Blue Origin to Build a "Super Heavy" Rocket to Compete with Starship
Reported by Universe Today
Blue Origin announced a series of upgrades to New Glenn designed to increase payload performance and launch cadence, while enhancing reliability. The enhancements span propulsion, structures, avionics, reusability, and recovery operations, and will be phas...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 23:11 +0000
The Overview Effect: Astronaut Perspectives from 25 Years in Low Earth Orbit
Reported by NASA
To see Earth from space is to be forever changed by the view. Since Alan Shepard became the first American to lay eyes on our home planet from above, countless NASA astronauts have described feeling awed by the astonishing sight and a profound shift in per...
- By: NASA
- On: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 23:00 +0000
What if a small black hole devoured you?
Reported by Space | EarthSky
A professor of physics from Vanderbilt University, Robert Scherrer, describes what would happen to the human body if a small black hole passed through it.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 11:35 +0000
New Research Suggest Earth and Theia were Neighbors Before They Collided
Reported by Universe Today
About 4.5 billion years ago, the most momentous event in the history of Earth occurred: a huge celestial body called Theia collided with the young Earth. How the collision unfolded and what exactly happened afterward has not been conclusively clarified. Wh...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 03:18 +0000
Is the Universe Infinite?
Reported by Universe Today
The surface of the Earth is finite. We can measure it. If it was expanding, then its size would grow with time. And once again, good ol’ Earth helps us understand what the universe might be doing beyond our observable horizon....
- By: Paul Sutter (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/pmsutter)
- On: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:01 +0000
How a Detergent Ingredient Unlocked the Potential of Nanotubes
Reported by Universe Today
Material science plays a critical role in space exploration. So many of the challenges facing both crewed and non-crewed missions come down to factors like weight, thermal and radiation tolerance, and overall material stability. The results of a new study ...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:11 +0000