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The first-of-its-kind complement of instruments dubbed the ‘space storm hunter’ hangs out in its new location outside the International Space Station in this image taken by on of the Station’s external cameras.
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How hot is the sun?
The sun's temperature varies from around 27 million degrees Fahrenheit (15 million degrees Celsius) in the core to about 10,000 degrees F (5,500 degrees C) at the surface.
Atlas V rocket launching 2 satellites for the US Space Force Friday: Watch it live
An Atlas V rocket topped with two "neighborhood watch" satellites is scheduled to lift off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Friday at 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT).
Shattered 'alphabet soup' iceberg flushed a lot of fresh water into the ocean
The tally is something like 61 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Do we live in a simulation? The problem with this mind-bending hypothesis.
Does the simulation hypothesis offer a compelling argument, or is it just interesting food for thought? Let's find out.
Ghostly glow in alien skies: 'Zodiacal light' possibly spotted on 3 exoplanets
Watch the sun set from a particularly dark patch of Earth and you may spot a triangle of what scientists call zodiacal light extending from where our star passed below the horizon.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 21 – 29
As Jupiter gets lower now, Orion and Gemini rise high, the Winter Triangle pivots on Sirius, the Great Square sinks and the Big Dipper creeps up.
Ariane 6 upper stage readies for tests at Europe's Spaceport
The central core of ESA’s new generation Ariane 6 launch vehicle arrived at Europe’s Spaceport on 18 January and is now inside the launch vehicle assembly building.
Earth from Space: Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, Germany
Part of Mecklenburg–West Pomerania, also known as Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a state in northeast Germany is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. A portion of the northwest coast of Poland can be seen in the right of the image.
ESA/WEF Panel discussion and In-Flight Call with Matthias Maurer
Video: 01:00:30
Watch the replay of ‘Live from Space: The Next Frontier for Knowledge and Action’. ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, live from the from the International Space Station discussed with a panel of prominent experts and industry leaders, including ESA’s Director General Josef Aschbacher, about how space research can improve life on our planet.
If Launched by 2028, a Spacecraft Could Catch up With Oumuamua in 26 Years
In October 2017, the interstellar object ‘Oumuamua passed through our Solar System, leaving a lot of questions in its wake. Not only was it the first object of its kind ever to be observed, but the limited data astronomers obtained as it shot out of our Solar System left them all scratching their heads. Even today, almost five years after this interstellar visitor made its flyby, scientists are still uncertain about its true nature and origins. In the end, the only way to get some real answers from ‘Oumuamua is to catch up with it.
NASA's gamma-ray observatory is in safe mode after a possible wheel failure
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has temporarily stopped its science observations while the mission team investigates an issue.
The Nearest Stars to Earth (Infographic)
Get to know our nearest stars, their distances in light-years, spectral types and their known planets.
ULA’s first launch of 2022 to debut unflown variant of Atlas 5 rocket
A promotional poster for the USSF-8 mission, showing the Atlas 5’s configuration with a single solid rocket booster and a 5.4-meter (17.7-foot) diameter payload fairing. Credit: United Launch Alliance
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket has flown in 10 different configurations over 90 missions since 2002, each version optimized to haul satellites of a certain size and mass into space.
The Moon’s Crust was Formed From a Frozen Slushy Magma
Scientists’ detailed study of the Moon dates back to the Apollo missions when astronauts brought rock samples from the lunar surface back to Earth for analysis. Apollo 11 gathered samples from the lunar highland regions, the pale areas on the Moon’s surface easily seen from Earth. The highlands are made of a relatively light rock called anorthosite, which formed early in the history of the Moon, between 4.3 and 4.5 billion years ago.
Bad weather delays SpaceX Dragon's departure from space station to Saturday
A SpaceX resupply ship will have to wait at least one more day before returning to Earth.
Tom Cruise Movie’s Producers Aim to Add Film Studio to the Space Station in 2024
The production company that’s playing a key role in a space movie project involving Tom Cruise says it’s working with Axiom Space to add a sports and entertainment facility to the International Space Station by the end of 2024.
Atlas 5 rocket rolls to launch pad for Space Force mission
An Atlas 5 rocket rolls out to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with two GSSAP satellites for the U.S. Space Force. Credit: United Launch Alliance
Gearing up for its first mission of the year, United Launch Alliance rolled an Atlas 5 rocket to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Thursday, a day before liftoff with a pair of U.S. Space Force satellites on a flight that will debut a version of the Atlas 5 never used before.
Even Tiny Mimas Seems to Have an Internal Ocean of Liquid Water
Data from the Cassini mission keeps fuelling discoveries. The latest discovery is that Saturn’s tiny moon Mimas may have an internal ocean. If it does, the moon joins a growing list of natural satellites in our Solar System that may harbour liquid water under their surfaces.
Astronaut spots ash clouds from Tonga volcano eruption from space (photos)
Stunning views of the aftermath of the Tonga volcano eruption have been snapped by astronauts at the International Space Station.
Historic Mars weather delay pushes Ingenuity helicopter's next flight to Sunday
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has notched yet another milestone — the first weather-related flight delay on another planet.
