Sep 02, 2023 at 3:34 PM Update: an hour ago NASA has discovered a new crater in the moon. The US space agency states that the crater was most likely caused by a Russian lunar lander crashing into the moon. The Russian lunar craft Luna-25 crashed into the moon on August 19. NASA took satellite … Read more
27 Aug 2023 at 23:15 Four new crew members have arrived at the International Space Station, NASA reports on X (formerly Twitter). They have been staying there for about six months now to conduct more than 200 experiments in preparation for other space missions. The astronauts left on Saturday morning (Dutch time) with a rocket … Read more
By Robbert van der Linde Aug 22, 2023 at 8:23 PM Update: 2 hours ago Black holes can move much faster than previously thought. They can reach speeds of about 28,500 kilometers per second. That’s about a tenth of the speed of light. Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology published their calculations in a … Read more
By Robbert van der Linde Aug 08, 2023 at 8:09 PM Update: 7 hours ago Mars rotates faster and faster on its axis. As a result, the days on the red planet are getting a little shorter. NASA was able to measure this thanks to information from the Mars lander InSight. But the space agency … Read more
The world’s largest commercial communications satellite was launched into space on Friday. A Falcon Heavy missile was deployed to accomplish this. That is the most powerful rocket from Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX. The Falcon Heavy lifted off from the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:04 p.m. local time. On … Read more
Jul 14, 2023 at 2:00 PMUpdate: an hour ago The James Webb telescope has observed three galaxies that may contain dark stars. This could help physicists explain why there are so many black holes in space. Three American astrophysicists previously investigated the possible existence of dark stars. The birth of dark stars is driven by … Read more
The European launcher Ariane 5 will take to the air for the last time on Tuesday around 23:30. After almost twenty years and 117 missions, the European Space Agency is discontinuing the rocket. But a successor is not ready yet. With its final flight, the Ariane 5 rocket will carry a French defense satellite and … Read more
The European space probe Euclid successfully launched on Saturday. The telescope will search for dark matter and dark energy to further explore the universe. The European space telescope has successfully lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the space company … Read more
Astronomers have seen a striking phenomenon in a giant galaxy far from Earth. For the first time, a so-called cosmic jet near a black hole has been captured on image, reports The Guardian. Cosmic jets are bundled jet streams of matter in space, such as gas and hot plasma. Scientists cannot yet explain how they … Read more
The Russian movie Vizov (The challenge) was released on Thursday, the news agency reports AFP. It is the first film that was partly shot in space. Actress Yulia Peresild, cinematographer and producer Klim Shipenko and astronaut Oleg Novitsky spent almost two weeks in October 2021 on the International Space Station to explore parts of Vizov … Read more