Parabolic flights produce reduced gravity by following a wild trajectory of steep climbs and nerve-racking dives. The experience is out of this world, but for this reporter it had its challenges.
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Strange star holds 'holy grail' clues about unique supernova explosions in the early universe
Astronomers have discovered the first chemical evidence of pair-instability supernovae from the universe's earliest massive stars in a strange star in the Milky Way’s galactic halo.
20 Years of Mars Express Images Helped Build This Mosaic of the Red Planet
The Mars Express orbiter, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) first interplanetary mission, entered orbit around Mars on June 2nd, 2003. Since then, the probe has mapped the Martian surface using its High-Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), an instrument built by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) with commercial partners. In honor of the mission’s 20th anniversary, a celebration occurred last Friday (June 2nd) at the ESA’s European Space Operations Center (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany.
There Are Hundreds of Mysterious Filaments at the Center of the Milky Way
Several million years ago, the core of our galaxy experienced a powerful event. It blew out a huge bi-lobed bubble that blasted through the interstellar medium in two directions. Whatever it was, it released huge amounts of energy from the central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A* for short).
JWST Sees Organic Molecules Ludicrously Far Away
When astronomers used the JWST to look at a galaxy more than 12 billion light years away, they were also looking back in time. And when they found organic molecules in that distant galaxy, they found them in the early Universe.
1st-ever private Venus mission delayed until at least 2025
The Rocket Lab's pioneering private mission to Venus, which had been set to launch last month, has been delayed until at least 2025.
Satellites watch floods ravage Ukraine following dam explosion (photos)
Satellites watched as floodwaters ravaged southern Ukraine following the mysterious collapse of a major dam on Tuesday (June 6).
We Could Soon “Hear” the Gravitational Waves of Dying Stars
Massive, dying stars — behemoths tens of times the Sun's mass — should emit gravitational waves that we can hear with LIGO.
Gravitational waves may come from 'cocoons' of debris around dying stars (video)
Astronomers have created the first model for how debris around exploding stars could emit gravitational waves powerful enough to be detected by instruments on Earth.
Cargo Dragon docks at space station
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James Cameron's 'Avatar' scores wacky new Wes Anderson-inspired AI tribute trailer (video)
A new AI-generated trailer previews the nonexistent Wes Anderson film "The Peculiar Pandora Expedition: An Avatar Story."
Psyche on Track for October Launch to Metal-rich Asteroid
After a year's delay, NASA's Psyche mission to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name is on track for a launch in October 2023.
Loud launches: Researchers study how rocket noise affects endangered wildlife
A new study will monitor the short- and long-term impacts of rocket launches on endangered wildlife near California's Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Watch Space.com experience moon gravity at 30,000 feet in new mini-documentary out June 7
Space.com's reporter Tereza Pultarova takes part in a research flight simulating lunar gravity in this original documentary.
Virtual Nightmare is the anti-Matrix movie you've never seen
Everyone remembers The Matrix but there’s another, lesser known movie that delved into the murky world of artificial reality. And it deserves better than to be forgotten.
Airbus Developed a System To Extract Oxygen and Metal From Lunar Regolith
New technologies utilizing material found in space are constantly popping up, sometimes from smaller companies and sometimes from larger ones. Back in 2020, one of the largest companies of them all announced a technology that could have significant implications for the future lunar exploration missions planned over the next ten years. The European aerospace giant Airbus developed the Regolith to OXYgen and Metals Conversion (ROXY) system.
Jimi Hendrix rocks the cosmos as an interstellar time traveler in 'Purple Haze'
Jimi Hendrix turns into a galactic time traveler hunting for an ancient cosmic relic in upcoming graphic novel "Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze."
James Webb Space Telescope peers behind bars to reveal a cosmic 'treasure trove' (video)
The James Webb Space Telescope has produced a stunning image of a distant star-forming barred spiral galaxy as astronomers study star birth outside the Milky Way.
NASA's Psyche asteroid probe on track for October launch after 1-year delay
NASA's Psyche asteroid mission is on track to hit its new launch target of October 2023, a year later than originally planned, an independent review has found.
Creality CR-M4 review: Industrial size, quality, and price
If you need high-quality, large-scale printing at home, the enormous Creality CR-M4 is the printer you've been searching for.
Should future Mars missions have all-female crews?
Statistics show that women are better astronauts than men, but gender diversity is key to a successful Mars mission, experts say.
