James Webb Space Telescope Fully-Focused—Ready for First Images
The James Webb Space Telescope has finally finished aligning its giant gold mirrors which will ensure that all the…
Tag: Space
Pentagon Blocked Release of Data a Study Needed to Prove the First Identified Interstellar Object
In 2014, an object around 1.5 feet across came screaming into the skies above Papua New Guinea before blowing…
Inside SPHEREx, NASA’s New Space Telescope that Will Map the Whole Universe Four Times
PICTURED: The soon-to-launch SPHEREx space observatory. PC: Caltech. Story at a glance… A telescope that will map the entire…
2023 NDAA: How the Pentagon Hides Nearly $100 Billion in War Spending in Other Agencies
This is part 2 of a two-part report on the 2023 FY NDAA. You can read part 1 here.…
China Releases its 5-Year Plan for Space
BEIJING, China. January 28th, 2022. The Chinese government released a 5-year plan for the future of its space exploration…
Super Light Carbon Found on Mars Points to Life or Annoyingly, Other Processes
PICTURED: Curiosity rover taking a selfie. PC: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/MSSS Story at a glance… Curiosity rover has discovered samples of sedimentary…
2022 Space Missions: A New Space Station, Moon Mining, A Mars Rover and Webb’s Debut
Exponential growth in the public and private space sectors are increasing the number of launches yearly, and 2022 promises…
A Christmas Miracle: James Webb Space Telescope Was Launched and is Working
PICTURED: Ariane 5 with the James Webb Space Telescope launches from ELA-3 in French Guiana. PC: ESA. Story at…
To Nudge an Asteroid NASA to Rely Not on a Missile But a DART
PICTURED: Illustration of the DART spacecraft flying into the asteroid Dimorphos. PC: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben. Can slamming an…
Here’s What We Learned from the Moon Rocks China Recently Brought Back on Chang’e-5
PICTURED: The Chang’e-5 return module sits on the snow-covered ground in Inner Mongolia, smoldering from its reentry into Earth’s…
Perseverance Rover Captures First Rock Sample
PICTURED: The drill hole from Perseverance’s second sample-collection attempt can be seen, in this composite of two images taken…
House Armed Services Committee Approves $24 Billion for a “Space National Guard”
In an already bloated military defense budget, the House Committee on Armed Forces recently marked up the National Defense…
What Are the Other ‘Earths’ in the Galaxy Like? Could They Ever Be a New Home?
Story at a glance… Since 2014, multiple Earth-like planets have been discovered in our galaxy. While too far to…
No Life in Venus’ Clouds, Maybe in Jupiter’s?
PICTURED: An image of Venus showing the clouds, taken by the ultraviolet imager of the Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki,…
China’s Rover Videotapes Itself Driving on Mars: a World’s First
Like NASA which landed its fifth Martian rover in February, China’s Zhurong rover touched down on the Red Planet…
China Becomes 2nd Nation to Operate on Mars Promising More Eyes and More Discoveries
PICTURED: A rendition of the Zhurong rover and landing craft on Mars. Photo credit: Chinese National Space Agency (CNSA)…
First Quarter Investments in Space Companies Increased 356% Since 2020
Partially due to a new financial mechanism, investments in space companies surged in a way few things have since…
Widespread Support Arrives for Biden’s Nomination for NASA Director
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. April 15th, 2010. PICTURED: then-U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) gives introductory remarks during an Obama-era space…
China Russia Moon Research Base Welcomes International Collaboration
PICTURED: Artist’s concept of the ILRS. Photo credit: CAST. Published. The directors of Roscosmos, the Russian national aerospace agency,…
All the Updates from Mars Courtesy of Perseverance
MARS, February 20th, 2021. PICTURED: Half of a Panorama, taken by the Navigation Cameras, or Navcams, aboard NASA’s Perseverance…