Carnival of Space #577
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Zain Husain at the Brownspaceman.com blog. Click here to read Carnival of…
Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Out its New Advanced Ion Engine System
In partnership with NASA, Aerodyne Rocketdyne recently conducted a successful test of their new Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) ion engine.
How the Next Generation of Ground-Based Super-Telescopes will Directly Observe Exoplanets
According to a new study by an international team of scientists, astronomers will be able to directly observe exoplanets using…
Telescope Pierces into One of the Biggest Nebulae in the Milky Way to Reveal its Newly Forming (and Nearly Dying) Stars
A recent survey conducted using the ESO's VISTA telescope revealed newly-formed stars and stars nearing their death in the Carina…
This is the Habitat in Hawaii Helping Astronauts Preparing to Explore Mars
The NASA-funded Hawai’i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (Hi-SEAS) program is preparing astronauts for long-term missions to Mars, which could…
Carnival of Space #576
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Another Juno Flyby, Another Amazing Sequence of Images of Jupiter
With its latest flyby of Jupiter, the Juno mission took more pictures with its JunoCam, which citizen scientists have once…
New Horizons Sees its Next Target for the First Time: Ultima Thule. Flyby Happens January 1, 2019
Earlier this month, the New Horizons team managed to capture the first images of Ultima Thule, the Kuiper Belt Object…
Construction on the Orion Capsule is Done. Next it’ll be Sent to Florida for Final Assembly
The Orion space capsule that will send astronauts on a flyby of the Moon just arrived at the Kennedy Space…
Are We Witnessing the Start of Solar Cycle 25?
What's up with the Sun? As we've said previous, what the Sun isn't doing is the big news of 2018…