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Bag $500 off the Canon EOS R5 in this Black Friday camera deal
The Canon EOS R5 is a massive $500 off for Black Friday, as it was during Prime Day, and the deal is ongoing.
Cheapest-ever Black Friday binocular deal: Nikon Prostaff P3 8x42 over 30% off
We think the sale price of $96.95 for these excellent optics is a steal — grab them ahead of the Black Friday rush.
Hubble Telescope revisits gorgeous spiral galaxy, offering a newly filtered view (photo)
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking new view of a distant spiral galaxy whose star-studded arms are all tangled up.
MetOp Second Generation weather satellite pair show off
Having satellites in different types of orbit is essential to delivering data to forecast the weather accurately. With the first Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite safely in geostationary orbit since December 2022, it’s also time to focus on its polar-orbiting cousin, the MetOp Second Generation mission. And now, for the first time, two MetOp Second Generation satellites have been brought together to stand side-by-side for testing.
Fall into an ice giant’s atmosphere
Image: Fall into an ice giant’s atmosphere
Comets that 'bounce' from planet to planet could spread life across the universe
Scientists suspect that comets may have delivered the key ingredients for life on Earth, and new research outlines how exoplanets could have received these deliveries, too.
Lego unveils epic Marvel Avengers Tower set with Black Friday deals and offers for Insiders
Lego has raised the bar for Black Friday deals with a ton of offers Lego Insiders rolling out with one of the biggest Lego sets I've ever seen: the Marvel Avengers Tower.
Earth’s Past and Future Habitability Depends on Our Protection from Space Weather
A bewildering number of factors and variables led up to the planet we occupy today, where life finds a way to survive and even thrive in the most marginal conditions. The Sun is the catalyst for it all, propelling life on its journey to greater complexity with its steady fusion.
Record-breaking 'BOAT' gamma-ray burst continues to amaze scientists
The brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen was also the first to impact Earth's upper ionosphere, a new study suggests.
Japan Tests Robotic Earth-Moving Equipment in a Simulated Lunar Jobsite
Japan has embarked on an exciting new lunar program that will test automated remote construction machinery for the Moon. In 2021, representatives from the Kajima Corporation, the National Research and Development Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and the Shibaura Institute of Technology announced they would be working with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT) to develop a next-generation construction system (A4CSEL®) that will enable the creation of lunar infrastructure.
Atomic Oxygen Detected on Venus
New data provide direct evidence for the existence of atomic oxygen in Venus's upper atmosphere, enabling new science on our sister planet.
Minecraft goes cosmic with new Jedi-centric 'Star Wars: Path of the Jedi DLC' (video)
A preview and new trailer for Minecraft's latest 'Star Wars' DLC titled 'Path of the Jedi.'
Dark matter data salvaged from balloon-borne telescope that landed hard on Earth
Science data from a damaged balloon-borne telescope was salvaged, thanks to old-fashioned SD drives.
Earth has many objects in orbit but definitely only one moon — despite what some people think
While the term “planet” has a clear definition, there is no strict definition of a moon. We can either say that there is one moon around Earth, or more than 160 million moons.
Dedicated Amateur Astronomer Makes Rare Pair of Asteroid Discoveries
Two recent asteroid discoveries made by an amateur astronomer highlight what is possible, with access to the right equipment.
US military taps Rocket Lab to launch hypersonic test vehicle in 2025
Rocket Lab will launch a drone on its suborbital launch vehicle as part of a U.S. Defense Department hypersonic development project.
NASA's Mars robots are on their own right now — here's why
NASA has stopped sending commands to its Mars missions for two weeks, but that doesn't mean the robotic explorers are taking a vacation.
An Amateur Astronomer Discovered One-of-a-Kind Supernova Remnant
In 2023, amateur astronomer Dana Patchick was looking through images from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer archive and discovered a diffuse, circular object in the constellation of Cassiopeia. He found this apparent nebula was interesting because it was bright in the infrared portion of the spectrum, but virtually invisible in the colors of light visible to our eyes. Dana added this item to the database of the Deep Sky Hunters amateur astronomers group, believing it was a planetary nebula – the quiet remnant of stars in mass similar to the sun. He named it PA 30.
SpaceX launches world's 1st satellite that can pinpoint carbon emissions from space
The world's first satellite capable of detecting industrial sources of carbon emissions from space has just reached orbit — and it promises to be a game-changer.
Blast from the past: gamma-ray burst strikes Earth from distant exploding star
An enormous burst of gamma rays, detected by ESA’s Integral space telescope, has struck Earth. The blast caused a significant disturbance in our planet’s ionosphere. Such disturbances are usually associated with energetic particle events on the Sun but this one was the result of an exploding star almost two billion light-years away. Analysing the effects of the blast could provide information about the mass extinctions in Earth’s history.
