Our majestic star was recorded in the act of emitting high-intensity solar flares, which are strong blasts of energy. On...
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In this edition: * ARISS Announces NASA Astronaut Tony England WØORE as Speaker for 40th Anniversary Celebration * AMSAT Seeks...
Voyager 1, the most distant human-made object from Earth, is sending back a repetitive jumble of 1s and 0s that...
A parabolic antenna is a simple enough device, a curved reflector designed to focus all the radiation from the direction...
Solar eclipses, while fun to gawp at and/or cower from in fear of the sun-eating god depending on what century...
Solar eclipses can have a noticeable impact on the structure and dynamics of Earth's upper atmosphere—the ionosphere. This is primarily...
In this edition: * Astronaut Hams Complete ISS Crew Transition * AMSAT SA Space Symposium to be Held Online *...
A radio experiment held on July 26, 2023, to decode a slow-scan TV (SSTV) message sent via the ham radio...
and a team of partners has demonstrated a space-to-ground laser communication system operating at a record breaking 200 gigabit per...
Astronauts will be testing the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System (O2O) to transmit live, 4K ultra-high-definition video back to Earth from...
NASA's new sound clip, released on April 17, offers an eerie glimpse into the strange and unsettling sounds that Earth's magnetic...
Thirty years ago, an unusual conversation was had between a grocery store shopper and one of his friends. The pair...
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the moon on Artemis II....
NASA’s been recruiting citizen scientists lately, and their latest call is looking for help from ham radio operators. They want...
If you’ve been looking for a practical example of using GNU Radio, you should check out work on decoding telemetry...
If you’ve ever wanted to work for NASA, here’s your chance. Well, don’t expect a paycheck or any benefits, but...
Former astronaut Walter Cunningham, who flew into space on Apollo 7, the first flight with crew in NASA’s Apollo Program,...
A major leak from a Russian capsule docked on the International Space Station was most probably caused when a small meteoroid smashed...
A NASA space science spacecraft launched three years ago has been out of contact with controllers for nearly two weeks...
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation....
Amateur radio operators will join a powerful international network tracking NASA's Orion spacecraft after it launches toward the moon this...
The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most important scientific achievements of the human species that has helped us...
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and two cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its number of residents to...
Looking for a way to track OMOTENASHI's 70CM beacons on its way to the moon? Two hams turn us on...
When Frank Drake began his astronomy career in the late 1950s, this was an incredibly exciting time for the field....
