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The Pixel 10 can connect to Starlink satellites. (Image source: Google)

Starlink 5G in every phone as SpaceX develops mobile satellite Internet chip to leverage Dish spectrum

Phones like the Google Pixel 10 can already get direct signal from Starlink's D2C satellite constellation. For the upcoming Starlink 5G network service, however, SpaceX is developing a dedicated chip for all phones.

Daniel Zlatev, 17 Sep 2025 13:03

An image of Hubble overlayed on an image of Messier 82 (Image source: ESA/Hubble, NASA, and W. D. Vacca; edited)

Forming stars 10× faster than the Milky Way: ESA releases gorgeous image of starburst galaxy

For the latest NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week, we are treated to details of the very active star-cluster-filled center of the Messier 82 galaxy. Researchers could use this image to understand how massive star ...

Chibuike Okpara, 16 Sep 2025 17:53

Starlink Standard Kit dish during snowfall. (Image source: SpaceX)

Starlink global outage happens again with satellite Internet service down during geomagnetic storm

Starlink announced its second global outage in the span of a few weeks, bringing service down from the Midwest to the frontline in Ukraine. Last time, Starlink was down due to a feature upgrade of its terrestrial network of distri...

Daniel Zlatev, 15 Sep 2025 17:12

The already-affordable Residential Lite plan also sees a price cut, now starting at $49/month. (Image source: SpaceX)

Starlink’s Standard dish and Residential plans hit record-low prices—but only in these US states

Starlink has massively discounted the Standard dish and Residential plans for new users in select US states. The new promo allows Residential users to save up to $992 a year.

Kristen Spradlin, 14 Sep 2025 22:23

Decorative image. New NASA satellite to keep ships safe (Image source: NASA; cropped)

This new satellite will help keep ships safe at sea

A new satellite — Sentinel-6B — will provide information that will help ships avoid these dangers. The satellite will track sea levels, wind speeds, and more. The new satellite is the result of a collaboration between NASA and thr...

Chibuike Okpara, 14 Sep 2025 21:04

Primordial black holes are believed to have formed shortly after the Big Bang, nearly 13.8 billion years ago. Pictured - an artist's representation of a black hole. (Image source: CharlVera - Pixabay)

90% probability of detecting an exploding black hole in next 10 years, study finds

There is a 90% chance humanity could detect an explosion of a primordial black hole within the next decade, possibly shedding light on particle physics and confirming early universe theories.

Anubhav Sharma, 12 Sep 2025 21:30

A geomagnetic storm at this time of year is significant due to the Russell-McPherron effect. Pictured - coronal hole in the sun (left) and Northern lights (right) (Image source: NOAA, Anubhav Sharma/Notebookcheck)

Auroras could light up Northern (and Southern) skies on Sept 13 and 14 following powerful solar wind storm

A butterfly-shaped coronal hole on the Sun is sending fast solar wind expected to reach Earth by September 14. It can potentially cause G1-G2 geomagnetic storms and auroras at high latitudes during the equinox boost.

Anubhav Sharma, 12 Sep 2025 19:53

NASA sharing details of the biggest evidence of life on Mars yet (Image source: NASA Video via YouTube; cropped)

Astronomy 101: Two glaring errors in NASA’s Mars announcement slip past the spotlight

The astronomy world is buzzing about NASA's strongest hint of ancient life on Mars. But amid the excitement, two senior officials made glaring errors so big they defy the known age and size of the cosmos. Here is what everyone mis...

Chibuike Okpara, 12 Sep 2025 19:19

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover (Image source: NASA, JPL-Caltech, and MSSS; cropped)

New NASA discovery could provide the best-ever evidence of past life on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover picked up samples from a location in Jezero crater last year. Scientists now believe this sample could provide evidence that Mars once had life on it.

Chibuike Okpara, 12 Sep 2025 19:11

Image of the “Scotiafjellet” workspace as captured by the Mars Perseverance rover (Image source: NASA and JPL-Caltech)

Perseverance journeys into ancient megabreccia in search of Mars' earliest secrets

NASA’s Perseverance rover just began a systematic exploration of rocks at Scotiafjellet. These rocks are expected to be the oldest rocks the rover will ever get to study. They could serve as a time capsule into Mars’ early history...

Chibuike Okpara, 10 Sep 2025 23:37

The standard Starlink Residential plan dish mounted on a rooftop (Image source: SpaceX)

Starlink download speeds set to increase for both the Mini and Standard dish kits

SpaceX rolled out new firmware to the existing Starlink satellite Internet ground bases to prepare them for its gigabit network arrival. The update glitched and sent caused a major Starlink connectivity outage, but users started n...

Daniel Zlatev, 10 Sep 2025 18:35

Phones like the Pixel 10 will enjoy Starlink's upcoming satellite 5G service. (Image source: Google)

Starlink set to beam 5G data from space to T-Mobile and Boost phones with Dish spectrum purchase

Starlink is preparing to become the preeminent direct-to-cell satellite connectivity provider, with more than 100x the current capacity of the data that reaches T-Mobile and other phones. The new V3 satellites will take advantage ...

Daniel Zlatev, 09 Sep 2025 08:12

An image of Hubble space telescope in Earth's orbit (Image source: NASA; cropped)

Stars 100× heavier than the Sun: ESA releases gorgeous image of star cluster N11

The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy located 160,000 light-years away in the constellations Dorado and Mensa. It is the largest of the dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. Within it is N11 — the galaxy’s second-largest...

Chibuike Okpara, 08 Sep 2025 23:54

Webb's image of young star cluster Pismis 24 (Image source: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI; cropped)

Looks unreal: Webb captures sparkling super-hot stars in the Lobster Nebula

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on a sparkling scene about 5,500 light-years away from us in the constellation Scorpius. In this scene are thousands of young, extremely hot stars — some almost 8 times hotter than the ...

Chibuike Okpara, 08 Sep 2025 20:08

NASA astronaut Joe Acaba installing hardware to test controlling pressure in cryogenic fuel tanks (Image source: NASA; cropped)

NASA’s next resupply mission to help advance cancer and semiconductor research

NASA and its partners are preparing to launch a resupply mission that will carry over 11,000 pounds (about 5 metric tons) of supplies. Among these supplies are materials for research that could revolutionize several aspects of sci...

Chibuike Okpara, 06 Sep 2025 23:52

A scanning electron microscope image of a micrometeorite impact crater in a particle of asteroid Bennu material (Image source: NASA, and Zia Rahman)

NASA finds stardust older than the solar system in asteroid Bennu

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission collected samples from the small asteroid Bennu. Scientists traced the samples to the pre-solar system era to discover how and from what the sample matter was formed.

Chibuike Okpara, 05 Sep 2025 15:48

Amazon Project Kuiper (Image Source: Amazon)

Amazon's Project Kuiper demos 1 gigabit satellite internet speeds

Amazon’s Project Kuiper has shown it can reach gigabit speeds in real-world testing, hitting 1,289 Mbps through its enterprise-grade terminal. With more than 100 satellites already in orbit and plans for thousands more, Amazon is ...

Antony Muchiri, 05 Sep 2025 06:43

A JetBlue Aircraft (Image source: Amazon)

JetBlue selects Starlink rival Amazon’s Project Kuiper to power free in-flight Wi-Fi

JetBlue has partnered with Amazon’s Project Kuiper, Starlink’s rival, to bring satellite-powered Wi-Fi to its flights. The airline will be Kuiper’s first customer in aviation, with service beginning in 2027 and full deployment by ...

David Odejide, 04 Sep 2025 23:20

Red Hat and Axiom Space put a data center in low orbit (Image source: Generated using OpenAI)

Red Hat and Axiom Space power on the first data center in low orbit

Thanks to Axiom Space and Red Hat, edge computing is now making its way to space. Known as AxDCU-1, the first orbital data center prototype is now being tested on the International Space Station. Instead of transmitting data to Ea...

Codrut Nistor, 04 Sep 2025 17:55

Some Chinese astronauts on Chinese Tiangong Space Station (Image source: China Manned Space Agency; cropped)

Astronauts could get to wash their clothes in space as researchers propose a unique machine

A team of Chinese researchers has proposed a solution to dirty laundry in space — a compact washing machine that uses an ultra-fine mist and ozone to clean clothes. This new device could reduce the weight of clothing needed for m...

Chibuike Okpara, 03 Sep 2025 03:01

Hubble Space Telescope in Earth's orbit (Image source: NASA; cropped)

Mysterious tiny objects emitting super-powerful X-rays: Hubble captures sharp image of NGC 7456

Hubble’s image of NGC 7456 is the latest Hubble Picture of the Week. The galaxy has a lot going on in and around it, and Hubble has captured these activities in detail.

Chibuike Okpara, 02 Sep 2025 22:38

Starlink Standard dish with rooftop adapter mount. (Image source: SpaceX)

Free Starlink subscription price promo offered to new users who cancelled service

Starlink is carrying over some of the multiple promos it introduced earlier in the quarter, such as the 50% dish price reduction, into the month of September. It is also currently enticing former subscribers to come back to the sa...

Daniel Zlatev, 01 Sep 2025 14:12

The Starlink Standard Kit dish. (Image source: SpaceX)

Free Starlink dish and 100 Mbps downloads trump fiber in federal subsidy push to cover rural areas

The SpaceX undertaking of Elon Musk is winning the federal government's Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program allocation with its offer of free Starlink Standard Kit. A recent change in broadband service definition...

Daniel Zlatev, 31 Aug 2025 12:03

An artist's illustration of the lumps within Mars' mantle (Image source: NASA and JPL-Caltech; cropped)

Mars has a lumpy interior caused by 4.5-billion-year-old collisions, study shows

Using data from NASA’s InSight lander, researchers have discovered structures deep inside Mars’ interior. These giant lumps are serving as a time capsule to show us what happened to the planet 4.5 billion years ago.

Chibuike Okpara, 30 Aug 2025 21:39

An artists depiction of the Ramses mission (Image source: ESA-Science Office; edited)

ESA and JAXA to seize ultra-rare chance to study a 1,230-foot asteroid in a close Earth flyby

Asteroid Apophis is projected to fly past Earth at close range in 2029. ESA, in collaboration with JAXA, is making preparations to observe Apophis’ reaction to Earth’s gravity and tidal forces as it passes by.

Chibuike Okpara, 30 Aug 2025 12:05

A conceptual Image of the James Webb Space Telescope deploying in orbit (ESA; cropped)

Webb's picture of the month: ESA releases gorgeous image of the Butterfly Star

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on IRAS 04302+2247’s protoplanetary disk, about 525 light-years away from Earth. Scientists are using this observation to study the dust grains within the disk and how they can eventual...

Chibuike Okpara, 30 Aug 2025 10:55

The James Webb Space Telescope (Image source: NASA)

After 200 years, Webb manages to image the extra-hot central star of Caldwell 69

NGC 6302 — also known as the Butterfly Nebula or Caldwell 69 — is known for having an elusive core, thanks to the warm dust cloud blocking it. Webb’s latest look at the nebula’s structure has helped scientists pierce into that clo...

Chibuike Okpara, 29 Aug 2025 19:08

Google Pixel 10 can now send tweets from space. (Image source: Google)

Starlink tweets from space can now be sent on Google Pixel 10 and Samsung Z Flip 7

Google's Pixel 10 series and the 2025 crop of Samsung foldables have become the first phones to officially use the X app for sending messages without cellular coverage. Besides Google's Pixel phones, the first Starlink-powered twe...

Daniel Zlatev, 29 Aug 2025 16:27

NASA is calling volunteers for the next mission to put humans on the Moon

NASA is calling for ground station operators to help track the crewed Artemis II Moon mission, a voluntary collaboration designed to test and understand commercial tracking capabilities for future deep space exploration.

Chibuike Okpara, 28 Aug 2025 08:23

An image of Hubble space telescope in Earths orbit (Image source: ESA; cropped)

POTW 34: ESA releases image of the brightest galaxy in the M96 Group

The latest Hubble Picture of the Week shows the star formation process in the Messier 96 galaxy. Scientists will use data gathered from the image to learn more about star formation in these sorts of surroundings.

Chibuike Okpara, 27 Aug 2025 00:58

An image showing the Sun with solar flares. (Image source: Buddy_Nath - Pixabay)

A solar flare 10 times larger than Earth was photographed on the Sun

The Sun is in full activity, as shown by this incredible photograph from a researcher showing two unique events. And one of them measures more than ten Earths stacked on top of each other.

Alexis Stegmann, 26 Aug 2025 09:07

Image of the Falcon 9 rocket at launch (Image source: NASA; cropped)

NASA’s SpaceX 33rd Resupply mission launches with over 5,000 pounds of supplies

NASA is sending supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). The cargo spacecraft is not only loaded with crew supplies, but also contains materials for experiments that could advance both space and Earth science.

Chibuike Okpara, 25 Aug 2025 20:58

T-Mobile's Google Pixel 10 series of phones. (Image source: T-Mobile)

T-Mobile lists all Starlink data-capable phones and apps ahead of Pixel 10 release date

Besides the newly announced Google Pixel 10 series, a lot of T-Mobile phones from Samsung, Apple, or Motorola will be able to take advantage when the T-Satellite Starlink data service launches. T-Mobile has listed them all, along ...

Daniel Zlatev, 25 Aug 2025 17:34

An image showing an ocean and a planet in space. (Image source: Kyraxys - Pixabay)

The Milky Way could contain more than 10 billion exoplanets capable of harboring life

According to a study published at the beginning of this year, the Milky Way is believed to be home to more than 10 billion exoplanets that could be able to harbor life. And new studies must be conducted to unravel this mystery.

Alexis Stegmann, 24 Aug 2025 12:01

Photos taken by the Italian LICIACube of the asteroid after the impact (Image source: NASA, ASI, and University of Maryland; cropped)

35.3 million lbs displaced: Data on spacecraft's collision with asteriod is released

NASA’s DART collided with the asteroid Dimorphos three years ago. Scientists sent a small satellite to take images of the scene close-up so they could analyze the impact. Understanding the impact of this collision will be helpful ...

Chibuike Okpara, 24 Aug 2025 06:02

The Blue Marble (Image source: NASA's Earth Observatory; edited)

NASA's Psyche captures images of Earth and the Moon from 180 million miles away

The Psyche spacecraft took a beyond-eagle-eye look back home. From 180 million miles (290 million kilometers) away, the spacecraft’s imager was able to capture Earth and its moon.

Chibuike Okpara, 23 Aug 2025 19:08

Image of a coronal mass ejection captured by SOHO (Image source: NASA, GSFC, SOHO, and ESA; cropped)

Scientists replicate solar flares in a lab, correcting a long-standing assumption

A Caltech professor and his former graduate student have successfully created miniature solar flares in a lab. The researchers discovered and mathematically modeled a new, stable double-helix structure that explains plasma behavi...

Chibuike Okpara, 23 Aug 2025 15:55

The CHIME telescope (Image source: CHIME, Andre Renard, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, and University of Toronto; cropped)

Astronomers detect the brightest fast radio burst ever, 130 million light-years away

A team of scientists just detected the brightest fast radio burst ever documented — a millisecond-long flash from a nearby galaxy that has given astronomers an unprecedentedly clear view of these cosmic phenomena.

Chibuike Okpara, 22 Aug 2025 14:40

A decorative image. Pictured is an aerial view of a mountain (Image source: Harrison Steen via Unsplash; cropped)

Ignored planets without water might have life and we have been wrong all along

New MIT research is challenging the water-centric search for life, showing that ionic liquids — stable non-evaporating fluids — can form naturally from common planetary material and could provide a viable solvent for life on warm,...

Chibuike Okpara, 22 Aug 2025 09:12

An enhanced color rendering of dwarf planet Ceres (Image source: NASA, JPL-Caltech, UCLA, MPS, DLR, and IDA)

New research shows that this chilly dwarf planet once had what it takes to host life

Ceres is known as a cold dwarf planet — too cold to support any life. But recent digging into its past reveals that it may have had conditions favorable for life. The studies hint at a planet that once had conditions comparable to...

Chibuike Okpara, 21 Aug 2025 19:04

A HALE aircraft owned by NASA (Image source: NASA; cropped)

NASA-funded InSAR to detect tiny changes that can help predict disasters long before they happen

Aloft Sensing has developed a compact radar system that will observe changes in the Earth's surface down to the millimeter level. Detecting such minute changes in the Earth's surface could help us better prepare for natural disast...

Chibuike Okpara, 21 Aug 2025 17:35

An image of Hubble in Earth's orbit (Image source: NASA; cropped)

POTW 33: ESA shares detailed image of the Eye of the Serpent galaxy, showing bustling nebulae

ESA's latest picture of the week shows the NGC 2835 galaxy in great detail. NGC 2835 is a spiral galaxy that lies 35 million light-years away. Data gathered from this observation will help astronomers understand how stars affect t...

Chibuike Okpara, 20 Aug 2025 22:40

T-Mobile's T-Satellite service (Image Source: T-Mobile)

Pixel 10 buyers will get early access to app support on T-Mobile’s cellular Starlink

Pixel 10 buyers on T-Mobile will be the first to access app support through the carrier’s Starlink-powered T-Satellite service. Instead of waiting until the October 1 rollout, they can start using Google Maps, Google Messages, and...

Antony Muchiri, 20 Aug 2025 20:38

An image showing the position of the new moon and other moons orbiting Uranus (Image source: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, SwRI, and University of Idaho; cropped)

Another Uranus discovery: Moon number 29 shows up

Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus using the James Webb Space Telescope. The new moon which is yet to be named is just 10 kilometers wide, and now brings the total number of Uranus' satellites to...

Chibuike Okpara, 20 Aug 2025 07:58

An artist's concept of planet TRAPPIST-1 d revolving around its star (Image source: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted, and STScI)

Yet another planet ruled out as potentially habitable like Earth

In the search for habitable worlds beyond our planet, Webb has taken a look at TRAPPIST-1 d, a planet orbiting a red dwarf star. Results from the study showed the planet lacks an Earth-like atmosphere, making it unlikely to host l...

Chibuike Okpara, 20 Aug 2025 06:13

One of three sounding rockets for the TOMEX+ mission (Image source: NASA and Danielle Johnson; cropped)

After 2 cancellations, NASA’s TOMEX+ rockets are set for launch

All is set for NASA’s TOMEX+ — a sounding rocket mission that will create the clearest-ever-seen 3D view of the turbulence in Earth’s mesopause. Scientists will analyze the data to gain a better understanding of phenomena like hig...

Chibuike Okpara, 19 Aug 2025 18:57

A picture of an RS-25 rocket engine (Image source: Aerojet Rocketdyne; cropped)

NASA develops 1,000× more durable, heat-resistant, 3D-printable superalloy

NASA has developed a new metal alloy called GRX-810, which it claims is over 1,000 times more durable at extreme temperatures compared to existing materials. This breakthrough could lead to more efficient jet engines and affordabl...

Chibuike Okpara, 18 Aug 2025 16:10

An image showing the star Sirius in space. (Image source: dom1706 - Pixabay)

This star, which is the most distant ever observed, may be more than just a star

The most distant star ever observed may turn out to be another stellar object. And further studies conducted with the James Webb space telescope are needed to discover the true nature of this mysterious stellar object.

Alexis Stegmann, 18 Aug 2025 11:58

Hubble just observed a cosmic oddity: A white dwarf forming from the merging of two stars

Hubble just observed something ultra-rare — an ultra-massive white dwarf star formed from a white dwarf merging with another star, instead of the usual process of white dwarf formation. Findings from this study raise questions abo...

Chibuike Okpara, 18 Aug 2025 01:27

NASA is calling for public submissions after astronaut captures something spectacular

Nicole Ayers, a NASA astronaut, caught a spectacular moment on camera. From the International Space Station (ISS), the astronaut captured a rare form of Transient Luminous Event (TLE) called a gigantic jet.

Chibuike Okpara, 18 Aug 2025 00:18

Astronomy / Space

Starlink 5G in every phone as SpaceX develops mobile satellite Internet chip to leverage Dish spectrum

Forming stars 10× faster than the Milky Way: ESA releases gorgeous image of starburst galaxy

Starlink global outage happens again with satellite Internet service down during geomagnetic storm

Starlink’s Standard dish and Residential plans hit record-low prices—but only in these US states

This new satellite will help keep ships safe at sea

90% probability of detecting an exploding black hole in next 10 years, study finds

Auroras could light up Northern (and Southern) skies on Sept 13 and 14 following powerful solar wind storm

Astronomy 101: Two glaring errors in NASA’s Mars announcement slip past the spotlight

New NASA discovery could provide the best-ever evidence of past life on Mars

Perseverance journeys into ancient megabreccia in search of Mars' earliest secrets

Starlink download speeds set to increase for both the Mini and Standard dish kits

Starlink set to beam 5G data from space to T-Mobile and Boost phones with Dish spectrum purchase

Stars 100× heavier than the Sun: ESA releases gorgeous image of star cluster N11

Looks unreal: Webb captures sparkling super-hot stars in the Lobster Nebula

NASA’s next resupply mission to help advance cancer and semiconductor research

NASA finds stardust older than the solar system in asteroid Bennu

Amazon's Project Kuiper demos 1 gigabit satellite internet speeds

JetBlue selects Starlink rival Amazon’s Project Kuiper to power free in-flight Wi-Fi

Red Hat and Axiom Space power on the first data center in low orbit

Astronauts could get to wash their clothes in space as researchers propose a unique machine

Mysterious tiny objects emitting super-powerful X-rays: Hubble captures sharp image of NGC 7456

Free Starlink subscription price promo offered to new users who cancelled service

Free Starlink dish and 100 Mbps downloads trump fiber in federal subsidy push to cover rural areas

Mars has a lumpy interior caused by 4.5-billion-year-old collisions, study shows

ESA and JAXA to seize ultra-rare chance to study a 1,230-foot asteroid in a close Earth flyby

Webb's picture of the month: ESA releases gorgeous image of the Butterfly Star

After 200 years, Webb manages to image the extra-hot central star of Caldwell 69

Starlink tweets from space can now be sent on Google Pixel 10 and Samsung Z Flip 7

NASA is calling volunteers for the next mission to put humans on the Moon

POTW 34: ESA releases image of the brightest galaxy in the M96 Group

A solar flare 10 times larger than Earth was photographed on the Sun

NASA’s SpaceX 33rd Resupply mission launches with over 5,000 pounds of supplies

T-Mobile lists all Starlink data-capable phones and apps ahead of Pixel 10 release date

The Milky Way could contain more than 10 billion exoplanets capable of harboring life

35.3 million lbs displaced: Data on spacecraft's collision with asteriod is released

NASA's Psyche captures images of Earth and the Moon from 180 million miles away

Scientists replicate solar flares in a lab, correcting a long-standing assumption

Astronomers detect the brightest fast radio burst ever, 130 million light-years away

Ignored planets without water might have life and we have been wrong all along

New research shows that this chilly dwarf planet once had what it takes to host life

NASA-funded InSAR to detect tiny changes that can help predict disasters long before they happen

POTW 33: ESA shares detailed image of the Eye of the Serpent galaxy, showing bustling nebulae

Pixel 10 buyers will get early access to app support on T-Mobile’s cellular Starlink

Another Uranus discovery: Moon number 29 shows up

Yet another planet ruled out as potentially habitable like Earth

After 2 cancellations, NASA’s TOMEX+ rockets are set for launch

NASA develops 1,000× more durable, heat-resistant, 3D-printable superalloy

This star, which is the most distant ever observed, may be more than just a star

Hubble just observed a cosmic oddity: A white dwarf forming from the merging of two stars

NASA is calling for public submissions after astronaut captures something spectacular

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