Chandra X-ray Observatory Spots First X-rays From Uranus
New research shows that Uranus is subject to X-rays from the Sun, and even at its great distance, it can reflect those X-rays back to us in detectable numbers.
Random Space Fact: Toy Dinosaur Made in Space
Your space fact for this week is that in 2013, Astronaut Karen Nyberg made a toy dinosaur for her son from materials already aboard the International Space Station.
This Week in Rocket History: STS-1
This Week in Rocket History: On the morning of April 12, 1981, astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen launched from the Kennedy Space Center to a low-earth orbit aboard STS-1.
SN11 Test Flight Ends in Explosion Prior to Landing
On March 30, SpaceX’s Starship SN11 took to the skies in the very dense fog surrounding the launch site at Boca Chica, Texas, but did not manage to stick the landing.
SpaceX Debris Burns Up Over Washington State
Late in the evening of March 24, residents of the Seattle area got a bit of a light show: the second stage of the Falcon 9 that launched about three weeks ago burned up spectacularly upon reentry.
China Launches Second Gaofen-12 Satellite
On March 30 at 22:45 UTC, a Chinese Long March 4C launched the Gaofen 12-02 spacecraft, the second in a series of high-resolution Earth observation satellites, into orbit.
Arianespace Launches OneWeb 5 Mission
On March 25, Arianespace and its affiliate Starsem launched a Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat; onboard were 36 satellites for the OneWeb 5 mission.
SpaceX Launches Starlink L-22 Mission
On March 24, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Booster 1060 took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and put another sixty Starlink satellites in orbit.
Evidence Found for Ancient Meteorite Impact Over Antarctica
Researchers exploring East Antarctica found myriad small weird nodules that appear to have come from an object bigger than your typical airburst but that didn’t crater the planet.
Remains of Theia, Earth’s Moon-Forming Impactor, May Still Exist Deep in Earth
In a new paper in Science, scientists used seismographic maps of the Earth’s innards to identify two continent-sized layers of rock buried deep inside the Earth’s mantle.
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