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Here are Hubble’s 2021 Photos of the Outer Solar System
If we had to rely solely on spacecraft to learn about the outer planets, we wouldn’t be making great progress. It takes a massive effort to get a spacecraft to the outer Solar System. But thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we can keep tabs on the gas giants without leaving Earth’s orbit.
Black Friday augmented reality globe deal: Save 31% on this interactive Orboot Earth by PlayShifu
This globe lets kids get introduced to our world with hundreds of interactive icons that come to life with a smart device.
Launch of NASA's DART asteroid mission may be visible from California and the Southwestern US
The asteroid impact mission will launch no earlier than 10:20 p.m. PST on Tuesday, Nov. 23 (1:20 a.m. EST, or 0620 GMT on Nov. 24).
Falcon 9 launch timeline with DART
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base, heading southeast over the Pacific Ocean with NASA’s DART asteroid deflection experiment.
NASA Mars lander makes 1st ever map of Red Planet underground by listening to winds
Researchers have created the first-ever map of the Martian underground by listening to the sound of wind reverberating through the layers of soil and rock near Mars' equator.
Early Black Friday deal: Save 16% on these Celestron Cometron 7x50 binoculars for stargazing
Celestron's Cometron 7x50 Binocular is an affordable gift for the people in your life who are interested in night-sky gazing but who don't know how to start.
These Star Wars phone chargers are 50% off at GameStop in an early Black Friday deal
You'll literally get to enjoy the Force on two charger deals that are each $25 less.
Once New Horizons was out Beyond Pluto, it Could Finally Measure the Brightness of the Milky Way
The New Horizons spacecraft has been speeding away from Earth since it launched in 2006. Scientists using the Alice UV imaging spectrograph on board New Horizons, have been patiently but sporadically gathering data during those 15 years, but also waiting to get far enough away from the Sun to make a specific measurement: the brightness of the Lyman-alpha background of the Milky Way. Until now, this had never been measured accurately.
Best Black Friday camera deals
We've rounded up the best Black Friday camera deals from the likes of Canon, Nikon and Sony.
HP Reverb G2 VR Black Friday deal: Save $100 on this HP Reverb headset at HP
The VR headset features improved visuals, audio and comfort.
HTC Vive Pro 2 Black Friday deal: Save $80 on this HTC VR headset at Newegg
Newegg is starting the deals strong with this HTC Vive Pro 2 Black Friday deal - down to it's lowest ever price.
Russian module launching to space station Wednesday morning: Watch live
A Russian docking module will launch toward the International Space Station on Wednesday morning (Nov. 24), and you can watch the action live.
South Korea Launches its First Rocket. The Third Stage cut off Short.
So far, only six countries have successfully launched more than 1 ton of equipment into space using domestically developed rockets. A seventh, North Korea, has successfully done so with a slightly smaller payload. Recently, their southern neighbor attempted to get into this exclusive club by testing its first-ever three-stage orbital rocket.
Mars helicopter Ingenuity soars on 16th Red Planet flight
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has aced yet another Red Planet flight, the little chopper's 16th sortie.
Blue Origin to fly 1st astronaut's daughter, GMA host Michael Strahan on New Shepard spaceflight
Sixty years after watching her father launch on the first American spaceflight, Laura Shepard Churchley will fly with GMA host Michael Strahan and four paying passengers on Blue Origin's New Shepard.
Early Black Friday deal: Save over $200 on the Fujifilm X-T4 on Amazon
The Fujifilm X-T4 is an excellent astro-camera and it's currently on offer for its lowest ever price.
Deep-sky Fishing in Cetus, the Whale
Small telescopes can reel in some big ones in the constellation Cetus, the Whale.
'False fossils' littered across Mars may complicate the search for life on Red Planet
Researchers warn that there are dozens of potential false biosignatures on Mars that could hinder the search for alien life.
Here are 6 times that spacecraft smacked into other worlds — for science!
Sometimes, spacecraft must be destroyed anyway. And sometimes, it takes destroying a spacecraft to get the maximum science out of a mission.
SpaceX will launch NASA's DART mission to crash into an asteroid soon and you can watch it live
NASA will launch a mission to crash into an asteroid (on purpose) overnight tonight and you can watch it live.
