Elon Musk will give a big Starship update — his first since the fall of 2019 — on Thursday (Feb. 10) at 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT on Feb. 11).
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Farewell, Jupiter! The gas giant will disappear from the evening sky this month
It will soon be time to bid a fond adieu to an object that has been a fixture in our evening sky since late last summer: the planet Jupiter.
This SpaceX video of a Falcon 9 rocket stage separation during launch is just amazing
A new SpaceX video has captured a striking view of two critical moments in any rocket launch: stage separation for its booster and nose cone jettison.
Astronomers Watch the Making of a Super-Earth
Gaseous mini-Neptunes may become rocky super-Earths when they lose their atmospheres. Now, astronomers have caught that process in action.
Simulation Predicts Where to Find 300,000 Meteorites Hidden in Antarctica
Although meteorites are known to fall all over the world, the environment and unique processes in Antarctica make them somewhat easier to find on the pristine, snowy landscape. Still, collecting meteorites in Antarctica is physically grueling and hazardous work.
Asteroid sharing Earth's orbit discovered — could it help future space missions?
Could we mine Earth's newly discovered companion?
How Dark Matter Could Be Measured in the Solar System
Dark matter has long been a mystery to astronomers, in no small part because it is so hard to measure directly. Its influence is plain when looking at its gravitational effects on objects such as far away galaxies, but measuring that influence directly has proved much trickier. But now, a team of scientists thinks they have a way to measure the influence of dark matter directly – all it would require is a specialized probe that sits really far away from Earth for a while.
25 myths about space
These wild myths about space that just won't go away.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Eclipsing Binary
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll be seeing double with today’s topic: eclipsing binaries!
Our galaxy hosts loads of binary stars. So much so that the majority of all stars in the galaxy are members of a binary system. Astronomers can only find most binary systems through intense scrutiny, either by having a telescope big enough to reveal two or more stars where we once thought there was only one, or by using spectroscopy to notice the wiggling motion of one star caused by the orbit of a hidden companion.
Strange twin asteroids, the youngest ever seen, likely broke apart just 300 years ag
Scientists spotted two space rocks that may be Earth's freshest asteroid neighbors, but have to wait until 2033 to see them again.
Greenland lost enough ice in last 2 decades to cover entire US in 1.5 feet of water
Satellite data shows that Greenland’s ice sheet has lost enough water over 20 years to submerge the entire United States.
International Astronomical Union launches new center to fight satellite megaconstellation threat
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has launched a new center to fight the threat of satellite megaconstellations, which it now describes as worse than urban light pollution.
You can see the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster on a collision course with the moon in a live webcast today
A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster will crash into the moon on March 4, and you can track the rogue rocket during live webcasts on Feb. 7 and Feb.
Rogue black hole spotted on its own for the first time
Astronomers may have for the first time detected and measured the mass of an isolated stellar-mass black hole, a new study finds.
The First Rogue Black Hole has Been Discovered, and it’s Only 5,000 Light-Years Away
Microlensing strikes again. Astronomers have been using the technique to detect everything from rogue planets to the most distant star ever seen. Now, astronomers have officially found another elusive object that has long been theorized and that we first reported on back in 2009 but has never directly detected – a rogue black hole.
Watch SpaceX launch a US spy satellite and land a rocket in this mesmerizing drone video
A stunning new video from SpaceX captures what it's like to watch a rocket launch and then witness the booster return to Earth, all from mid-air.
Ancient evils arise in IDW's new 'Transformers: War's End' comic book miniseries
IDW Publishing rolls out a turbulent new "Transformers: War's End" miniseries in February.
'John Carter of Mars' blasts back to Barsoom in new comic series from Dynamite
Dynamite Entertainment is releasing a new “John Carter of Mars” comic book title in spring 2022.
Titan Books celebrates vintage 'Flash Gordon' comic strips in a deluxe new collection
Titan Books delivers another deluxe volume of classic “Flash Gordon” newspaper strips on February 15
Scientists discover lost range of 'supermountains' three times longer than the Himalayas
Scientists detected two ancient ranges of 'supermountains' that criss-crossed the Earth hundreds of millions of years ago — and may have jump-started animal evolution.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Elliptical Galaxy
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll try to get back in shape with today’s topic: elliptical galaxies!
Elliptical galaxies are the retirement centers of the universe. They are filled with old, red stars and have very little active star formation. Even if they wanted to, they couldn’t make more stars, since they have relatively thin stores of interstellar gas and dust. The stars inside ellipticals are just sitting there, slowly burning through their reserves of hydrogen, dying off one by one.
