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SpaceX ready to launch Italian radar remote sensing satellite
Artist’s illustration of a COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation satellite in orbit. Credit: ASI
SpaceX plans to launch an Italian Earth observation satellite with radar vision Thursday evening from Cape Canaveral on a twilight flight that could dazzle spectators with the ascent and descent of the reusable Falcon 9 booster over the Florida spaceport.
SpaceX cargo ship returns to Earth with spacesuit and science specimens
A SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule undocks from the International Space Station on Jan. 23 with more than 4,900 pounds of hardware and scientific experiments. Credit: NASA
A SpaceX cargo ship splashed down under parachutes in the Gulf of Mexico this week, returning from the International Space Station after a 34-day mission with a spacesuit used for spacewalks and research specimens for distribution to scientists around the world.
'The Book of Boba Fett' Chapter 4 sets up a potential 'Star Wars' series crossover
Have you ever wanted to look down the throat of a Sarlacc? Then this show is for you!
Finally, an Explanation for the Cold Spot in the Cosmic Microwave Background
According to our current Cosmological models, the Universe began with a Big Bang roughly 13.8 billion years ago. During the earliest periods, the Universe was permeated by an opaque cloud of hot plasma, preventing atoms from forming. About 380,000 years later, the Universe cooled to a temperature of about -270 °C (-454 °F), which converted much of the energy generated by the Big Bang into light. This afterglow is now visible to astronomers as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), first observed during the 1960s.
5,000 Exoplanets!
Before NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission launched in 2018, astronomers tried to understand what it would find in advance. One study calculated that TESS would find between 4430 and 4660 new exoplanets during its primary two-year-long mission.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage will slam into the moon on March 4
The upper stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched the DSCOVR satellite in 2015 will arrive violently on the lunar surface just five weeks from now.
Meteorite hunters rejoice: Antarctica probably harbors 300,000 undiscovered space rocks
An artificial intelligence program suggests there may be hundreds of thousands of meteorites left for scientists to discover in Antarctica and reveals what may be the most likely places to unearth them.
Incredible Image Shows Twin Stellar Jets Blasting Out of a Star-Forming Region
Young stars go through a lot as they’re being born. They sometimes emit jets of ionized gas called MHOs—Molecular Hydrogen emission-line Objects. New images of two of these MHOs, also called stellar jets, show how complex they can be and what a hard time astronomers have as they try to understand them.
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon could have a secret underground ocean
Scientists have found "compelling evidence" that Saturn's "Death Star" moon is hiding an ocean just beneath its surface, furthering the search for possible life in our solar system.
Could a spacecraft 'catch up' to interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua in just 26 years?
Could we send a spacecraft to the giant, cigar-shaped interstellar interloper 'Oumuamua? Should we?
Are These the Most Distant Galaxies Yet Seen?
Two fuzzy red objects in the early universe may be galaxies shining at us from only a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
Perseverance rover does the 'twist' on Mars to shake loose stuck rocks
NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has shaken loose the last two pebbles clogging its sampling system.
Solar eclipse guide 2022: When, where & how to see them
Our solar eclipse guide 2022 contains everything you need to know about the two partial solar eclipses that will occur on Apr. 30 and Oct. 25.
Marvel movies you probably haven’t seen
Move over Avengers and make room in the limelight for these forgotten Marvel movies.
Astra test-fires rocket ahead of 1st Florida launch (video)
Astra performed a "static fire" test with its Rocket 3.3 vehicle Saturday (Jan. 22), briefly igniting the launcher's first-stage engines while keeping it anchored to the pad.
Former astronaut Mae Jemison drops by 'Sesame Street' on Thursday (exclusive sneak peek video)
Former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison guest stars on the latest episode of "Sesame Street," which airs Thursday (Jan. 27) on HBO Max.
Athens under snow
Image: An unusual snowstorm has blanketed parts of Turkey and Greece, causing power cuts and chaos on the roads and flight cancellations. Two images from Copernicus Sentinel-2 show Athens before and after the snowstorm.
Beaming with science
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station farewelled over 2000 kg of scientific experiments and hardware on Sunday 23 January as a cargo Dragon spacecraft began its return to Earth.
Saturn: Facts about the ringed planet
Learn about the physical characteristics of Saturn and its famous rings, what we know about Saturn’s moons and Saturn’s roots in Greek mythology.
NASA to name astronauts this year for first Artemis moon mission
Artist’s concept of an Orion spacecraft at the moon. Credit: NASA
NASA will announce later this year the four astronauts who will slingshot around the far side of the moon on the Artemis lunar program’s first crew mission, currently scheduled for launch in 2024, the head of the agency’s human space exploration division recently said. The crew is expected to include three U.S. fliers and one Canadian astronaut.
