NASA Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) satellite was launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The IXPE is the first satellite capable of monitoring the polarization of X-rays emitted by cosmic objects such as black holes and neutron stars. It was officially announced in 2017. Three telescopes on the refrigerator-sized satellite track and measure light’s […]
Washington [US], December 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Elon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 48 Starlink internet satellites and two BlackSky satellites as a payload from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
NASA will undertake a mission to purposely collide a spacecraft with an asteroid to alter its orbit. It could be considered the first incidence of humans interfering with the solar system’s gravitational dance. The agency will carry out the mission on Wednesday. The mission’s goal is to put a planetary defense system to the test. […]
Moscow [Russia], October 5 (ANI): Russian actress Julia Peresild, Director Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday to shoot the first movie -- "The Challenge" -- in space about a medical emergency in orbit.