"Shooting stars" from the tau Herculids meteor shower may be visible late this month, but you might want to listen for them instead.
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Sustainable connectivity in space
The world’s first mission to remove several small telecommunications satellites from orbit once they reach the end of their operational service is about to start building and testing its prototype spacecraft.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 27 – June 4
The crescent Moon passes Pollux and Castor in the western twilight. Jupiter aligns with Mars in the dawn, then they edge apart. And a strong new meteor shower will either happen or it won't!
Set off on your next adventure with the Paxi collection
Set off on your next adventure with the Paxi collection
Voyager 1 Doesn’t Know Where it is, Generating Random-Looking Telemetry Data
Old computer systems have a lot of wacky ways to fail. Computers that are constantly blasted by radiation have even more wacky ways to fail. Combine those two attributes, and eventually, you’re bound to have something happen. It certainly seems to have with Voyager 1. The space probe, which has been in active service for NASA for almost 45 years, is sending back telemetry data that doesn’t make any sense.
Watch the 1st trailer for 'Andor' on Disney Plus from Star Wars Celebration 2022!
The first trailer for the upcoming Star Wars series "Andor" on Disney Plus was just unveiled at Star Wars Celebration 2022.
The Building Blocks for Supermassive Black Holes are Found in Dwarf Galaxies
Did this grow from the merger of little black holes to a giant supermassive object called Sagittarius A*? The network of radio observatories that made this image possible includes the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment (APEX) in the Atacama Desert in Chile, co-owned and co-operated by ESO is a partner on behalf of its member states in Europe.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Astronauts share their unique perspective
Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine has effects that are visible from space, as astronauts have recently noted.
“Wind-Ruffled Waves, Foam and Wave Shadows, Above Natural Blue Seawater.” This is how we’ll Spot Exoplanets With Oceans
Our planet’s oceans generate tell-tale light signatures when sunlight reflects off them. Exoplanets with significant ocean coverage may do the same. Can we use the Earth’s reflectance signatures to identify other Earth-like worlds with large oceans?
Cockroach-eaten Apollo 11 moon dust goes up for auction
For sale: One small sample of the moon brought back to Earth in 1969 by the Apollo 11 astronauts. Condition: Well-traveled and once digested.
NASA chief Bill Nelson urges action after 'heavy weight' of recent mass shootings
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson added his voice Wednesday (May 25) to the chorus urging action to prevent mass shootings.
High school students used a tiny computer to measure Earth's magnetic field from space
High school students in Portugal have programmed a small computer on the International Space Station to measure Earth's magnetic field from orbit
Future moon astronauts using water ice may rely on ancient lunar volcanoes
Volcanoes erupting on the moon billions of years ago may have created a layer of ice under the lunar surface, a new study suggests.
Update on a Possible Outburst of Meteors
Will there be a new meteor shower on the night of May 30–31? There's only one way to find out.
Elon Musk endorses tight background checks on gun buyers: report
Elon Musk said he believes that the right to bear arms is necessary to guard against tyranny, but he called for stricter background checks on gun sales.
NASA's metal asteroid mission's launch delayed 7 weeks by software glitch
NASA's Psyche asteroid probe will wait several more weeks for launch.
Oceans and climate
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Earth’s oceans are huge heat stores, soaking up 93% of the excess heat from human activity over the past 70 years. Ocean currents redistribute heat around the planet, from the Equator to the poles. Where this ocean heat goes influences weather patterns and regional climate. As well as absorbing heat, oceans are a natural carbon sink, absorbing a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions from human activity. This has led to the acidification of ocean water, threating marine life.
The amount of heat and carbon dioxide absorbed depends on a number of ocean variables, all of which can be measured from space.
Mystery of the Sun's Chemical Makeup Lingers
Astronomers think they might have a solution to the conundrum of the Sun's chemical composition.
Humans could become a truly interplanetary species within 200 years, physicists claim
Harness renewable energy to explore the cosmos or risk planetary doom, new physics study argues.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover hears an alien soundscape that changes with the seasons
A year's worth of sound recordings from NASA's Perseverance rover reveals that it's very quiet on Mars.
Star Wars Celebration 2022: Everything you need to know and how to watch online
Millions of voices will suddenly cry out... in a fit of frenzied excitement
