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Why SpaceX crashing into the Moon could actually be good for science

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket back in 2015, and its second stage is on course to hit the Moon. The DSCOVR craft stage could send up lunar regolith.

Inverse · Jan 25, 2022

Webb Telescope Reaches Final Destination, a Million Miles from Earth

The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its cosmic parking spot a million miles away, bringing it a step closer to its mission to unravel the mysteries of the Universe, NASA said Monday. At around 2:00 pm Eastern Time (1900 GMT), the observatory fired its thrusters for five minutes…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 25, 2022

James Webb Space Telescope reaches its final destination — 1 million miles from Earth

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has settled into its orbit around the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, or L2.

Inverse · Jan 24, 2022

NASA warns 'hazardous' asteroid twice size of Big Ben heading towards Earth today

The large space rock is considered a 'near Earth object' due to the close approach it will make with our planet.

Daily Record · Jan 24, 2022

NASA’s New Space Telescope Nears Destination in Solar Orbit

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, designed to give the world an unprecedented glimpse into the earliest stages of the universe, neared its gravitational parking space on Monday in orbit around the sun, almost 1 million miles from Earth. With a final course-correcting maneuver by on-board rocket thrusters set for 2…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 24, 2022

How a key Webb Telescope target could finally answer why we are here

The TRAPPIST-1 system is strangely similar and yet very different to our own Solar System. Here's why the James Webb Space Telescope will study the system in detail.

Inverse · Jan 23, 2022

Space helicopter grounded on Mars for first time in history as dust cloud covers planet

NASA was forced to ground the 19th flight of its Ingenuity helicopter when a massive dust cloud stretched across the northern and southern hemispheres of the red planet

Daily Mirror · Jan 22, 2022

Egyptian Researcher Spends 2 Days in -50 Degrees In the South Pole

The Egyptian Graduate Research Assistant at the Caltech Institute, Ahmed Soliman, spent two days inside a tent in -50 degrees weather in the South Pole. Soliman is also a research assistant at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). He has been in the South Pole for the last four months as…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 22, 2022

How fast is Earth moving?

Earth is moving much faster than it seems.

Space · Jan 21, 2022

What is the speed of light?

The speed of light puts a speed limit on matter, lets us peer back into the history of our universe, and has deep implications for physics and space travel.

Space · Jan 21, 2022