A sizable crowd turned out to see a small rock as the Smithsonian debuted the first display of a piece of the asteroid Bennu from the sample recently brought back by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.
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These high-tech buzzers may help astronauts avoid getting lost in space (video)
Researchers at Brandeis University in Massachusetts are developing wearable devices which vibrate to help astronauts fight against getting lost in space.
7 scorching-hot exoplanets discovered circling the same star
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope spotted a seven exoplanet system with worlds being battered by radiation from their parent sun-like star just before its retirement in 2018.
Happy birthday Andreas Mogensen! International Space Station astronaut celebrates in space
Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen marked his birthday on the International Space Station Nov. 2 by flying his country's flag and enjoying sunny weather.
Solar storm causes 'impossible,' pumpkin-colored auroras to fill the sky
A striking new image shows bright orange auroras dancing in the night sky above Canada. But auroras should never be this color, so what's going on?
Lucy Mission Flies By Asteroid Dinkinesh, Finds a Little Surprise
The Lucy mission's flyby of the main-belt asteroid Dinkinesh resulted in a surprise — yet another asteroid moon!
Earth is Hiding Another Planet Deep Inside
Earth’s early history is marked by massive collisions with other objects, including planetesimals. One of the defining events in our planet’s history, the formation of the Moon, likely resulted from one of these catastrophic collisions when a Mars-sized protoplanet crashed into Earth. That’s the Giant Impact Hypothesis, and it explains how the collision produced a torus of debris rotating around the Earth that eventually coalesced into our only natural satellite.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on record-breaking 18th mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink internet satellites on Friday evening (Nov. 3). It was the record-setting 18th mission for the rocket's first stage.
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 booster from Cape Canaveral on recording-breaking 18th flight
A Falcon 9 rocket streaks across the sky, sending 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on their way to low Earth orbit. This was the 18th launch and landing of this booster, tail number 1058. Image: Michael Cain
SpaceX broke another re-flight record on Friday evening with the launch of 23 more Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 booster making its 18th flight.
Lucy Completes its First Flyby… and Discovers a Bonus Asteroid
NASA’s Lucy mission hits the jackpot on its very first asteroid flyby earlier this week.
Week in images: 30 October - 03 November 2023
Week in images: 30 October - 03 November 2023
Preparing for Euclid’s first images: from puzzling data to dazzling views
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Never before has a telescope been able to create such razor-sharp astronomical images across such a large patch of the sky.
Earth from Space: Lake Maracaibo
Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo, the largest natural body of water in South America.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, November 3 – 12
The Great Square, now upright, guides your way down to Fomalhaut and Diphda and, farther down, Alpha Phoenicis – a chance to add a new constellation to your life list.
And plan to catch the Moon-Venus pairing in early dawn on the 9th.
ESA’s Hera Mission is Bringing Two Cubesats Along. They’ll Be Landing on Dimorphos
In about one year from now, the European Space Agency will launch its Hera mission. Its destination is the asteroid Didymos, and it’ll be the second human spacecraft to visit the 390-meter chunk of rock. NASA’s DART mission crashed a kinetic impactor into Didymos’ tiny moonlet Dimorphos as a test of planetary defence.
Old Data from Kepler Turns Up A System with Seven Planets
NASA’s Kepler mission ended in 2018 after more than nine years of fruitful planet-hunting. The space telescope discovered thousands of planets, many of which bear its name. But it also generated an enormous amount of data that exoplanet scientists are still analyzing.
Watch the Space Summit live
At the Space Summit on 6 November 2023, Ministers of ESA’s Member States will raise Europe’s ambition to drive forward space for a green future, take decisive steps in exploration, and ensure Europe’s access to space, while preparing a paradigm shift towards a more competitive next generation of launchers.
Comet H2 Lemmon Brightens in Early November Ahead of Expectations
Discovered early this year, Comet C/2023 H2 Lemmon may approach naked eye brightness this month.
Bits of Theia Might Be in Earth's Mantle
A "smoking gun" for the ancient calamity that formed Earth’s large Moon may still exist deep in the mantle of our planet.
The future’s magnetic pull
Image: The future’s magnetic pull
