Space and astronomy news
James Webb is currently experiencing problems with its MIRI instrument. The problem is due to increased friction in one of MIRI’s mechanisms in the Medium-Resolution Spectroscopy (MRS) mode. The observatory is otherwise healthy, but the team decided to stop observations using MRS mode until they find a solution.
Continue reading “JWST’s MIRI Issues, Newborn Quasar, Detecting Exoplanets with Lagrange Points”
Uh oh, NASA’s CAPSTONE mission is having problems, A New Shepard Flight fails, Betelgeuse was recently yellow, and of course, another amazing new image from Webb.
Continue reading “Blue Origin Explosion, CAPSTONE Problems, Space Diamonds”
How iPhone 14 will connect to satellites. Why SLS didn’t launch and when it might. Growing rice in space. And a new incredible image from James Webb. All this and more space news in this week’s episode of Space Bites.
Continue reading “AMAZING JWST Image, iPhone 14 and Satellites, Green Sand on Mars”
Earlier today, Apple announced that its new generation of phones, iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, will have the Emergency SOS feature. It will allow sending distress messages and sharing location by connecting directly to satellites. So, how exactly will it work?
Continue reading “iPhone 14 Will Have Satellite Connectivity. How Exactly It Will Work”
Artemis 1 delayed yet again, a direct image of an exoplanet from Webb, how Starlink will connect directly to phones, Voyager 1 is fixed, and the Crisis in Cosmology continues.
Continue reading “JWST Sees An Exoplanet, SLS Delay, Cosmology Crisis Continues”
No, James Webb didn’t disprove the Big Bang. Carbon dioxide found in an exoplanet atmosphere. An amazing picture of Jupiter from Webb, pieces of other stars found in asteroid Ryugu, weak astronauts arriving on Mars, and a new way to measure distances in the Universe.
Continue reading “‘Panic!’ Around JWST, Exoplanet With CO2, Weak Mars Astronauts”
Little by little, SpaceX is getting closer to conducting the maiden orbital flight with its Starship and Super Heavy prototype! That was certainly the message Elon Musk conveyed on August 23rd when he posted an image via Twitter of the “Mechazilla” launch tower loading the fully-stacked prototype onto its launchpad at the SpaceX Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. From here, the six-engine SN24 Starship and the BN7 Super Heavy prototype (with its full complement of 33 Raptor engines) will launch, which could happen in just a few weeks.
Continue reading “Mechazilla Lifts a Super Heavy With all 33 Engines Onto the Launchpad”
Rocket Lab is launching the first-ever private mission to Venus. Europe is considering space-based solar power. A new method to detect exoplanets. More evidence about the Moon’s origins. Webb’s largest every image. All that and more in this week’s episode of Space Bites.
Continue reading “Largest JWST Image, First Private Interplanetary Mission, Space Bubbles VS Climate Change”
James Webb delivers scientific results, SLS and Starship go closer to their maiden flights, remote surgery robot is going to the ISS, Perseverance continues to find weird stuff on Mars, and Hubble is still going strong. All this and more in this week’s episode of Space Bites. All this and more in this week’s episode of Space Bites.
Continue reading “JWST’s Science, Surgeon Robot for ISS, Booster 7 Test Fire”
An interstellar meteorite could be hiding in the ocean. Why doesn’t Jupiter have rings like Saturn. The time when Earth’s magnetic field almost collapsed. The shortest day on Earth, and Planet 9 is running out of places to hide. All this and more in this week’s episode of Space Bites.
Continue reading “Interstellar Meteorite, Shortest Day Ever, Magnetosphere Collapse”