A new U.S. Space Force video "demands action" on space debris and asks the private sector for their help cleaning up the growing space mess.
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Lightning bolt breaks record for longest ever recorded
Storms in the U.S. and Uruguay set new records for longest lightning bolt and longest-duration lightning flash.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is cooling down for its next trick: Observing the universe
It's been a whirlwind 38 days in space for the James Webb Space Telescope, but its chief scientist says the mission is well on track to uncover the universe soon.
The Space Shuttle was Originally Hoped to be a Fully Reusable two-Stage Rocket
For anyone old enough to remember the 1980s, the Space Shuttle was an iconic symbol of spaceflight. For thirty years (1981-2011), this program flew 135 missions, which consisted of orbital science experiments, deploying satellites, launching interplanetary probes, participating in the Shuttle-Mir program, deploying the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and constructing the International Space Station (ISS). There were also tragedies along the way, such as the Challenger (1986) and Columbia disasters (2003).
Astra scrubs 1st Florida launch attempt due to faulty 'range asset'
Astra planned to launch the ELaNa 41 mission for NASA today (Feb. 5) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station but was thwarted by an issue at the launch range.
A Supercomputer Gives Better Focus to Blurry Radio Images
With better computers comes more battery imagery. Or at least that’s true most of the time. Supercomputers are extraordinarily good at image processing, so it’s normally worth it when a new algorithm comes along that they can turn their attention to. That’s exactly what happened with an algorithm recently developed by Ph.D. student Frits Sweijen and his colleagues at Leiden University. They used several supercomputers’ image processing power to simulate and enhance the resolution of radio images captured by the International LOFAR telescope.
Live coverage: Astra readies for its first launch from Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of Astra’s Rocket 3.3 from pad 46 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch four CubeSats developed by universities and NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
Citizen Scientists Find 1,000+ Asteroids Photobombing Hubble Images
The combined power of citizen science and machine learning have led to the discovery of more than 1,000 new asteroids in archival images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Space repairs in 360° | Cosmic Kiss
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Scientist, engineer, test subject and tradesperson – astronauts in orbit wear many different hats. In this 360° timelapse, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer works to repair a faulty valve behind EXPRESS-Rack 3.
Could the moon ever be pushed from orbit like in 'Moonfall'?
What would it take to dislodge the moon from its orbit and send it on a collision course with Earth?
Why Mars helicopters like Ingenuity could glow in the dark
You can blame dust in the wind.
Exoplanet evolution? Mini-Neptunes may shed their atmospheres and become super-Earths
New research suggests that stellar radiation may commonly strip away the atmospheric outer layers of exoplanets slightly smaller than Neptune, transforming them into super-Earths.
Astra will launch a rocket from Florida for the 1st time today and you can watch it live
Astra will launch its first-ever mission from the Lower 48 on Saturday (Feb. 5), and you can watch the action live.
A Tracking System is now Scanning the Entire sky Every 24 Hours Looking for Dangerous Asteroids
As evidenced by a recent Netflix movie, dangerous asteroids can come from anywhere. So there was an obvious weakness in our asteroid defense system when only one of the hemispheres was covered by telescopes that constantly scan the sky. That was the case until recently, with the expansion of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) system into the southern hemisphere.
The International Space Station will plunge into the sea in 2031, NASA announces
The International Space Station will plunge into the sea in January 2031, NASA has announced.
Young stars illuminate 'Chamaeleon' stellar nursery in new Hubble image
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new view of a stellar nursery illuminated by the bright blue light of young stars.
A Second Generation of Planets can Form Around a Dying Star
When young stars coalesce out of a cloud of molecular hydrogen, a disk of leftover material called a protoplanetary disk surrounds them. This disk is where planets form, and astronomers are getting better at peering into those veiled environments and watching embryonic worlds take shape. But young stars aren’t the only stars with disks of raw material rotating around them.
Director Roland Emmerich says he's finished with the 'Stargate' franchise
Jaffa, Kree! It's time for someone else to pick up the baton...and soon
Winter Olympics 2022: See China's stadiums from space in these snowy satellite photos
The 2022 Winter Olympics are here and Maxar Technologies has released satellite images of many of the venues in China as seen from space.
SpaceX and NASA eye Dragon parachute issue ahead of next astronaut launch
The parachute system on SpaceX's Dragon capsule hasn't behaved exactly as expected recently, and NASA and SpaceX want to know why.
The International Space Station will eventually die by fire
The end of the International Space Station is inevitable — and complicated.
