Artemis I is now on day seventeen of its mission, having just completed its distant retrograde orbit burn. This maneuver has placed the uncrewed Orion spacecraft (loaded with mannequins and sensors) on its way back to Earth. In honor of this historic mission that has traveled farther than any spacecraft in history, NASA has released a second supercut video of footage from the mission. The 1-minute, 36-second video includes highlights from the maiden launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft making its circumlunar flight and looking back at the Earth-Moon system.
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US Air Force unveils new B-21 Raider stealth bomber today. Here's what we know
The U.S. Air Force will unveil the new Northrop Grumman-built B-21 Raider stealth bomber today (Dec. 2), an aircraft that has been called "the most advanced military aircraft ever built."
Webb Telescope Surveys a Hot Saturn
A collection of five research studies delve into the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-39b as astronomers seek to better understand the chemistry of a world beyond the solar system.
China's Shenzhou 15 crew has busy 6 months ahead aboard Tiangong space station
The three astronauts about to take control of China's Tiangong space station have an action-packed six months ahead of them.
Megatsunami swept over Mars after massive asteroid hit the Red Planet
A Martian megatsunami may have raced across the Red Planet after a cosmic impact similar to the one that likely ended Earth's age of dinosaurs, a new study finds.
New Images of Titan From JWST and Keck Telescopes Reveal a Rare Observation
Planetary scientists have greatly anticipated using the James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared vision to study Saturn’s enigmatic moon Titan and its atmosphere. The wait is finally over and the results are spectacular. Plus, JWST had a little help from one of its ground-based observatory friends in helping to decode some strange features in the new images. Turns out, JWST had just imaged a rare event on Titan: clouds.
Hundreds report seeing a bright fireball in northeastern U.S.
Less than two weeks after a bright fireball lit up the sky above the Great Lakes, another spectacular meteor impressed skywatchers in the Northeast.
'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' trailer gathers the gang for another epic space mission
Disney and Marvel Studios release the first trailer for next year's "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3."
See Bright Mars Wink Out Behind the Moon
The night of December 7–8 will be an exciting one for fans of the Red Planet. Not only will Mars be at opposition, but the full Moon will blot it out of the sky for many locations on Earth.
UFOs 101: Hype, uproar, disinformation and mystery: 'Here we go again.'
UFOs are making headlines again, but lost in the hype and ruckus is the question of when this all started and how we got to this point.
Week in images: 28 November - 02 December 2022
Week in images: 28 November - 02 December 2022
Japanese astronaut keeps International Space Station mission amid research scandal
Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa will be "appropriately" punished following a flawed research investigation, according to media reports citing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
Hubble Space Telescope captures dazzling embrace of merging galaxies
A newly released photo from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a spectacular galaxy merger in progress.
SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft lands at Chicago museum ahead of exhibit
A SpaceX Dragon that twice splashed down has now landed for its last time — in Chicago. The spacecraft, which flew to the International Space Station, arrived at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Beautiful interactive map of the universe lets you journey through space-time almost to the Big Bang
A new interactive map of the cosmos allows users to journey from our galaxy to the most distant sources of light that existed just after the Big Bang.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 2 – 10
Mars is at opposition this week. And on the opposition night of December 7-8, the perfectly full Moon occults Mars. Orion enters stage east ever earlier, the Summer Triangle sinks in the west, and the Big Dipper lies low.
Earth from Space: the moraines of Malaspina
The remarkable moraine patterns of Malaspina Glacier – the largest piedmont glacier in the world – are featured in this false-colour image acquired by Copernicus Sentinel-2.
Webb tracks clouds on Saturn’s moon Titan
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These are images of Saturn’s moon Titan, captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument on 4 November 2022. The image on the left uses a filter sensitive to Titan’s lower atmosphere. The bright spots are prominent clouds in the northern hemisphere. The image on the right is a color composite image. Click here for an annotated version of this image.
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft leaves moon's orbit to head home
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft successfully completed a roughly two-minute lunar departure burn on Thursday (Dec. 1) to begin heading home after successful lunar orbits.
A Black Hole Consumed a Star and Released the Light of a Trillion Suns
When a flash of light appears somewhere in the sky, astronomers notice. When it appears in a region of the sky not known to host a stellar object that’s flashed before, they really sit up and take notice. In astronomical parlance, objects that emit flashing light are called transients.
