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Booster 12, the Super Heavy booster to be used for Starship Flight 5, was rolled out from Mega Bay 1 to the Orbital Launch Site on Tuesday, July 9. It was lifted onto Pad A’s orbital launch mount by the Mechazilla “chopstick” arms that evening. Testing for Booster 12 commenced with a partial propellant load […]

Located approximately 17,000 light-years away, Omega Centauri has long been known as the brightest and largest globular cluster in the night sky. When observed in areas with low light pollution, it appears nearly as large as a full moon. Globular clusters can contain up to one million stars at the same time and are often […]

The recent Canadian space junk incident serves as a stark reminder of the growing risks posed by the proliferation of space debris. In late April, farmers in Saskatchewan stumbled upon spacecraft fragments while preparing their fields for seeding, a surreal event that would not seem out of place in a science fiction movie. This incident […]

The question of whether Mars ever supported life has fascinated scientists and the public for decades. Central to this inquiry is understanding the planet’s past climate: was it warm and wet, akin to Earth’s climate, or was it cold and icy, making it less likely to support life as we know it? A recent study […]

T-Tauri stars represent a fleeting yet crucial phase in the life cycle of a star. They are young stellar objects, born from the gravitational collapse of dense clouds of gas and dust within molecular clouds. At this early stage, the proto-star is still accreting material from the surrounding protoplanetary disk, fueling its growth and illuminating […]

When the first humans travel to the Red Planet, they will face a high number of challenges that must be overcome. The CHAPEA crew took on these rigors during their simulated 378-day Mars expedition, providing invaluable insights for future missions. From repairing equipment and growing food to contending with communication delays, the crew confronted obstacles […]

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) has announced the completion of a new manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona. This multiuse facility includes two hangars equipped with multiple bays, offering flexibility in building and testing space vehicles. The facility will handle the final assembly of the Company’s next-generation Delta spaceships, with production slated to start in […]

The James Webb Space Telescope’s observations (which combine near- and mid-infrared light from Webb’s NIRCam [Near-InfraRed Camera] and MIRI [Mid-Infrared Instrument], respectively) clearly show that the interacting galaxies Arp 142, nicknamed the Penguin (NGC 2936) and the Egg (NGC 2937), are joined by a blue haze that is a mix of stars and gas, a […]

Before Wilmore and Williams can return home, engineering teams need to run more simulations of similar thrusters and helium seals on the ground, to better understand the root causes of some of the technical issues Starliner experienced — and modify the way it will fly down, if necessary. It was known there was one helium […]

An international team of astronomers has created an enormous catalogue of the motions of stars in Omega Centauri, measuring the velocities for 1.4 million stars by studying over 500 images from the Hubble Space Telescope spanning two decades. Most of these observations were intended for instrument calibration rather than scientific use, but they turned out […]