Elon Musk reveals cause of Starship explosion (video)

Elon Musk reveals cause of Starship explosion (video) | James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest black hole ever | Peregrine moon lander aims for 'safe' crash into Earth Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com |  Web Version January 17, 2024 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad Elon Musk reveals cause of Starship explosion (video) (Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images) SpaceX's 2nd Starship test flight exploded 8 minutes after liftoff, but Elon Musk says it could have been very different. "Ironically, if it had had a payload, it would have reached orbit," Musk said during a recent SpaceX all-hands presentation at the company's Starbase facility in Texas. Here's what he said about Starship's upcoming third test flight. Full Story: Space (1/16)  James Webb Space Telescope discovers oldest black hole ever (NASA, ESA, P. Oesch (Yale University), G. Brammer (STScI), P. van Dokkum (Yale University), and G. Illingworth (University of California, Santa Cruz) (Inset) Robert Lea) The ravenous black hole that existed just 400 million years after the Big Bang could help explain how supermassive black holes grew so rapidly, scientists say. It's around 6 million times as massive as the sun and seems to be feeding on matter from its surrounding galaxy five times more rapidly than the limit suggested is sustainable by current theories. Full Story: Space (1/17)  Peregrine moon lander aims for 'safe' crash into Earth (Astrobotic/Space.com) Astrobotic's private Peregrine moon lander will burn up in Earth's atmosphere on Thursday, Jan. 18, with human remains and other payloads aboard, but exactly where we do not yet know. The company says it's aiming for a "safe" reentry and burn up, but the exact timing is in flux. Full Story: Space (1/16)  Spaceflight SpaceX delays launch of private Ax-3 astronaut mission (Anadolu/Getty Images) We'll have to wait one more day for SpaceX's launch of the next private astronaut mission. SpaceX announced today that the launch of Axiom Space's Ax-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has been delayed by a day, to 4:49 p.m. EST (2149 GMT) on Thursday (Jan. 18). The mission will lift off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here's what we know. Full Story: Space (1/17)  Mission Updates: Axiom Space's Ax-3 spaceflight Space (1/16)  Science & Astronomy Hubble Telescope reveals spies bright supernova's home (ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Filippenko) The long-serving space telescope observed the supernova in a galaxy 150 million light-years away which released 2.5 billion times more energy than the sun. The space telescope, which has been observing the universe in infrared since 1990, has been studying this galaxy since 2010, with scientists using this investigation to learn more about a supernova that occurred in this galaxy over 150 million years ago. Full Story: Space (1/16)  Technology Space is a 'most essential' domain for US military (U.S. DoD/Getty Images) U.S. military leaders keep stressing that space is the battlefield of the future. "Conflict is not inevitable in space or anywhere else, and the United States of America is committed to preventing conflict through deterrence," Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said this month. Full Story: Space (1/17)  Search for Life Will we ever be able to communicate with aliens? (Pixabay) Biologists, anthropologists, linguists and other experts specializing in language and communication have begun to explore what non-human, off-Earth language might look like. It's called xenolinguistics: The science of extraterrestrial language. And it means more than learning how to say Qapla' in Klingon or E.T. phone home. Full Story: Space (1/17)  Star Trek 'Star Trek' on Mars? NASA rover spots Starfleet insignia (NASA/JPL-Caltech) Did someone leave a communicator badge lying on Mars? NASA's long-running Curiosity rover mission just spotted a familiar shape to "Star Trek" fans: The iconic delta-shaped emblem that Starfleet officers typically wear on their uniforms. Unfortunately, it would be highly illogical to say that a Starfleet landing party walked near Curiosity's roving grounds. Here's where NASA found it. Full Story: Space (1/16)  Sign Up  |    Update Profile  |    Unsubscribe Privacy Policy  |    Cookies Policy  |    Terms and Conditions CONTACT US: FEEDBACK  |    ADVERTISE Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036