India's space agency is proceeding very cautiously after the hard landing of its previous lunar lander in 2019.
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Thousands of satellites are polluting Australian skies, and threatening ancient Indigenous astronomy practices
The modern-day space race has led to thousands of satellites scattered through Earth's outer orbits that could push dark skies to extinction.
Shadow of Jupiter's largest moon looms in magnificent new Juno photo
Giant Jupiter and the shadow of its biggest moon, Ganymede, dominate the view in a newly shared image based on a NASA spacecraft data.
NASA is Ready to try and fix Lucy's Unlatched Solar Panel
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, currently on its way to the outer Solar System to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, has a solar panel problem. Shortly after its launch last October, engineers determined that one of Lucy’s two solar panels failed to open completely. While the spacecraft has enough power to function, the team is concerned about how the unlatched panel might hinder Lucy’s performance going forward. In an attempt to fix the problem, the team will carry out a new procedure next month that is designed to unfurl the solar panel the rest of the way, and latch it firmly in place.
Hubble Checks the Weather on Hot Jupiters. Forecast: 100% Chance of Hellish Conditions
While the Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 32 years in orbit, like a fine wine, it has only gotten better with age as it continues to study the Universe and teach us more about our place in the cosmos. Hubble doesn’t just take breathtaking images of our Universe, but it also studies our own solar system, galaxies, and exoplanets, as well. It is this last subject where Hubble has recently been hard at work, though.
Planetary Decadal Survey Says it’s Time for a Mission to Uranus (and Enceladus too!)
Since 2002, the United States National Research Council (NRC) has released a publication that identifies objectives and makes recommendations for science missions for NASA, the National Science Foundation, and other government agencies for the next decade. These reports, appropriately named Planetary Science Decadal Surveys, help inform future NASA missions that address the mysteries that persist in astronomy, astrophysics, earth science, and heliophysics.
SpaceX, NASA delay undocking of private Ax-1 astronaut crew at space station
NASA and SpaceX delayed the undocking of private Ax-1 astronauts from the International Space Station by another day due to bad weather.
SpaceX again waves off return of Axiom crew mission
A view of the Florida peninsula from the International Space Station earlier this month. Credit: NASA
With persistent high winds off the Florida coast, SpaceX on Saturday again waved off the undocking and return to Earth of a Dragon crew capsule from the International Space Station with four private astronauts. The decision delays the Axiom crew’s departure until no earlier than Sunday night, with splashdown Monday afternoon.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 8 — Humans to Mars, part 2
On this episode of This Week in Space, look at NASA's plans to land humans on the Red Planet from the Apollo era through today, SpaceX, too.
Cocooned, dying stars may cause sudden, bright blasts that confound scientists
Fast blue optical transients are ultrahot, ultrafast and difficult to explain.
US government report proposed nuking the moon, newly released documents reveal
The U.S. government's UFO program, AATIP, was funding secret research into invisibility, wormholes, and antigravity, newly released documents reveal.
Violent stellar explosion produces highest-energy gamma-rays ever observed from a nova
The nova system RS Ophiuchi produced extremely high-energy gamma-rays in its most recent explosion, according to observations by the dual MAGIC telescopes in Spain's Canary Islands.
The top space stories of the week!
Scientists see new 'micronova' stellar explosion, Ukrainian moon startup repurposes tech for military use, and Perseverance Mars rover arrives at ancient river delta.
Space photos: The most amazing images this week!
See the best photos on Space.com this week.
Private Ax-1 astronaut mission leaving space station Saturday: Watch live
The first-ever all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is about to head for home, and you can watch the departure live.
Saturday eclipse talk kicks off Astronomical League of the Philippines' new webinar series
Astronomer Jay Pasachoff will talk about his December 2021 eclipse-chasing expedition to Antarctica tomorrow (April 23) at 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT).
Building a home on Mars … with bacteria?
Imagine a home on Mars. Is it filled with bacteria?
Slimmed Down Red Giants Had Their Mass Stolen By a Companion Star
Millions of stars that can grow up to 620 million miles in diameter, known as ‘red giants,’ exist in our galaxy, but it has been speculated for a while that there are some that are possibly much smaller. Now a team of astronomers at the University of Sydney have discovered several in this category and have published their findings in the journal Nature Astronomy.
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder calls astronauts on space station for Earth Day chat (video)
Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder speaks with NASA and ESA astronauts aboard the International Space Station for Earth Day.
Here’s Something Rare: a Martian Crater That isn’t a Circle. What Happened?
Most impact craters are usually circular and fairly symmetric, but not all. This odd-shaped crater on Mars is obviously an impact crater, but it has a unique oblong shape. What happened?
SpaceX inks 1st deal to provide Starlink internet service on planes
SpaceX just secured its first deal to provide inflight internet service on airplanes using its Starlink constellation of broadband satellites.
