Largest Mystery in Cosmology May be Explained by a Novel Theory of Quantum Gravity, a Study Finds
One of the greatest mysteries in cosmology may be resolved by a variant on the theory of quantum gravity, which unites general relativity with quantum mechanics, according to recent study. The universe is expanding, as scientists have known for almost…
Mars is the Focus of a Massive Sunspot that Originally Caused Broad Auroras on Earth
The sunspot is still quite a hotspot even though it has spun out of our field of vision. On Tuesday, May 14, it released its greatest solar flare to yet. Coronal mass ejections, or bursts of solar plasma and magnetic…
Starlink Satellites are Launched on a Record 21st Mission by a SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
Tonight, May 17, marks the 21st launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, a record for the company’s reusability. In the evening of May 18, at 8:32 p.m. EDT (00:32 GMT), the Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 of SpaceX’s Starlink…
Sun Blasts the Largest X-Class Solar Outburst in Recent Memory
On Tuesday, the Sun burst into three enormous solar flares, the largest of which the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) claims to be the current 11-year solar cycle. The X8.7 flare was observed shooting out of the Sun’s active…
NASA Announces Plans To Construct Moon’s First Railway System
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has revealed its intentions to construct a levitating robot train on the lunar surface as it prepares to send astronauts back to the moon. The “Flexible Levitation on a Track (FLOAT)” project, which…
Dream Chaser is About to Be Shipped from Sierra Space to Florida
After completing a series of environmental testing at a NASA facility in Ohio, Sierra Space claims that the Dream Chaser freight spaceplane is ready to be shipped to Florida for a launch later this year. The Dream Chaser spacecraft, called…
Evidence of glueballs that May have Been Discovered During Beijing Spectrometer III Tests
The BES III collaboration, which involves a sizable multinational team of physicists, has revealed potential physical proof of glueballs. They believe they have found evidence of glueballs through their analysis of decaying particles in a particle collider, which was reported…
China Launches Its First Broadband Satellites In Medium Earth Orbit
Late on Wednesday, China launched the first satellites in a constellation of broadband satellites in medium Earth orbit. At 9:43 p.m. Eastern time on May 8 (0143 UTC on May 9), a Long March 3B rocket launched from the Xichang…
Delay in Launching Starliner Until Mid-May
A malfunctioning valve in its Atlas 5 launch vehicle will cause Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner to postpone its first crewed flight for a minimum of an additional seven and a half weeks. NASA revealed late on May 7 that the Crew…
First Astronaut Flight of Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Postponed Until May 10 Due to a Rocket Problem
A mechanical problem has caused Boeing’s new Starliner capsule’s first crewed flight to be postponed until the end of the week. On May 6, Starliner was scheduled to launch late on Crew Flight Test (CFT), a roughly 10-day mission that…
