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'It changes the game': Astrophysicist speaks on Starlink impact to astronomy observation
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“It’s not just Starlinks. It’s the totality of all the mega-constellations that are going to be...
SpaceX dominating worldwide spacecraft launches by tremendous margin, statistics show
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs of Thursday, June 13, 6,079 Starlink satellites were functioning in low-Earth orbit, according to...
China, France launch satellite to better understand the universe
KLAX-TV· 23 hours agoDeveloped by engineers from both countries, the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is carrying...
Satellites and Space Stations Beware—Nukes in Space Could Threaten the Skies
Scientific American· 4 days agoRachel Feltman: This is probably going to blow your mind, but guess what: it’s a bad idea to set off a nuclear bomb in space. The United States Department of Defense has sounded the alarm on ...
‘Lost satellite’ found (again) after orbiting Earth for 25 years
FOX 25 Boston· 2 days agoAn experimental satellite that drifted undetected in space for 25 years has been found using tracking data from the U.S. Space Force, Space.com is reporting. The Infra-Red Calibration Balloon ...
James Webb telescope reveals long-studied baby star is actually 'twins' — and they're throwing...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoNew observations from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed that a distant protostar is actually a...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 5 days agoThe tiny satellite was supposed to inflate in orbit and serve as a calibration target for remote sensing equipment. When looking over the satellite’s archival data, Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist ...
It’s Twins! Astronomers Discover Parallel Disks and Jets Erupting from a Pair of Young Stars - Good...
GoodNewsNetwork· 5 days agoAstronomers were thrilled when they received the news that they were expecting twins—stars that is,...
This long-studied star is actually a stellar duo: 'We were absolutely stunned'
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA young star that astronomers have studied for decades has been found to be part of a duo, encircled...