Satellite News

SpaceX delayed the launch of Japan’s Hakuto-R moon lander carrying a United Arab Emirates’ rover until Thursday (Dec. 1) at 3:37 a.m. EST (0837 GMT) to allow for additional pre-flight checks.

Astronomers have made the most distant observation of a black hole ripping apart a star and feasting upon it, thanks to a jet of stellar “leftovers” blasted directly toward Earth.

Sea levels are expected to rise around the contiguous U.S. faster than previously thought, a new NASA study finds.

By using a chain of atoms to simulate a black hole’s event horizon, researchers have shown that Hawking radiation may exist just as the late physicist described.

Wednesday (Nov. 30) offers an excellent opportunity for skywatchers to observe Mars when the Red Planet will be at its closest to Earth, appearing bigger and brighter in the sky.

On the final day before December, the moon will be exactly halfway between the new moon and the full moon with its face half-illuminated.

The aircraft-borne SOFIA telescope could not find signs of a compound possibly linked to biological activity during observations of Venus’ atmosphere.

Astronomers may finally have a way to hunt for a monstrous supermassive black hole they suspect lurks in the dwarf galaxy next door.