Tag: Space exploration news
SpaceX Starship Rocket Explosion Halts Florida Space Launches
SpaceX's Starship rocket faced another setback during a test flight, leaving multiple flights in Florida grounded due to debris. The 403-foot rocket took off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, at 6.30 pm eastern...
Exploring Asteroid for Potential Mining: Odin Probe Launched by SpaceX
The Odin Probe: A Game-Changing Mission to Unlock the Secrets of Asteroid MiningIn a groundbreaking deep space endeavor, a privately-built spacecraft named Odin has set out on a daring mission to explore an asteroid's...
Exploring 1 Million Interstellar Objects in Outer Solar System
More than 1 million "interstellar objects" the size of the Statue of Liberty could be drifting unseen in the outer solar system right now, new simulations suggest. These hefty cosmic interlopers, originating from our...
Lost Contact: Voyager 1 Activates Retro Transmitter After 40 Years
NASA recently faced a technical malfunction with the interstellar Voyager 1 probe, which resulted in a loss of contact for several days. The spacecraft's main radio transmitter shut down due to the fault protection...
Black Hole Jets: Largest Pair Stretches 23 Million Light-Years
An extraordinary discovery has been made by a team of physicists who observed the largest black hole jets ever seen in a galaxy 7.5 billion light-years away. These massive jets, named Porphyrion after a...
Mysterious Nova Explosions Triggered by Supermassive Black Hole Jets: Hubble Telescope Discovery
At the heart of nearly every large galaxy in the universe, there is a supermassive black hole that devours anything that comes too close. When these cosmic monsters consume large amounts of energy and...
Sparkling Cosmic Fossil: Hubble Telescope’s Stunning Discovery 3 Million Light-Years Away
The Hubble Space Telescope has recently made a remarkable discovery, unveiling an isolated cosmic fossil that may shed light on galaxy formation. Situated approximately 3 million light-years away from Earth, the Tucana Dwarf galaxy...
Unveiling the Tension: James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble’s Drama
NGC 3972, a galaxy located 66 million light-years away in Ursa Major, has played a crucial role in a recent study measuring the expansion of the universe. This study, conducted using the James Webb...
Spotting the JUICE Spacecraft During Near-Earth Flyby
The JUICE spacecraft, short for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, is embarking on a groundbreaking mission that involves a rare gravitational boost from both Earth and the moon. This maneuver, scheduled for August 19 and...
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches for Record-Tying 22nd Time Tonight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 52 Starlink satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on March 17, 2023. This marked the 22nd time this particular Falcon 9 rocket has been launched, tying...