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Category: 2. Space
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Rocket Lab launches second Electron within 48 hours
WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron placed an undisclosed satellite into orbit June 28 on the company’s second launch within 48 hours and fourth this month.
The Electron lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New…
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SpaceX scores $81.6 million Space Force contract to launch weather satellite
WASHINGTON — SpaceX has secured an $81.6 million contract to launch a U.S. military weather-monitoring satellite in 2027.
The contract for the mission designated USSF-178 was awarded on June 27 by the Space Systems Command and…
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A Ghostly Radio Halo Just Changed What We Know About the Early Universe
Astronomers using the LOFAR radio array have detected a vast “mini-halo” of high-energy particles around galaxy cluster SpARCS1049, whose light has traveled 10 billion years to reach us. The find doubles the previous distance record and shows…
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Star-Shredding Spectacle: NASA Reveals Brightest Black Hole Blasts Since the Big Bang
Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts brighter than 100 supernovae. By mixing NASA, ESA, and ground-based data, astronomers caught three of these rare “extreme…
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Mars Mystery Deepens: Curiosity Uncovers a Secret Lattice of Bizarre Ridges in Gale Crater
NASA’s Curiosity has uncovered a vast lattice of mineral “boxwork” ridges on Mount Sharp, evidence that groundwater lingered beneath the Martian surface even after its rivers and lakes vanished. Hardened by minerals and exposed by…
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A mysterious mineral in asteroid Ryugu may rewrite planetary history
The pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu returned by the Hayabusa2 mission on December 6, 2020, have been vital to improving our understanding of primitive asteroids and the formation of the Solar System. The C-type asteroid Ryugu is composed of…
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Webb Sheds New Light on Structural Evolution of Disk Galaxies
Present-day disk galaxies often exhibit distinct thin and thick disks. The formation mechanisms of the two disks and the timing of their onset remain open questions. To address these questions, astronomers analyzed a statistical sample of 111…
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NASA Welcomes Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 4 crew docks to the space-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony module on June 26. Axiom Mission 4 is the fourth all-private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory,…
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