These moonless evenings open the sky for good constellation spotting and deep-sky probing.
Pegasus flies high. Draco eyes Vega. And it's time for the Orionid meteors.
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 14 – 22
Earth from Space: Mississippi River
Mississippi River, one of the longest rivers in North America, is featured in this multi-temporal radar image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.
Seeing how a spacecraft dies
Seeing how a spacecraft dies
Mars Express Watched Deimos Pass in Front of Jupiter and its Moons
That’s no moon … wait … yes, it is, and more!
Fallen Arecibo Observatory telescope won't be rebuilt despite scientists' hopes
Puerto Rico's iconic radio telescope, which collapsed in 2020, won't be rebuilt, although the site will see a new education center open next year.
China launches environmental satellite in 3rd flight in 6 days
China launched an environmental satellite into space Wednesday (Oct. 13) amid a surge of rocket activity.
A new Launch Date for Artemis 1: November 14th … at Night
If the next launch attempt of the Artemis I mission goes as planned, it should be a spectacular sight.
A Black Hole Burps out Material, Years After Feasting on a Star
Originally predicted by Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, black holes are the most extreme object in the known Universe. These objects form when stars reach the end of their life cycle, blow off their outer layers, and are so gravitationally powerful that nothing (not even light) can escape their surfaces. They are also of interest because they allow astronomers to observe the laws of physics under the most extreme conditions. Periodically, these gravitational behemoths will devoir stars and other objects in their vicinity, releasing tremendous amounts of light and radiation.
See the hypersonic 'Darkstar' jet from 'Top Gun: Maverick' in person this weekend
The real-world mockup of the fictional "Darkstar" hypersonic jet seen in the opening sequence of the 2022 film "Top Gun: Maverick" is on display this weekend in Southern California.
Webb Sees Organic Molecules in the Hearts of Galaxies, Surprisingly Close to Active Supermassive Black Holes
When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched, one of its jobs was studying galactic formation and evolution. When we look around the Universe, today’s galaxies take the shape of grand spirals like the Whirlpool galaxy and giant ellipticals like M60. But galaxies didn’t always look like this.
Strange molecules swirl around supermassive black holes, James Webb Space Telescope finds
NASA's iconic new observatory has spotted surprising compounds around supermassive black holes.
How Winking Stars Map Asteroids
An innovative method enables astronomers to gauge the size and shape of a distant asteroid — and potentially any km-scale object in the solar system.
Scottish rocket startup Skyrora fails on 1st space launch attempt
A suborbital rocket from Skyrora failed to reach space on Saturday (Oct. 8), but the company said the test launch was a milestone effort nonetheless.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day
The European Mars Express spacecraft took a stunning sequence of images capturing the Martian moon Deimos with Jupiter and its four main moons.
Hubble Space Telescope finds neutron star collision's jet travels nearly as fast as light
The Hubble Space Telescope observed the aftermath of astronomers' first-ever neutron star collision and measured how fast the jet produced traveled.
SpaceX rocket launch spawns spectacular 'jellyfish' in the sky (video, photos)
One of SpaceX's recent Falcon 9 missions delivered a treat for skywatchers when the launch created a jaw-dropping "jellyfish" in the sky.
Venus balloon prototype notches test flights over Nevada desert (video)
A unique, helium-filled, sulfuric-acid resistant balloon called an aerobot successfully completed two test flights over the Nevada desert.
Why is Pluto not a planet?
Pluto, officially a dwarf planet, has surprising complexity on its surface. While certainly a world, not everyone agrees it is a planet.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Exploring Earth and space by remote control
This NASA center for climate research and Earth observation manages several missions, like the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope.
Astronomers discover heaviest exoplanet element yet on alien world so hot it rains iron
Astronomers have discovered the heavy element barium in the atmospheres of two blisteringly hot gas giant planets outside the solar system.
Firefly declares Alpha rocket launch success despite satellites falling back to Earth
Firefly Aerospace claims the recent launch of its Alpha rocket was a success, despite its three satellite payloads reentering the atmosphere just days later.
