A Falcon 9 rock climbs above Florida’s Space Coast on the Starlink 6-48 mission on April 10, 2024. Image: Spaceflight Now
Update 1:58 a.m. EDT: SpaceX launched the Starlink 6-48 mission.
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Satellite views of solar eclipse 2024: See the moon's shadow race across North America (video, photos)
Several satellites caught the April 8 total solar eclipse from space, and scientists have shared the incredible footage.
WISPR Team Images Turbulence within Solar Transients for the First Time
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has been in studying the Sun for the last six years. In 2021 it was hit directly by a coronal mass ejection when it was a mere 10 million kilometres from the solar surface. Luckily it was gathering data and images enabling scientists to piece together an amazing video. The interactions between the solar wind and the coronal mass ejection were measured giving an unprecedented view of the solar corona.
What Happens to Solar Systems When Stars Become White Dwarfs?
In a couple billion years, our Sun will be unrecognizable. It will swell up and become a red giant, then shrink again and become a white dwarf. The inner planets aren’t expected to survive all the mayhem these transitions unleash, but what will happen to them? What will happen to the outer planets?
A Neutron Star Merged with a Surprisingly Light Black Hole
Galactic collisions, meteor impacts and even stellar mergers are not uncommon events. neutron stars colliding with black holes however are a little more rare, in fact, until now, we have never observed one. The fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing detected gravitational waves from a collision between a black hole and neutron star 650 million light years away. The black hole was tiny though with a mass between 2.5 to 4.5 times that of the Sun.
The Seven Most Intriguing Worlds to Search for Advanced Civilizations (So Far)
Sometimes, the easy calculations are the most interesting. A recent paper from Balázs Bradák of Kobe University in Japan is a case in point. In it, he takes an admittedly simplistic approach but comes up with seven known exoplanets that could hold the key to the biggest question of them all – are we alone?
These solar eclipse 2024 photos from our readers are absolutely amazing (images, video)
The total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, is over, meaning we can now marvel at the incredible videos and images taken during the event.
I proposed to my fiancée under the diamond ring of the 2024 total solar eclipse. (She said 'Yes!')
After a year planning the perfect proposal for the April 8 solar eclipse, it couldn't have gone better.
'Heavy' history: ULA launches final Delta rocket after 64 years (video, photos)
The liftoff of the last-ever Delta rocket today (April 9) brought with it a change in the way the U.S. sends satellites, interplanetary probes and spacecraft into Earth orbit.
What a Swarm of Probes Can Teach Us About Proxima Centauri B
You’ve likely heard of the Breakthrough Starshot (BTS) initiative. BTS aims to send tiny gram-scale, light sail picospacecraft to our neighbour, Proxima Centauri B. In BTS’s scheme, lasers would propel a whole fleet of tiny probes to the potentially water-rich exoplanet.
Astrobotic to launch mini rover along with NASA's ice-hunting VIPER on next moon mission
Astrobotic's next moon mission will send not one but two rovers to Earth's nearest neighbor.
Experiencing Totality: S&T's Eclipse Stories
With Sky & Telescope's editors and writers scattered across the eclipse path, we have dozens of stories to share. Here are a few.
Future quantum computers will be no match for 'space encryption' that uses light to beam data around — with the 1st satellite launching in 2025
Quantum computers will break encryption one day. But converting data into light particles and beaming them around using thousands of satellites might be one way around this problem.
Proba-2 sees the Moon eclipse the Sun
Video: 00:00:31
ESA’s Proba-2 captured two partial solar eclipses on 8 April 2024.
ULA concludes six decades of Delta rocket flights with final Delta 4 Heavy mission
A ULA Delta 4 Heavy rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 37 on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. This was the 16th and final launch of a Delta 4 Heavy rocket. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now
The second time was the charm for the finale of the Delta family of rockets. Following an issue with a gaseous nitrogen pipeline beyond the control of United Launch Alliance (ULA) that caused the March 28 scrub the second launch attempt on April 9 proved successful.
The solar eclipse is over! Here's what to do with your eclipse glasses
Astronomers Without Borders has set up collection centers across the U.S. and Canada to recycle gently used eclipse glasses, which will be donated to underserved communities for future eclipses.
What to do next with your solar viewing kit after the 2024 solar eclipse
After the eclipse on April 8, here's what you can do next with your solar-specific kit.
Annular solar eclipse 2024: Everything you need to know about the next solar eclipse
The next solar eclipse will be an annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2024. The 'ring of fire' will be visible across the Pacific Ocean and South America.
When is the next total solar eclipse in the US?
The next total solar eclipse to hit the United States will be in 2033, but it will only be visible in Alaska. The Lower 48 won't get one until 2044.
Total solar eclipse seen from space
Video: 00:00:07
A total solar eclipse swept across North America yesterday, blocking out the Sun momentarily with parts of the continent plunged into darkness. Geostationary satellites orbiting 36 000 km away captured images of the rare celestial event.
