Comet ATLAS: What Happened to Its Tail Now That It's No Longer Tailing Anything?

SPACE 07.19.2021 22:14 PM

NASA and the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter flew over near the remnants of comet ATLAS to find what happened to its tail after its disintegration in April 2020.

Event Horizon Telescope Detects Strong Astrophysical Jet From Black Hole; What Is It Trying To Tell?

07.19.2021 21:12 PM

An new image of a supermassive black hole and its vast extragalactic radio jet has been captured for the first time, raising new questions about our nearest radio galaxy.

Full Buck Moon 2021: When and How to Watch July Full Moon This Week

07.19.2021 06:32 AM

This month's full moon will be on Friday. One of its traditional names is the "Buck Moon." Skywatchers may also catch a glimpse of other celestial objects.

Jeff Bezos Flying to Space Soon via Blue Origin's New Shepard Rocket; Where to Watch Launch

07.19.2021 05:10 AM

If successful, Blue Origin's launch on Tuesday will be the first unpiloted suborbital flight with a civilian crew.

China Secretly Launches Reusable Suborbital Vehicle; Did It Land Successfully?

07.19.2021 03:18 AM

China hopes to develop a network of reusable transport vessels that would cruise at high speeds at a suborbital level.

Neutron Stars Have Tiny Mountains That Are No More Than Millimeters Tall, Study Suggests

07.19.2021 02:51 AM

A team of astrophysicists used new models of neutron stars and showed that their tallest mountains could only be millimeters tall due to the huge gravity on the ultra-dense objects.

Malaysia's MEASAT-3 Satellite Drifts Out of Orbit, Deactivates Transponders; Is It Lost Forever?

07.19.2021 01:38 AM

MEASAT-3 have been restored onto backup satellite capacity on other co-located MEASAT satellites and third-party satellites that serve the region.

NASA Says Asteroid Twice as Big as Big Ben Will Make Near-Earth Approach; Should We Worry?

07.18.2021 23:10 PM

An asteroid tumbling through space at speeds of more than 18,000mph is expected to safely make a "close approach" on Earth this month, NASA's trackers have confirmed.

Gamma-Ray Bursts: What Do These Ultrabright Flashes Tell About the Universe?

07.18.2021 22:37 PM

What are Gamma-ray bursts? Scientists believe that these ultrabright flashes could hold the secrets of the origin of the universe and they are eager to find where these beams come from.

5 Ways of Shark Conservation: NASA's Earth-Observing Satellites Help in Nature Maintenance

07.18.2021 21:53 PM

As scientists at various institutions are directly focusing on shark conservation, the Earth-observing satellites of NASA collect important information about the habitat of sharks, the ocean, in particular.

Japanese Billionaire Yuzaku Maesawa of SpaceX dearMoon Mission Will Fly to Space Soon; Who Will Join Him?

07.18.2021 03:20 AM

Back in 2018, Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa was revealed to be behind the dearMoon Project: an art project that aims to send tourists around the Moon. And a new update teases who might be joining the visionary on the Starship trip.

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Fire Up Its Super Heavy Booster Soon; Is Raptor Engine Render Accurate?

07.17.2021 01:02 AM

Elon Musk reveals huge first test of starship rocket booster built for Mars, adding that Super Heavy Raptor Engine configuration render is accurate.

New Shepard Photos Released: Blue Origin All Set for First Crewed Mission on the Reusable Rocket Built for Space Tourism

07.16.2021 23:16 PM

Images of Blue Origin's New Shepard have recently come out in space news reports, as the company gets ready for its mission to space.

Why Do Asteroids and Comets Have Weird Shape? The Reason Behind Moon and Star's Spherical Shape Explained

07.16.2021 23:10 PM

Have you ever wondered why celestial objects in our universe, such a stars and planets, have spherical shape? What causes the round formation of these massive bodies?

Hubble Space Telescope is Back on Once Again! Backup Computing Hardware Switched On, What's Next?

07.16.2021 23:07 PM

NASA has announced that it has switched on Hubble Space Telescope's backup computing hardware and now has successfully turned it on once again. But now, what's next for the Hubble?