A billionaire hopes to upgrade the Hubble Telescope on a private SpaceX mission, but could it really happen?
– Billionaire Jared Isaacman, commander of the private Inspiration4 SpaceX mission in 2021, has proposed upgrading the aging Hubble Space Telescope via a private SpaceX servicing mission. – Hubble is over 30 years old but still functioning well. However, it is gradually sinking into lower orbit and some systems have failed. A servicing mission could […]
Right again, Einstein! Scientists find where matter ‘waterfalls’ into black holes
– Scientists have observed for the first time the “plunging region” near black holes, where matter falls into the black hole in a final plunge. This confirms a key prediction of Einstein’s theory of general relativity. – Black holes cause extreme warping of spacetime due to their immense mass concentrated in a small space. Einstein […]