Elon Musk says that SpaceX Has no Plans to Spin Off Starlink
At the recent Satellite 2020 Conference & Exhibition, Elon Musk declared that Starlink will not become its own company in…
Blazar Found Blazing When the Universe was Only a Billion Years Old
A team of European scientists have observed the most distant "blazar" to date, an active galaxy that was around when…
The Lunar Gateway is No Longer a Required Part of the Artemis Mission to Return to the Moon by 2024
As anticipated, NASA has announced that the Lunar Gateway will no longer be part of their "return to the Moon"…
Weekly Space Hangout: March 18, 2020 – Dr. Meng Jin and Modeling Coronal Mass Ejections
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHUOLvoFXjc Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Beth Johnson (@planetarypan) Moiya McTier (https://www.moiyamctier.com/ / @GoAstroMo) Dr. Brian Koberlein (BrianKoberlein.com / @BrianKoberlein) This week we are…
NASA tells Boeing to Make 61 Corrective Actions to Starliner Before the Program can Continue
An independent review has found 61 issues that need to be fixed before Boeing's CST-100 Starliner can take to space…
Dawn Patrol: Following this Month’s ‘March of the Planets’
Are you hanging out at home this week, and looking to observe some naked eye planets? As we mentioned last…
New Study Shows the Earth and Moon are not so Similar After All
A new study shows that Earth and the Moon are not as similar as we thought, which helps resolve a…
The Intense Heat from the Sun Helps Ice Form on Mercury. Wait… What?
While the scorching planet Mercury might not be the first place you’d think to look for ice, the MESSENGER mission…
Good News! The New Strategy of Using InSight’s Arm to Push the Mole Seems to be Making Progress.
There's at least one small bit of good news in these challenging Covid-19 times. And it's playing out on the…
As Temperatures Increase, Forests are Having More Trouble Soaking up Carbon
A new study by an international team from over 100 universities and organizations has shown that tropical rainforests will not…