Astronauts on the International Space Station got all dressed up for Halloween Oct. 31. More costume changes are coming Nov. 1, with an all-woman spacewalk on deck.
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Dead Stars Come to Life This Halloween
The ghostly lights from two dead stars have stories to tell.
Three Planets Around this Sunlike Star are Doomed. Doomed!
According to new research we can start writing the eulogy for four exoplanets around a Sun-like star about 57 light years away. But there’s no hurry; we have about one billion years before the star becomes a red giant and starts to consume them.
FAA concludes SpaceX Starship safety review, continues environmental review
SpaceX’s Starship rocket stands fully stacked near the shoreline of Texas at its Starbase facility on Oct. 20, 2023. On Oct. 31, the FAA said it concluded its safety review ahead of its second test flight. Image: SpaceX
SpaceX’s highly anticipated second test flight of its Starship super heavy lift rocket is one step closer to liftoff from South Texas. On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced the conclusion of its safety review.
China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts hand over Tiangong space station to new crew (video)
The departing Shenzhou 16 astronauts handed over control of the Tiangong space station to the newly arrived Shenzhou 17 crew during a short ceremony on Sunday (Oct. 29).
NASA's Lucy probe will fly by asteroid 'Dinkinesh' on Nov. 1. Here's what to expect
On Wednesday, Nov. 1, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will make its first flyby of an asteroid, zooming past a space rock named Dinkinesh before heading to the Trojan asteroids of Jupiter.
New Telescopes to Study the Aftermath of the Big Bang
Astronomers are currently pushing the frontiers of astronomy. At this very moment, observatories like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are visualizing the earliest stars and galaxies in the Universe, which formed during a period known as the “Cosmic Dark Ages.” This period was previously inaccessible to telescopes because the Universe was permeated by clouds of neutral hydrogen. As a result, the only light is visible today as relic radiation from the Big Bang – the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) – or as the 21 cm spectral line created by the reionization of hydrogen (aka. the Hydrogen Line).
FAA wraps up safety review of SpaceX's huge Starship vehicle
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has completed its safety review of SpaceX's Starship — but that doesn't mean the giant vehicle has been officially cleared for its second-ever liftoff.
Should you buy binoculars on Black Friday or Cyber Monday?
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are around the corner — what can we expect regarding binocular discounts this year?
Star explosions boost deep space cosmic rays to near the speed of light
X-ray observations from the supernova remnant SN 1006 show its magnetic fields align to accelerate cosmic rays.
Satellites Make up to 80,000 Flashing Glints Per Hour. It's a Big Problem for Astronomers
Large-scale sky surveys are set to revolutionize astronomy. Observatories such as Vera Rubin and others will allow astronomers to observe how the sky changes on the scale of days, not weeks or months. They will be able to capture transient events such as supernovae in their earliest stages and will discover near-Earth asteroids we have missed in the past. At the same time, the rise of satellite constellations such as Starlink threatens to overwhelm these surveys with light pollution and could threaten their ability to succeed.
Xenomorphs strike terror in deep space in Marvel Comics' 'Alien: Black, White & Blood'
Marvel's new "Black, White & Blood" is offered in the perfect format to give avid fans a stark take on those deadly acid-spewing killing machines introduced in the 1979 classic, "Alien."
Vera Rubin Observatory Could Find Up to 70 Interstellar Objects a Year
Astronomers have discovered two known interstellar objects (ISO), ‘Oumuamua and 21/Borisov. But there could be thousands of these objects passing through the Solar System at any time. According to a new paper, the upcoming Vera Rubin Telescope will be a fantastic interstellar object hunter, and could possibly find up to 70 objects a year coming from other star systems.
Can humans reproduce in space? Mouse breakthrough on ISS a promising sign
Scientists successfully grew mouse embryos aboard the International Space Station in a landmark study that implies humans could reproduce in space.
'Bones' of cosmic hand revealed in creepy NASA X-ray telescope views (video, photo)
NASA's newest X-ray space telescope has captured the X-ray "bones" of a cosmic hand in deep space.
NASA, India to launch Earth-observing satellite in 2024
NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation are putting the finishing touches on the NISAR satellite, which will launch in 2024 to track how Earth's surface changes over time.
Euclid: Gate to the dark
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ESA’s Euclid mission is on a quest to unveil the nature of two elusive ‘dark’ entities. As the renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking remarked in 2013, “The missing link in cosmology is the nature of dark matter and dark energy”.
How to watch the reveal of Euclid’s first images live
ESA is releasing the first full-colour images of the cosmos captured by its recently launched space telescope Euclid. Follow live a broadcast of the reveal on Tuesday 7 November at 13:15 GMT / 14:15 CET.
AAS Quasquicentennial: Celebrating 125 Years in 2024
The American Astronomical Society is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Visit the AAS site to learn more about this exciting milestone.
Black Hole Rain
The planned LISA gravitational-wave detector might discover a shower of hundreds of small black holes falling in galactic centers.
Spooky sights from space: world’s largest acidic lake
Image: What’s spookier than the ‘largest acid cauldron on Earth?’ In East Java, Indonesia, lies the Kawah Ijen Crater Lake – the world’s largest acidic lake, a chilling spectacle perfect for Halloween.
