The GPS III-4 (GPS 3 SV04) satellite will launch atop SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. Here’s what you need to know.
The saying “Once In A Blue Moon” will ring true tonight as we brace for the second full moon of October. And a full moon on Halloween, no less!
“The detection is very unique for molecular water. Based on our knowledge, it cannot be anything else.”
Hot Neptunes are so rare that astronomers even refer to the area close to a star as a Neptune desert.
A Falcon 9 rocket carried a batch of 60 satellites to add to the growing Starlink constellation satellite network.
Scientists from NASA’s JPL will use AI and a machine-learning algorithm to speed up their processing time when scanning images of Mars.
The 200 year-old SA Astronomical Observatory has been unveiled as a national heritage site.
SpaceX’s 15th Starlink mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the USA. Watch the livestream here.
October’s Orionid meteor streaks are leftovers from Halley’s Comet, often described as one of the “most reliable annual displays of shooting stars”.
The heat probe – also known as the mole – has now successfully made it beneath the surface on Mars.
The study presents some new insights into how the stuff of life becomes incorporated into planets and stars.
SpaceX’s 14 Starlink mission will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the USA. Watch the livestream here.
Multiple cameras helped immortalise the few minutes the tourists experienced weightlessness while taking in the Earth’s curvature. Watch the Blue Origin test flight here.
Scientists should be able to create magnetic fields on Earth that rival the strength of those seen in black holes and neutron stars.
Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, ‘driven’ by Starman’, passed Mars over the weekend.
October’s Draconids meteor shower is often described ‘the most convenient meteor shower’, if you’re in the northern hemisphere.
Researchers created a set of criteria for planets to qualify as potentially ‘superhabitable’.
Watch the launch of SpaceX’s 13th batch of Starlink satellites here.
There are still unanswered questions remaining surrounding the creation of the moon.
Volunteers around the world are needed to sort through images collected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) in search of alien life.
They won’t be the Martians imagined by Hollywood, but simple life forms could have been sufficiently protected and survived.
World Space Week – the largest annual space event in the world – celebrates and inspires interest in space sciences and technology.
October will have two full moons: The Harvest Moon will be visible from Thursday 1 October 2020, and the Hunters Moon falls on Halloween.
Liftoff for NASA’s resupply mission to the International Space Station is scheduled from the space agency’s Wallops Flight Facility. Watch the rocket launch here.
SpaceX will launch the next big batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on the Falcon 9 rocket. The company’s growing mega constellation will expand by 60 satellites.