SpaceX launches its 30th Dragon cargo mission to the ISS (video)

SpaceX launches its 30th Dragon cargo mission to the ISS | Space Quiz! What type of stars have earned the nickname "failed stars"? | A 'snowball fight' may help scientists find life on Europa Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com |  Web Version March 22, 2024 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE   The Launchpad SpaceX launches its 30th Dragon cargo mission to the ISS (NASA/SpaceX) SpaceX launched its 30th cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA this afternoon (March 21), carrying 3 tons of supplies and scientific hardware to the orbiting lab. Full Story: Space (3/21)  Space Quiz! What type of stars have earned the nickname "failed stars"? Learn the answer here! Brown dwarfs Red giants Neutron stars White dwarfs A 'snowball fight' may help scientists find life on Europa (Robert Lea/NASA) Scientists hoping to find life in liquid water oceans beneath the frigid, icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa may get a helping hand from a "cosmic snowball fight" this world once engaged in. Full Story: Space (3/22)  Total Solar Eclipse 2024 'All eyes to the sky': National Geo to chronicle eclipse (ABC) In many ways, the April 8 total solar eclipse could be one of the best of the last 100 years. The event will be visible from Mexico, across 15 U.S. states and in parts of northeast Canada. Many areas will see over four minutes of totality - the time in which the sun is completely blocked by the moon from our vantage point on Earth. To help document the rare event, ABC and National Geographic are airing "Eclipse Across America," a two-hour special beginning at 2 p.m. ET (1800 GMT) on April 8, 2024. Full Story: Space (3/22)  Historical incidents viewing eclipses near totality Of the 15 states that will be touched by the moon's dark umbral shadow on April 8, no state is perhaps more enthused at the prospect of hosting the total solar eclipse than New York. At New York's last total eclipse, which occurred on Jan. 24, 1925, totality passed over cities that again will be in the totality zone this year: Niagara Falls, Buffalo and Rochester. But unlike this year, the moon's dark shadow took a more southeasterly track in 1925 encompassing a section of New York City's metropolitan area. Full Story: Space (3/21)  Skywatching Dying SpaceX rocket creates glowing, galaxy-like spiral (Shang Yang) A massive swirl of bright white light seemingly appeared from out of nowhere in the night sky above the Arctic last week, briefly upstaging a vibrant aurora display that spanned thousands of miles. Full Story: Space (3/21)  Science & Astronomy Hubble discovers 'failed stars' are bad at relationships too (Robert Lea) You have got to feel for brown dwarfs. Not only has their failure to ignite like normal stars earned them an unfortunate nickname - failed stars - but new findings from the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed they can't even hold a relationship together. Full Story: Space (3/22)  SpaceX How environmentally friendly is SpaceX's Starship? (SpaceX) When the 165-foot-tall (50 meters) SpaceX Starship upper stage crashed into the Indian Ocean last week during its third test flight, environmentally conscious observers wondered whether the stainless-steel vehicle, perhaps containing hundreds of kilograms of residual fuel, could endanger marine life. The good news is - not really. Starship uses one of the most environmentally friendly fuel combinations available. Still, sustainability experts warn that the rocket is not without its problems. Full Story: Space (3/21)  Search for Life After Ingenuity: Scientists hope to return to Mars' skies (NASA/JPL-Caltech) A swish new video has landed, animating how a robotic, 18-propellor, flying vehicle could arrive at Mars someday and begin exploring the planet from high in its pinky-red sky. MAGGIE, the Mars Aerial and Ground Intelligent Explorer, was selected by NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program for phase 1 development in January. This means the team behind MAGGIE - hailing from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Purdue University and start-up aerospace company CoFlow Jet - will receive funding to further develop the cutting-edge technology needed to possibly make MAGGIE a reality. Full Story: Space (3/21)  Entertainment '3 Body Problem' is an engrossing tale of alien invasion (Netflix) Netflix has found a most prominent seat at the head of the table for provocative sci-fi fare with the release of "3 Body Problem," a very different shade of existential alien infiltration project crafted with an epic scope and profound environmentalism topics which must be witnessed to be believed, all distilled down to an eight-hour marvel. Full Story: Space (3/21)    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