Satellite News

Cohen’s 2012 comedy “The Dictator” served as a Starship design inspiration, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said on Joe Rogan’s podcast Thursday (Feb. 11).

When the plasma of the Van Allen belts drops in density during a solar storm, it can set up the perfect conditions for electrons to travel nearly as fast as light.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink internet satellites late Monday (Feb. 15), but failed to stick its landing at sea.

Three new spacecraft are due to arrive at Mars this month, ending their seven-month journey through space.

NASA’s next Mars rover is about to touch down! See Space.com’s complete coverage of the Feb. 18 landing of the Mars 2020 rover Perseverance.

Both missions intend to search the planet for signs of life.

What we’re looking for is evidence of past life, either direct chemical or organic signs in the composition and the chemistry of rocks, or textural evidence in the rock record.

Scientists are finally figuring out how much dark matter — the almost imperceptible material said to tug on everything, yet emit no light — really weighs.