By Nazareno Indiscreto It sounds like science fiction: shooting a laser beam at a satellite orbiting the moon in “broad daylight”. But that’s exactly what China’s space…
Posts published in “Astronomy”
By Wallace White The taxpayer-funded news outlet NPR contradicted its own reporting Wednesday on astronauts stranded in the International Space Station (ISS) in order to…
By Dr. Russell Moul The rare astronomical event is similar to a Blue Moon but for a different phase in the lunar cycle. This…
Severe solar storm could stress power grids even more as US deals with major back-to-back hurricanes
Severe solar storm could stress power grids even more as US deals with major back-to-back hurricanes
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A severe solar storm is headed to Earth that could stress power grids even more as the U.S.…
$5bn Nasa mission will assess whether ice-covered moon that is thought to have twice Earth’s water is habitable By Ian Sample Nasa is poised to…
By AFP SpaceX successfully “caught” the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a…
By Teo Blašković A major solar flare measuring X1.8 erupted from Earth-facing Active Region 3848 at 01:56 UTC on October 9, 2024. The event…
By October 9th The countdown CONTINUES… On October 9th the sky is a picture of the Book of Revelation! The writing is literally in…
By Joshua C. Earth must be putting off some cosmic-level lonely vibes, because it’s set to pull in a new companion in just a few days. …
By Robert Lea Scientists have unveiled three concepts for tiny spacecraft that could voyage from Earth to meet Apophis in April 2029. In just under half…
By Phil Plait Someday an unlucky outburst from our sun could strike Earth and fry most of our electronics—and we’ve already had some too-close-for-comfort near…
by C. Alex Young, Raúl Cortés and Armando Caussade Solar excitement over the past 24 hours focused on filament and prominence activity captured in the 304…
By A Plane Not A Planet Modern Science’s History of the Moon The moon was formed ~4.5 billion years ago, about 30–50 million years…
OAN Staff Blake Wolf NASA has made the decision to cut two astronauts scheduled for the next SpaceX mission in order to make room for two…
By Fabio G.C. Carisio «Space weather processes, driven in complicated ways by activity on the sun, can adversely affect our infrastructure in space and on…
By Harry Baker A new study confirms that Earth’s inner core has been rotating more slowly than usual since 2010. This mysterious “backtracking” could also end…
By Watch Unto Prayer SCORPIO THE SERPENT HOLDER Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many…
By Ben Turner The Euclid space telescope has released five mesmerizing new photos of our universe, kicking off a six-year campaign to unveil the secrets of…