By Tim Newcomb, Published by Popular Mechanics, 28 December 2023 Welcome to a new moon epoch, y'all. Researchers believe that a new epoch may have begun on the Moon back in 1959, when humans first affected the surface. Dubbed the “Lunar Anthropocene,” the epoch has now seen over 100 spacecraft
By Tamara Lorincz, 12 December 2023 Handout_Cancel-F-35-Fighter-Jets-Keep-Space-for-PeaceDownload It has been extremely busy at the climate summit in Dubai. I have worked really hard every day to promote the messages of peace for climate justice, cut military spending for climate finance, demilitarize to decarbonize, NATO is a threat to people &
By Matthew Sparkes, Published by the New Scientist, 8 December 2023 Humans have been altering the lunar surface since the first Soviet probe in 1959. With moon missions set to ramp up, researchers say humanity is now the dominant geological force and the moon is entering its equivalent of the
By Alice Gorman, Published by The Conversation, 4 December 2023 In 1963, six years after the first satellite was launched, editors from the Encyclopaedia Britannica posed a question to five eminent thinkers of the day: “Has man’s conquest of space increased or diminished his stature?” The respondents were philosopher Hannah Arendt,
A large streak of red light left behind when a SpaceX rocket punched a hole in the ionosphere above Arizona in July. (Image credit: Jeremy Perez) By Harry Baker, Published by Live Science, 28 November 2023 Astronomers have discovered a new type of "aurora" created by falling SpaceX rocket boosters
A person looks on as SpaceX's huge Super Heavy-Starship is unstacked from the booster as it sits on the launchpad at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 16, 2023, ahead of its second test flight posponed to November 18. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on November 15, 2023 authorized
SpaceX's Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 18, 2023.Photograph: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/Getty Images By Marisa Taylor and Joey Rouletter, Published by Reuters, 18 November 2023 WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Three U.S. lawmakers are calling for greater scrutiny of worker safety at
Artist's illustration of a wooden square satellite. (Image credit: Kyoto University) By Ben Turner, Published by Space.com, 16 November 2023 The magnolia wood LignoSat is an attempt to make space junk biodegradable. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are planning to launch the world's first wooden satellite into space
