The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a white dwarf star devouring material from its own system, suggesting that water and other volatiles might be common in the outer reaches of planetary systems.
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ULA’s next launch for Space Force is less than a week away
The first stage for ULA’s next Atlas 5 launch was stacked on a mobile platform May 27 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance teams at Cape Canaveral are in the final week of preparations for the next flight of an Atlas 5 rocket, set for liftoff with two U.S. military technology demonstration satellites June 30, a one-day delay after bad weather held up launch processing.
Ariane 5 orbits Malaysian, Indian telecoms payloads
Ariane 5 has delivered two telecommunications satellites, MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24, into their planned geostationary transfer orbits.
Ariane 5 rocket deploys satellites for Malaysia and India
A European Ariane 5 rocket lifts off from the Guiana Space Center with the MEASAT 3d and GSAT 24 satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/JM Guillon
Two multi-ton geostationary communications satellites for Malaysian and Indian operators took off on top of an Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday from French Guiana, leaving four Ariane 5s left to fly before retirement of the European workhorse launcher.
NASA not planning another Artemis 1 countdown dress rehearsal
NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket on Launch Complex 39B earlier this month. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
Foregoing another countdown rehearsal, NASA plans to return the first Space Launch System rocket to its assembly hangar at the Kennedy Space Center next week for a hydrogen leak repair and continued preparations for liftoff on the Artemis 1 moon mission.
Unprecedented! 'The Orville' Season 3 Episode 3 scores a perfect 10 from us
Imagine a nightmare-induced, Indiana Jones-style, trap-avoiding treasure hunt.
How Octavia E. Butler mined her boundless curiosity to forge a new vision for humanity
A scholar of Octavia E. Butler explores how the writer envisioned the future in her work.
Live coverage: Ariane 5 ready for launch today from French Guiana
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the MEASAT 3d and GSAT 24 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
Wild blue spiral in New Zealand sky likely made by SpaceX rocket (photo)
A New Zealand resident spotted a "bizarre but very cool" blue spiral above her house following a SpaceX launch on Sunday (June 19).
Wildfire Threatens Kitt Peak National Observatory
The Contreras wildfire has been threatening the historic Kitt Peak National Observatory in southern Arizona.
NASA applauds Artemis 1 moon rocket's fueling milestone, mulls readiness for launch
NASA officials are pleased with Artemis 1's performance during its recent "wet dress rehearsal" but need more time to determine its readiness for launch.
What we know about Light Pollution – and What We Don’t
The International Dark-Sky Association’s has summarized more than 300 peer-reviewed studies on the effects of artificial light at night in an effort to help dark-sky advocates.
Former NASA deputy chief reveals story behind Apollo 13 astronaut's medal of honor
Less than a month after "Apollo 13" opened, President Bill Clinton met with Jim Lovell to present one of the highest awards an astronaut can receive: the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
A giant sunspot the size of 3 Earths is facing us right now
A sunspot nearly triple the size of Earth is within firing range of our planet and may send out medium-class flares in the near future.
Save $40 on the Creality Ender 3 V2 3D printer at Amazon
The discount is Amazon's lowest price on a top quality budget 3D printer.
Chinese Astronomers Detect an Interesting (Probably not Alien) Signal With the FAST Radio Observatory
The 500-Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), (aka. Tianyan, “Eye of Heaven”), is the largest radio observatory in the world. Since the observatory became operational in January 2020, this facility has made significant contributions to radio astronomy and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). In particular, the observatory has been instrumental in detecting Fast Radio Burts (FRBs) and other cosmic phenomena that could be (but probably aren’t) possible indications of extraterrestrial communications.
This Tiny Dot is one of the Biggest, Most Active Galaxy Superclusters Ever Seen. It Was Already a Monster Shortly After the Big Bang
A newly discovered supercluster of galaxies is so distant that astronomers say its light has been traveling for over twelve billion years to reach telescopes on Earth. But this cluster, named SPT2349 ?56 is gigantic, and so old that it is actually classified as a proto-cluster of galaxies, meaning it might be one of the earliest large clusters of galaxies in our Universe. It is also one of the most actively star-forming proto-clusters known.
Playmobil Star Trek USS Enterprise review
It wasn't quite a five-year mission, but we've finally built the Playmobil USS Enterprise and it's everything we wanted and more.
Another few Weeks of Observations Could Tell us if the Wow! Signal Repeats
In the decades-long search for extraterrestrial intelligence, there has never been confirmed evidence of an alien signal. There have, however, been a few tantalizing mysteries. Perhaps the greatest of these is known as the Wow Signal.
Star pose: Astronaut demos microgravity yoga on International Space Station
Samantha Cristoforetti also plans to follow a 20-minute routine in microgravity in the near future.
NASA's Mars InSight lander will risk earlier shut down to squeeze out a little more science
NASA's InSight mission is working to squeeze out all the science it can as power runs out.
