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Everything we know about 'A Quiet Place: Day One'
A Quiet Place is expanding its universe with an ambitious prequel.
Bright green fireball lights up the skies over Portugal and Spain (photos)
On the evening of Saturday (May 18) a bright fireball lit up the skies over Portugal and Spain in stunning green and blue as it streaked through Earth's atmosphere.
Why a giant 'cold spot' in the cosmic microwave background has long perplexed astronomers
Leftover light from the young universe has a major flaw, and we don't know how to fix it. It's the cold spot. It's just way too big and way too cold.
NASA-funded pulsed plasma rocket concept aims to send astronauts to Mars in 2 months
NASA is studying innovative rocket system developed by Howe Industries that could reducing travel time to the Red Planet to just a few months.
More Evidence for the Gravitational Wave Background of the Universe
The gravitational wave background was first detected in 2016. It was announced following the release of the first data set from the European Pulsar Timing Array. A second set of data has just been released and, joined by the Indian Pulsar Timing Array, both studies confirm the existence of the background. The latest theory seems to suggest that we’re seeing the combined signal of supermassive black hole mergers.
When Uranus and Neptune Migrated, Three Icy Objects Were Crashing Into Them Every Hour!
The giant outer planets haven’t always been in their current position. Uranus and Neptune for example are thought to have wandered through the outer Solar System to their current orbital position. On the way, they accumulated icy, comet-like objects. A new piece of research suggests as many as three kilomerer-sized objects crashed into them every hour increasing their mass. Not only would it increase the mass but it would enrich their atmospheres.
Astronomers Discover the Second-Lightest “Cotton Candy” Exoplanet to Date.
The hunt for extrasolar planets has revealed some truly interesting candidates, not the least of which are planets known as “Hot Jupiters.” This refers to a particular class of gas giants comparable in size to Jupiter but which orbit very closely to their suns. Strangely, there are some gas giants out there that have very low densities, raising questions about their formation and evolution. This is certainly true of the Kepler 51 system, which contains no less than three “super puff” planets similar in size to Jupiter but is about one hundred times less dense.
NASA's PREFIRE mission is ready to unlock the mysteries of Earth's poles
A pair of cubesats will measure far-infrared radiation from Earth's poles to improve climate predictions.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 111 —The Big Glass Wars
On Episode 111 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with John Mulchaey, Director of the Carnegie Observatories, about the threat to completing two new giant astronomical observatories.
Why we're one step closer to understanding how Earth got its oceans (op-ed)
Earth may have gotten some of its water from 'dark comets,' and the forthcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory could uncover key clues about these mysterious cosmic bodies.
How to watch Blue Origin's NS-25 private space tourist mission online May 19
Blue Origin is scheduled to launch a crewed mission for the first time in nearly two years on Sunday (May 19). Here's how to watch the action live.
James Webb Space Telescope sees Orion Nebula in a stunning new light (images)
The Orion Nebula may be a familiar astronomical sight over Earth but that hasn't stopped the James Webb Space Telescope from seeing this star-forming region in a stunning new light.
Did Earth’s Multicellular Life Depend on Plate Tectonics?
How did complex life emerge and evolve on the Earth and what does this mean for finding life beyond Earth? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a pair of researchers investigated how plate tectonics, oceans, and continents are responsible for the emergence and evolution of complex life across our planet and how this could address the Fermi Paradox while attempting to improve the Drake Equation regarding why we haven’t found life in the universe and the parameters for finding life, respectively. This study holds the potential to help researchers better understand the criterion for finding life beyond Earth, specifically pertaining to the geological processes exhibited on Earth.
NASA astronauts practice 'moonwalking' in the Arizona desert (photos)
NASA astronauts headed to Arizona desert to rehearse moonwalks and test technology for the Artemis mission.
NASA, Boeing further delay Starliner Crew Flight Test launch amid ongoing helium leak review
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 N22 rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on top as seen the day before its planned May 6 launch. A problematic valve caused the mission to scrub two hours before liftoff. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now
Ongoing analysis of a helium leak on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft forced NASA and Boeing to delay the Crew Flight Test mission further.
Hubble Sees a Brand New Triple Star System
In a world that seems to be switching focus from the Hubble Space Telescope to the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble still reminds us it’s there. Another amazing image has been released that shows the triple star system HP Tau, HP Tau G2, and HP Tau G3. The stars in this wonderful system are young, HP Tau for example is so young that it hasn’t started to fuse hydrogen yet and is only 10 million years old!
The Venerable Hubble Space Telescope Keeps Delivering
The world was much different in 1990 when NASA astronauts removed the Hubble Space Telescope from Space Shuttle Discovery’s cargo bay and placed it into orbit. The Cold War was ending, there were only 5.3 billion humans, and the World Wide Web had just come online.
Who is the 'Doctor Who' villain Maestro? And what's their relationship with the Toymaker?
The new villain Maestro is out to destroy music in 'Doctor Who' episode 'The Devil's Chord' —and they're part of a new Pantheon of godly antagonists.
Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch delayed again, to May 25
The first crewed mission of Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft has been pushed back by an additional four days, to May 25.
India's ambitious 2nd Mars mission to include a rover, helicopter, sky crane and a supersonic parachute
India's second mission to Mars will include a rover, helicopter, sky crane and a supersonic parachute, according to media reports.
