SpaceX launched the SXM-10 satellite for SiriusXM early on Saturday morning, June 7. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 12:54 a.m. EDT, carrying the 14,100-pound (6,400-kg) spacecraft into an initial high orbit. About 8.5 minutes later, the rocket’s first stage returned to Earth and touched down safely on SpaceX’s drone ship … Read more
A spacecraft once launched by the now-dissolved Soviet Union is expected to make an uncontrolled crash landing on Earth this month, but space debris-tracking experts say it’s too soon to determine exactly where the landing spot will be or if it poses any risks. The craft, called Kosmos 482, was launched in 1972 with the … Read more
The awaited Lyrid meteor shower is back! Skywatchers can catch a glimpse of these beautiful meteors streaking across the sky. Lyrids radiate from the Lyra constellation, lying near the star Vega. There are some dramatic meteors lying farther away that streak the sky. It can be seen with the naked eye, without using a telescope; … Read more
It is observed that about half of the matter cannot be occupied just by stars and galaxies. Scientists say that hydrogen gas clouds could unveil it. Missing matter of the universe may have finally been detected. It is reported by the astronomers that the stuff revealed and not dark matter accounts for only 15 percent … Read more
Scientists discovered suitable biosignature gases for alien life on planet K2-18b. On K2-18b, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) noticed dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a chemical primarily produced by living creatures on Earth. Notably, the exoplanet is nine times the size of our planet and exists in the habitable zone of its planetary system. As exoplanets … Read more
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, on its 35th anniversary, reprocessed a detailed image of the Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104) on April 11, shared by the European Space Agency. This improvised image, generated from numerous Hubble images, signals fine dust structures, the luminous galactic nucleus with a backdrop occupied by stars and various distant galaxies. This mosaic, … Read more
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed the complex structure of NGC 1514, a planetary nebula developing over at least 4,000 years. Only seen in infrared light, the nebula’s rings now resemble “fuzzy” clusters set in twisted patterns. A network of sharper holes near the centre stars indicates where the faster materials are punched … Read more
Blue Origin, the private space company of Jeff Bezos, made history on Monday (April 14) by taking an all-female crew to space and back. It was the first all-female flight after more than 60 years, dating back to June 16, 1963, when Soviet Union’s Valentina Tereshkova lifted off on a three-day mission to Earth’s orbit. … Read more
A rare but powerful event occurred between April 12 and 13, where two distinct coronal mass ejections (CME) were launched from the Sun toward the Earth. This incident can lead to the formation of auroras or northern lights on April 16. The CMEs could also lead to geomagnetic storms or solar storm effects in some … Read more
T Corona Borealis is a binary star system in the Northern Crown constellation which is being monitored closely by astronomers worldwide for signs of a rare stellar eruption. The system consists of a white dwarf and a red giant orbiting each other with the white dwarf pulling material from its companion. The gradual accumulation of … Read more