Look up! Venus will pass the Pleiades in the predawn sky on Thursday. The encounter will be visible with a pair of binoculars.
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Best Night Vision Binoculars 2022
Here are the best night vision binoculars, monoculars and goggles you can use in the dark.
Canon EOS Rebel SL3 / 250D review
The world's lightest DSLR is packed full of features and is the perfect beginner camera.
Watch a European rocket launch 2 communications satellites Wednesday evening
A European rocket will launch two communications satellites to orbit Wednesday evening (June 22), and you can watch the action live.
On alien worlds, exotic form of ice may transport nutrients to hidden oceans
Alien life in the deep global ocean of a water world could receive its nutrients through a shell of high-pressure ice around the planet's core.
4 dead telescopes' observations lead to stunning new galaxy portraits
Four retired telescope missions are helping astronomers uncover new insights about how dust behaves in galaxies.
Charon’s Red Cap at its North Pole? We Might Have an Answer
Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, started off as a beautiful, smooth red grape until someone came along, mostly peeled it, tried to smoosh it, then just gave up and walked away, leaving the poor moon to look like the absolute travesty that it is. Okay, so maybe that’s not exactly what happened, but Charon just looks like a mess and scientists want to know why. Never mind its smooshed equator, but what’s the deal with its red cap? Where did it come from and why is it red?
South Korea's homegrown Nuri rocket puts satellites in orbit for 1st time
A fully homegrown South Korean rocket has put satellites into orbit for the first time ever.
Could We Use Mars as a Base for Asteroid Mining?
The earliest mention of asteroid mining might be in a story from 1898 titled “Edison’s Conquest of Mars,” by Garrett Serviss. In that story, Martians attack Earth, killing tens of thousands and destroying New York City. Earth retaliates and sends an armada to Mars. While travelling, the armada comes across an asteroid that the Martians are mining. The asteroid is a rubble pile of gold nuggets.
Gaia's Massive Third Data Release is out!
It’s here! The third and largest data release (DR3) from the ESA’s Gaia Observatory has officially been made public. As promised, the DR3 contains new and improved details for almost two billion stars in our galaxy, including the chemical compositions, temperatures, colors, masses, ages, and the velocities at which stars move. The release coincided with a virtual press event hosted by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC) on June 13th, which featured ESA officials and guest speakers who addressed the significance of the new data.
Summer solstice 2022 celebrated on Earth and in space (photos)
People around the world celebrated the summer solstice today (June 21), as did some satellites in space.
Propstore auctions rare screen-used 'Red Leader' X-wing model from 'Star Wars: A New Hope' (exclusive)
Propstore is auctioning off a screen-matched 'Red Leader' X-wing model from 1977’s "Star Wars."
China plans to return Mars samples to Earth in 2031: report
China plans to haul pristine Mars samples to Earth in 2031, two years earlier than NASA and the European Space Agency plan to do so, according to media reports.
SpaceX and OneWeb tell FCC their broadband megaconstellations can coexist
SpaceX and OneWeb have written a joint letter to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission declaring harmony in orbit for spectrum coordination between their satellite-internet constellations.
The moon will swing by Mars early Wednesday morning as it continues its planetary tour
The moon approaches Mars in the predawn sky on Wednesday (June 22). The pair will be visible in the same field of view using a pair of binoculars.
Arianespace preps for first Ariane 5 launch of the year
An Ariane 5 rocket on its launch pad Tuesday evening at the Guiana Space Center. Credit: Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/P. Piron
Two geostationary communications satellites for India’s space agency and a Malaysian company will rocket into orbit from the jungle of South America on Wednesday on a European-built Ariane 5 launcher.
World's largest liquid mirror telescope ready to observe
The 4-meter-wide International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) at Devasthal Observatory in the central Himalayas comes online.
Nikon 10x50 Aculon A211 binoculars review
The Nikon 10x50 Aculon A211 binoculars are sleek, well made and offer great value optics in a wide field of view.
This Bizarre Terrain on Mars is Caused by Water Ice and Carbon Dioxide
From orbit, this landscape on Mars looks like a lacy honeycomb or a spider web. But the unusual polygon-shaped features aren’t created by Martian bees or spiders; they are actually formed from a ongoing process of seasonal change from created from water ice and carbon dioxide.
Kitt Peak telescopes remain standing after Arizona wildfire claims at least 4 buildings on site
While astronomical facilities and instrumentation may still be intact, it's too unsafe to verify in person right now.
The James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science — and it's seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers hoped for
The James Webb Space Telescope is ready to start probing the cosmos. An astronomer on the team explains what it takes to get to this stage.
