Phys.org – Space

Since the early days of human space exploration, the endeavor has been haunted by a very good question: why spend so much on space when there are so many urgent problems here on Earth?This post […]

Space has a trash problem, with defunct satellites, rockets, and smaller broken bits orbiting Earth at high speeds. The amount of space junk is only increasing, raising the risk of collision with active satellites and […]

Did you know nearly 17,500 satellites have been launched since 1957? Or what about the fact that more than 10% of those launches weren’t registered internationally?This post was originally published on this site

Stargazers enjoyed a “Blood Moon” Sunday night during a total lunar eclipse visible across Asia and swaths of Europe and Africa.This post was originally published on this site

The year’s second total lunar eclipse is coming up fast, and this time Asia will have the best seats in the cosmos.This post was originally published on this site

Ireland’s first satellite, EIRSAT-1, has completed its mission orbiting Earth. The CubeSat, which was built and launched by students and faculty of University College Dublin (UCD), will de-orbit in a day or two.This post was […]

JetBlue Airways will become the first airline to use Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network to power its in-flight Wi‑Fi service, the companies announced Wednesday, as the online retail giant tries to challenge the dominance of […]

SpaceX remains on track to surpass 100 launches on the Space Coast for 2025, knocking out No. 70 on Sunday morning with four months to go.This post was originally published on this site

Components of a NASA technology that could one day help crew and cargo enter harsh planetary environments, like that of Mars, are taking an extended trip to space courtesy of the United States Space Force.This […]

In Tenerife, Spain, stands a unique duo: ESA’s Izaña-1 and Izaña-2 laser-ranging stations. Together, they form an optical technology testbed of the European Space Agency that takes the monitoring of space debris and satellites to […]