(Image credit: Roscosmos) A trio of secretive Russian satellites launched earlier this year placed a mysterious object into orbit, drawing the attention of space trackers and analysts. The satellites, designated Cosmos 2581, 2582 and 2583, were launched on a Soyuz…
A 146-gram fragment of the Aguas Zarcas meteorite. (Photo credit: Arizona State University/SETI Institute.) The meteorite debris that landed in Costa Rica in 2019 is so unusual that scientists believe it traveled through space virtually unscathed — until it hit…
(Image credit: Live Science) The Celestron AstroMaster 102AZ telescope is one of the most popular telescopes out there, with over 4,000 reviews on Amazon. Right now, you can get one of the best beginner telescopes for just $278.99 — that’s…
Stunning drone video shows Isar Aerospace’s first orbital launch attempt ending in flames in freezing waters about 30 seconds after liftoff. The German firm’s first Spectrum rocket lifted off on Sunday morning (March 30) from Andøya in northern Norway in…
The Milky Way as captured by the MeerKAT radio telescope, with an added image from the James Webb Space Telescope. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, SARAO, Samuel Crow (UVA), John Bally (CU), Ruben Fedriani (IAA-CSIC), Iain Heywood (Oxford)) What…
(Image credit: ESO Marconcini et al.) A distant galaxy is home to a voracious supermassive black hole that appears to be playing with its food, according to a striking new image using data from the Very Large Telescope. A spiral…
(Image credit: AWESOME Mission) Last week, NASA launched two rockets into the auroral region over Alaska to study the effects of these geomagnetic light phenomena on the Earth’s upper atmosphere. The results were impressive. The experiment, called Aurora Waves Excited…
A view of Mars from orbit, showing one of the planet’s icy polar caps. (Photo credit: NASA/JPL/USGS) Jump to: Sourse: www.livescience.com Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Name * Email * Add Comment * Save…
Starship is currently being considered for upcoming NASA missions, but recent tests suggest the rocket may not be ready for the next stage. (Image credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) NASA has included SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket in a…
The Helix Nebula, also known as Caldwell 63, is located 650 million light-years from Earth. (Image credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/Univ Mexico Estrada-Dorado et al.; Ultraviolet: NASA/JPL; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI (M. Meixner)/NRAO (Rector TA); Infrared: ESO Emerson; Imaging: NASA Arcand) A new X-ray image…
Is Solar Maximum Over? Or Is It Still To Come? (Image Credit: Javier Zayas Photography via Getty Images) We know that the sun has reached its peak level of activity, known as solar maximum. But are we still in this…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its second scientific flyby of the sun, the space organization announced Tuesday (March 25). (Photo credit: Steve Gribben/NASA/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory) This week, the space agency announced that the Parker Solar Probe…