A huge solar flare from the sun has spawned a Halloween northern lights show that has stargazers over the moon.
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Antarctic glacier named Glasgow to mark COP26
Nine fast-flowing glaciers in West Antarctica have been named after locations of important climate treaties, conferences and reports. One of the glaciers is now called Glasgow Glacier to mark the city hosting the COP26 climate change conference. All the glaciers are in the Getz region, which, using data from satellites, was found recently to have lost more than 300 gigatonnes of ice over the last 25 years.
Halloween night sky 2021: See Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and maybe some spooky fireballs
Skies will be mainly clear on Saturday night (Oct. 31) across the contiguous United States, as costumed kids arrive at the door looking for candy or some other Halloween treat.
'New hidden world' discovered in Earth's inner core
The inner core of our planet is actually a mishmash of hard, mushy and liquid metal.
SETI: Why extraterrestrial intelligence is more likely to be artificial than biological
Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the universe?
Artemis 1 is Launching in February
It’s been a long time coming, but NASA’s next moon rocket is just months from liftoff on its first uncrewed test flight. The Space Launch System (SLS) is a super heavy-lift vehicle capable of delivering 95 tons to Low Earth Orbit, but its primary purpose will be to deliver humans to lunar orbit and, eventually, to the lunar surface. SLS has been in development since 2011, and it’s faced a series of delays, but launch day is finally within sight. Earlier this month, the rocket was fully stacked for the first time in the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, and the Orion capsule (the spacecraft’s crew cabin) was attached to the top. The full stack stands an impressive 322 feet tall, just shy of the Saturn V’s 363 feet.
New Idea: Use the Starship HLS to Create a Lunar Base!
Between the multiple space agencies planning to conduct crewed missions to the lunar surface, the many commercial entities who’ve contracted them to assist them, and proposals for lunar bases, the message of the modern space age is clear: We’re going back to the Moon. And this time, we intend to stay! Just like the efforts of the Apollo Era, this entails several challenges, ones that require “the best of our energies and skills.”
SpaceX's Dragon space toilet is off limits for astronauts returning to Earth soon
The next astronauts to return to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon won't be able use a crucial system on their trip home next month: the space potty.
SpaceX crew launch delayed due to high winds and waves offshore
NASA astronaut Kayla Barron, commander Raja Chari, pilot Tom Marshburn, and European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer pose in their SpaceX flight suits at launch pad 39A during a dress rehearsal Thursday night. Credit: SpaceX
NASA and SpaceX managers in Florida decided early Saturday to delay the launch of the next crew to the International Space Station from Sunday to Wednesday, when high winds and rough seas are expected to subside along the Falcon 9 rocket’s flight path across the Atlantic Ocean.
Elon Musk: Revolutionary private space entrepreneur
Elon Musk is an entrepreneur best known in space circles for launching SpaceX, the first private company to launch a mission to the International Space Station.
Apollo 13: The moon mission that dodged disaster
The Apollo 13 mission was an example of NASA's ingenuity under pressure.
NASA to fly National Geographic cameras on first crewed return to moon
When NASA returns astronauts to the moon, National Geographic will be aboard to share the journey with the public. The agency chose the media company to help tell the story of the Artemis 2 mission.
A Saturn V moon rocket blasts off in this most EPIC Halloween pumpkin carving!
Author Rebecca Siegel has taken her love of space to new heights for Halloween this year.
A NASA spacecraft just saw the north pole of Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter, for the first time
NASA's Juno snapped the first photo of the north pole of Europa, Jupiter's icy moon.
Why is there a 'crisis' in cosmology?
Since 2014, there have been over 300 proposals for solutions to the "crisis in cosmology." None of these proposals is universally agreed upon by cosmologists, and the crisis just keeps getting worse.
SpaceX, NASA delay launch of Crew-3 astronauts to space station due to weather
SpaceX and NASA have delayed the launch of the Crew-3 astronaut mission to Nov. 3.
Marvel Comics reveals new 'Star Wars: Yoda' series
A new NASA video shows stunning views of solar flares from the sun just before Halloween.
Russian cargo ship delivers early Halloween treats to International Space Station
A Russian cargo ship docked at the International Space Station Friday (Oct. 29) with 3 tons of supplies and treats before Halloween.
Russian cargo freighter docks with International Space Station
Russia’s Progress MS-18 cargo ship approaches the International Space Station Friday night. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now
Two days after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, a Russian Progress cargo freighter autonomously docked with the International Space Station Friday to deliver nearly three tons of fuel, food, and other supplies for the lab’s seven-person crew.
Major solar flare won't delay SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut launch on Halloween, NASA says
NASA officials say that the agency's Halloween astronaut launch will not be affected by a massive solar flare that's scheduled to hit Earth this weekend.
Behold the coiled beauty of this snake-like galaxy 80 million light-years from Earth
Read on for a brief history of UFO sightings, potential explanations for them, and cultural attitudes toward the phenomenon.
