Could 'Flammable Ice' Might Be an Indication to Alien Life?

In contemplating what's known as -flammable ice,- scientists have found that infinitesimal air pockets inside the weird material contain life. These discoveries could advise the journey to distinguish extraterrestrial life. Flammable ice, otherwise called methane hydrate, is made when methane gas is caught inside ice's atomic structure. Sheets of this solidified gas and ice contain infinitesimal air...

Alien Life Hunters are Focusing on Icy Ocean Moon Europa and Enceladus

Two rovers are booked to launch toward the Red Planet this late spring: NASA’s Mars 2020 vehicle and Rosalind Franklin, a joint exertion of the European and Russian space offices. Both six-wheeled robots will look for indications of old Mars life, and NASA’s art will likewise collect and reserve promising examples for inevitable come back to Earth, with an appearance here that may be happening as ahead of...

Tim Cook Says Apple Is Sourcing 10 Million Masks From Its Supply Chain

Starlink is SpaceX's effort to surround our planet in a constellation of up to 42,000 satellites and beam high-speed internet to any location on Earth, dwarfing the number of 2,000 active satellites in orbit today. The company has already launched 300 satellites, with more than 1,000 set to follow by the end of 2020. However, many have raised concerns about the collision risk posed by these satellites,...

Elon Musk: Starlink Will Cause 'Zero' Problems For Astronomy

SpaceX's Starlink mega constellation will not cause any problems for astronomy, the company's CEO and founder Elon Musk said today, Monday, March 9, despite some astronomers already reporting issues caused by the rapidly growing constellation. Speaking at the 2020 Satellite Conference in Washington DC, Musk said he thought there was -zero- chance that Starlink would have any impact on astronomy, and...

Smith, Culberson: Space telescopes promise a universe of discovery

When one first focuses on the Ultra Deep Field image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2004, it appears to be just a photo of the night sky. Dots, stars at first glance, clutter the image, but a longer, closer look leads to wonder and amazement. The image, which is a piece of the sky about the size of a penny at arm's length, shows that the "stars" are really galaxies, an estimated 10,000!

Delta 4 rocket successfully lofts clandestine NRO satellite into orbit

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket climbed into orbit Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with a top secret spy satellite, adding a new set of eyes in the sky for the U.S. government's intelligence community and nudging part of the Delta 4 family closer to retirement.

New Clues to the Origins of the Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts From Space | Smart News | Smithsonian

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are one of the biggest astronomical mysteries of the last decade. First observed in 2007, astronomers have detected over two dozen instances of the powerful but fleeting signals from space. Researchers don't know exactly what they are, but there have been plenty of proposals including alien messages (of course), signals from collapsing black holes or neutron stars, and energy from...

Astronauts Identify Mystery Microbes in Space for the 1st Time

NASA astronauts successfully sequenced the DNA of microbes found aboard the International Space Station, marking the first time unknown organisms were sequenced and identified entirely in space.

SpaceX leases Cape Canaveral home for Crew Dragon

In a sign that astronaut launches from Florida are growing nearer, SpaceX recently leased an Air Force facility where it will prepare Dragon capsules to fly crews to the International Space Station. The 45th Space Wing said work on the capsule called Crew Dragon or Dragon 2 would take place in Area 59, a former satellite processing facility on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Sex dolls to Salmonella: Here are the weirdest things we've sent to space

Humans have blasted some impressive objects into outer space over the decades in the name of research and exploration. Yet some things which have made it into orbit have been downright bizarre. In a year when space gained its first brewery - that we know of - RT takes a look at some of the weirdest things that have left our planet and made the celestial voyage.

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The Fish Head Nebula in Cassiopeia Image: Drew Hastings

Rocket Launches and Trips to the Moon We're Looking Forward to in 2018

If you love space and astronomy, 2018 will be an exciting year. NASA has announced windows of time for sending spacecraft to Mars and the sun. Japanese and American probes already in space are set to enter orbit around two near Earth asteroids. And a variety of eclipses and meteor showers offer ample opportunities for skygazing.

Air Force: Cape rockets could fly new southern corridor toward poles

The Air Force has opened a -polar corridor- that would allow certain rockets to launch spacecraft from Cape Canaveral into north-south orbits circling the poles, a development that could bring more launches to Florida

SpaceX Unveils New Falcon Heavy Rocket

Elon Musk's SpaceX has unveiled its new Falcon Heavy rocket, a month before its first launch. Photos show the new rocket inside its Florida hangar, minus the cargo for the January test flight