Spacecraft have visited most pockets of the solar system by now, but a new region is about to come under the robotic inspection: the two clumps of asteroids that flank mighty Jupiter in its orbit.
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How to clean VR headsets
Knowing how to clean VR headsets and lenses will help prolong the life of your VR kit and make your adventures in virtual reality more hygienic.
Advanced Civilizations Could use Their Stars to Communicate (and as Telescopes)
A Long Distance Call
E.T. managed to call home with a Speak and Spell, buzzsaw blade, and an umbrella. The reality of interstellar communication is a bit more complicated. Space is really, really big. The power needed to transmit a signal across the void is huge. However, rather than using super high power transmitters, recent research by Stephen Kerby and Jason T. Wright shows that we could make use of a natural signal gain boost built into solar systems – the gravitational lensing of a solar system’s star. Networking a series of stars as nodes could get signals across vast tracts of the Milky Way. And we may be able to detect if our Sun is already part of an alien galactic communication network.
Two Impacts, Not Just One, May Have Formed The Moon
The Moon may have formed in a one-two punch, new simulations suggest.
Space Perspective raises $40 million for tourist-carrying stratospheric balloon system
Space Perspective, which is developing a balloon-based system to carry customers to the stratosphere, announced today (Oct. 14) that it has secured $40 million in "Series A" funding.
Nikkor AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens review
The Nikkor AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens has an incredible focal length range at a low price with a constant aperture that outperforms even third party super telezooms
The science behind Destiny 2’s Lorentz Driver weapon
Destiny 2’s new season introduces the Lorentz Driver, a weapon based on real world physics. How accurate is it?
Watch William Shatner gaze at Earth from space in awe during Blue Origin's launch (video)
We finally have our first look at William Shatner's first real trip to space after decades portraying a legendary "Star Trek" captain and it looks like the view was amazing.
Here's how to watch the 2021 International Mars Society Convention online this week
The 24th Annual International Mars Society Convention begins Thursday (Oct. 14), and you can watch the whole thing online for free.
Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket cleared for rollout to pad with NASA’s Lucy mission
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with NASA’s Lucy mission, a robotic explorer to study the Trojan asteroids in the outer solar system. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
SpaceX rocket stage on a collision course with the moon captured in telescope images
Astronaut Stephanie Wilson can be seen 4,800 square feet (446 square meters) tall in a new "Earthwork" portrait in Atlanta, Georgia.
These smartphone photos of Earth from space by China's Shenzhou 12 astronauts are just gorgeous
China's Shenzhou 12 astronauts have been back on Earth for nearly a month, but we just got a look at some of the gorgeous photos they captured in orbit — with smartphones.
Working towards a Digital Twin of Earth
How can a digital replica of Earth help us understand our planet’s past, present and future? As part of the fourth edition of Φ-week taking place this week, a group of European scientists have put forward their ideas on the practical implementation of Digital Twins and the potential application areas for a Digital Twin Earth in the real world.
A first for search and rescue from space
Between September 1982 and December 2020, at least 51 512 people were rescued on land and at sea with help from a network of Earth-orbiting satellites able to detect and locate emergency distress beacons.
Funding the future of European space through OSIP in 2021
What do high-tech sponges, aircraft shaped like falcons and 3D printers on the Moon have in common?
Live coverage: Soyuz ready for launch with 36 more OneWeb satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome with 36 OneWeb broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
First-look weather forecast favorable for launch of Lucy asteroid mission Saturday
This illustration from United Launch Alliance shows the Atlas 5 rocket that will launch the Lucy mission, and an artist’s concept of the Lucy spacecraft visiting the Trojan asteroids. Credit: United Launch Alliance
NASA and United Launch Alliance officials met Wednesday and cleared an Atlas 5 rocket for launch from Cape Canaveral before dawn Saturday with the Lucy asteroid mission, a robotic spacecraft to visit unexplored asteroids in the outer solar system.
In photos: William Shatner launches to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard
Blue Origin launched 'Star Trek' actor William Shatner and three other people flew to space on Oct. 13, 2021. See photos of their historic flight.
Watch a Soyuz rocket launch dozens of OneWeb internet satellites early Thursday
Thirty-six more OneWeb internet satellites will launch to orbit early Thursday (Oct. 14), and you can watch the liftoff live.
Blue Origin sends William Shatner to the final frontier
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Astronauts in final training for flight on brand new SpaceX crew capsule
NASA mission specialist Kayla Barron, pilot Tom Marshburn, commander Raja Chari, and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer participate in the Crew Equipment Interface Test at Area 59, home of Dragon spacecraft processing at Cape Canaveral Space force Station. Credit: SpaceX
The four astronauts set to blast off Oct. 30 to the International Space Station visited Cape Canaveral over the weekend for a test run inside SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft, one of the last training events before they return to Florida on launch week.
