Black holes can not only rip stars apart, but they can also trigger star formation, as scientists have now seen in a nearby dwarf galaxy.
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How was the moon formed?
There are three theories as to how Earth's satellite could have been created.
NASA catches the flash of a solar flare going into space
Our sun just had a medium-sized energy burp.
How big is the sun?
Earth's star is the largest and the most massive object in the solar system. More than one million Earths could fit inside the sun.
2022 could be a turning point in the study of UFOs
UAP will get more attention from both the scientific community and the federal government in 2022, experts told Space.com.
Solar and Lunar Eclipses in 2022
Although no total or annular solar eclipses occur this year, skywatchers can look forward to two total lunar eclipses — the first ones observable across North America in more than 3 years.
Researchers detect 1st merger between black holes with eccentric orbits
Scientists have for the first time confirmed the merger of two highly eccentric black holes.
Bad Weather Postpones Ingenuity’s 19th Flight on Mars
The first flight of 2022 for the Ingenuity Helicopter has been delayed due to a regional dust storm on Mars. Mission planners had originally targeted January 5 for the tiny helicopter’s 19th flight, but they needed to push back the flight when orbital images and weather instruments on the Perseverance rover indicated a worsening weather situation.
Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket set for launch today from Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission, known as USSF 8, will launch two U.S. Space Force satellites for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
New location, same ASIM
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The first-of-its-kind complement of instruments dubbed the ‘space storm hunter’ hangs out in its new location outside the International Space Station in this image taken by on of the Station’s external cameras.
How hot is the sun?
The sun's temperature varies from around 27 million degrees Fahrenheit (15 million degrees Celsius) in the core to about 10,000 degrees F (5,500 degrees C) at the surface.
Atlas V rocket launching 2 satellites for the US Space Force Friday: Watch it live
An Atlas V rocket topped with two "neighborhood watch" satellites is scheduled to lift off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Friday at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT).
Shattered 'alphabet soup' iceberg flushed a lot of fresh water into the ocean
The tally is something like 61 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Do we live in a simulation? The problem with this mind-bending hypothesis.
Does the simulation hypothesis offer a compelling argument, or is it just interesting food for thought? Let's find out.
Ghostly glow in alien skies: 'Zodiacal light' possibly spotted on 3 exoplanets
Watch the sun set from a particularly dark patch of Earth and you may spot a triangle of what scientists call zodiacal light extending from where our star passed below the horizon.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 21 – 29
As Jupiter gets lower now, Orion and Gemini rise high, the Winter Triangle pivots on Sirius, the Great Square sinks and the Big Dipper creeps up.
Ariane 6 upper stage readies for tests at Europe's Spaceport
The central core of ESA’s new generation Ariane 6 launch vehicle arrived at Europe’s Spaceport on 18 January and is now inside the launch vehicle assembly building.
Earth from Space: Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, Germany
Part of Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, also known as Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a state in northeast Germany is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. A portion of the northwest coast of Poland can be seen in the right of the image.
ESA/WEF Panel discussion and In-Flight Call with Matthias Maurer
Video: 01:00:30
Watch the replay of ‘Live from Space: The Next Frontier for Knowledge and Action’. ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, live from the from the International Space Station discussed with a panel of prominent experts and industry leaders, including ESA’s Director General Josef Aschbacher, about how space research can improve life on our planet.
If Launched by 2028, a Spacecraft Could Catch up With Oumuamua in 26 Years
In October 2017, the interstellar object ‘Oumuamua passed through our Solar System, leaving a lot of questions in its wake. Not only was it the first object of its kind ever to be observed, but the limited data astronomers obtained as it shot out of our Solar System left them all scratching their heads. Even today, almost five years after this interstellar visitor made its flyby, scientists are still uncertain about its true nature and origins. In the end, the only way to get some real answers from ‘Oumuamua is to catch up with it.
