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'Star Trek: Picard - Stargazer' puts Jean-Luc back in command in new IDW comic series
IDW is releasing a companion comic book miniseries "Star Trek: Picard - Stargazer" to the Paramount Plus Trek TV series.
'The Orville' season 3 episode 2 tips its hat to classic sci-fi horror
Episode 2 of "The Orville" season 3 includes nods to "The Fly" and other sci-fi horror classics, with an epic music score.
'Beavis And Butt-head Do The Universe' trailer launches cartoon 'icons' across space (and time)
Paramount Plus delivers a new trailer for "Beavis And Butt-head Do The Universe" which launches on June 23.
A Geologic map of the Entire Moon has Been Released at 1:2,500,000-Scale
Chinese scientists have created the most detailed map of the Moon yet. It took them 10 years and involved hundreds of researchers. The new map will be a boon to lunar exploration and for anyone who just wants to study our natural satellite in more detail.
SpaceX's Starship will be ready for 1st orbital flight in July, Elon Musk says
The first orbital test flight of the giant Starship vehicle could happen soon, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said.
China's new map of the moon captures lunar geologic features in incredible detail
A new high-resolution map of the moon captures lunar geologic features in incredible detail.
Perseverance Mars rover eyes balancing boulder and weird snakehead rock (photo)
On Sunday (June 12), the car-sized Perseverance Mars rover snapped a photo that could be mistaken for a still from an "Indiana Jones" movie.
NASA's Lucy asteroid spacecraft solar array rescue efforts continuing
NASA's Lucy mission team is continuing efforts to correct the incomplete deployment of one of the spacecraft's solar arrays as it continues to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.
Milankovitch cycles: What are they and how do they affect Earth?
Milankovitch cycles are periodic changes in the orbital characteristics of a planet that control how much sunlight it receives thus affecting its climate and habitability.
Watch the ESA Council information session
The media information session following the 308th ESA Council will be streamed on 15 June from 12:40 to 13:15 CEST at esawebtv.esa.int. Join us to hear more about the cooperation between ESA and NASA.
'Obi-Wan Kenobi' episode 4: A daring rescue that doesn’t quite hit the mark
'Obi-Wan Kenobi' channels 'The Mandalorian', 'A New Hope' and 'Jedi: Fallen Order' in what should have been its best episode yet.
Polaris Dawn crew training for epic SpaceX mission this fall
The crew for the first mission in the privately funded Polaris program is scaling new heights to prepare for their record-breaking SpaceX flight later this year.
France becomes 20th nation to sign Artemis Accords for moon exploration
France is the most recent signatory to the Artemis Accords, NASA's international agreement to establish best practices for ongoing cooperation on moon exploration.
Shuttle fliers enter Astronaut Hall of Fame with eye on future in space
At an event celebrating their past, the new inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, David Leestma, Sandy Magnus and Chris Ferguson, looked to the future for the promise of space exploration.
Space takes centre stage at VivaTech
How does ESA enable the European space industry to prosper in the global market? People attending this week’s VivaTech show in Paris – which will showcase how innovation and technology can build a more sustainable and inclusive society – will discover how.
ESA Gives Green Light on its Comet Interceptor Mission
Comets, with their long, beautiful, bright tails of ice, are some of the most spectacular sightings in the night sky. This was most apparent when Comet NEOWISE passed by Earth in the summer of 2020, dazzling viewers from all over the planet while being mainly visible in the northern hemisphere. While the sky might look the same night after night, comets are a humble reminder that the universe is a very active and beautiful place.
SpaceX cargo launch to space station delayed 2 more weeks, to July 11
The launch of SpaceX's next cargo mission to the Internationl Space Station has been pushed back at least two more weeks, to no earlier than July 11.
After Three Months in Safe-Mode, NASA’s Maven Spacecraft Has Been Recovered
Since 2014, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission has been orbiting Mars and gathering data on its upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and interactions with the Sun and solar wind. In so doing, the mission has shown how billions of years ago, the Martian atmosphere was slowly stripped away by solar wind. This caused Mars to undergo a major shift in its climate, transforming from a warmer planet that had flowing water on its surface to the extremely frigid and desiccated place it is today.
The Rapid Changes We’re Seeing With the Earth’s Magnetic Field Don’t Mean the Poles are About to Flip. This is Normal
One of the most interesting discoveries about Earth in the past few decades concerns the Earth’s magnetic poles. Paleomagnetic records show that the poles have flipped places 183 times in the last 83 million years. That’s about every 450,000 years on average, though there were ten million years between flips in at least two cases.
SpaceX's Starship rocket project can continue in South Texas, FAA review finds
SpaceX can continue developing and testing its huge Starship vehicle in South Texas, provided the company takes pains to mitigate its impact on the area, a long-awaited environmental review has found.
