Satellite News

ISS astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli caught some stunning auroras on camera on Feb. 15. From orbit, she shared with Space.com what it’s like to watch the Earth changing below, every day.

A recent solar flare unleashed a massive plasma plume from the sun’s south pole, where these stellar eruptions rarely happen. The unusual phenomenon is a sign of the impending solar maximum.

Astronomers believe the first galaxies formed around giant halos of dark matter. But a newly discovered galaxy dating to roughly 13 billion years ago mysteriously appeared long before that process should have occurred.

The Canadian Space Agency has five menu items planned for the Artemis 2 moon mission that will lift off no earlier than September 2025.

SpaceX plans to launch 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida today (Feb. 24), on the company’s 18th mission of 2024 already.