NASA launches observatories to study cosmic origins, Sun

NASA launches observatories to study cosmic origins, Sun

NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) lifted off on March 11 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The space agency says alongside the SPHEREx mission, four small satellites from the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere mission also launched. PUNCH is slated to study the Sun’s outer atmosphere and how it contributes to solar wind.

NASA, SpaceX encounter technical challenges in plan to get stuck astronauts back to Earth

NASA, SpaceX encounter technical challenges in plan to get stuck astronauts back to Earth

The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission was expected to launch from the Kennedy Space Center around 7:48 p.m. local time on Wednesday. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov will replace the previous crew, including Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore. Williams and Wilmore were part of the Boeing Starliner crew, which was slated to return to Earth in June, but NASA deemed the mission too risky, and the spacecraft returned with a crew onboard.

Texas Severe Thunderstorm Nowcast [6 PM 3/12/2025]

Texas Severe Thunderstorm Nowcast [6 PM 3/12/2025]

A broken line of thunderstorms extends from Malakoff to Teague, Kosse, Rosebud, and Taylor, just east of Round Rock. Currently, most storms are behaving, but small hail and gusty winds are possible. The storms are moving east at 35 miles per hour. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 11 PM for Northeast Texas, […]

Texas Severe Weather Update [4:30PM March 12, 2025]

Texas Severe Weather Update [4:30PM March 12, 2025]

The risk of severe storms is increasing over the next several hours across eastern North Texas, the Brazos Valley, East Texas, and Northeast Texas. Activity is expected to be east of Interstate 35 shortly, which keeps the highest threat of severe storms east of the D/FW Metroplex. Our first storms of the day have developed […]