A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket took off Jan. 21 from Cape Canaveral, climbing off of launch pad 41 with thrust from its Russian-made RD-180 main engine and a single Northrop Grumman solid rocket booster to carry two U.S. military satellites into orbit.
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Missing Mass? Not on our Watch—Dr. Paul Sutter Explains Dark Matter
Do you have a few minutes to spare and a thirst for knowledge about one of the greater mysteries of the Universe? Then head on over to ArsTechnica and check out the new series they’re releasing titled Edge of Knowledge, starring none other than Dr. Paul Sutter. In what promises to be an enlightening journey, Dr. Sutter will guide viewers through an eight-episode miniseries that explores the mysteries of the cosmos, such as black holes, the future of climate change, the origins of life, and (for their premiere episode) Dark Matter!
NASA's Artemis 1 lunar mission finishes countdown test
The agency hopes to send the uncrewed mission around the moon later this year, in preparation for future astronaut missions.
Virtual Telescope Project captures a view of the James Webb Space Telescope at its final destination
It's orbiting in the bowl of the Big Dipper, from the perspective of Earth.
Amazing photos of Comet Leonard in the night sky
Astrophotographers captured incredible views of the celestial visitor.
Starlink Satellites Don't Impact Science (Yet)
A new study of Starlink satellites’ impact on astronomy gives the community cause for both relief and concern.
Best Nikon cameras for 2022
These are the best Nikon cameras you can buy right now, from budget-friendly right up to iconic flagships
In photos: Michael Strahan's launch into space on Blue Origin's New Shepard
See the 'Good Morning America' host and former football star touch down after a spaceflight.
Be just like Boba Fett with Hasbro's wicked Star Wars Nerf EE-3 Carbine Blaster
Hasbro has taken the wrapper off its new Nerf LMTD "Star Wars" Boba Fett EE-3 Blaster.
Mars' suspected underground lake could be just volcanic rock, new study finds
A suspected Martian underground lake is probably volcanic rock masquerading as water, according to a new study.
DJI Ryze Tello review
A small drone with big ideas, and a few tricks up its sleeve, which could just make it the best value UAV in its class for beginners
A look into Boba Fett’s ship and gadgets
Star Wars’ most infamous bounty hunter, Boba Fett, is just a simple man trying to make his way in the universe, but his tools of destruction aren’t simple at all.
Can you see stars in light polluted skies?
Light pollution id the enemy of astronomers, but it is possible to pick out some stars even in the largest cities
Axiom Space plans to build a movie studio module for the International Space Station by 2024
Film crosses the final frontier as movies set in space could be filmed in orbit by 2024.
Titan Books salutes 'Star Wars' heroes in new 45th anniversary collector edition
Titan Books is releasing a new anniversary volume on Feb. 15 titled "Star Wars Insider: The Galaxy’s Greatest Heroes."
Moon-landing hoax still lives on. But why?
The moon-landing hoax is still believed by some – over 50 years since Apollo 11. We look at why people still think the whole thing never happened.
Webb Has Arrived Successfully at L2
It’s really happening. The James Webb Space Telescope has successfully reached its orbital destination in space, 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from Earth. A final 5-minute thruster firing on January 24, 2022 put JWST in its halo orbit at the Sun-Earth Lagrange 2 (L2) point. The formal commissioning process can now begin.
Best camera drones for aerial photography
Elevate your photography and videos with these camera drones, available for every budget and all requirements
A Private Mission to Scan the Cloud Tops of Venus for Evidence of Life
The search for life on Venus has a fascinating history. Carl Sagan famously and sarcastically said there were obviously dinosaurs there since a thick haze we couldn’t see through covered the surface. More recently, evidence has pointed to a more nuanced idea of how life might exist on our sister planet. A recent announcement of phosphine in the Venusian atmosphere caused quite a stir in the research community and numerous denials from other research groups. But science moves on, and now some of the researchers involved in the phosphine finding have come up with a series of small missions that will help settle the question more thoroughly – by directly sampling Venus’ atmosphere for the first time in almost 40 years.
Solar Orbiter catches a second comet by the tail
For the second time in its mission so far, the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has flown through the tail of a comet. Predicted in advance by astronomers at University College London, UK, the spacecraft collected a wealth of science data that now awaits full analysis.
13 Rovers Recently Competed to Scour the (Simulated) Moon to Harvest Resources
Challenges are one way to encourage innovation. They’ve been leveraged by numerous space and non-space research organizations in the last decade, with varying degrees of success. The European Space Agency (ESA) is now getting in on the action, with a challenge to prospect the moon for vital resources that will make a sustainable presence there possible. Recently thirteen teams from all over the continent (and Canada) competed in a gloomy hall in the Erasmus Innovation Centre in the Netherlands.
