The Artemis team had time to review data collected from a successful fourth attempt of a final pre-launch test conducted on Monday and determined that no further wetsuit repeats were necessary. The test simulates every stage of the launch without the rocket leaving the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “During wet rehearsal … Read more
The event began in early June and continued to get brighter and easier to see as the month progressed, according to Sky & Telescope editor Diana Hannikainen. A waning crescent moon will join the party between Venus and Mars on Friday, adding another celestial object to the lineup. The moon will represent Earth’s relative position … Read more
The crucial test, known as the wet dress rehearsal, simulates every stage of the launch without the rocket leaving the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This process includes loading supercold propellant, performing a full launch-simulating countdown, resetting the countdown clock, and draining the rocket’s fuel tanks. The results of the dress rehearsal … Read more
When stars massive enough to outshine our sun die, they explode into a supernova and the remaining core is crushed by its own gravity, forming a black hole. Sometimes the explosion can send the black hole spinning, hurtling through the galaxy like a pinball machine. By right, there should be plenty of roving black holes … Read more
The moon will appear full from Sunday moonrise to Wednesday moonset, according to NASA. It will peak at 7:52 a.m. ET on Tuesday, but won’t be fully visible in North America until moonrise. This year’s Strawberry Moon is the first of two consecutive Super Moons. Although there is no single definition, the term supermoon generally … Read more
The unusual starquakes are among multiple new discoveries made by Gaia, a mission launched in 2013 to create the “most accurate and comprehensive multidimensional map of the Milky Way”. On Monday, the ESA released its third batch of data from the spacecraft, revealing new details about nearly 2 billion stars in our galaxy. “Starquakes teach … Read more
The moon will appear full from Sunday moonrise to Wednesday moonset, according to NASA. It will peak at 7:52 a.m. ET on Tuesday, but won’t be fully visible in North America until moonrise. This year’s Strawberry Moon is the first of two consecutive Super Moons. Although there is no single definition, the term supermoon generally … Read more
We are determined to determine if “the truth is out there”. If we just had all the pieces, they could fit together and form the bridge to better understanding. The team will gather evidence and analyze data from unexplained events in the sky from a scientific perspective to determine if they are natural or require … Read more
The team will gather data on “events in the sky that cannot be identified as known aircraft or natural phenomena – from a scientific perspective”, the agency said. NASA said it was interested in UAPs from a safety and security perspective. There was no evidence that the UAPs were of extraterrestrial origin, NASA added. The … Read more
For the first time, the Ingenuity team on Earth lost contact with Ingenuity on floors 427 and 428, or Martian days that correspond to May 3 and 4. The small helicopter’s engineers spent a week investigating what could have caused the communication failure. The team discovered that the loss of contact occurred because Ingenuity experienced … Read more