SpaceX to launch European astronomy mission

WASHINGTON — A European spacecraft is set to launch on a mission to help astronomers resolve an “embarrassing situation” in cosmology, although the launch itself is another kind of embarrassing situation for Europe. The European Space Agency’s Euclid spacecraft is ready to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Liftoff is scheduled for 11:11 a.m. … Read more

NASA mission can save the internet from solar storm apocalypse

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) set off for a first-of-its-kind mission to travel through solar winds in space. The mission was launched with the goal of preventing charged particles from disrupting internet signals on Earth, according to a report on NASA’s website on June 20. Concerns of the implications of solar storms have plagued the … Read more