I created a website https://exotrace.org Using SETI and other sources 100% free, no ads, no monetisation, nothing
Basically the title. If anyone has suggestions to make it better and more useful please let me know. For now it's just a fun project for me so I hope you guys enjoy it. There is some collab bits built in but I haven't even tested that yet.
It uses the below
NASA GCN (General Coordinates Network)
e-CALLISTO solar radio network
NASA DONKI
NASA NeoWs
Lasair (ZTF broker, LSST:UK / Edinburgh)
OpenSky Network
Local observations + uploads
https://redd.it/1vhp9hm
@r_space
Basically the title. If anyone has suggestions to make it better and more useful please let me know. For now it's just a fun project for me so I hope you guys enjoy it. There is some collab bits built in but I haven't even tested that yet.
It uses the below
NASA GCN (General Coordinates Network)
e-CALLISTO solar radio network
NASA DONKI
NASA NeoWs
Lasair (ZTF broker, LSST:UK / Edinburgh)
OpenSky Network
Local observations + uploads
https://redd.it/1vhp9hm
@r_space
NASA’s Lucy Begins Camera Tests Ahead of 2027 Trojan Flybys - NASA Science
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/lucy/2026/08/06/nasas-lucy-begins-camera-tests-ahead-of-2027-trojan-flybys/
https://redd.it/1vhqfpa
@r_space
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/lucy/2026/08/06/nasas-lucy-begins-camera-tests-ahead-of-2027-trojan-flybys/
https://redd.it/1vhqfpa
@r_space
NASA Science
NASA’s Lucy Begins Camera Tests Ahead of 2027 Trojan Flybys - NASA Science
Early observations of the Trojan asteroids will help scientists select the best camera settings for Lucy’s upcoming flybys, starting in 2027.
NASA’s IXPE May Have Proven 90-Year-Old Theory
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/ixpe/nasas-ixpe-may-have-proven-90-year-old-theory/
https://redd.it/1vhu5v2
@r_space
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/ixpe/nasas-ixpe-may-have-proven-90-year-old-theory/
https://redd.it/1vhu5v2
@r_space
NASA Science
NASA’s IXPE May Have Proven 90-Year-Old Theory - NASA Science
Scientists using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) conducted more than 140 hours of observations of the magnetar 1E 1547-5408 between March and
Pluto’s Famous Glacial Heart Has Been Secretly Leaking Liquid Nitrogen | “Pluto never stops surprising us.”
https://gizmodo.com/plutos-famous-glacial-heart-has-been-secretly-leaking-liquid-nitrogen-2000795652
https://redd.it/1vhx3at
@r_space
https://gizmodo.com/plutos-famous-glacial-heart-has-been-secretly-leaking-liquid-nitrogen-2000795652
https://redd.it/1vhx3at
@r_space
Gizmodo
Pluto's Famous Glacial Heart Has Been Secretly Leaking Liquid Nitrogen
“Pluto never stops surprising us.”
India becomes 4th country to develop a FFSC rocket engine.
https://x.com/astrobase\_space/status/2085656034799149064
Astrobase space developed the engine in less than 2 years( Founded in 2024). The engine, "Everest," is an 80-ton class FFSC engine developed for the first stage of their upcoming reusable rocket. Also they did all this in less than $15 million dollars in funding. They also operate a 21.5 acre engine test site. The engine article will now go for testing and the first hot fire test is scheduled in this year itself.
Astrobase is not the only company in India developing FFSC engines, EtherealX Guild is also developing an 80 kn FFSC engine for their Razor crest mark 1 rocket, designed to rival the Falcon 9. It will also be a fully reusable rocket like Stokes space NOVA, but with double the capacity.
https://redd.it/1vhx9bh
@r_space
https://x.com/astrobase\_space/status/2085656034799149064
Astrobase space developed the engine in less than 2 years( Founded in 2024). The engine, "Everest," is an 80-ton class FFSC engine developed for the first stage of their upcoming reusable rocket. Also they did all this in less than $15 million dollars in funding. They also operate a 21.5 acre engine test site. The engine article will now go for testing and the first hot fire test is scheduled in this year itself.
Astrobase is not the only company in India developing FFSC engines, EtherealX Guild is also developing an 80 kn FFSC engine for their Razor crest mark 1 rocket, designed to rival the Falcon 9. It will also be a fully reusable rocket like Stokes space NOVA, but with double the capacity.
https://redd.it/1vhx9bh
@r_space
X (formerly Twitter)
Astrobase Space (@astrobase_space) on X
EVEREST — India’s first full-flow staged combustion (FFSC) rocket engine.
80-tonne class. Fully integrated. Designed and manufactured in Bengaluru, India.
80-tonne class. Fully integrated. Designed and manufactured in Bengaluru, India.
NASA’s Voyager 2 survives daring ‘big bang’ maneuver
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-voyager-2-survives-daring-big-bang-maneuver/
https://redd.it/1vi0j4i
@r_space
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-voyager-2-survives-daring-big-bang-maneuver/
https://redd.it/1vi0j4i
@r_space
Scientific American
NASA’s Voyager 2 survives daring ‘big bang’ maneuver
After 49 years in space, NASA’s Voyagers are running low on power—but an audacious move should extend the tenures of the two spacecraft
Blue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident | “The anomaly originated at the main oxygen valve on one of the BE-4 engines.”
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/blue-origin-narrowing-in-on-root-cause-of-catastrophic-rocket-accident/
https://redd.it/1vibpww
@r_space
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/blue-origin-narrowing-in-on-root-cause-of-catastrophic-rocket-accident/
https://redd.it/1vibpww
@r_space
Ars Technica
Blue Origin narrowing in on root cause of catastrophic rocket accident
The anomaly originated at the main oxygen valve on one of the BE-4 engines."
India’s first privately-built 800 kN FFSC engine unveiled
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/indias-first-privately-built-800-kn-ffsc-engine-unveiled/article71318276.ece/amp/
https://redd.it/1vib35v
@r_space
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/indias-first-privately-built-800-kn-ffsc-engine-unveiled/article71318276.ece/amp/
https://redd.it/1vib35v
@r_space
The Hindu
India’s first privately-built 800 kN FFSC engine unveiled
Weeks after India’s private space sector achieved a major milestone by launching Vikram-1, the country’s first privately developed orbital rocket, a Bengaluru based space company on Friday unveiled India’s first privately built 800 kN Full-Flow Staged Combustion…
Scientists in Hawaii capture clearest images of the Sun to date
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2583404-most-detailed-ever-image-of-sun-reveals-roiling-waves-for-first-time/
https://redd.it/1vil9tt
@r_space
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2583404-most-detailed-ever-image-of-sun-reveals-roiling-waves-for-first-time/
https://redd.it/1vil9tt
@r_space
New Scientist
Most-detailed-ever image of sun reveals roiling waves for first time | New Scientist
Remarkable images of the sun show vortices on its surface that have never been seen before because they are so small
A SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon. New images show the aftermath
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/space/2026/08/07/photos-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-crash-moon/91201844007/
https://redd.it/1vintk2
@r_space
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/space/2026/08/07/photos-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-crash-moon/91201844007/
https://redd.it/1vintk2
@r_space
USA TODAY
A SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon. New images show the aftermath
A piece of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon Aug. 5. Now, a lunar orbiter has captured photos of the resulting crater.
[OC] Infographic: every mission that reached the Moon's surface, mapped using NASA elevation data. Landing sites, rover routes, and mission stats (1959–present)
https://redd.it/1vixdgh
@r_space
https://redd.it/1vixdgh
@r_space
Should companions orbiting a brown dwarf be considered a moon or a planet?
They possibly detected a planetary-mass companion orbiting a brown dwarf. Here's the abstract of the paper in Nature. It's a 0.9 Jupiter mass companion orbiting a brown dwarf with 29 Jupiter masses. There's no scientific consensus if this should be considered a planet or moon. I'm curious what you guys lean towards.
https://redd.it/1vj4nwd
@r_space
They possibly detected a planetary-mass companion orbiting a brown dwarf. Here's the abstract of the paper in Nature. It's a 0.9 Jupiter mass companion orbiting a brown dwarf with 29 Jupiter masses. There's no scientific consensus if this should be considered a planet or moon. I'm curious what you guys lean towards.
https://redd.it/1vj4nwd
@r_space
Nature
Planetary-mass exosatellite detected around the substellar companion of a star
Nature - Radial velocity measurements provide evidence for a Jupiter-mass exosatellite orbiting the brown dwarf companion CD-35 2722 B, a promising detection of an exomoon-like object.
Curated MIT 16.00x (Astronautics & Human Spaceflight) Lecture Playlist for Anyone Learning Aerospace
Hey everyone,
I’m fairly new to aerospace engineering and currently working my way through foundational concepts. While diving into open resources, I came across MIT’s 16.00x: Introduction to Aerospace Engineering (Astronautics and Human Spaceflight), taught by former NASA astronaut Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman.
The full course structure is available on MIT OpenCourseWare, but navigating through the website modules just to watch the video lectures sequentially felt a bit clunky.
To make it easier for continuous watching, I organized all the core video lectures into a single sequential YouTube playlist.
I wanted to share this here in case anyone else is starting out, looking for a refresher, or wants an accessible stream of the lectures without clicking through nested course pages.
Here is the playlist link: `https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ5yLmZZOIoI&si=dOGwMTgWExVTH1Q6`
The course covers:
Rocket science fundamentals (thrust, specific impulse, multi-stage rockets)
Orbital mechanics & delta-v budgets
Life support systems (ECLSS) and microgravity physiology
Spacesuit design and EVA mechanics
Hope this is helpful to someone else on a similar learning path!
https://redd.it/1vj7a0t
@r_space
Hey everyone,
I’m fairly new to aerospace engineering and currently working my way through foundational concepts. While diving into open resources, I came across MIT’s 16.00x: Introduction to Aerospace Engineering (Astronautics and Human Spaceflight), taught by former NASA astronaut Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman.
The full course structure is available on MIT OpenCourseWare, but navigating through the website modules just to watch the video lectures sequentially felt a bit clunky.
To make it easier for continuous watching, I organized all the core video lectures into a single sequential YouTube playlist.
I wanted to share this here in case anyone else is starting out, looking for a refresher, or wants an accessible stream of the lectures without clicking through nested course pages.
Here is the playlist link: `https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ5yLmZZOIoI&si=dOGwMTgWExVTH1Q6`
The course covers:
Rocket science fundamentals (thrust, specific impulse, multi-stage rockets)
Orbital mechanics & delta-v budgets
Life support systems (ECLSS) and microgravity physiology
Spacesuit design and EVA mechanics
Hope this is helpful to someone else on a similar learning path!
https://redd.it/1vj7a0t
@r_space
Intel's proposed orbital data centers would manage thousands of simple LEO satellites — two-tier network puts the brains of satellite constellations in higher orbit
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/space/intels-proposed-orbital-data-centers-would-manage-thousands-of-simple-leo-satellites-two-tier-network-puts-the-brains-of-satellite-constellations-in-higher-orbit
https://redd.it/1vj8ngh
@r_space
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/space/intels-proposed-orbital-data-centers-would-manage-thousands-of-simple-leo-satellites-two-tier-network-puts-the-brains-of-satellite-constellations-in-higher-orbit
https://redd.it/1vj8ngh
@r_space
Tom's Hardware
Intel's proposed orbital data centers would manage thousands of simple LEO satellites — two-tier network puts the brains of satellite…
The proposed architecture is a different proposition from the orbital AI data centers
Dust Storm in the South Polar Region. Imaged by ESA Mars Express, processing by Andrea Luck
https://redd.it/1vjng8t
@r_space
https://redd.it/1vjng8t
@r_space
I captured Milky way Galaxy from my phone Camera in a remote location.
https://redd.it/1vjpo12
@r_space
https://redd.it/1vjpo12
@r_space
First photo of Earth from outer space; taken by strapping a camera to a US captured German V-2 Rocket and hoping the film would survive the crash, October 24th 1946
https://redd.it/1vjsi41
@r_space
https://redd.it/1vjsi41
@r_space
IRIS² reinforced and accelerated as implementation advances
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Connectivity_and_Secure_Communications/IRIS2_reinforced_and_accelerated_as_implementation_advances
https://redd.it/1vjqj57
@r_space
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Connectivity_and_Secure_Communications/IRIS2_reinforced_and_accelerated_as_implementation_advances
https://redd.it/1vjqj57
@r_space
ESA
IRIS² reinforced and accelerated as implementation advances
On 7 August, the European Commission and the SpaceRISE consortium concluded negotiations and signed an implementation agreement to roll out IRIS², the European Union’s new flagship satellite constellation. The agreement, among other things, adds 66 satellites…