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Unistellar eQuinox 2 telescope review
A smart telescope designed for beginners and pros, the Unistellar eQuinox 2 provides excellent views and photos of the cosmos.
'Star Wars: Dark Droids' brings robotic horror to the galaxy far, far away
Marvel Comics reveals a first look at new "Star Wars: Dark Droids" horror comic book series at Star Wars Celebration 2023.
Mother of Dragons: Astronomers Peer Inside the “Dragon Cloud”
How did the most massive stars form? Astronomers have debated their origins for decades. One of the biggest problems facing these theories is the lack of observations. Massive stars are relatively rare, and so it’s hard to catch them in the act of formation. But new observations of the so-called Dragon cloud may hold the clue to answering this mystery.
A Rocket-Powered Spaceplane Completes a Successful Test Flight
Access to space is getting easier and more accessible as more and more platforms are coming online that can significantly decrease the cost of getting into Earth’s orbit or even beyond. Now, another company has taken a step forward in making inexpensive, reusable access to space a reality. Dawn Aerospace, which operates out of the US, New Zealand, and the Netherlands, has successfully tested a prototype spaceplane.
Olympus 8x25 WP II binocular review
The portable Olympus 8x25 WP II boasts an excellent optical system for clear views of the moon and bright targets with superb contrast.
Machine Learning Tidies Up the Cosmos
Amanda Morris, a press release writer at Northwestern University, describes an important astronomical effect in terms entertaining enough to be worth reposting here: “The cosmos would look a lot better if the Earth’s atmosphere wasn’t photobombing it all the time.” That’s certainly one way to describe the air’s effect on astronomical observations, and it’s annoying enough to astronomers that they constantly have to correct for distortions from the Earth’s atmosphere, even at the most advanced observatories at the highest altitudes. Now a team from Northwestern and Tsinghua Universities have developed an AI-based tool to allow astronomers to automatically remove the blurring effect of the Earth’s atmosphere from pictures taken for their research.
New 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet discovered by NASA's planet-hunting satellite
Things could be heating up for a newly discovered warm Jupiter planet. The exoplanet planet around 1,000 light years away could snuggle up to its star but only if another planet plays matchmaker.
Europe's JUICE Jupiter mission launches April 13. Here's what it will teach us
The JUICE mission will begin its trek to the gas giant Jupiter on Thursday, April 13. When will it arrive, and what will it discover about the solar system's largest planet and its icy ocean moons?
The Mandalorian season 3 episode 7 review: The sharp turn fans were hoping for
The seventh chapter of The Mandalorian season 3 is a game-changer for the series as a whole and teases the big menace to come in future seasons and other shows.
The EMM's Hope: Novel discoveries and a changing orbit set to contribute more unprecedented data to the space community
The Emirates Mars Mission is helping scientists form a new understanding of the Red Planet's atmosphere, including its intriguing auroras.
Mission control GO for Juice launch
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At ESA’s mission control, before the launch comes the pre-launch briefing – and the all-important group photo. This is the team that will fly Juice to Jupiter with four planetary flybys of Earth and Venus, then switching orbit from Jupiter to its largest moon, Ganymede, followed by a tour of the icy, complex Jovian system comprising a whopping 35 lunar flybys.
Best free Star Trek: TNG & Picard 3D prints
Star Trek: Picard may be ending with season 3, but you don’t have to wave goodbye to the captain. Here are ten free 3D prints to make every day Picard day.
Will SpaceX's Starship go orbital for the 1st time on April 17?
SpaceX has identified April 17 as a target date for the first orbital test flight of its Starship vehicle, though regulatory approvals still need to come through.
Watch SpaceX launch a Starship to Mars in this gorgeous new animation
SpaceX's massive new Starship vehicle launches toward Mars in a stunning new video that captures the ambition of Elon Musk's deep-space vision.
Saturn’s Rings Warm Up its Atmosphere
Saturn’s rings are one of the most well-known features throughout astronomy. While much is known about them, they still make headlines from time to time. This includes a recent study involving an international team of researchers that could help paint a clearer picture of the interaction between the gas giant and the massive ring system that encircles it.
Japanese space science missions facing delays after H3 rocket failure
The spacecraft for the Japanese-led X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, or XRISM, undergoes acoustic testing in Japan in December 2022. Credit: JAXA
The launch of a Japanese X-ray telescope and robotic lunar lander has been delayed to no earlier than August, and the launch schedule for another Japanese mission to return samples from a moon of Mars is in doubt as engineers investigate the failure of Japan’s first H3 rocket last month.
A New Membrane Could Lead to Space Telescopes with Flexible Mirrors!
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the most powerful and sophisticated observatory ever built. It is also the most expensive, owing to the complexity of its design and the rigorous testing this entailed. To ensure the telescope could fit into its payload fairing, NASA engineers designed the JWST to fold up (origami-style) and unfold once it reached space. It is little wonder why astronomers and astrophysicists hope to develop flexible, lightweight materials that can maintain the perfect shape and be folded up to fit compactly inside a launch vehicle.
Look at this awesome photo of Earth from an Indian ocean satellite
A new false-color mosaic made from images snapped by an Indian ocean-studying satellite captures Earth's continents and seas in stunning detail from space.
New X-ray photo shows famous Crab Nebula like never before
Scientists have mapped the iconic Crab Nebula's magnetic field in greater detail than ever before using NASA's latest X-ray telescope.
SpaceX readying Starship rocket for around-the-world test flight as soon as next week
SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket stand fully stacked at the company’s Starbase launch facility in South Texas. Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX said Tuesday it won’t perform a final countdown dress rehearsal this week for the giant new Starship launch vehicle, and could send the rocket — standing nearly 40 stories tall on its Texas launch pad — on an around-the-world test flight as soon as next week.
