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CAPSTONE probe overcomes radio glitch on course for moon
Artist’s illustration of the CAPSTONE spacecraft near the moon. Credit: Terran Orbital
NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft, a miniature pathfinder for future lunar crew missions, has overcome a communications outage and performed its first course correction maneuver since a Rocket Lab propulsion module gave the probe a final push toward the moon July 4.
Dark Matter Remains Elusive – For Now
The first run of a new dark matter experiment turns up nothing — but that still tells us something.
Watch SpaceX launch 46 satellites and land a rocket at sea Sunday evening
SpaceX will launch 46 satellites and land a rocket at sea on Sunday (July 10), and you can watch the action live.
'Moon Knight's' Khonshu + 9 more lunar gods and goddesses from around the world
After digesting the identity-shattering action in Disney Plus's "Moon Knight," check out 9 more moon gods from around the world.
Scientists hope James Webb Space Telescope will help solve 'dust budget crisis'
There's far too much dust in the universe, compared with what our calculations predict.
Famous Higgs boson behaves just as expected, 'most comprehensive studies' confirm
The "most comprehensive studies" of the Higgs boson conducted to date reveal that the particle behaves as expected and could help unlock some of the greatest mysteries of physics.
Don't miss the biggest 'supermoon' of the year on July 13
On Wednesday (July 13) at 5 a.m. EDT (09:00 GMT), the moon will arrive at its closest point to the Earth for 2022.
Russian Soyuz rocket hauls Glonass navigation satellite to space
A Soyuz rocket lifts off July 7 with a Glonass navigation satellites. Credit: Russian Ministry of Defense
A fresh satellite joined Russia’s Glonass navigation network with the launch of a Soyuz rocket Thursday from a military spaceport about 500 miles (800 kilometers) north of Moscow.
Snooping on Alien Messages Passing Through the Solar System
Researchers at Penn State University have studied a new technique that could use a star’s ability to focus and magnify communications which could be passing through our own solar system, and has been accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal and was part of a graduate course at Penn State covering the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI. The study describes our Sun as potentially acting as a kind of node as part of an interstellar communication network involving probes or relays near our Sun, acting like cellular telephone towers in space.
Most Outstanding Feature of the Solar System. It’s Not What You Think
Here’s a hypothetical situation. Imagine we got visited by aliens who came from another star system. Not to conquer us or to share their secrets. Instead, imagine they just came as tourists visiting our Solar System. Now, here’s a question. What should we show them as our best tourist attraction?
James Webb Space Telescope will heat up studies of our solar system's 'ice giants'
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has a blue-eyed special among its solar system observations.
Catch the moon shining next to the blood-red star Antares on Sunday
See the moon and Antares team up in the evening sky on Sunday (July 10). The duo will be close enough to see together through binoculars.
Gallery: James Webb Space Telescope's 1st photos
As highly anticipated as the first science-quality images from the James Webb Space Telescope will be, they aren't the first photos from the massive space observatory.
China's Shenzhou 14 astronauts mark busy 1st month aboard Tiangong space station
China's three Shenzhou 14 astronauts have completed their first month in orbit as they prepare for the arrival of the Chinese space station’s second module.
Mars spacecraft may have to dig deeper than thought to find traces of life
New research shows that certain protein-building amino acids that could be evidence of ancient life on Mars are more susceptible to radiation than scientists thought.
30,000,000 km/h Star, Flex from the JWST Team, Mystery of Quasars Solved
In this week’s breaking space news: CAPSTONE mission was lost and found again, James Webb gets another stunning image, Mars plane can follow Ingenuity, a mystery of first quasars possibly solved, incredibly fast star discovered and more.
Elon Musk backing out of $44 billion Twitter purchase
Elon Musk aims to back out of his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, but the social media company wants the deal to go through.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover collects 9th Red Planet rock sample
NASA's Perseverance rover has snagged its ninth sample from the Martian surface, collecting material that was once part of an ancient river delta.
NASA Reveals What the First Pictures From Webb Will Be
The James Webb Space Telescope will provide unprecedented views and science about our Universe, and the first full-color images and first spectra from the new telescope will be revealed on July 12. But now NASA has done something a little unprecedented, too: they’ve given all of us who are anticipating these images a list of the cosmic targets we’ll be seeing next week.
How the James Webb Space Telescope works in pictures
The James Webb Space Telescope, also known as Webb or JWST, is a high-capability space observatory designed to revolutionize astronomy.
