Interstellarr Space

A group-of scientists is urging NASA to build a mission to go into interstellar space.

They argue learning about interstellar space is important, and that such a mission would give us a new perspective on the Solar System.

X-37b

The USAF's X-37b is back on Earth after 730 days in space.

What it does out there is a secret.

To The Stars

To The Stars Academy has a new five-year contract with the U. S. Army to develop new technology.

TTSA also studies UFOs.

Stock

Virgin Galactic is becoming the first space tourism company to offer publicly traded stock.

The ticker symbol is SPCE.

Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic is aiming to begin commercial flights in June.

Tickets have cost $250,000.

ET

A few scientists engaged in the search for life in the cosmos predicted at a recent conference how soon we might find ET.

Their predictions ranged from 5 to 20 years.

Intelligence

Some biologists argue that human level intelligence is rare-- or unique-- in the universe because the evolutionary path leading to it is so improbable.

Of course, they're arguing from one example, Earth.  That's not a strong position.

Venus

Scientists are pressing NASA to go back to Venus.

They argue that, among other things, understanding how similar, or not, Earth and Venus were early on could be useful.

Artemis

Jeff Bezos has announced the corporate team that will help Blue Origin to build NASA's Artemis Moon lander.

They are Draper, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.

Mars

NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said recently the first human on Mars might be a woman.

While every astronaut should have a shot at that assignment when it comes up, the fact that he made the statement now tells us more about the politics of today than ir does about future events on Mars.

Peregrine

Astrobotic, a small New Space company, plans to put its Peregrine lander on the Moon in 2021.

Peregrine will also carry two tiny rovers, one from Japan and one from the UK.

Howe

UFO researcher Linda Moulton Howe is still predicting governments of the world will openly admit aliens exist by the end of 2020.

Of course, she also believes, among other things, that humans already have interstellar travel.

Rockets

The first launch of NASA's huge new SLS rocket, now set for next year, may slip into mid-2021.

By then, SpaceX's huge, powerful, reusable Starship rocket could be flying.

Gamma-ray Bursts

Researchers studying gamma-ray bursts have found a time-reversed pattern within the bursts.

That pattern may involve plasma traveling faster than light.

Venus

New research suggests Venus was never very Earth-like, after all.

It seems Venus may have been a volcanic, pretty hellish place right along.

Yeager

On this date in 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first pilot to break the sound barrier.

It was a big step towards space as it showed pilots could deal with extremely high speeds.

Leonov

Alexei Leonov, the first man to walk in space, has passed away.

He was 85.

Crew Dragon

SpaceX may fly its Crew Dragon to ISS early next year.

Ir would be the company's first manned spaceflight.

Odd Stuff

Last month in Chile, fiery objects fell from the sky.

The objects weren't meteors, but what they were is not yet clear.

NGTS-10n

Astronomers have found a hot Jupiter, NGTS-10b, that orbits its star in only 18 hours.

That orbit is decaying, and the planet will eventually fall into the star.

82 Moons

Astronomers have found 20 more moons of Saturn, giving the planet 82.

Jupiter, so far, has 79.

Quantum Stuff

Physicists have successfullly conducted an experiment showing molecules, not just particles, can be in two places at oncr.

Bringing quantum theory into the macroworld opens fascinating possibilities.

NASA-JAXA

Japan and the US plan to cooperate on lunar exploration.

Joint missions could include flights to the Gateway and lunar surface expeditions.

Blue Origins

Blue Origins is now saying it's unlikely the company will fly commercial missions this year.

BO plans to offer suborbital flights to the public.

Enceladus

Using Cassini data, scientists have found more organic compounds in the geyser plumes of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

The compounds are precursors to amino acids.

PBH?

Two physicists are arguing there may not be a Planet 9 deep in our solar system, but there may be a prunordial black hole.

The PBH would be about the size of a grapefruit with several times the mass of Earth.

Asteroid Water

A new study suggests there could be tons of water in asteroids that are easier to reach than the Moon.

That would be a big plus for the settlement of space.