SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on 'American broomstick' | Meteor streaks through Jupiter's atmosphere as NASA probe watches | Huge asteroid slammed into Greenland a few million years after the dinosaurs died
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SpaceX successfully launched a new batch of Starlink internet satellites on Wednesday, the company's 10th launch in 10 weeks. "Time to let the American broomstick fly and hear the sounds of freedom," SpaceX's launch director said just before liftoff. Here's why she said that.
(Giles et al. (2021), Geophysical Research Letters, 48(5), doi:10.1029/2020GL091797)
When a rogue meteor careened through the atmosphere of Jupiter last year, it caught the attention of NASA's Juno spacecraft in orbit around the giant planet.
Hidden under Greenland's thick ice sheet, scientists once found what they thought was an asteroid impact perhaps just thousands of years old. It's WAY older than that.
NASA will get just over $24 billion this year, if Congress is able to pass a newly devised omnibus spending bill. The funding package, which allocates a total of $1.5 trillion throughout the government, would give NASA about $760 million less for fiscal year 2022 than U.S. President Joe Biden requested last year.
Rocket Lab will build its next-generation Neutron launcher on Wallops Island, Virginia, at a site adjacent to the company's coastal U.S. launch pad. The reusable Neutron is expected to launch larger satellites and, potentially, humans after a scheduled 2024 debut.
Ricochet from a meteorite impact on Earth created a huge 'field' of craters in Wyoming that we've only seen on other planets. The more than 30 craters from one impact formed 280 million years ago.
Collecting samples for future return to Earth is one of Perseverance's two main tasks, along with hunting for signs of ancient Mars life. The 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero harbored a lake and a river delta in the ancient past, so it's a great place to do such work, mission team members have said.
A fleet of SpaceX Starlink internet satellites poised for deployment in orbit (SpaceX)
SpaceX worked for six weeks to bring Starlink satellite internet service to Ukraine ahead of a formal request from government officials of the besieged country, President Gwynne Shotwell said Monday.
The crewed Polaris Dawn, led by Inspiration4 founder and tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, will fly a Ukrainian flag to Earth orbit, mission team members announced Monday.
With multiple lenses, advanced software and gargantuan amounts of megapixels, the cameras built into the very latest smartphones are beginning to seem even more advanced than some 'proper' cameras, and some can take night sky photos.
Whether you're a skywatcher looking for something to edit their photos of the night sky on, or you just need something to watch sci-fi movies on, the Macbook Pro 16-inch is a fantastic laptop.
If you've tried to buy a pair of the best binoculars for stargazing in recent months you'll know that prices are sky-high. Here's what to know and how to save.
