A rare parade of planets is coming into better view in the second half of June, and even the moon will join the show.
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Exclusive: 'Star Wars' legend Phil Tippett discusses his terrifying new animated odyssey 'Mad God'
Academy Award-winning VFX artist Phil Tippett discusses his epic sci-fi horror project, "Mad God," which arrived on Shudder on June 16.
NASA assigns 2 astronauts to fly on Boeing Starliner's 1st crewed mission
NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams will fly on Crew Flight Test, Starliner's first crewed mission to the International Space Station.
Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is hemorrhaging ice faster than in the past 5,500 years
Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier is losing ice at its fastest rate in 5,500 years, raising concerns about the ice sheet's future.
See a Stunning New Picture of the Tarantula Nebula
When it comes to exciting places to look in the sky, the Tarantula Nebula is hard to beat. It’s got cloudy star-forming regions, hot young stars, and star clusters. It’s one of the brightest and most active star birth areas in the Milky Way’s neighborhood. It’s also got an amazing collection of massive stars. That range of stellar activity makes the Tarantula almost the perfect laboratory to study the mechanics of star formation.
Astronomers Caught Betelgeuse Just Before it Started Dimming and Might Have Seen a Pressure Wave Rippling Through its Atmosphere
A couple of years ago, Betelgeuse generated much interest when it started dimming. That caught the attention of astronomers worldwide, who tried to understand what was happening. Was it about to go supernova?
A Strange White Dwarf with a Chaotic Past
New observations show that a Mercury-like world and a comet-like object fell onto a white dwarf, indicating past orbital chaos.
SpaceX employees decry Elon Musk's 'embarrassing' behavior: report
A group of anonymous SpaceX employees say that founder and CEO Elon Musk's recent behavior reflects badly on the company as a whole.
Andromeda Tore Apart and Consumed a Neighbor Galaxy
Things may seem quiet and peaceful in the Andromeda Galaxy when you gaze at it in the sky. However, if you know what to look for, there’s evidence of a violent rumble in this galaxy’s past. That’s the takeaway from research by Ivanna Escala, an astronomer at Carnegie Institution for Science in Pasadena. She found telltale clues for a merger a few billion years ago. That’s when Andromeda actively cannibalized another galaxy.
Water on the moon twice over for China's sample-return mission
China's Chang'e 5 lunar landing and sampling mission found water on the moon both through on-site analysis and in materials delivered to Earth.
'Strawberry Supermoon' sparkles behind NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket (photos)
The destination for NASA's Artemis 1 mission looks big and bright in stunning new photos from the agency taken Tuesday (June 14).
A Perfectly Balanced Rock Seen by Perseverance
The Perseverance rover has begun exploring a region that looks a little like Monument Valley in Arizona and Utah in the US, or perhaps like a set on an old sci-fi movie. The rock formations in this area on Mars are stunning in their varied and sometimes absurd shapes and structures. One wonders what took place here eons ago to create the weird variety of formations.
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Curious Kids: What would happen if someone moved at twice the speed of light?
According Einstein's Theory of Relativity, the speed of light operates as a universal speed limit on anything with mass.
The universe explained in All About Space magazine's latest issue
Inside the latest issue of All About Space, you'll find the universe explained, how auroras form on other planets and the mystery of a 2,000-year-old calculator.
SpaceX planning another trifecta of launches this weekend
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket on pad 39A on Dec. 8, 2021. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
SpaceX teams in Florida and California are preparing for three missions from three launch pads in three days, beginning Friday with a launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a reusable Falcon 9 booster flying for a record 13th time.
ESA sets out bold ambitions for space
ESA has put forward its ambitious plans for the next three years and beyond to increase European autonomy, leadership and responsibility in space.
Stellar pair may have formed when wandering star stumbled too close to another
Astronomers found a binary star system that may have formed when a wandering star fell into the gravity of its partner.
Hubble Space Telescope photo reveals stunning mix of young and old stars
The Hubble Space Telescope records a breathtaking new image of the Liller 1 globular star cluster approximately 30,000 light-years away from Earth.
Artemis 1 rocket faces huge test this weekend as NASA preps for launch around the moon
The Space Launch System rocket that will fly NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission is at the pad for a critical launch countdown simulation this weekend.
New vacancies: Director of Science and Director of TEC
The European Space Agency is currently looking for a new Director of Science and new Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality, to join its executive board and support the Director General, with responsibility for relevant ESA activities and overall objectives.
