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More Starbase delay. But SpaceX rockets ahead
The FAA has announced another month-long delay its initial environmental assessment of SpaceX’s Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas.
May 3, 2022
How Pluto got its name
Eleven-year-old Venetia Burney named Pluto for a god of the underworld. The name also honored Percival Lowell, the pioneering astronomer.
May 1, 2022
Jan Oort: Celebrating his birthday and life
Dutch astronomer Jan Oort was born on April 28, 1900. He visualized a vast reservoir of icy comets on the fringes of our solar system, which now bears his name.
April 28, 2022
Do Europa’s odd ridges indicate life?
Europa's odd ridges may form similarly to those in Greenland. The ridges occur over subsurface pockets of potentially habitable water in the moon's ice shell.
April 27, 2022
Do Io’s enigmatic dunes form from lava and frost?
Researchers at Rutgers say they can finally explain how Io's enigmatic dunes form, despite the moon's extremely thin atmosphere and weak winds.
April 27, 2022
Micronovas are new! They’re small, but mighty
Astronomers using orbital and ground telescopes suddenly noticed stars that increase in brightness for only a few hours. They're calling them micronovas.
April 25, 2022
SpaceX de-orbit burn witnessed over Europe
Skywatchers in Europe thought they saw a fireball - but it was the de-orbit burn of a SpaceX rocket - in the early evening of April 21, 2022.
April 22, 2022
SpaceX’s Crew-4 launch postponed due to weather
The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Crew-4 astronauts to the International Space Station has been postponed due to weather.
April 22, 2022
SLS rehearsal scrubbed, Artemis likely delayed
NASA found critical faults in 2 systems on SLS, causing technicians to cancel a dress rehearsal of the ship’s launch. The delay will likely affect Artemis 1.
April 21, 2022
A new message to the stars? Beacon in the Galaxy
Scientists are planning a new message to the stars. The scientists would send binary code in radio waves of math, physics, our DNA, solar system and more.
April 21, 2022
