Tag: Space

The Heavens Declare (Episode 3): Challenges to the Big Bang Part1

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NASA Orders Rare Medical Delay in Launch of SpaceX Mission to Space Station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA announced on Monday a rare, health-related delay in its SpaceX rocket launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, the second postponement of the mission in a week, citing an unspecified medical issue with one of the crew. NASA said the issue was “not a medical emergency and not related to…


ISS Astronauts on Space Tourists, Potential Moon Mission

SpaceX Crew-3 members Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, Raja Chari, and Matthias Maurer are preparing for their trip to the ISS (International Space Station), currently delayed until Wednesday, from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. It’ll be the fourth time NASA has sent astronauts to the ISS using SpaceX’s Dragon capsule. The four are expected to spend six months…


SpaceX Delays Astronaut Flight Due to Rough Wind, Waves

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX has bumped its next astronaut flight for NASA until Wednesday because of rough wind and waves hundreds of miles away. Four astronauts were supposed to blast off early Sunday morning on a six-month mission to the International Space Station. But while the forecast at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center was near perfect, a…


Hubble Space Telescope Captures Mysterious ‘Dead Galaxies’ 11 Billion Light-Years Away

Extraordinary images captured by Hubble Space Telescope and ALMA observatory—utilizing unique natural gravitational lensing—revealed a remarkable phenomenon which occurred in space 11 billion years ago. Early in the life of the universe, when it was just 3 billion years old and stars were forming abundantly, a cluster of galaxies mysteriously died out and stopped producing stars for some unknown…


Sun Unleashes Large Solar Flare Which Could Lead to Spectacular Auroras This Weekend: Experts

A large coronal mass ejection (CME) is expected to collide with the Earth’s magnetic field on Oct. 30 following an incredible solar flare eruption on Thursday. The sun unleashed an X1-class solar flare, its most powerful kind of flare, on Thursday. It peaked at 11:35 a.m.EDT (1535 GMT), according to an alert from the Space Weather Prediction Center…


Solar Wing Jammed on NASA Spacecraft Chasing Asteroids

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA is debating whether to try to fix a jammed solar panel on its newly launched Lucy spacecraft, en route to explore an unprecedented number of asteroids. The problem cropped up shortly after the spacecraft’s Oct. 16 liftoff on a 12-year journey. After measuring the electric current this week, NASA reported Wednesday that…


The Heavens Declare (Episode 2): The Origin of the Universe Part 2

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Blue Origin Planning First Mixed-Use Business Park in Space

Blue Origin and Sierra Space have upped the space game with the announcement of a mixed-use business park, floating in low Earth orbit, slated to be launched sometime in the second half of this decade. The 32,000-square-foot Orbital Reef space station is designed with multiple purposes, and will “provide anyone with the opportunity to establish…


Astronomers Detect First Possible Planet Outside of Our Galaxy

NASA has announced the possibility of the first confirmed planet located outside of the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers using NASA’s space-based telescope Chandra X-ray Observatory identified a potential exoplanet in spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51), also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy. Exoplanets are planets outside of the solar system, but all previously confirmed and possible…