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Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning red view of the Soul Nebula
A spectacular new image shows the Soul Nebula infused with red light, highlighting a tadpole-like dense region of gas.
Watch SpaceX launch 49 Starlink internet satellites to orbit Sunday
SpaceX plans to launch another set of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit on Sunday (Jan. 29), and you can watch the action live.
What are gluons?
Discover how gluons bind quarks together to form protons and neutrons and explore the form weird form of matter in which they existed just after the Big Bang.
I drove 10 hours to watch a 9-minute Rocket Lab launch from Virginia and it was glorious
It's not every day you watch a rocket streak into space over Virginia's Eastern Shore, acing its first-ever liftoff from American soil.
Almost anyone can become an amateur astronomer. What will you find?
Want to become a published astronomer? All it takes is a spare telescope, or at least a decent internet connection, and plenty of patience.
Does Failing to Detect Aliens Mean We’ll Never Be Contacted?
In a recent paper submitted in November 2022, a scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne quantifies how the Earth has not heard a radio signal from an extraterrestrial technological civilization over the course of approximately the last 60 years, which is when the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) began listening for such signals. They also quantify the potential likelihood pertaining to when we might hear a signal, along with recommending potential strategies that could aid in the ongoing search for detecting a signal from an extraterrestrial technological civilization.
A Martian Meteorite Contains Organic Compounds. The Raw Ingredients for Life?
In a recent study published in Sciences Advances, an international team of scientists led by the Technical University of Munich examined the Martian meteorite Tissint, which fell near the village of Tissint, Morocco, on July 18, 2011, with pieces of the meteorite found as far as approximately 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the village. What makes Tissint intriguing is the presence of a “huge organic diversity”, as noted in the study, which could help scientists better understand if life ever existed on Mars, and even the geologic history of Earth, as well.
Beautiful New Hubble Photo Shows Hot, Young Variable Stars in the Orion Nebula
Here’s another striking image from the venerable Hubble Space Telescope. These billows of blue and red show a detailed look at a small portion of the famous Orion Nebula. But what really catches the eye are the brilliant stars with the cross-shaped diffraction spikes — a hallmark of Hubble images.
UAE lunar rover will test 1st artificial intelligence on the moon with Canada
Canadian company Mission Control Space Services has an interplanetary test forthcoming: Proving its artificial intelligence on a moon rover mission.
NASA astronaut Sally Ride statue to be unveiled in Los Angeles on July 4
The first U.S. woman in space will be honored with a monument outside the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum. The same team made another Ride statue in 2022.
Watch the 1st half-lit first quarter moon of 2023 rise tonight
On Saturday, Jan. 28, skywatchers will be able to see the year's 1st first quarter moon, when the moon appears to be half-lit from the perspective of Earth.
European Space Agency seeks more use of logo, mission patches on merchandise
The European Space Agency wants to see its logo on your t-shirt, cap or collectible. The intergovernmental organization has now made it easier to gain permission to use the ESA brand.
Watch the moon eclipse Uranus tonight
On Saturday (Jan. 28), the moon will cover Uranus in the night sky during a lunar occultation for some regions of Earth. In other places, the two bodies will share a close approach to one another.
Return to the Rocinante with a new 12-issue comic series, 'The Expanse: Dragon Tooth'
Boom! Studios is set to release "The Expanse: Dragon Tooth" comic series in April.
Private Peregrine moon lander completes testing ahead of landmark lunar launch
Astrobotic's Peregrine moon lander wrapped up testing to prepare for spaceflight and is now waiting to be shipped to its Florida launch site.
It’s Already Hard Enough to Block a Single Star’s Light to See its Planets. But Binary Stars? Yikes
Detecting exoplanets was frontier science not long ago. But now we’ve found over 5,000 of them, and we expect to find them around almost every star. The next step is to characterize these planets more fully in hopes of finding ones that might support life. Directly imaging them will be part of that effort.
2 big pieces of space junk nearly collide in orbital 'bad neighborhood'
Satellite monitoring and collision detection firm LeoLabs spotted a near-miss between a defunct Soviet rocket body and dead spy satellite that passed within about 20 feet (6 meters) of one another.
'Dead Space' returns to haunt your dreams with new next-generation remake
Motive Studio and Electronic Arts releases the new remastered edition of "Dead Space" today
Watch an SUV-sized asteroid zoom by Earth in close shave flyby in this time-lapse video
Watch asteroid 2023 BU make a close flyby of Earth in images shared by the Virtual Telescope Project taken when the rock was just 13,670 miles (22,000 kilometers) from the surface.
Watch NASA test potentially revolutionary 3D-printed rocket engine (video)
This futuristic engine could save lots of propellant on interplanetary journeys, perhaps allowing NASA to explore the solar system more efficiently.
