The full moon of August arrives Sunday (Aug. 22), after it makes a close pass to Jupiter and Saturn.
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Japan’s Mission to Phobos Will Also Bring a Sample Home by 2029
Japan’s space agency (JAXA) is gearing up for its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, with plans to have a sample from Mars’ moon Phobos return to Earth by 2029. Mission scientists say they hope to find clues to the origins of Mars two moons, as well as Mars itself, and possibly even traces of past life.
NASA halts human moon lander work with SpaceX amid Blue Origin lawsuit
NASA must again stop work on its human moon lander partnership with SpaceX due to a Blue Origin lawsuit, further risking the agency's tight timeline to return astronauts to the moon.
Epic radio images give most-detailed views of distant galaxies
The most detailed radio images of galaxies outside the Milky Way have been captured by a network of 70,000 radio antennas spread over nine European countries.
NASA awards $500,000 to develop moon-mining tech
NASA has awarded a total of $500,000 to 13 different teams via its Break the Ice Lunar Challenge, a competition designed to nurture the development of moon-mining tech.
China's Mars rover Zhurong sets completes primary mission, gets life extension
China's Zhurong rover has completed its primary three-month-long expedition on Mars but is set to continue exploring the Red Planet.
Flying on Mars getting tougher as Ingenuity helicopter gears up for 14th hop
Image: New radar images show the A-74 iceberg spinning around the western tip of the Brunt Ice Shelf, brushing slightly against it before continuing southwards.
Stunning image shows galactic dance of stars swirling around a supermassive black hole
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After four months of darkness, it is finally time to rise and shine for the crew at Concordia Research Station in Antarctica. The most-welcome Sun finally made its appearance on 11 August and ESA-sponsored medical doctor Nick Smith was not about to miss it.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, August 20 – 28
Jupiter ands Saturn are just past opposition, so they dominate the sky all night. They inhabit dim Capricornus, which pushes Sagittarius westward. Venus, even showier, owns the western twilight but sets by full darkness.
The 12-Year Cycle of Jupiter Oppositions
Jupiter is at opposition on August 19th. If we take the long view — 12 years long — we can watch Jupiter's oppositions as it passes through the zodiac constellations.
Venus: Thin-skinned and Likely to Blow
Scientists found a strange little volcanic feature on the edge of a Venusian corona, giving further credence to the theory that the planet has a thin outer layer and an active interior.
Musk Confirms how “Mechazilla” Will Catch and Assemble Starship and Super Heavy for Rapid Reuse
In January of 2021, Elon Musk announced SpaceX’s latest plan to increase the number of flights they can mount by drastically reducing turnaround time. The key to this was a new launch tower that would “catch” first stage boosters after they return to Earth. This would forego the need to install landing legs on future Super Heavy boosters and potentially future Starship returning to Earth.
Live coverage: Soyuz rocket poised for ninth launch of OneWeb satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with 34 OneWeb broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
North America is surrounded by 4 storms and wildfire smoke in this satellite view
A stunning new satellite image captures four different storms churning in the skies above North America as the continent nears the peak of hurricane season.
Record temperatures, fire clouds and drought ravage Earth in scorching-hot 2021
2021 is "virtually certain" to be one of the top 10 hottest years on record, and "fire clouds," could become a summer staple, scientists revealed in a monthly briefing today (Aug. 19).
Mars' suspected underground lake could be just volcanic rock, new study finds
A Long March 4B rocket launches a pair of Tianhui 2 mapping satellites. Credit: CASC
China launched a Long March 4B rocket Wednesday carrying two Tianhui radar mapping satellites into orbit more than 300 miles in altitude.
Svetlana Savitskaya: Second woman in space, 1st female spacewalker
Former cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya was the second woman to go to space, the first woman to perform a spacewalk and the first woman to go to space twice.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Spectrum
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll get the whole picture with today’s topic: spectrum!
'The Colony' trailer shows the struggle for survival upon returning to a once-ravaged Earth
Set in the distant future, a female astronaut, shipwrecked on the long-decimated Earth, must decide the fate of the wasteland's remaining populace in "The Colony."
