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Rolling stones on Mars
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 14 – 22
Jupiter stands alone at dusk. The Moon dances with Castor and Pollux while Iris creeps in the background. And you can't keep Venus down for long; its tiny crescent reappears at dawn.
Artemis 1: Going back to the moon
Here's everything you need to now of NASA's Artemis-1 mission to the moon.
Earth from Space: Kangerlussuaq Glacier
The Kangerlussuaq Glacier, one of Greenland’s largest tidewater outlet glaciers, is pictured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission. Meaning ‘large fjord’ in Greenlandic, the Kangerlussuaq Glacier flows into the head of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, the second largest fjord in east Greenland.
Virgin Orbit sends 7 satellites to orbit in fourth mid-air launch
Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket lofted seven small satellites for three different customers today (Jan. 13), marking the third straight successful mission for the California-based company.
Virgin Orbit celebrates third successful launch in a row
Virgin Orbit’s 70-foot-long (21-meter) LauncherOne rocket ignites its liquid-fueled engine after release from the company’s Boeing 747 carrier aircraft. Credit: Virgin Orbit
Virgin Orbit delivered seven small CubeSats for NASA, the U.S. military, Spire, and the Polish company SatRevolution into orbit Thursday with its air-launched rocket after release from a jumbo jet off the coast of California.
Astronomy in Pictures: Largest 3D Map of Our Universe and a Stellar Intruder
This week astronomers have announced the completion of the largest 3D map of galaxies across the cosmos, plus exquisite radio observations show what happens when a stellar intruder interrupts planet formation.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Globular Clusters
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll feel a little old and red with today’s topic: globular clusters!
In globular clusters you will find a lot of older, redder stars packed closely together. In many ways, they’re the retirement homes for the galaxy.
Halley's Comet: Facts about history's most famous comet
The comet's frequent recurrence has played a part in historical events for millennia.
SpaceX launches 105 customer satellites on third Transporter rideshare mission
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Transporter 3 small satellite rideshare mission. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography
SpaceX launched 105 small satellites from Cape Canaveral on the company’s third Transporter rideshare mission Thursday, deploying payloads for commercial remote sensing companies, communications and data relay startups, and foreign governments.
Exoplanet Found With a Highly Eccentric Orbit
The study of extrasolar planets has revealed some interesting things in recent decades. Not only have astronomers discovered entirely new types of planets – Super Jupiters, Hot Jupiters, Super-Earths, Mini-Neptunes, etc. – it has also revealed new things about solar system architecture and planetary dynamics. For example, astronomers have seen multiple systems of planets where the orbits of the planets did not conform to our Solar System.
China's Shenzhou 13 astronauts manually fly cargo ship for emergency docking test
China's Shenzhou 13 astronauts conducted a manual rendezvous and docking test over the weekend to test emergency procedures for spacecraft visiting the Chinese space station.
Infamous Mars meteorite contains organic molecules, but they aren't proof of life
Organic molecules found in a Mars meteorite that crash-landed on Earth are not signs of life, but instead formed in chemical reactions between water and rock on the Red Planet about 4 billion years ago.
Curvature of space-time measured using 'atomic fountain'
A group of physicists has measured gravity using the effects of time dilation — the slowing of time imparted by increased velocity or gravitational force — on atoms.
Do the Plumes from Saturn’s Icy Moon Really Reach Down to Its Ocean?
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus harbors a subsurface ocean, and many astronomers have believed that watery plumes erupting from its surface might provide an easy way to sample it. But computer […]
Live coverage: Virgin Orbit’s air-launched rocket to deploy seven smallsats into orbit
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket. The air-launched rocket will climb into orbit with seven small satellites after release from a Boeing 747 carrier aircraft southwest of Los Angeles. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
Mosaic Flight: NASA's 100th flight director leads Mission Control
For over 60 years, dedicated teams in NASA's Mission Control have provided support for astronauts in space. Out of the thousands on staff during that time, less than 100 led the room, until now.
The hunt is on for exomoons around alien planets and scientists may have just found one
Time for another tantalizing glimpse of what alien solar systems might look like.
SpaceX launches 105 small satellites into orbit, nails rocket landing
SpaceX successfully launched 105 small satellites into orbit before landing a veteran booster back on Earth on Thursday (Jan. 13).
Halo games in chronological order
Saddle up, Spartans! Our list of Halo games in chronological order takes you on a journey of the legendary franchise.
