Although it’s still seven years away from reaching Jupiter, FRUIT JUICE The mission is progressing quickly — and a recent test run simulated the mission’s spacecraft flying next to Jupiter’s icy moon. Callisto. It took off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana one year agoThe Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, known simply as JUICE, is still… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. As I stood next to my colleagues watching the total solar eclipse, I was struck by the way curiosity unites us all. We were some of the more than 16,000… Read More »
CNN Original Series “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight” reveals the events that ultimately led to the disaster. The four-part documentary will conclude on Sunday at 9pm ET/PT. Perhaps more than any other moment in NASA history, the shuttle Columbia disaster reshaped the U.S. space agency’s approach to innovation, forever shifting the balance between risk and… Read More »
It’s water festival time in Thailand, where many people celebrate the country’s traditional New Year, splashing each other with colorful water guns and buckets, an often raucous celebration that attracts thousands of people even though the Southeast Asian country has been hit with record high temperatures this year. anxiety. The festival, known as Songkran in… Read More »
Forty-three years after the space shuttle Columbia touched down from its maiden mission, CNN is set to air a four-part series chronicling the orbiter’s ill-fated final return to Earth. “Space Shuttle Columbia: Last Flight,” a new documentary co-produced by the BBC and Mindhouse Productions, looks back at STS-107, the winged spacecraft’s 28th mission that ended… Read More »
LONDON — Stratospheric balloon company HALO Space plans to offer aspiring space travelers the space tourism equivalent of glamping. Instead of the tight spacesuits and stomach-churning G-forces typically associated with a rocket flight, the company’s pressurized capsule attached to a helium-filled balloon will offer comfortable swiveling seats, giant windows and a variety of fine dining.… Read More »
The universe’s most extreme stars just got a little more unexpected and mysterious. Scientists were astonished to witness a “dead” neutron star with one of the strongest magnetic fields in the universe unexpectedly come to life. The reactivation of this highly magnetic neutron star, or “magnet,” does not fit with the current understanding of these… Read More »
COLORADO SPRINGS, Co — Sierra Space has unveiled a radical new concept for on-demand cargo delivery from Earth orbit. The company aims to deliver critical supplies anywhere on the planet within 90 minutes of request. Sierra Space says the concept could allow soldiers on the battlefield or in remote areas to obtain much-needed supplies in… Read More »
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists have finally unraveled the mysterious origins of “BOAT,” possibly the largest cosmic explosion since the Big Bang. The brightest gamma-ray burst of all time (hence the acronym Brightest of All Time), a.k.a. BOAT, appears to have been launched by a supernova explosion accompanying the death and collapse… Read More »
COLORADO SPRINGS — Max Space wants to help humanity expand to the final frontier. The startup is developing a series of inflatable space habitats, the largest of which could provide as much interior volume as a sports stadium. These plans, unveiled by Max Space at the 39th Space Symposium on Tuesday, April 9, are designed… Read More »