Spain has established its own space agency, the Agencia Espacial Española (AEE), which will commence operations on March 7, following approval by the country’s Council of Ministers. The agency, based in Seville, will ensure Spain’s strategic presence in the space sector, including technological development, and the use of space for security, Space reported. Earth observation, geolocation, and telecommunications, according to a statement from Spain’s Ministry … Continue reading Spain establishes its own space agency

Lunar surface water has garnered considerable attention due to its potential for utilization by future lunar exploration missions and other space endeavors. Recently, a team of researchers led by Prof. Sen Hu from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics (IGG) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has discovered that impact glass beads found in the lunar soils collected by the Chang’e-5 (CE5) mission contain … Continue reading Chinese Scientists Discover Water Source on the Moon

Harvard physicist Avi Loeb, the world’s leading expert in alien discovery, is gearing up for his most ambitious mission to date, one that could go down in history. Loeb is spearheading a $1.5 million expedition to Papua New Guinea in search of fragments from a highly unusual meteorite that crashed just off the Pacific nation’s coast in 2014. The meteorite, known as CNEOS1 2014-01-08, is … Continue reading Harvard Physicist Racing to Prove Meteorite Is Alien Probe

A spectacular planetary parade, comprising Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and Uranus, is set to grace the sky on March 27. Meanwhile, amateur astronomers are currently engaged in the Messier Marathon, which was initially introduced by the renowned comet hunter Don Machholz. The event occurs close to the new moon and within a week of the Vernal Equinox. If you’re keen to witness the remarkable astronomical … Continue reading Planetary Parade: A Rare 5 Planet Alignment Is On the Way

There were no extraterrestrial aircraft observed in the skies over California on Friday night. According to experts, the stunning and striking string of lights visible after 9:30 p.m. was caused by space debris burning up as it reentered the Earth’s atmosphere, the San Francisco Gate reported. In an email to SFGATE, Gerald McKeegan, an adjunct astronomer at Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, stated … Continue reading Not so mysterious “streaks of light” seen over California

According to an announcement by the agency, the Space Wireless Energy Laser Link (SWELL) was launched late Tuesday by the US Naval Research Laboratory. The purpose of the launch was to demonstrate laser power beaming in space as part of a Defense Department Space Test Program H9 mission to the International Space Station. The SWELL experiment was launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle to … Continue reading Pentagon to Test First In-Space Laser Beam

Officials from the Pentagon have cautioned that an extraterrestrial mother vessel might be present within our solar system, and dispatching probes towards Earth. As per the US intelligence center, it has been suggested that tinier probes might be employed to explore other planets, similar to NASA’s approach, the Daily Star reported. The report, which centers on the limitations of unidentified aerial phenomena, highlighted the possibility … Continue reading Pentagon issues official warning over ‘alien mothership UFO sending probes to Earth’

According to the leader of the U.S. Space Force, China has successfully deployed numerous satellites over the last six months, resulting in a total of 347 orbiting devices owned by the People’s Liberation Army. These satellites have the capability to collect intelligence on the armed forces of the United States. During a Senate hearing, General Chance Saltzman stated that the development of lasers to interfere … Continue reading China has launched hundreds of satellites to target US

NASA is striving to create a spacecraft that has the capability to direct the International Space Station (ISS) to a controlled demolition in Earth’s atmosphere when it is time for the station to complete its orbit. Details of this plan were revealed on Thursday, March 9, with the release of the White House’s 2024 federal budget request. NASA was granted a budget of $27.2 billion, … Continue reading NASA seeks “space tug” in $30 billion dollar funding to bring down space station

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has successfully captured the elusive and momentary phase of a star that is about to die. On Tuesday, NASA unveiled the image at the South by Southwest conference held in Austin, Texas, the Associated Press reported. Shortly after its launch in late 2021, the Webb Space Telescope made one of its earliest observations. Using its infrared capabilities, it captured an image … Continue reading Star on Brink of Death Captured by NASA’s Webb Telescope

After several attempts on Saturday, the launch of the world’s first 3D-printed rocket was ultimately canceled, representing a new challenge for the private owner of a revolutionary spacecraft that was claimed to be less expensive to manufacture and operate. On Saturday, the Terran 1 rocket, which was the world’s first 3D-printed rocket, experienced several launch attempts, but they were ultimately scrapped, PhysOrg reported. This marked … Continue reading Launch of world’s first 3D-printed rocket canceled

On Saturday, four astronauts who had been on the space station returned to Earth in a SpaceX spacecraft. The capsule carrying the four astronauts splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, the Associated Press reported. During their five-month stay at the International Space Station, a crew comprising of members from the U.S., Russia, and Japan had to navigate around space … Continue reading Five-month mission for four astronauts aboard SpaceX comes to an end as they return home

Valentine’s Day in the future could be disastrous for the planet Earth. Earlier this week, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office revealed that they have identified an asteroid that could potentially collide with Earth on February 14, 2046, KXAN reported. The asteroid 2023 DW, which is approximately 160 feet in diameter, is currently about 12 million miles away from Earth, and is moving at a speed … Continue reading Asteroid could hit Earth on Valentine’s Day in 2046

The Ukrainian deployment of commercial satellites to aid in their defense against the Russian invasion has increased the U.S. Space Force’s enthusiasm for harnessing the private sector’s capabilities to create novel space warfare technologies, the Washington Post reported. However, the potential dependence on private corporations and the technological advancements that have led to the development of smaller yet more powerful satellites have placed the Defense … Continue reading U.S. officials debating rules for a conflict in orbit

Astronomers are gaining insights into the origin of water in our solar system billions of years ago, thanks to a neighboring star system, CNN reported. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array of telescopes (ALMA) in northern Chile, scientists were able to observe a youthful star named V883 Orionis, which is situated 1,300 light-years away. Encircling the star is a planetary-forming disk comprising a cloud of … Continue reading Astronomers detect water molecules swirling around a star

Sky-watchers will have a special treat this week as the final full moon of winter coincides with another celestial event. The March moon, which was dubbed the worm moon by Native American tribes in the 18th century as a nod to the various creatures that emerge from their winter shelters to usher in spring, is set to achieve its maximum brightness at 7:42 a.m. ET … Continue reading A worm moon is set to light up the sky this week

There is a lot of chatter on social media about a potential upcoming test launch of a mysterious rocket or weapon system from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, located south of the Kennedy Space Center. Although we cannot confirm the exact purpose of this launch window, it strongly suggests that a test of a hypersonic weapon is imminent, as reported by The Drive. A … Continue reading Mysterious Space Launch Out Of Cape Canaveral Appears Imminent

With several solar flares and coronal mass ejections soaring out into space, the sun has had an active few months as the current solar cycle gathers momentum. This solar cycle, Solar Cycle 25, is exceeding expectations in terms of activity, as it was initially forecast in 2019 that Solar Cycle 25 would have a similar activity level to that of the previous cycle. However, Solar … Continue reading The sun is becoming more active than what experts had forecasted, and it is causing concern

China this week revealed that two of its astronauts had conducted a secretive space walk around the Tiangong space station, marking the second extravehicular operation over the last three months. Two members of the Shenzhou 15 crew, dubbed the “Dream Crew,” successfully exited the space station to complete “scheduled tasks” with the aid of another crew member, who remained in the cabin along with one … Continue reading China conducts secretive space walk ignoring international norms

Plumes of dust and rocks kicked up from the surface of asteroid Dimorphos after NASA’s DART spacecraft smashed into it altered the space rock’s orbit more than the kinetic impact alone, according to research published on Wednesday. Boffins successfully changed the position of an astronomical body in space for the first time in history during the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission last October. A 610kg … Continue reading NASA finds crashing spacecraft into asteroids is a viable defence strategy

SpaceX and NASA launched a fresh crew of astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station, kicking off a roughly six-month stay in space. The mission — which is carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates — took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 12:34 a.m. ET Thursday. The Crew Dragon, … Continue reading SpaceX launches international crew of astronauts on space station mission