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Archive for November 9th, 2023

James Webb Space Telescope detects clues about how Earth formed billions of years ago

November 9th, 2023 by

Water vapor observed sublimating from tiny chunks of rock within planet-forming disks is a sign that a process called “pebble accretion” kickstarts the birth of new worlds.

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SpaceX is ‘go’ to launch its 29th cargo mission to the International Space Station on Nov. 9

November 9th, 2023 by

SpaceX will launch its next robotic cargo mission to the International Space Station on Thursday night (Nov. 9), and you can watch the action live.

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Evidence of alien life may exist in the fractures of icy moons around Jupiter and Saturn

November 9th, 2023 by

Researchers searching for evidence of extraterrestrial life are investigating the geological faults of Saturn’s largest icy moon, Titan, and Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede.

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NASA powers up Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft ahead of 2024 moon mission

November 9th, 2023 by

The Orion for Artemis 2, humanity’s first lunar mission in 50 years, powered on successfully on Nov. 6. It will carry four astronauts around the moon no earlier than 2024.

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India’s Aditya-L1 sun probe spots 1st high-energy solar flare

November 9th, 2023 by

India’s newly launched Aditya-L1 sun-studying mission has already captured its first glimpse of a solar flare in high-energy X-rays.

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Betelgeuse may be the result of a ‘quiet’ star merger

November 9th, 2023 by

Astronomers developed a sophisticated computer simulation to explore whether or not strange star Betelgeuse may be the result of a merger between two smaller stars.

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Good news, everyone! Hulu renews ‘Futurama’ for 2 more seasons

November 9th, 2023 by

Hulu just approved two more seasons of ‘Futurama,’ taking the beloved animated series through season 14.

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Surprise! China’s space station has a 3rd, mini robotic arm. Watch it in action (video)

November 9th, 2023 by

Inside the Tiangong space station’s Mengtian experiment module, there’s a small, dextrous arm that can assist astronauts’ everyday activities, Chinese broadcaster CCTV revealed.

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