After Virgin Orbit vanished in bankruptcy court, Virgin Galactic announced its first spaceflight in two years as the Unity 25 mission rocketed to an altitude of 54.2 miles (87.2 km) on May 25, 2023 in the skies over Spaceport America, New Mexico.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Virgin Galactic, SpaceShipTwo, Launch, Space Tourism
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Virgin Galactic blasts into space after two-year hiatus
Posted by ArielTechGeek 4 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The galactic hunt for a planet in the Venus Zone has begun
Posted by ArielTechGeek 68 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Even though Venus is the closest planet to Earth, there's still a lot we don't know about it, especially when it comes to its galactic-scale history. Was it once habitable? Did it ever have water? Was the atmosphere ever different than the toxic cocktail of carbon dioxide and sulphuric acid that swirls around its blazing surface today? Could it be a cautionary tale for Earth? To find out, astrono
Study links continent creation to 200-million year galactic comet cycle
Posted by ArielTechGeek 277 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Geologists have discovered a long-term cycle that may connect the formation of Earth’s continents to increased comet impacts and the planet’s journey through the galaxy. The team connected fluctuations in tiny grains in stable parts of the crust to the times our solar system passed through the galaxy’s spiral arms.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Astronomy, Galaxy, Earth, Continental, Geolo
Virgin Galactic to up launch rate with two more WhiteKnightTwo motherships
Posted by ArielTechGeek 326 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
It appears Virgin Galactic is looking to ramp up its commercial space services, placing orders for two more WhiteKnightTwo motherships from Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Services to support the air launch of Virgin's SpaceShipTwo spaceplane.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Virgin Galactic, Spacecraft, Aircraft
Bizarre blue blobs in space may be born from galactic "belly flops"
Posted by ArielTechGeek 347 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Astronomers have discovered bizarre “blue blobs” in space. These blobs are clusters of young, blue stars that are isolated from any parent galaxy, suggesting they formed from a galactic “belly flop.”Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Stars, Astronomy, Gas, University of Arizona, Hubble, Very Large Array, Galaxy
Hubble sets its sights on the ‘Angel Wing’ galactic merger
Posted by allison8 404 days ago (https://www.imaging-resource.com)
The Hubble Space Telescope is the gift that keeps on giving. The venerable telescope captured a beautiful photo of a pair of merging galaxies in the VV689 system. The merging galaxies are nicknamed the 'Angel Wing.' The European Space Agency (ESA), which collaborates with NASA on Hubble, said, 'Unlike chance alignments of galaxies which only appear to overlap as seen from our vantage
virgin galactic releases video showcasing their spaceflight design in detail
Posted by judy82 467 days ago (https://www.designboom.com)
the video comes just after richard branson’s company announced it is taking reservations for seats on its flights to space.
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star wars galactic starcruiser hotel will open in march
Posted by judy82 605 days ago (https://www.designboom.com)
come with company or (han) solo — booking reservations open on october 28, 2021.
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Bizarre repeating radio signal near galactic center may be brand new object
Posted by ArielTechGeek 627 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Astronomers have detected a strange radio source coming from somewhere near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The signal repeats seemingly at random, and can’t be neatly attributed to any known astronomical object, leading the team to consider that it might be something brand new.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Astronomy, Radio, Australia, Telescope, South Africa, Galaxy, Stars, M
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