SpaceX is Thinking of Spinning Off Starlink and Taking it Public

By Matthew Williams - February 11, 2020 01:43 PM UTC | Space Policy

SpaceX recently announced that it could be taking Starlink public, giving investors a chance to get a piece of this lucrative satellite internet company.

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The ESA's Solar Orbiter, a Mission That Will Chart the Unexplored Polar Regions of the Sun, Just Launched!

By Matthew Williams - February 10, 2020 08:41 PM UTC | Missions

The ESA's Solar Orbiter launched earlier today on its five-year mission to study the Sun, which scientists hope will lead to a better understanding of solar weather.

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SpaceX Has Requested Permission to Fly Starship as Early as March

By Matthew Williams - February 06, 2020 08:08 PM UTC | Space Policy

According to recent filings with the FCC, SpaceX hopes to conduct their first test flight with the Starship Mk 3 prototype as early as mid-March of 2020.

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There Are Winds Blowing On Pluto, Driven by Frozen Nitrogen

By Evan Gough - February 06, 2020 06:04 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Did Neutrinos Stop The Early Universe From Annihilating Itself?

By Brian Koberlein - February 06, 2020 03:53 PM UTC | Cosmology

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A Meteor Smashed Into Mars in 2005, Making this Crater

By Evan Gough - February 06, 2020 03:39 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Record-Setting Space Travelers Return to Earth

By Nancy Atkinson - February 06, 2020 12:40 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Here Comes the Next Satellite Constellation. OneWeb Launches 34 Satellites on Thursday

By Evan Gough - February 05, 2020 06:57 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Anti-Solar Cells Could Generate Electricity at Night

By Matthew Williams - February 05, 2020 06:15 PM UTC | Physics

A new study proposes how thermoradiative technology could be used to make "anti-solar" cells that would work at night. Credit: SolarReserve

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This is What the World Would Look Like if the Oceans Dried Up

By Evan Gough - February 05, 2020 03:46 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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14% of all the Massive Stars in the Universe are Destined to Collide as Black Holes

By Evan Gough - February 05, 2020 01:56 PM UTC | Black Holes

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Neutrinos Have Been Detected With Such High Energy That The Standard Model Can't Explain Them

By Brian Koberlein - February 05, 2020 01:43 PM UTC | Physics

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Good-bye Spitzer. We'll Miss You But We Won't Forget You.

By Evan Gough - February 04, 2020 05:17 PM UTC | Telescopes

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Weekly Space Hangout: February 5, 2020 - "More Things in the Heavens" with Dr. Michael Werner and Dr. Peter Eisenhardt

By susie - February 04, 2020 04:19 PM UTC | Site News

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An Upcoming Mission is Going to Assemble and Manufacture a Communications Antenna and Beam in Space

By Matthew Williams - February 04, 2020 03:41 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A robotic payload known as SPIDER will be going to space soon to show that constructing everything from satellites to spacecraft in orbit is possible

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NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir Took a Space Selfie, Capturing her Reflection in the Space Station

By Evan Gough - February 03, 2020 06:40 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Carnival of Space #649

By susie - February 03, 2020 06:28 PM UTC | Site News

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Voyager 2 Went Into Fault Protection Mode, But Engineers Brought it Back Online

By Evan Gough - February 01, 2020 10:41 AM UTC | Space Exploration

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Destructive Super Solar Storms Hit Us Every 25 Years Or So

By Evan Gough - January 31, 2020 06:03 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

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This is the Spot Where ESA's Schiaparelli Crashed Into Mars

By Matthew Williams - January 31, 2020 04:12 PM UTC | Missions

The MRO's HiRISE camera recently snapped fresh images of where the ESA's Schiaparelli lander crashed on the surface of Mars in 2016.

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