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This is what Earth looks like from the moon's south pole (video)
The weird motions of planet Earth and its sun will be a fun sight for astronauts at the south pole of the moon, a NASA video shows.
What is the coldest place in the universe?
The coldest place in the universe is a teeth-chattering –459.67 degrees Fahrenheit: over three times icier than the chilliest location on Earth.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, Oct. 29 – Nov. 6
The moonless evenings this week offer three bright planets and deep-sky riches as deep as you can go. Meanwhile, the waning crescent Moon meets Mercury and Spica low in bright dawn.
Earth from Space: Glasgow
Glasgow, host of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26), is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
ESA and NASA launch revolutionary open-source platform
Today, ESA and NASA have publicly released the first globally-harmonised assessment of above ground biomass – information that is vital for managing global climate change. The Multi-Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform (MAAP) provides seamless access to above ground biomass information from both NASA and ESA Earth observation data. The revolutionary open-science tool is now fully operational and accessible online.
Lightweight, Flexible Lens Could be the Future of Space Telescopes
Holograms are useful for more than interesting-looking baubles in gift shops. Materials scientists have used them for applications from stress/strain gauges to data storage systems. It turns out they would also be useful in making extraordinarily lightweight, flexible mirrors for space telescopes. A new study led by researchers at the Rensselear Polytechnic Institue shows how that might happen.
Kayla Barron, a pioneering submarine officer, is ready for her first flight to space
NASA astronaut Kayla Barron was one of the first women to serve as a submarine officer in the U.S. Navy. Now she’s ready to apply her experience under the waves to a flight above the atmosphere on the International Space Station.
Estée Lauder teams up with International Space Station to tackle Earth's plastic problem
Research in space could help humanity to tackle our big plastic problem here on Earth.
Brilliant Venus is putting on a sky show! How to track it for the rest of the year
Venus is the first planet you'll spot these days — maybe even before sunset, if you know where to look in the south-southwest sky.
Boeing reports $185 million charge to pay for Starliner delays
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft emerges from the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing facility in July, during preparations before Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2 mission. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now
Boeing said Wednesday it will take on a $185 million charge in its third quarter earnings to pay for the latest setback on the Starliner crew capsule, bringing the company’s out-of-pocket costs on the troubled program to $595 million since 2019.
The True Nature of the Candidate ET Signal From Proxima Centauri
Human-made interference, not extraterrestrial technology, is responsible for the first candidate "signal of interest" detected by the project Breakthrough Listen.
'Star Trek: Prodigy' premieres tonight and it's really rather good
'Star Trek: Prodigy' warps onto Paramount+ tonight and takes the franchise where no one has taken it before.
Willmann-Bell Books Now Available
The AAS is honored to be continuing the legacy of Willmann-Bell, Inc. by selling and publishing their robust catalog of astronomy books as an imprint of AAS Sky Publishing, LLC.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is even deeper than scientists had thought
The Great Red Spot extends as much as 310 miles (500 kilometers) beneath Jupiter's cloud tops, data from NASA's Juno Jupiter probe shows.
How to watch Star Trek: Prodigy online
The new animated series, 'Star Trek: Prodigy' is coming to Paramount Plus and later Nickelodeon.
SpaceX fires up Falcon 9 rocket for Crew-3 Halloween astronaut launch
SpaceX has fired up the rocket that will launch its next crew of astronauts toward the International Space Station this weekend.
Private space stations are coming. Here's what NASA astronauts want to see
Two NASA astronauts in space right now have some ideas about what the future may hold in low-Earth orbit (LEO), and what they hope to see in a commercial space station.
“Mechazilla” is Getting its Arms. Now it can Catch Starships!
The past few weeks have seen a flurry of activity at SpaceX’s Boca Chica Launch Complex! In addition to the SN 20 prototype completing a static fire test with three of the new Raptor Vacuum 6 engines this month, the facility’s “Mechazilla” Launch Tower recently received a giant pair of steel arms. Once integrated with the ~135m (~450 ft) tower, these arms will be responsible for “catching” spent Starships and Super Heavy boosters as they return to Earth.
Sun fires off major solar flare from Earth-facing sunspot
A major solar flare erupted from the sun on Thursday (Oct. 28) in the strongest storm yet of our star's current weather cycle.
