A group of astronomers has discovered one of the biggest planets ever found orbiting a massive and extremely hot two-star system, despite previously believing that such an environment was too inhospitable for a planet to form in. The planet was discovered by Markus Janson, a professor of astronomy at Stockholm University, and colleagues, according to research published Wednesday in the science…
NASA Launches Laser Communication Experiment
The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) mission successfully launched Tuesday before sunrise at 5:19 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. LCRD is a technology demonstration that will pave the way for future optical communications missions. Future missions that decide to use optical communications could potentially use LCRD as their relay. One of…
NASA Signs up SpaceX for 3 More Commercial Flights to ISS Amid Boeing’s Starliner Delays
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk’s SpaceX has secured three more commercial crew flights to the International Space Station as part of its contract with NASA, the U.S. space agency said on Friday. The additional crew flights would allow the U.S. space agency NASA to maintain an uninterrupted human access to the space station every now…
NASA’s 10 New Astronauts: Pilots, Doctor, Physicist, Cyclist
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA selected 10 new astronauts Monday, half of them military pilots, as it looks ahead to the moon and Mars. The space agency introduced the six men and four women during a ceremony in Houston, home to Mission Control and the astronaut corps. More than 12,000 applied for the coveted spots. The 10…
Solar Eclipse Brings Minutes to Darkness to Antarctic Summer
Video released by NASA showed a total solar eclipse as seen from Western Antarctica on Saturday. The earth’s southernmost continent experiences continual daylight from mid-October until early April, but the eclipse brought a few minutes of total darkness. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on…
Work and Play in Space? NASA Awards $415.6 Million for New Space Hubs
SEATTLE—NASA announced on Thursday it has awarded $415.6 million to billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, stalwart contractor Northrop Grumman Corp., and venture-backed Nanoracks to develop privately-owned and operated commercial space stations. The trio of awards are emblematic of the U.S. space agency’s efforts to tap private companies to enable an American-led commercial economy in low-Earth…
Hot Little Planet as Dense as Iron Zips Around Red Dwarf Star
WASHINGTON—Scientists have spotted one of the smallest planets ever discovered outside our solar system, a scorching-hot world a bit larger than Mars and just about as dense as pure iron zooming around its home star every eight hours. The researchers said on Thursday they managed to detect the planet, located a relatively close 31 light…
The Heavens Declare (Episode 7): Our Amazing Solar System Part1
This episode explores the amazing solar system we live in, designed by God in just a few days. Our experts will share how our solar system looks designed, what makes each planet unique, what the earth is so special, and evidence for our solar system being created just a few thousand years ago. Our experts…
Spacewalking Astronauts Replace Antenna After Debris Scare
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Spacewalking astronauts replaced a broken antenna outside the International Space Station on Thursday after getting NASA’s all-clear for orbiting debris. U.S. astronauts Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron were supposed to complete the job Tuesday, but NASA delayed the spacewalk because of potentially threatening space junk. NASA later determined the astronauts were safe to…
Total Solar Eclipse to Grace the Skies on December 4—Here’s What You Need to Know:
December 2, 2021
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The extraordinary cosmic event of a total eclipse of the sun will present itself to an exclusive audience on Dec. 4, 2021. Stargazers hoping to witness the moon’s umbra shadow obliterate the solar sphere from view will have to sojourn to the Antarctic—where the eclipse will first appear in the Southern Ocean. It will then…
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