Collaborate Disseminate
A North Korean rocket carrying its second spy satellite exploded midair on Monday, state media reported, after its neighbors strongly rebuked its planned launch. From a report: The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said it launched a spy sate… Continue reading North Korea Says Its Attempt To Put Another Spy Satellite Into Orbit Has Failed
Using the Euclid space telescope, astronomers have discovered dozens of rogue planets drifting without stars in the Orion nebula. The Guardian reports: The European Space Agency (Esa) launched the $1 billion observatory last summer on a six-year missio… Continue reading Euclid Telescope Spies Rogue Planets Floating Free In Milky Way
The United States has assessed that Russia launched what is likely a counter space weapon last week that’s now in the same orbit as a U.S. government satellite, Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed Tuesday. From a report: “What I’m tracking… Continue reading Russia Likely Launched Counter Space Weapon Into Low Earth Orbit Last Week, Pentagon Says
Reaching orbit around Earth is an incredibly difficult feat. It’s a common misconception that getting into orbit just involves getting very high above the ground — the real trick is …read more Continue reading Single-Stage-to-Orbit: The Launch Technology We Wish Was Real
“Blue Origin’s tourism rocket has launched passengers to the edge of space for the first time in nearly two years,” reports CNN, “ending a hiatus prompted by a failed uncrewed test flight.”
The New Shepard rocket and capsule lifted off at 9:36 a.m. … Continue reading Blue Origin Successfully Launches Six Passengers to the Edge of Space
Earlier this week the Washington Post reported that America’s Defense department “is growing concerned that the United Launch Alliance, one of its key partners in launching national security satellites to space, will not be able to meet its needs to co… Continue reading US Defense Department ‘Concerned’ About ULA’s Slow Progress on Satellite Launches
“Albert Einstein was right,” reports CNN. “There is an area at the edge of black holes where matter can no longer stay in orbit and instead falls in, as predicted by his theory of gravity.”
The proof came by combining NASA’s earth-orbiting NuSTAR tel… Continue reading Study Confirms Einstein Prediction: Black Holes Have a ‘Plunging Region’
Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, humans have been searching for more energy. Especially lately, there has been a huge interest in wind, solar, geothermal, and other ways to …read more Continue reading The Alien Energy Crisis Solved
For many decades, the USA has been at the forefront of astronomy, whether with ground-based telescopes or space-based observatories like Hubble and the JWST. Yet this is now at risk …read more Continue reading The New Extremely Large Telescopes and The US’ Waning Influence In Astronomy
There have been all kinds of wild ideas to get spacecraft into orbit. Everything from firing huge cannons to spinning craft at rapid speed has been posited, explored, or in …read more Continue reading You’ve Probably Never Considered Taking an Airship To Orbit