Collaborate Disseminate
After more than forty-six years all of us are likely to feel the wear of time, and Voyager 1 is no different. Following months of harrowing troubleshooting as the far-flung …read more Continue reading Voyager 1 Issue Tracked Down to Defective Memory Chip
Whenever a rocket launch occurs, air traffic controllers ensure the safety of commercial flights by managing airspace closures and monitoring rocket debris, without receiving compensation from commercial space companies like SpaceX for these services. … Continue reading Biden Takes Aim At SpaceX’s Tax-Free Ride In American Airspace
Are we alone? While we certainly have lots of strange lifeforms to choose from as companions here on our blue marble, we have yet to know if there’s anything else …read more Continue reading Europa Clipper Asks Big Questions of the Jovian Moon
The biggest ever 3D map of the universe, featuring more than 6m galaxies, has been revealed by scientists who said it raised questions about the nature of dark energy and the future of the universe. From a report: The map is based on data collected by … Continue reading New 3D Cosmic Map Raises Questions Over Future of Universe, Scientists Say
Isaac Schultz reports via Gizmodo: Nine years and 3.2 billion pixels later, it is complete: the LSST Camera stands as the largest digital camera ever built for astronomy and will serve as the centerpiece of the Vera Rubin Observatory, poised to begin i… Continue reading Scientists Complete Construction of the Biggest Digital Camera Ever
Recently, a company by former SpaceX employee Ben Nowack – called Reflect Orbital – announced that it is now ready to put gigantic mirrors in space to reflect sunshine at …read more Continue reading Space Mirrors: Dreams of Turning The Night Into Day Around the Clock
There are 16 critical infrastructure sectors, and experts are deeply divided on whether space systems should be the 17th.
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Longtime Slashdot reader necro81 writes: The New York Times has an occasional series called “Overlooked,” whereby notable people whose deaths were overlooked at the time receive the obituary they deserve. Their latest installment eulogizes Henrietta Sw… Continue reading Henrietta Leavitt, Cosmology Pioneer, Receives Belated Obituary
Though it suffered through decades of naysayers, these days you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who would still argue that the commercialization of space has been anything but a …read more Continue reading Japan’s First Commercial Rocket Debuts With a Bang
Finding extraterrestrial life in any form would be truly one of the largest discoveries in humankind’s history, yet after decades of scouring the surface of Mars and investigating other bodies …read more Continue reading Complex Organic Chemistry In Sulfuric Acid and Life on Venus