The fourth test flight of the largest and most powerful rocket ever built is in the books, and what a dramatic and nerve-wracking journey it was for SpaceX. SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the fourth time ever today (June 6) at 8:50 a.m. EDT (1250 GMT), sending the 400-foot-tall vehicle aloft from its starbase … Read more
SpaceX launched the world’s most powerful rocket on its fourth flight on Thursday, successfully launching the Starship’s upper stage into space and then bringing it back down through the heat of reentry for an apparently controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean, despite serious damage to at least one steering fin. The giant Super Heavy first … Read more
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed light from stars around some of the universe’s former supermassive black holes – black holes as they appeared less than a billion years after the Big Bang. The observations from a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) address the question of how these cosmic titans, … Read more
The second image of the first black hole ever captured by humanity shows its shadow still lingering a year later. The newly released image of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87) was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) on April 21, 2018, one year and ten days … Read more
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – SpaceX’s highly anticipated second test flight of the massive Starship rocket will have to wait another day, and it appears many of those who made the trek to see the rocket launch are willing to stick around for the show. Starship, SpaceX’s next-generation launch vehicle, is gearing up for its … Read more
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – SpaceX’s giant starship has met another explosive end. SpaceX’s next-generation megarocket — the largest ever built — launched today (Nov. 18) on its second-ever test flight, a long-awaited journey that took the giant vehicle to space for the first time, but it didn’t last long. Shortly after the stages separated, … Read more
SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket, the most powerful rocket on Earth, on its second test flight this weekend, and while the vehicle may have met an explosive end, its flight is absolutely astonishing to watch. Stunning photos and videos from SpaceX, Space.com, news reports and the public show the sheer spectacle of Starship’s second test … Read more