Multiple star systems are very common in the Milky Way. While most of these systems are binary systems consisting of two stars, others contain three, four, or even six stars. These systems tend to be pretty stable since unstable systems tend to break apart or merge fairly quickly, but sometimes you can get a kind of meta-stable system. One that lasts long enough for stars to evolve while still being stable in the end. And that end could be a supernova.
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Cosmic Rays can Help Keep the World's Clocks in Sync
The world has a robust, accurate timekeeping system that regulates our clocks. Humanity uses it for everything we do, from our financial systems to satellite navigation, computer and phone networks, and GPS. But the current system is not perfect, and has vulnerabilities to cyber-attack and disruption. Given the importance of accurate timekeeping to our society (as a fundamental underpinning of life in the 21st century), experts are always looking for ways to improve the system and add redundancy. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have taken a big step in this direction, developing a new method of time synchronization that takes advantage of cosmic rays to calibrate the world’s clocks.
The Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse will leave these lunar spacecraft in the dark
The Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse means solar power trouble for spacecraft on the moon
Super Flower Blood Moon weather forecast: What to expect in the US for the total lunar eclipse
A total eclipse of the moon will occur tonight (May 15). Here's the weather forecast for the Super Flower Blood Moon.
Want to see the Super Flower Blood Moon? Here's one scientist's tips for the total lunar eclipse.
A space scientist weighs in on the Super Flower Blood Moon for the May's total lunar eclipse.
NASA's Lucy asteroid probe will watch the Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse from deep space tonight
NASA's Lucy mission, bound for asteroids that orbit the sun at the same distance as Jupiter, will watch the moon's reflected sunlight disappear during a lunar eclipse.
The Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse of 2022 occurs tonight! Here's what to expect.
The Super Flower Blood Moon, a total lunar eclipse, occurs tonight (May 15). Here's what to know and where to watch.
The moon photobombs a sunset in this otherworldly solar eclipse image
A partial solar eclipse coincided with sunset in April 2022. This image tracks the movements of the sun and eclipse stages.
Boeing's Starliner flying crucial OFT-2 mission to space station this week at long last
Boeing's Starliner capsule is all set to launch on its second uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station, 2.5 years after failing on its first try.
A CubeSat is Flying to the Moon to Make Sure Lunar Gateway’s Orbit is Actually Stable
Before this decade is over, NASA will send astronauts to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era. As part of the Artemis Program, NASA also plans to establish the infrastructure that will allow for a “sustained program of lunar exploration.” A key part of this is the Lunar Gateway, an orbiting space station that will facilitate regular trips to and from the lunar surface. In addition to being a docking point for ships going to and from Earth, the station will also allow for long-duration missions to Mars.
SpaceX’s first-gen Starlink fleet halfway complete after back-to-back launches
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral on Saturday with the Starlink 4-15 mission. Credit: SpaceX
More than half of the spacecraft SpaceX needs to fill the company’s first-generation fleet of 4,408 Starlink satellites are now in orbit, following the addition of 106 new internet relay nodes launched on two Falcon 9 rockets Friday and Saturday.
Live coverage: SpaceX readies Falcon 9 rocket for launch today
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 4-15 mission will launch SpaceX’s next batch of 53 Starlink broadband satellites. Follow us on Twitter.
What time is the Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse?
A Blood Moon total lunar eclipse will occur this weekend and here's when to watch it.
The stages of the Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse of 2022 explained
Here is every stage of the Super Flower Blood Moon of May 2022 with a timetable for the total lunar eclipse.
Satellite spies sunken Russian ship off Ukraine's wartorn Snake Island (photos)
Tiny Snake Island has hosted some fierce fighting during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as new satellite photos show.
SpaceX to launch 53 Starlink internet satellites, land rocket Saturday: Watch live
SpaceX plans to launch and land a rocket on Saturday (May 14), its second such effort in less than 24 hours.
Monster black holes fuel Arcade Fire's cosmic album and performance (Q&A)
Arcade Fire's Win Butler talks with Space.com about the band's new record "We" and the black holes that helped inspire it.
SpaceX passes 2,500 satellites launched for Starlink internet network
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbs into the sky over Vandenberg Space Force Base to begin the Starlink 4-13 mission. Credit: Gene Blevins / LA Daily News
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Friday afternoon from California’s Central Coast with another batch 53 Starlink internet satellites, pushing the total number of spacecraft launched in the network above 2,500, including testbeds and prototypes already cycled out of the network.
Blue Origin targets May 20 for next space tourist launch
Jeff Bezos' aerospace company announced today (May 13) that it's targeting May 20 for the launch of NS-21, the next crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle.
Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse: Is it the 1st of 4 supermoons?
Retired NASA eclipse scientist Fred Espenak has been watching the night sky ever since he was eight years old, and plans once again to look up for the forthcoming lunar eclipse Sunday (May 15).
NASA astronaut floats on the space station with Earth in the background (photo)
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is seen floating above Earth in a new photo from the International Space Station.
