Why was SpaceX’s sixth Starship test launch different? – CBS News Watch CBS News SpaceX successfully launched its Super Heavy-Starship rocket from Texas for its sixth test flight Tuesday with its CEO Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump looking on. CBS News correspondent Jason Allen has more on the launch. Be the first to know … Read more
When astronomy fans look to the sky this week, they’ll get to see November’s Beaver full moon, the last of 2024’s four consecutive supermoons. The 2024 series of supermoons started in August with a rare supermoon blue moon. After this month’s Beaver Moon, there won’t be another supermoon until late next year. Why is the … Read more
Saturn emerging from behind the Moon in rare video (Picture credit: Andrew McCarthy X handle) In a captivating video, astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy shared visuals of Saturn reemerging from behind the Moon on social media, attracting many astronomy enthusiasts.In the footage shared by McCarthy on X, Saturn appears in black and white, with its rings clearly … Read more
There’s a lot of debris in our solar system, and every so often we get to see it — meteors streaking against a starry sky, a bright comet or a passing asteroid. And sometimes, Earth temporarily grabs hold of one of these asteroids and keeps it around a little bit longer. That’s what’s happening later this … Read more
A crew of four private astronauts ascended into space early Tuesday on a risky SpaceX mission to attempt the first-ever private spacewalk using the company’s new spacesuits and a redesigned spacecraft. A billionaire entrepreneur, a retired military fighter pilot and two SpaceX employees were launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard … Read more
If you don’t look up at the moon very often, tonight’s the night you should. It’s a lunar trifecta of sorts, and it’s all the rage. This month’s full moon is being called a “super blue moon.” Don’t know what that is? Read on. What is a supermoon? The moon completes one orbit of Earth … Read more
NEW DELHI: Isro on Saturday released a video for the upcoming National Space Day just as the Central government also announced a slew of activities ahead of the first celebration to honour the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission that helped India go down in history as the first country to land on the south pole … Read more
If you have clear skies this week, be sure to look up: It’s time for one of the best meteor showers of the year: the Perseids. While you can see a meteor on any given night — with patience and dark skies — strong meteor showers provide a rare chance to see dozens an hour. Almost … Read more
NEW DELHI: The 24-hour day on Earth could eventually become a 25-hour day due to the moon gradually drifting away from the planet, said a study carried out by researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison.According to the research, the Moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of approximately 3.8 centimeters per year. This gradual … Read more
The moon may be our constant companion, but there’s still a lot we have yet to understand about it. For example, it was only during the Apollo missions in the 1960s and ’70s that we discovered it has an atmosphere, tenuous as it is. “People do not even know that the moon has an atmosphere,” said Nicole … Read more
