are perplexed by the sudden appearance of bizarre blobs that keep washing up on the beach. "I’ve lived here for 67 years and I’ve never seen anything like this, never," recounted Dave McGrath in an interview with The Guardian about the "hundreds" of strange objects that […]
Don’t be fooled by the image of a mad scientist isolated in his basement laboratory. Science is a collaborative endeavor, and international teams have contributed to a huge rise in scientific output.
Expect to see more northern lights in unusual places as the sun continues to sizzle, space weather forecasters said Tuesday. Strong solar storms this year have triggered shimmering auroras much farther south than usual, filling skies with hues of pink, purple, green and blue. The sun is currently at the maximum phase of its 11-year cycle, making solar surges and northern lights more frequent.
