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September 6, 2024 at 1:57 PM. You won't need solar eclipse glasses for this one. An explosion in space so massive you'll be able to look up and see it in the night sky without a telescope could ...
A star system known as "V Sagittae" is expected to go nova this year (+/- 11 years). 2084 November 10 Transit of Earth as seen from Mars, the first and the only one in this century. 2085 November 7 Transit of Mercury: 2088 October 27 Mercury occults Jupiter for the first time since 1708, but very close to the Sun and impossible to view with the ...
The Europa Clipper spacecraft passed a key milestone on Monday and is on track to launch next month to explore and seek signs of habitability on one of Jupiter’s moons, according to NASA. The ...
James Webb Space Telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. As the largest telescope in space, it is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. [9]
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, chosen by NASA to carry astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore back to Earth after their Starliner spacecraft was deemed too risky for crew, is approaching the ...
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna. The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a planned space probe to detect and accurately measure gravitational waves [2] —tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime —from astronomical sources. [3] LISA will be the first dedicated space-based gravitational-wave observatory.
The year 2023 saw rapid growth and significant technical achievements in spaceflight. For the third year in a row, new world records were set for both orbital launch attempts (223) and successful orbital launches (211). The growth in orbital launch cadence can in large part be attributed to SpaceX, as they increased their number of launches ...
This was the first test flight for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft with astronauts on board. But it was plagued with problems soon after it blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on 5 June.