SpaceX Successfully Puts Starship Through 11th Flight Test to Get Ready for the Next Generation
Reported by Universe Today
SpaceX closed out a dramatic chapter in the development of its super-heavy-lift Starship launch system with a successful flight test that mostly followed the script for the previous flight test....
- By: Alan Boyle (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog)
- On: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:43 +0000
Mathematicians Are Making Earth Based Telescopes Rival Space Observatories
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Earth's atmosphere has always been the enemy of ground based astronomy and don’t I know it. What would otherwise be crisp, clean datasets gets turned into blurry smudges. Space telescopes avoid the problem entirely but can only photograph tiny fragments ...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 21:02 +0000
How Urea and Nickel Held Back Earth's Oxygen Revolution
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When I spotted a headline about Earth's ancient oceans and urea, my brain immediately went to the obvious place. Urea, the same compound found in urine. Yes, scientists are telling us that a component of wee played a crucial role in one of the most importa...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 20:21 +0000
Simulating Complex Coronal Mass Ejections Shows A Weakness In Space Weather Forecasting
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Avoiding, or at least limiting the damage from, geomagnetic storms is one of the most compelling arguments for why we should pay attention to space. Strong solar storms can have an impact on everything from air traffic to farming, and we ignore them at our...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:22 +0000
Native Americans Had Their Own Tales to Tell About Space Aliens — and Here's a New One
Reported by Universe Today
In a newly published novel titled “Hole in the Sky,” Cherokee science-fiction author Daniel H. Wilson blends Native American tales about alien civilizations with up-to-date speculation about UFOs, now also known as unidentified anomalous phenomena or U...
- By: Alan Boyle (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/cosmiclog)
- On: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:56 +0000
The Moon's Biggest Crater Tells a New Story
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For decades, the dramatic difference between the Moon's two faces has been the subject of much debate. Now, a fresh look at the Moon's largest and oldest impact crater has revealed something quite unexpected. The asteroid that formed it seems to have hit f...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:51 +0000