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Everything we know about Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon — Release date, plot, gameplay
FromSoftware are letting dark fantasy video games rest for a bit and have turned their sights to sci-fi and mechas again with the sixth main Armored Core.
What Does 60 Years of Silence Tell Us About the Search for Extraterrestrials?
Aliens are big in the news recently, fueled by congressional hearings about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), formally known as UFOs. But while the idea of aliens visiting Earth may be exciting, the better bet is still the idea that aliens might exist on distant worlds. We already know potentially habitable planets are common and intelligent life has arisen on at least one world, so why not many? But after 60 years of searching for evidence of extraterrestrials “out there,” we’ve found nothing. So what does that tell us?
NASA's interstellar Voyager 2 probe suffers a communication breakdown, leaving it alone in deep space
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft is alone drifting through interstellar space after a communications breakdown left it unable to receive commands or transmit data back to Earth.
The forgotten story of the real first Barbie to fly into space (on a still-secret mission)
As it turns out, the two Barbie dolls that recently went on display at the Smithsonian are not the first to have flown into space. Another Barbie made the trip aboard a classified mission.
Delayed Falcon Heavy launch pushes back Crew-7 mission
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli and the other members of the Crew-7 mission train at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, in the runup to launching to the International Space Station.
Image: SpaceX
The next quartet bound for the International Space Station will wait a bit longer before they can punch their ticket to space after Falcon Heavy delays pushed back the launch of the next Crew Dragon mission, NASA said Tuesday.
'Star Wars' fan favorite Lando Calrissian gets his own TV series on Disney Plus
The smooth-talking, cape-wearing Lando Calrissian is getting his own series at Disney Plus, "Lando," written by Donald Glover and Stephen Glover.
'The Expanse' still a hit with astronauts and scientists as new video game releases
As a new video game for 'The Expanse' expands upon the hit series, an astronaut about to launch to space on SpaceX shares the time he tried to save the show from cancelation.
Best Transformers games of all time
Transformers have found lots of success on the big screen and T.V. over the years, but their never-ending war made it to video games too. These are the finest ones.
Watch an Antares rocket launch to the International Space Station tonight
Northrop Grumman's final Antares 200 series rocket is poised to launch the NG-19 resupply mission to the International Space Station, delivering over 8,200 pounds of research and provisions.
Watch the supermoon of August 2023 rise today with free telescope livestream (video)
The Full Sturgeon Moon, the first of two supermoons this month, rises Tuesday (August 1), and you can watch it live thanks to a livestream from the Virtual Telescope Project.
August: Blue Moon and Perfect Perseids
Many skywatchers look forward to seeing the Perseid meteors every August, and this month’s Sky Tour episode why they’ll be especially good this year. You’ll also learn what's so special about the full Moon that falls on the night of August 30–31.
Astronomy in Pictures: The Birth of Stars and Planets
Images capture the birth of stars and planets in multiple results from space- and ground-based telescopes.
Did Powerful Asteroid Impacts Make Venus So Different From Earth?
Venus and Earth have several things in common. Both are terrestrial planets composed of silicate minerals and metals that are differentiated between a rocky mantle and crust and a metal core. Like Earth, Venus orbits within our Sun’s circumsolar habitable zone (HZ), though Venus skirts the inner edge of it. And according to a growing body of evidence, Venus has active volcanoes on its surface that contribute to atmospheric phenomena (like lightning). However, that’s where the similarities end, and some rather stark differences set in.
Euclid 'dark universe' telescope reveals its 1st sparkling images of the cosmos (photos)
Euclid's stunning seminal images confirm that the observatory's instruments are working as expected.
Europe's trailblazing wind satellite comes to a fiery end above Earth
The European Space Agency's weather monitoring spacecraft Aeolus came to a fiery end on Friday, July 28, when it entered Earth's atmosphere and burned up.
Computer Algorithm Finds a “Potentially Hazardous” Asteroid
Humanity has been on an asteroid-finding spree as of late. Those close to Earth, known as Near Earth Objects (NEOs), have been particularly interesting for two reasons. One is they offer potentially lucrative economic opportunities with asteroid mining. The other is they are potentially devastating if they hit the Earth, so we’d like to find them with some advance warning. Those that fall into the latter category are known as potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs. Now, thanks to some ingenious programmers from the University of Washington, we have a new algorithm to detect them.
Oops. NASA Accidentally Points Voyager 2’s Antenna Away from Earth, Temporarily Losing Contact
It’s every space mission’s nightmare: losing contact with the spacecraft. In the best case, you recover it right away. Worst case, you never hear from your hardware again. On July 21, controllers lost contact with Voyager 2, out in the depths of space. Now they’re waiting for a reset to catch Voyager 2’s next message when it “phones home”.
'Strange New Worlds' season 2 episode 7 features a wild crossover with 'Lower Decks'
How is this bizarre live action/animation crossover possible you ask? By the power of a portal, of course.
Argentina signs NASA's Artemis Accords for peaceful moon exploration
Argentina became the 28th country to sign the Artemis Accords on July 27, as NASA administrator Bill Nelson was in South America on a goodwill tour.
