A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts will head again to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft tonight (April 16), and you can watch the entire thing stay on-line. Expedition 64 flight engineer Kate Rubins will return residence from the International Space Station alongside Roscosmos crewmates Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. You’ll have the option to …
Competition for the rising small-satellite launch market continues to ramp up. Arizona startup Phantom Space just lately threw its hat into the ring, with a plan to launch small payloads often and cost-effectively utilizing mass-manufactured rockets. Phantom Space aims to begin launching orbital missions in early 2023. And the corporate simply secured some cash to …
Startup Phantom Space aims to launch 1st orbital mission in 2023 Read More »
A glowing fireball zoomed throughout the sky close to West Palm Beach, Florida on Monday evening (April 13), and native information groups and residential safety techniques caught footage of its dramatic descent. @CoralTap Just noticed this within the sky from Parkland at 10:16PM. #Meteor pic.twitter.com/E1rqXUbku8April 13, 2021 See extra The meteor was noticed at about …
Over a third of the Antarctic ice shelf is in danger of collapsing as Earth continues to heat. In a new examine, scientists at the University of Reading have discovered that as climate change continues, if Earth’s international temperature rises to 7.2 levels Fahrenheit (4 levels Celsius) above pre-industrial ranges, about 193,000 sq. miles (500,000 …
Over a third of Antarctic ice shelf could collapse as climate change warms the Earth Read More »
Billed because the “The Official Cookbook of Sweet and Savory Treats from Tatooine, Hoth, and Beyond,” a candy new “Star Wars” dessert and snack cookbook is heading to our galaxy simply in time to have a good time “Star Wars Day” on May 4. “Star Wars: Galactic Baking” (Insight Editions, 2021) is a 128-page hardback …
[embedded content] Tank battles and historical past will collide this month as the makers of the free-to-play recreation “World of Tanks” honor the legacy of famed cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin for the 60th anniversary of his historic launch into space. Gagarin’s historic launch on Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961 kicked off the period of human …
NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity is lower than a week away from trying its first flight on the Red Planet and the space agency needs to share the epic feat with college students in a webcast on Thursday (April 8). Engineers with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will host an Ingenuity speak Thursday for kids at …
Teach your kids about NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity with a free webcast this week Read More »
This article was initially revealed at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. David Blair, Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav, University of Western Australia In 2017, astronomers witnessed the birth of a black hole for the first time. Gravitational wave detectors picked up the ripples …
Like many individuals staying dwelling in the course of the coronavirus pandemic, I have lately gotten into a brand new interest: bird-watching. Last fall I arrange a chicken feeder in my yard and instantly turned fascinated by the variety of completely different avian varieties attracted to it. When I recognized a red-bellied woodpecker utilizing a …
What do birds have to do with stargazing? A lot, it turns out. Read More »
It may be April Fools’ Day for a couple of extra hours, however that is no joke. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday (April 1) he would put “a literal Dogecoin” (pronounced “dohj coin”) on the “literal moon.” SpaceX is going to put a literal Dogecoin on the literal moonApril 1, 2021 See extra …
Elon Musk says he’s going to put Dogecoin on ‘the literal moon’ Read More »