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US Space Force gets its 2nd-ever chief
On Thursday (Sept. 29), the Senate unanimously confirmed Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman as chief of space operations for the Space Force.
Hubble Space Telescope spots protective shield against greedy Milky Way
An odd shield of supercharged gas protects dwarf galaxies from being ripped apart by the gravitational pull of the Milky Way, 30 years' worth of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope reveal.
World Space Week centers space sustainability for this year's events
In the 65 years since humanity's first satellite, the number of those in orbit is causing issues for astronomy and space security.
Advanced AI discovers a treasure trove of gravitational lenses
A machine-learning algorithm has helped astronomers discover thousands of gravitational lenses predicted by Einstein.
A Single High-Resolution Image of Dimorphos Stacked From DART’s Final Images
Here’s a sharper view of Dimorphos, the small asteroid moonlet that the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally crashed into. Eydeet on Imgur created a higher resolution image of Dimorphos by stacking the last few images received from the spacecraft before impact.
Europe’s space industry gathers at ESA
ESA welcomed a record 1700 visitors from 800 companies and institutions to its Industry Space Days event on 28–29 September at ESTEC, its technical centre in The Netherlands. It is a place where industry can meet and share their ideas for new emerging uses of space and commercial potential.
Celestron Astro Fi 102 telescope review
Its reasonable price, motorized functionality and SkyPortal app make this a good telescope for beginners.
Earth From Another Sun space MMO is an amazing homage to Starfield and Halo
Earth From Another Sun offers a Starfield- and Halo-inspired approach to a space-based, first-person shooter.
A Dwarf Galaxy Passed Close to the Milky Way and Left Ripples in its Wake
When you imagine the collision of galaxies, you probably think of something violent and transformational. Spiral arms ripped apart, stars colliding, cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria. The reality is much less dramatic. As a recent study shows, our galaxy is in a collision right now.
Why are sunspots black?
Why are sunspots black? According to astronomers, it may be a big, cosmic optical illusion.
Stars Spiral Inward to the Cores of Stellar Nurseries
Astronomers studying a stellar cluster within the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) have found young stars spiraling in towards the center of the cluster. The cluster, NGC 346, is an open cluster embedded within a glowing cloud of gas, which is typical of stellar nurseries – places where new stars are formed. The outer spiral arm of this star forming region appears to be funneling gas, dust and new stars into the center, which researchers describe as an efficient way to fuel the birth of new stars.
3D sky: How astronomers measure the size, luminosity and distance of stars
Stars differ in size, luminosity and distance from us. We discuss how astronomers measure these three values to understand the three-dimensional sky.
See the crescent moon shine above the red star Antares tonight (Sept. 30)
The brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius, Antares will appear below the moon on Friday evening.
Behold! Our closest view of Jupiter's ocean moon Europa in 22 years
NASA's Juno spacecraft skimmed close above the surface of icy Europa Thursday (Sept. 29), capturing a view of the crust that is just the start of our new study of this ocean world.
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Europe’s new weather satellite sets sail
The first of Europe’s Meteosat Third Generation satellites is now safely aboard a ship and making its way across the Atlantic to French Guiana where it will be readied for liftoff in December. Once launched into geostationary orbit, 36 000 km above Earth, this new satellite, which carries two new extremely sensitive instruments, will take weather forecasting to the next level.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, September 30 – October 8
The Moon poses with Antares at dusk. A few nights later, lunar sunrise unveils the sharp black line of the Straight Wall in Mare Nubium for small-telescope users. Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars span the evening sky. Mercury climbs onstage at dawn.
Firefly Aerospace aborts orbital test flight just after engine ignition
Firefly planned to send its Alpha rocket to orbit on a test flight early Friday morning (Sept. 30), and it ticked off a lot of boxes along the way — including engine ignition.
Earth from Space: Melt ponds in West Greenland
During spring and summer, as the air warms up and the sun beats down on the Greenland Ice Sheet, melt ponds pop up. Melt ponds are vast pools of open water that form on both sea ice and ice sheets and are visible as turquoise-blue pools of water in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image.
