This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, appears to show two spiral galaxies colliding. In fact, they are just overlapping from our vantage point and are likely quite distant from each other. The galaxies are named SDSS J115331 and LEDA 2073461, and they lie more than a billion light-years from Earth. This ‘photobombing’ of one galaxy getting in the same picture as another was originally found by volunteers from the Galaxy Zoo project, which uses the power of crowdsourcing to find unusual galaxies in our Universe.
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Best used mirrorless cameras: save money on second-hand kit
Bag a bargain and save money by buying one of the best preowned mirrorless cameras at a great discount compared to new.
Inspiration4 astronaut shares 'blast-off' moment in new book
Hayley Arceneaux's new memoir chronicles her journey from childhood cancer survivor to one of four civilians on board a SpaceX mission in September 2021.
Best camera drones 2022: Capture stunning aerial photography and video
Drones are often thought of as flying cameras, so we’ve put together our list of the best camera drones for every budget.
NASA's tiny CAPSTONE probe suffers problem on its journey to the moon
Toward the end of a major engine burn on Thursday evening (Sept. 8), CAPSTONE experienced an anomaly that put the probe in a protective "safe mode," mission team members said.
Watch SpaceX launch 54 Starlink satellites from Florida Tuesday night
SpaceX will send another big batch of Starlink satellites to orbit on Tuesday night (Sept. 13) — and bring the first stage of a rocket back to Earth.
NASA probe ready to slam into an asteroid this month in landmark planetary defense test
On Sept. 26, DART will slam headfirst into a small asteroid, the rare case when a spacecraft's destruction is the desired outcome.
Mars rover and drone prototypes brave strong Iceland winds in analog test
Robots working together will assist astronauts on rocky worlds like the moon and Mars, if Earth tests like this show it's possible.
Handheld laser device can quickly diagnose astronaut health in space
Medical sample collection in low Earth orbit could be repurposed for future moon and Mars missions.
First Eurostar Neo satellite ready to ship
The first satellite to be built under ESA’s Eurostar Neo programme stands ready to be shipped to its launch site.
The future of space exploration – ESA at IAC 2022
Join us at the ESA stand at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2022), taking place from 18 to 22 September at the Paris Convention Centre in Paris. A week of lively interactions awaits the world space community, this year under the theme 'Space for @ll'. The congress will open its doors to the general public on 21 September.
Launch of Artemis 1 moon rocket delayed to Sept. 27 at the earliest
Sept. 23 is no longer an option for the launch of NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission. The agency is now targeting Sept. 27, with a possible backup date of Oct. 2.
Want to Stay Healthy in Space? Then you Want Artificial Gravity
Space travel presents numerous challenges, not the least of which have to do with astronaut health and safety. And the farther these missions venture from Earth, the more significant they become. Beyond Earth’s protective atmosphere and magnetosphere, there’s the threat of long-term exposure to solar and cosmic radiation. But whereas radiation exposure can be mitigated with proper shielding, there are few strategies available for dealing with the other major hazard: long-term exposure to microgravity.
NASA delays SLS tanking test, next launch opportunity
NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket on its launch pad. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography
NASA said Monday it is now targeting Wednesday, Sept. 21, for a critical fueling test on the Space Launch System moon rocket, which could allow for another attempt to launch the unpiloted Artemis 1 lunar test flight as soon as Sept. 27, assuming engineers find no problems and the Space Force approves an extension for the rocket’s range safety system. The updated schedule is a four-day delay for the SLS tanking test and next launch opportunity.
Firefly reschedules test launch for next week after two scrubs
Firefly’s launch pad crew works on the Alpha rocket Monday, Sept. 12, at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Credit: Brian Sandoval / Spaceflight Now
Firefly Aerospace said Monday it will try again Sept. 19 to launch its second Alpha rocket from California after scrubbing back-to-back launch attempts due to a helium pressure issue and unfavorable wind conditions.
The Webb Image you’ve Been Waiting For: the Orion Nebula
This is it, folks. Feast your eyes! It’s what we’ve been training for—seeing the James Webb Space Telescope’s first detailed view of the Orion Nebula! JWST’s NIRCam gazed at this starbirth nursery and revealed incredible details hidden from view by gas and dust clouds.
Ground teams trying to regain control of scouting satellite for NASA’s Artemis moon program
Artist’s concept of the CAPSTONE spacecraft near the moon. Credit: llustration by NASA/Daniel Rutter
Ground teams will try to stabilize the motion of NASA’s small CAPSTONE scouting satellite and rescue the $30 million mission on the way to the moon, following a problem Sept. 8 that sent the spacecraft into a tumble and caused controllers to temporarily lose contact with the probe, officials said Monday.
'We choose to go to the moon...' again: NASA marks 60th anniversary of JFK speech
As NASA again prepares to set sail "on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure" ever embarked, the agency's leaders returned to where JFK stated, "We choose to go to the moon."
Failure of Blue Origin's New Shepard a reminder that spaceflight is still hard
In-flight failures are always startling, given the dramatic visuals that accompany them. But the possibility of failure should always be in the back of our minds.
Dwarf planet collision may have sent strange ultra-hard diamonds to Earth
Strange hexagonal diamonds may have been jettisoned into space when a dwarf planet collided with a large asteroid around 4.5 billion years ago.
New moon mineral discovered in China's lunar samples
Chinese scientists have found a new lunar mineral in the form of a crystal lurking inside samples collected from the moon in 2020.
