Monday, September 30, 2019

Musk

Elon Musk says his Starship could be flying to orbit in 6 months.

He also repeated the ultimate goal of building Starship is to establish a self-sustaining city on Mars.

Saturday, September 28, 2019

South Pole-Aitken

The largest crater on the Moon,  the South Pole-Aitken basin, was thought to be the result of a collision with a huge, fast object.  A direct hit.

A new study, however, casts doubt on that scenario.  Scientists are searching for an alternative.


Friday, September 27, 2019

Starship

Elon Musk is scheduled to unveil the latest prototype of his Starship rocket tomorrow.

It could be flying commercially in 2021.

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Technostructures

Astronomers are looking for technosignatures-- evidence of technological civilizations-- among the stars.

These could range from radio signals to the chemical composition of atmospheres to lasers to megastructures.

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Spacesuit

NASA is on track to test its new lunar surface spacesuit on ISS in 2023.

The next lunar landing is scheduled for late 2024.

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Contract

Lockheed Martin has secured a $4.6 billion contract from NASA to build moonships.

The target year for the next crewed lunar landing is 2024.

Monday, September 23, 2019

Area 51

Thousands were supposed to storm Area 51 this past weekend.

Only about 200 showed up, and there was no storming.

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Kaku

Michio Kaku says the U. S. Navy's admission that some UFOs are real flips the burden from people having to prove UFOs are real to the government having to prove they're not.

He says we have reached a tipping point.

Friday, September 20, 2019

Lunar Find

China's lunar rover has come across an odd substance on the far side of the Moon.

Exactly what it is remains open.

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Asteroid Dust

New research suggests dust from an asteroid collision could have helped ignite the explosion of life on Earth that occurred 466 million years ago.

That explosion led to life colonizing the land.

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

UFOs

According to Tucker Carlson, the US Navy has confirmed to senators that its UFO videos are real.

The USN says it doesn't know what the objects are.

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Timetable

NASA aims to land astronauts on the Moon in the second half of 2024.

Given the work that needs to be done before any landing, meeting that target will be a challenge.

Monday, September 16, 2019

Interstellarr Comet

Scientists likely have found their first interstellar comet cutting through this solar system.

They'll be able to study it for more than a year.

Saturday, September 14, 2019

Expandable Module

NASA is ground testing Bigelow Aerospace's giant expandable space station module.

BA is targeting the module for NASA's proposed lunar gateway, for starters.

Friday, September 13, 2019

Flashing Black Hole

Astronomers have found a black hole in a distant galaxy that flashes 100 times brighter every nine hours.

They don't know how.

Thursday, September 12, 2019

Io

Researchers suggest Io might not have a subsurface magma after all.

They say Io's atmosphere's interaction with Jupiter's magnetosphere could account for the moon's volcannsm.

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

K2 18b

Scientists have found a world about 110 light years away, K2 18b, that has water vapor, and possibly even water rain, in its atmosphere.

It's also in the habitable zone of its red dwarf.

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Asteroids

Three asteroids whipped past Earth yesterday.

None came closer than the Moon.

Monday, September 9, 2019

Strange Pattern

Astronomers have found a strange pattern in X-ray bursts coming from a neutron star.

The best explanation is that the neutron star is in a binary system, and its partner is tugging on it, creating a regular wobble.

Saturday, September 7, 2019

India

India's first attempt to land on the Moon has apparently failed.

There was a loss of signal, which likely resulted from a crash.

Friday, September 6, 2019

Dorian

NASA reports no damage to the Kennedy Space Center from Hurricane Dorian.

Dorian is now bedeviling North Carolina.

Thursday, September 5, 2019

2000 QW7

A huge asteroid, 2000 QW7,  will come within 3 million miles of Earth next week.

Were it to hit Earth,  it would cause a major catastrophe.

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Tiny Explorers

Researchers are building insect-sized robots that could explore other worlds in swarms.

They could jump or fly, depending on the world.

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Hurricane Dorian

NASA is shutting down the Kennedy Space Center until Hurricane Dorian passes.

The famed VAB is being used to shelter important equipment.