Gravitational-wave detectors should be able to locate a population of huge black holes soon. A new study predicts when we’ll find them, and what they’ll teach us. The post Jumping the Gap to Probe Large Black Holes appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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Discovery Channel’s ‘Who Wants To Be An Astronaut’ will launch a contest winner into orbit with Axiom Space
The Discovery Channel is launching a new reality show competition series, “Who Wants To Be An Astronaut,” that aims to send ordinary people into space, the network announced Today (May 18). Axiom Space says it will rocket the lucky winner of the competition to the International Space Station for an eight-day mission. They aim for this mission to follow the launch of the world’s first all-private mission to the orbiting complex, which the company hopes to launch in 2022. That said, NASA has not yet stated if they will allow…
Read MoreSpace Debris and Human Spacecraft
More than 500,000 pieces of debris, or “space junk,” are tracked as they orbit the Earth.
Read MoreStudents to Sign and Speak to NASA, ESA Astronauts in Orbit
Space-savvy students from across the nation who are deaf, blind, hearing and visually impaired and their mentors will have a unique opportunity this week to connect with astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Read MoreWhat is the Big Bang Theory?
The Big Bang Theory is the leading explanation about how the universe began. At its simplest, it says the universe as we know it started with a small singularity, then inflated over the next 13.8 billion years to the cosmos that we know today. Because current instruments don’t allow astronomers to peer back at the universe’s birth, much of what we understand about the Big Bang Theory comes from mathematical formulas and models. Astronomers can, however, see the “echo” of the expansion through a phenomenon known as the cosmic microwave…
Read MoreChina’s newly landed Mars rover Zhurong likely to roll into action this weekend
China’s first-ever Mars rover will roll into action this weekend, if all goes according to plan. The six-wheeled robot, part of China’s Tianwen-1 mission, touched down Friday evening (May 14) on the vast Martian plain Utopia Planitia. The rover, known as Zhurong, has remained atop its landing platform ever since — but it won’t for much longer. Zhurong will spend its first seven to eight days on the Martian surface studying its surroundings and performing checkouts on its systems and instruments, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported shortly after touchdown,…
Read MoreAstronauts’ Spines Under Scrutiny
A NASA study hopes to tease out how astronauts’ bones and muscles reshape themselves in the low-gravity conditions of the International Space Station.
Read MoreKayla Barron Joins NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to Space Station
NASA has assigned Kayla Barron to serve as a mission specialist for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, which is targeted to launch as early as Oct. 23.
Read MoreChina’s Zhurong Rover Lands on Mars
The Zhurong rover has successfully landed on the Red Planet in an ambitious first for China’s space agency. The post China's Zhurong Rover Lands on Mars appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreWatch an Atlas V rocket launch US Space Force missile-warning satellite today
[embedded content] Update for 12:40 p.m. EDT: United Launch Alliance has postponed Monday’s launch attempt to no earlier than Tuesday (May 18) at 1:31 p.m. EDT (1731 GMT), after engineers were unable to troubleshoot a problem with the rocket’s liquid oxygen supply system in time. This story was updated at 12:20 p.m. EDT. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch an Atlas V rocket into space today (May 17), and you can watch the action live online. The two-stage rocket will blast off from Space Launch Complex…
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