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NASA postpones the launch of Artemis I on Tuesday while delaying the rollback decision

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

NASA finally decided Saturday to postpone its plan to launch its Artemis I mission to the moon from Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday due to the impending threat of what is expected to be Hurricane Ian. Managers said on Sunday…

‘Baby’ island forms in Pacific Ocean following eruption of undersea volcano

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

A newborn island, that is, was welcomed into the world by the Central Tonga Islands. In the southwest Pacific Ocean, where there are many underwater volcanoes, the new infant island first appeared. The NASA Earth Observatory reported that on September…

The first orbital test flight of SpaceX’s Starship will not take off this month

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

August will not see the launch of SpaceX’s Starship’s first orbital test flight. According to a radio-spectrum licence application that the business submitted with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, SpaceX is aiming for a six-month window that opens on September 1…

This week, the night sky will be lighted by 2 meteor showers. Here’s how to view

Posted on July 29, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

There will be two meteor showers throughout the last few days of July, which will brighten the night sky. According to EarthSky, the first meteor shower, the Delta Aquariids, is expected to peak on Friday at 6 a.m. ET (10…

USPS will begin selling stamps featuring the James Webb Space Telescope On August 8th

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

Would you like to show your love for the James Webb Space Telescope in tangible form? It’s possible that the US Postal Service has what you need. The post office will be releasing a JWST stamp that may be pre-ordered…

Scientists discover the mechanism behind the creation of the universe’s first black holes

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

It requires a long investment to grow a supermassive black hole, regardless of whether it eats ravenously. So exactly how supermassive black hole billions of times heavier than the Sun shaped inside the initial billion years of the universe has…

SpaceX lands a rocket on a ship at sea after launching 46 Starlink satellites

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

On Sunday, SpaceX launched 46 satellites and successfully touched down its returning rocket on a ship at sea (July 10). At 9:39 p.m. EDT on Sunday, a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket carrying 46 of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellites launched from…

Scientists recently discovered a bus-sized asteroid, and it will pass very close to Earth tonight

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

On Thursday, July 7, a bus-sized asteroid will pass within approximately 56,000 miles (90,000 km) of Earth, which is only about 23 percent of the distance between the Earth and the moon on average. And only a few days ago,…

A ‘classified missile-tracking satellite’ is released by Atlas V rocket for US Space Force

Posted on July 2, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

To aid the U.S. military in improving its ability to identify swiftly moving threats, a missile warning satellite and another spacecraft are currently being launched into orbit. On July 1, two U.S. military surveillance satellites launched aboard an Atlas V…

NASA’s CAPSTONE Mission launches to the Moon

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Priyanka Patil |

The long, historic journey to the moon has begun for NASA’s little CAPSTONE spacecraft. At 5:55 a.m. EDT on June 28, a Rocket Lab Electron booster lifted off from the company’s Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula of New…