Elon Musk lays out a new vision as SpaceX acquires xAI
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he's making space-based artificial intelligence the "immediate focus" of a newly expanded company that not only builds rockets and satellites, but also controls xAI's generative-AI software and the X social-media platform.
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/02/02/elon-musk-lays-out-a-new-vision-as-spacex-acquires-xai/
#CosmicSpace #ArtificialIntelligence #BigData #ElonMusk #Satellites #Space #SpaceX #Technology #xAI

Flight log: Blue Origin team leader flies standby to space
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sent six more people on a brief suborbital space trip today — including the director of Blue Origin's New Shepard launch operations and training team.

The flight, known as NS-38, was Blue Origin’s 38th New Shepard missi
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/22/flight-log-blue-origin-team-leader-flies-standby-to-space/
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Flight log: Six spacefliers go suborbital with Blue Origin
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture sent six more people on a brief suborbital space trip today aboard a New Shepard rocket ship. The flight, known as NS-36, was Blue Origin's 36th New Shepard mission and the 15th crewed flight.

Today's 10-minute flight was cond
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/10/08/flight-log-six-spacefliers-go-suborbital-with-blue-origin/
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Scientists suspect they’ve found a third interstellar object
Astronomers say they've spotted what appears to be only the third interstellar object to be detected flying through our solar system. The object, known as A11pl3Z, was discovered on July 1 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS. Don't panic: This object has no
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/07/02/scientists-suspect-theyve-found-a-third-interstellar-object/
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A cousin for Pluto? New dwarf planet candidate found
Astrophysicists say they've identified an object beyond the orbit of Neptune that's likely to qualify as a dwarf planet, alongside other trans-Neptunian objects including Pluto, the erstwhile "ninth planet."

The discovery of 2017 OF201 touches upon another ninth-planet contr
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/05/22/a-cousin-for-pluto-new-dwarf-planet-candidate-found/
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Sky survey boosts the case for dark energy’s downturn
It's looking more and more as if dark energy, the mysterious factor that scientists say is behind the accelerating expansion of the universe, isn't as constant as they once thought.

The latest findings from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI, don't quite yet come up to the level of
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/03/20/sky-survey-boosts-the-case-for-dark-energys-downturn/
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Get ready to see a total lunar eclipse (or maybe not)
The first total lunar eclipse since 2022 will turn the full moon an eerie shade of red on the night of March 13-14 --- but your chances of seeing it with your own eyes will depend on where you are.

North Americans should have great seats for the eclipse this time around. The key phases of the show,
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/03/12/get-ready-to-see-a-total-lunar-eclipse-or-maybe-not/
#CosmicSpace #Eclipses #Moon #Skywatching #Space

SpaceX Starship test falls short for second time in a row
For the second time in a row, SpaceX lost the second stage of its Starship launch system during a flight test, while recovering the first-stage Super Heavy booster.

Today's eighth Starship flight test came a month and a half after a similarly less-than-perfect mission that sparked an investigation.

https://cosmiclog.com/2025/03/05/spacex-starship-test-falls-short-for-second-time-in-a-row/
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Hubble spots potential threesome on solar system’s edge
Three bodies? No problem!

The "three-body problem" has traditionally referred to the devilishly tricky challenge of working out the trajectories of three objects orbiting each other in space. The concept has inspired a sci-fi trilogy about an alien invasion, plus a Netflix serie
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/03/04/hubble-spots-potential-threesome-on-solar-systems-edge/
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Hubble gets a wide-screen view of Andromeda galaxy
Over the course of more than a decade, astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to gather up 2.5 billion pixels' worth of imagery focusing on the Andromeda galaxy --- and the results could provide clues to the evolutionary history of our galaxy's celestial neighbor.

https://cosmiclog.com/2025/01/21/hubble-gets-a-wide-screen-view-of-andromeda-galaxy/
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How dark is the cosmos? Probe provides a far-out answer
We know that deep space is dark, but just how dark is it? Or, put another way, how bright is it? And how much of that brightness comes from galaxies? Astronomers have gotten a clearer answer to those questions, thanks to observations sent back from billions of miles away.

Ni
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/08/28/how-dark-is-the-cosmos-probe-provides-a-far-out-answer/
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NASA picks SpaceX to create a space station killer
Spacecraft built by SpaceX have been servicing the International Space Station since 2012, and now NASA has chosen SpaceX to build the spacecraft that'll take the station down to its doom in 2030.

The space agency announced today that SpaceX has been selected to develop and deliver the U.S.
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/06/26/nasa-picks-spacex-to-create-a-space-station-killer/
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Webb Telescope expands the frontier of early galaxies
Astronomers say infrared readings from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have revealed a new record-holder for the most distant galaxy observed in the universe --- a smudge of stars whose light started its journey a mere 290 million years after the big bang.

The galaxy, known as J
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/05/30/webb-telescope-expands-the-frontier-of-early-galaxies/
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Halo Space reveals design for stratospheric tour capsule
If and when passengers climb into Halo Space's capsule for a ballooning trip to the stratosphere, they'll find cushy seats, fold-down receptacles for food and drinks, floor-to-ceiling windows that provide an astronaut's-eye view of the curving Earth below — and a snug toil
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/04/12/halo-space-reveals-design-for-stratospheric-tour-capsule/
#CosmicSpace #Aerospace #Balloons #HaloSpace #Stratosphere #Technology

Webb Telescope detects activity within dwarf planets
They may be dwarf planets, but they're not dead planets.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has provided scientists with evidence of geothermal activity deep within two far-out dwarf planets, Eris and Makemake.

“We see some interesting signs of hot times in cool
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/02/16/webb-telescope-detects-activity-within-dwarf-planets/
#CosmicSpace #DwarfPlanets #Eris #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #Makemake #planets #Space

Ingenuity helicopter breaks, ending historic Mars mission
Nearly four years after the first-ever takeoff from the surface of Mars, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has landed for the last time.

The innovative mini-copter was brought to the Red Planet in 2021 as an experimental piggyback payload tucked beneath the Perseverance
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/01/25/ingenuity-helicopter-breaks-ending-historic-mars-mission/
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NASA reschedules Artemis moon landing for 2026
NASA has added another year's delay to its plan for landing astronauts on the moon: The Artemis 2 trip around the moon is now scheduled for 2025, setting the stage for an Artemis 3 mission in 2026 that would see humans step onto lunar surface for the first time in 54 years.

The reasons behind the post
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/01/09/nasa-reschedules-artemis-moon-landing-for-2026/
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SpaceX’s Starship gets farther on its second test flight
SpaceX's Starship and its Super Heavy booster blew through the primary objective for their second test flight today, but both rocket stages blew up sooner than the company hoped.

SpaceX took the day as a win, based not only on a successful liftoff from its South Texas launch pad a littl
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/11/18/spacexs-starship-gets-farther-on-its-second-test-flight/
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The air of an alien world lifts hopes of detecting life
Readings from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirm the presence of carbon-based molecules including methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a distant planet known as K2-18 b — which supports previous suggestions that it might be the kind of ocean-covered
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/09/11/the-air-of-an-alien-world-lifts-hopes-of-detecting-life/
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Scientists say we were caught in a black hole’s bull’s-eye
Nine months ago, astronomers observed a flash that they said came from a mysterious object that flared with the brilliance of a trillion suns, located 8.5 billion light-years from Earth.

Now they say they've figured out what that object was.

In a pair of studies published by Nature and Nature Astron
https://cosmiclog.com/2022/11/30/scientists-say-we-were-caught-in-a-black-holes-bulls-eye/
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