This faint ring of radio emission might signal a momentous event in galactic evolution. Then again, it might be something else entirely.
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Our universe may have a twin that runs backward in time
A mirror universe that runs backward in time sprouted up before the Big Bang.
NASA set to launch 2 rockets into the northern lights
Researchers plan to launch two rockets into the heart of the northern lights. Here's what they might find.
Solar Orbiter spacecraft takes its closest look at the sun
Solar Orbiter will (yet again) take the closest ever images of the sun during its pass on Saturday (March. 26)
Venus, Mars and Saturn form a celestial triangle before dawn: How to see it
You can spot them Sunday and Monday, before sunrise.
'Star Trek: Picard' Season 2 episode 4 'reintroduces' a favorite character
The influence of "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" is acknowledged and appropriate respect is paid
SpaceX's private Ax-1 astronaut flight cleared for launch pending NASA Artemis 1 moon rocket test
Axiom SpaceX's Ax-1 private space station mission is cleared for launch, but only after NASA's Artemis 1 tests.
NASA gives priority to Artemis ground test over commercial astronaut launch
Pilot Larry Connor and commander Mike Lopez-Alegria (left and right) during training inside a SpaceX simulator. Credit: Axiom Space / SpaceX
NASA officials gave the green light Friday for the first all-commercial astronaut launch to the International Space Station on a SpaceX rocket as soon as April 3. But the astronaut launch could be delayed a day, or longer, to give priority to a countdown test for NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket on a neighboring launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center.
These are Star Dunes on Mars, Formed When the Wind Comes From Many Different Directions
Missions to Mars are expensive, even orbiters. They’re there to do science, not take pretty pictures. But sometimes Mars’ beauty is captured inadvertently, usually with some science mixed in.
FAA delays SpaceX Starship environmental review another month to April 29
The U.S Federal Aviation Administration has delayed an environmental review of SpaceX's Starship program by at least another month, to April 29 at the earliest.
NASA’s Roman Mission Might Tell Us if the Universe Will Tear Itself Apart in the Future
NASA’s Nancy Gracy Roman Space Telescope won’t launch until 2027, and it won’t start operating until some time after that. But that isn’t stopping excited scientists from dreaming about their new toy and all it will do. Who can blame them?
Ax-1 private mission to space station: Live updates
On April 3, 2022, SpaceX and the private spaceflight company Axiom Space will make history with the launch of Ax-1, the first all-private mission to the International Space Station.
Parts of the Milky Way are much older than thought, study reveals
The Milky Way's thick disk is 2 billion years older than astronomers previously thought and likely formed barely 800 million years after the Big Bang.
The Sun Didn't Have any Sunspots for 70 Years, now we Might Know why
Sunspots are one of the ways we can measure the activity level of the Sun. Generally, the more sunspots we observe, the more active the Sun is. We’ve been tracking sunspots since the early 1600s, and we’ve long known that solar activity has an 11-year cycle of high and low activity. It’s an incredibly regular cycle. But from 1645 to 1715 that cycle was broken. During this time the Sun entered an extremely quiet period that has come to be known as the Maunder Minimum. In the deepest period of the minimum, only 50 sunspots were observed, when typically there would be tens of thousands. We’ve never observed such a long period of quiet since, and we have no idea why it occurred.
Ukraine plans to join the EU. Will the nation's space prospects expand as a result?
Joining the EU would open up prospects for cooperation in all spheres of politics and business — including the space industry — at the highest level for Ukraine.
Antarctic sea ice at record low in February, satellite data reveal
Antarctic sea-ice extent dropped to a record low in the satellite data in February, but it's likely due to natural variation.
NASA emails reveal internal discussions over calls to rename James Webb Space Telescope: report
New documents suggest that NASA officials dismissed concerns raised by the LGBTQ community over the name of its newest observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope.
Hydrazine fueling operations underway for SLS booster steering system
Live views of launch pad 39B and updates on preparations for the inaugural launch of NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket on the Artemis 1 test flight.
Spacefaring adventure Deliver Us Mars sets a course for consoles and PCs
Deliver Us the Moon sequel confirmed for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation consoles.
Chinese Mars orbiter spies Zhurong, Perseverance rovers (photos, video)
China's Tianwen 1 orbiter recently captured photos of China's Zhurong rover and NASA's Perseverance rover as the two wheeled robots explored their Martian surroundings.
The mighty dog constellations of the spring night sky
Four dog constellations are now visible in the night sky, if you know where to look