Space

Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock If you think the space race ended with the moon landing, it’s time for an update. Space travel is slowly growing from the ultra-exclusive purview of governments to the environment of the exploring capitalist. The commercial low-earth-orbit economy looks like one of the next great expansions of human activity. Advertisement Boeing, Space X, Blue […]

Bryan Allen/Getty Images The telescope began as a relatively simple device, born out of optical experimentation. It combined a series of lenses and mirrors to collect and magnify light, allowing the user to see far away objects. Soon, they were set upon the heavens, and over the last few centuries, the telescope has evolved to

Nasa/Getty Images In a press conference last month, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that the Boeing Starliner would return to Earth uncrewed due to technical issues. The Starliner had launched on June 5, carrying astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, and was initially meant to return within about a week. Wilmore and

Those who follow the exploits of SpaceX – the commercial space launch and exploration company — recently learned that it has announced its third-generation reusable methane-oxygen staged combustion engine, the Raptor 3. The Raptor has a reputation as the powerhouse in SpaceX’s arsenal, as it offers significantly more thrust than the company’s smaller but reputedly more

Taylor McKnight/Shutterstock If the SpaceX astronautics company was known for anything besides being owned by Elon Musk, it’d be the fact that the various rockets, capsules, and equipment used in the company’s many groundbreaking missions all have exceptionally cool names. Its primary series of rockets bear the moniker of the mighty Falcon, it has engines

Artsiom P/Shutterstock Everything must come to an end sooner or later, even if it’s something as beloved and significant as the International Space Station. The station still has some time left before NASA needs to properly dismantle and take it out of Earth’s orbit, but a plan needs to be in place for the process

If you follow space news, then you’ve likely seen some of the stunning images of Earth as it appears from space. Sometimes these pictures are taken by spacecraft — like the famous pale blue dot photo which was snapped by the Cassini spacecraft — and sometimes they are taken by satellites that orbit the planet.

muratart/Shutterstock By Brad Hill/Aug. 2, 2024 1: 23 pm EST When people think of a star exploding, they think that’s it. The star is gone forever. Well, a little binary system 3,000 light years away called T Coronae Borealis (also referred to as the «Blaze Star» and «T CrB») explodes roughly every 80 years. This system