SpaceX launches 1st Gen2 Starlink satellites | 15 times black holes surprised us in 2022 | Space Quiz: How many rockets launches has SpaceX flown so far in 2022?
Created for znamenski.spacecom@blogger.com | Web Version
SpaceX launched the first batch of a new generation of Starlink satellites into orbit early today and nailed a rocket landing at sea to mark a record 60th flight of the year.
Black holes are giant warps in space and time whose pitch-black nature keeps them mysterious. Here is a list of 15 times black holes surprised us in 2022.
If you're looking for an awesome gift that's free this year, just look to the night sky where the moon lines up with four bright planets in a celestial holiday treat this week.
A composite image of the Cosmic Cliffs in the Carina Nebula, created with the James Webb telescope's NIRCam and MIRI instruments (NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI)
Through a variety of tests on Earth and throughout the universe, physicists have measured no changes in time or space for any of the fundamental constants of nature.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted "approaching 100 Starlinks active in Iran" on Monday. Musk, who is also owner of Twitter, pledged in September to activate Starlink in Iran "to advance internet freedom and the free flow of information" to Iranians.
Despite the number of historic launches that did go well this year, there were of course those that either never made it to space or failed to deploy their payloads once they got there. Below is a list of some of the biggest space mission failures suffered in 2022.
Earth mesmerizes in a new video from space, taken by cameras onboard China's Tiangong station in orbit. At moments, the station is hidden from view, and Earth appears to roll underneath, like a marbled bowling ball.
Can we save Mars robots from death by dust? | 10 weird things about SpaceX's Starlink satellites | Space Quiz: Which NASA Mars probe just died from dust?
Created for znamenski.spacecom@blogger.com | Web Version
When sending landers to Mars, space agencies usually try to avoid the planet's dust storm season, but dust buildup is inevitable. But does it really have to be this way?
If you're looking for an awesome gift that's free this year, just look to the night sky where the moon lines up with four bright planets in a celestial holiday treat this week.
As scientists enter the third decade of exoplanet discoveries, they continue to uncover strange, fascinating findings that sometimes raise more questions than answers. From a scorching super-Earth to a football-shaped world, here are the greatest alien planet stories of 2022.
Nine members of this team will launch on a SpaceX Starship around the moon in the years to come on a mission funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa.
