Air And Space - Page 59

September 28, 2024

SpaceX launches mission to ISS that will bring back stranded Starliner astronauts

The two astronauts whose ISS mission was extended due to a troubled Boeing Starliner are expected to return in the SpaceX capsule in February. (Credit: NASA)

September 27, 2024

Meet the American who reported the first sensational UFO encounters, Puritan leader John Winthrop

Meet the American who shared sensational accounts of UFO encounters. John Winthrop was the leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony — his journal of colonial life is essential to American history.

September 26, 2024

Titan owner Rush claimed NASA helped develop carbon fiber hull; agency has different story

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush claimed NASA and aerospace manufacturers helped develop and design the carbon fiber hull, but the space agency said it had little involvement.

September 25, 2024

Image shows UFO downed by US fighter jet in Canadian airspace days after Chinese spy craft incident

A newly released image shows a UFO that was brought down last year by a U.S. military fighter jet in Canadian airspace.

September 24, 2024

Geomagnetic storm expected to hit Earth following autumnal equinox

A coronal mass ejection could strike the Earth's magnetosphere this week and cause a geomagnetic storm due to conditions caused by the autumnal equinox.

September 23, 2024

Dark matter may be behind wobble in Mars’ orbit, study suggests

A bold new study in Physical Review suggests that a wobble detected in Mars' orbit could be the result of dark matter made up of primordial black holes.

September 23, 2024

Scientists say X-rays from nuclear explosion may deflect asteroids from Earth

Scientists in New Mexico conducted several experiments and learned that asteroids can be deflected from Earth using explosions of nuclear warheads above the space rock's surface.

September 23, 2024

New multimission military warplane takes flight

The Model 437 Vanguard by Scaled Composites and Northrop Grumman completes maiden flight. Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson takes a closer look at the revolutionary warplane.

September 19, 2024

Amazing timelapse video of partial lunar eclipse captured in Alabama

Composed of nearly 3,000 photos taken every 5 seconds, this timelapse video starts with the moon rising and finishes with the end of the eclipse, as seen from Pike Road in Alabama.

September 17, 2024

Stadium-sized asteroid deemed 'potentially hazardous' by NASA, is expected to move 'relatively close' to Earth

A stadium-sized asteroid is passing relatively close to Earth on Tuesday, NASA announced. Its distance from Earth and its massive size makes it a "potentially hazardous object."