What makes Mars red? We may finally know!

What makes Mars red? We may finally know | SpaceX's Starship Flight 8 launches this week | Powerful solar flare triggers radio blackouts Created for ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com |  Web Version February 25, 2025 CONNECT WITH SPACE.COM       Something amazing every day. SIGN UP ⋅   WEBSITE The Launchpad Mars (Nasa/Getty Images) What makes Mars red? We may finally know Hey, Space Fans! We're going interplanetary today with a new Mars discovery. We've called it the "Red Planet" for ages, but scientists now say they may finally understand how rust made the planet red in the first place!  Understanding how this rust formed offers a crucial glimpse into the planet’s past — was it once warm and wet, or always cold and dry? And, more importantly, did it ever support life? Let's find out. Read More (Chandan Khanna/Getty Images) SpaceX's Starship Flight 8 launches this week On the giant rocket front, SpaceX says it's nearly ready to launch its next megarocket. The company's Starship Flight 8 test flight is scheduled to launch on Friday, Feb. 28, and include new upgrades to avoid the "attic" fires that doomed its Flight 7 Starship. (More on that below!) Read More Skywatching (NASA/SDO) Powerful solar flare triggers radio blackouts It may be winter in the north, but the sun isn't taking a break, not with its latest major solar flare of the current solar cycle. The sun unleashes an X2-class solar flare on Sunday, Feb. 24, triggering radio blackouts across parts of the Pacific Ocean. Read More Spaceflight (Blue Origin) Blue Origin launches 'Perfect 10' space tourists In human spaceflight news, Blue Origin just hit a milestone with its 10th crewed flight. The company's New Shepard rocket launch its NS-30 mission to carry six paying passengers into suborbital space. But Blue Origin only named five of the passengers, so who was No. 6? Read More (Firefly Aerospace) Blue Ghost moon lander sees Earth eclipse the moon A bit farther from home, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander - the company's first - is closing in on our nearest neighbor, the moon. To celebrate, the lander captured stunning imagery of the Earth and moon. Watch Video Science & Astronomy (Robert Lea (created with Canva)) Mysterious fast radio burst traced to 'cosmic graveyard' A powerful signal in deep space has led scientists to a haunting discovery: A "cosmic graveyard" of ancient stars that is forcing a rethink in conventional theory. "This new fast radio burst shows us that just when you think you understand an astrophysical phenomenon, the universe turns around and surprises us." Read More SpaceX (Dean Olson via Twitter) Fires in Starship Flight 7's 'attic' Remember SpaceX's Starship Flight 7? We mentioned earlier that it had fires in the "attic." Well, SpaceX explained that on Monday as it announced the launch date for Starship Flight 8. After an investigation, the company traced the Ship vehicle's failure to a propellant leak that sparked fires in an unpressurized space above the engines that led to a shutdown, forcing an explosive abort. Read More Star Wars (Disney+) Our 1st look at Star Wars Andor Season 2! As we look to the future of Star Wars on the big screen, we've been anticipating the second season of Andor for a very long time now. Roughly two months before its big return to Disney Plus, Lucasfilm and Disney have finally shared a first public trailer, and it's not exactly what we expected... but in a good way. Watch Video On This Day in Space (Boeing) Western Union launches Westar 4 On Feb. 25, 1982, the Western Union company launched a communication satellite called Westar 4. Western Union was the first American telecommunications company to have a fleet of its own satellites. Westar 4 was twice as big as the first three Westar satellites and had four times the communications capacity.It lifted off from Cape Canaveral on a Delta 3910 rocket at 7:04 p.m. Eastern Time and entered a geostationary orbit.   Watch Video   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