Category: Space
NASA plans to fly its X-57 electric plane this year
Sometime later this year—perhaps this summer, perhaps this fall—an electric aircraft from NASA, the X-57, is set to take flight in California. It’s what NASA ... Read More
Humans Will Likely Not Have Ability to Visit Nearby Exoplanets Anytime Soon, Expert Says
Astronomers recently announced the discovery of TOI-700e, a habitable-zone, Earth-sized planet some 102 light-years away in the southern constellation of Dorado. Could this new discovery ... Read More
NASA system predicts small asteroid to pass close by Earth this week
This orbital diagram from CNEOS’s close approach viewer shows 2023 BU’s trajectory – in red – during its close approach with Earth on Jan. 26, ... Read More
ALMA Confirms Discovery of Oxygen-Rich Galaxy in Very Early Universe
GHZ2/GLASS-z12, initially identified in the JWST GLASS survey, existed when the Universe was only 367 million years old (redshift z=12.117). This image shows the distant ... Read More
Why is Pluto not a planet?
Pluto is not a planet because it fails a three-part astronomy test. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute When I need to remember ... Read More
Spacecraft design expert discusses the viability of interstellar travel
Dr. Hank Pernicka, a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of aerospace engineering and spacecraft design expert at Missouri S&T, says humans will likely not have the ... Read More
Earth’s inner core might be switching up its spin
In elementary school science class, we learned that the Earth has three main layers: the crust, mantle, and the core. In reality, the core—which is ... Read More