A group of students has confirmed that a rocket stage poised to hit the moon next month is from a Chinese Long March launcher, not a SpaceX Falcon 9 as originally thought.
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Reveling in the Winter Milky Way
With the Moon departing the evening sky, now's a good time for a closer look at the northern winter Milky Way and its southern summer counterpart, too. No equipment required!
Lego Star Wars Imperial Light Cruiser review
Hunt down the Mandalorian with the Lego Star Wars Imperial Light Cruiser.
Scientists spot supermassive black hole hiding inside thick cosmic dust
A supermassive black hole masked by a cloud of cosmic dust was found at the center of an active galaxy in new images from the European Southern Observatory.
Supermassive Black Hole Hides Behind a Ring of Dust
A high-resolution infrared image has revealed a dust screen obscuring a gas-devouring supermassive black hole in the center of the galaxy NGC 1068, confirming 30-year-old predictions.
Exploring new worlds
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As part of Agenda 2025, ESA will take preparatory steps towards a sample return mission from the moons of giant planets, and will foster innovation by challenging commercial companies to develop a next generation of competitively priced European space transportation systems.
Best cameras for low light photography
Our pick of the best cameras for low light, from mirrorless to DSLR, compact and micro four thirds
Historic sea level rise predicted by NASA and government task force
In a new collaborative report, NASA and other U.S. government agencies have found that sea levels will rise up to a foot by 2050.
Celebrate Perseverance rover's 1-year 'Marsiversary' with these events
The Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter are about to celebrate one year on Mars, and NASA wants you to be part of the party.
Luxury watchmaker Ulysses Nardin unveils 'Blast Moonstruck' watch that charts moon phases
You can keep track of the moon's behavior on your wrist.
The Full Snow Moon of February 2022 rises tonight!
The Snow Moon arrives today (Feb. 16) and joins a cluster of planets lighting up the morning sky.
1st image from NASA's new IXPE X-ray telescope looks like a ball of purple lightning
NASA's newly-launched X-ray hunting probe has snapped its first science image and — wow — it's spectacular.
NASA probe snaps stunning photos of crescent Jupiter and its moon Ganymede
Data captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft is revealing incredible new images of Jupiter and its moon Ganymede.
Lasers Could Send Missions to Mars in Only 45 Days
NASA and China plan to mount crewed missions to Mars in the next decade. While this represents a tremendous leap in terms of space exploration, it also presents significant logistical and technological challenges. For starters, missions can only launch for Mars every 26 months when our two planets are at the closest points in their orbit to each other (during an “Opposition“). Using current technology, it would take six to nine months to transit from Earth to Mars.
Marvel Comics profiles the legendary Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in new 'Star Wars' miniseries
Marvel Comics delivers a new "Obi-Wan" tie-in series to Disney Plus' "Obi-Wan Kenobi" TV show.
Planet Found in the Habitable Zone of a White Dwarf
Most stars will end their lives as white dwarfs. White dwarfs are the remnant cores of once-luminous stars like our Sun, but they’ve left their lives of fusion behind and no longer generate heat. They’re destined to glow with only their residual energy for billions of years before they eventually fade to black.
Virgin Galactic is reopening space tourist ticket sales for a limited time
Starting Wednesday (Feb. 16), aspiring space tourists can once again book a trip to the final frontier with Virgin Galactic.
Booster Set to Hit the Moon Turns Out to be Chinese Rocket — Not SpaceX
The booster previously identified as SpaceX hardware turns out to be from the Chang’e 5-T1 mission. The timing and site of the impact remain the same.
See a large robotic arm 'crawl' across China's space station (video)
Footage from China's space station shows how its large robotic arm can "crawl" along the outside of the spacecraft.
Civilian Astronauts are Going to try Spacewalking From a Crew Dragon Capsule
Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman who flew to space on the Inspiration4 mission last year has announced another flight, with the aim of conducting the first-ever commercial spacewalk.
