Inside the latest issue of All About Space is our complete guide to exoplanets where we peer into the most extreme alien worlds and hunt for Earth 2.0.
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Permafrost thaw: it’s complicated
One of the many serious consequences of the climate crisis is that precious permafrost is thawing, and this is unleashing even more carbon to the atmosphere and further exacerbating climate change. However, it’s complicated. For example, sometimes permafrost can thaw rapidly and scientists are unsure why and what these abrupt thaws mean in terms of feedback loops. This makes it difficult to predict the future impact on the climate. Thanks to an ESA–NASA initiative, new research digs deep into understanding the complexities of permafrost thaw and how carbon is released over time.
Sirius: The brightest star in Earth's night sky
Sirius, also known as the Dog Star or Sirius A, is the brightest star in Earth's night sky. The name means "glowing" in Greek — a fitting description, as only a few planets and the International Space Station outshine this star.
Meet Mizar and Alcor: The Horse and Rider
Mizar and Alcor, stars sometimes referred to as "the horse and the rider," serve as a vision test and an introduction to "double stars."
Best space movies
Keep this list of the best space movies handy for the next time you feel the need to escape from the reality of Earth.
55 years after Apollo 1 fire, NASA's lessons live on as Orion aims for the moon
On the 55th anniversary of NASA's fatal Apollo 1 fire, the agency's lessons learned live on as Orion aims for the moon.
Chinese space plane company targets suborbital tourism, point-to-point travel by 2025
The Chinese company Space Transportation is developing a "rocket with wings" for space tourism and point-to-point travel.
NASA honors fallen astronauts with Day of Remembrance
This year's edition includes a live panel on safety practices.
SpaceX to launch Italian Earth-observation satellite today. How to watch live.
A two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with the CSG-2 radar satellite is scheduled to lift off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Thursday (Jan. 27) at 6:11 p.m. EST (2311 GMT).
Lego NASA Space Shuttle Discovery review
A big kit with big fun – the Lego NASA Space Shuttle Discovery set is an enjoyable build that it out of this world.
What is the sun made of?
What is the sun made of? In several layers, hot gases are converted into energy and released as heat and light.
SpaceX ready to launch Italian radar remote sensing satellite
Artist’s illustration of a COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation satellite in orbit. Credit: ASI
SpaceX plans to launch an Italian Earth observation satellite with radar vision Thursday evening from Cape Canaveral on a twilight flight that could dazzle spectators with the ascent and descent of the reusable Falcon 9 booster over the Florida spaceport.
SpaceX cargo ship returns to Earth with spacesuit and science specimens
A SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule undocks from the International Space Station on Jan. 23 with more than 4,900 pounds of hardware and scientific experiments. Credit: NASA
A SpaceX cargo ship splashed down under parachutes in the Gulf of Mexico this week, returning from the International Space Station after a 34-day mission with a spacesuit used for spacewalks and research specimens for distribution to scientists around the world.
'The Book of Boba Fett' Chapter 4 sets up a potential 'Star Wars' series crossover
Have you ever wanted to look down the throat of a Sarlacc? Then this show is for you!
Finally, an Explanation for the Cold Spot in the Cosmic Microwave Background
According to our current Cosmological models, the Universe began with a Big Bang roughly 13.8 billion years ago. During the earliest periods, the Universe was permeated by an opaque cloud of hot plasma, preventing atoms from forming. About 380,000 years later, the Universe cooled to a temperature of about -270 °C (-454 °F), which converted much of the energy generated by the Big Bang into light. This afterglow is now visible to astronomers as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), first observed during the 1960s.
5,000 Exoplanets!
Before NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission launched in 2018, astronomers tried to understand what it would find in advance. One study calculated that TESS would find between 4430 and 4660 new exoplanets during its primary two-year-long mission.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage will slam into the moon on March 4
The upper stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched the DSCOVR satellite in 2015 will arrive violently on the lunar surface just five weeks from now.
Meteorite hunters rejoice: Antarctica probably harbors 300,000 undiscovered space rocks
An artificial intelligence program suggests there may be hundreds of thousands of meteorites left for scientists to discover in Antarctica and reveals what may be the most likely places to unearth them.
Incredible Image Shows Twin Stellar Jets Blasting Out of a Star-Forming Region
Young stars go through a lot as they’re being born. They sometimes emit jets of ionized gas called MHOs—Molecular Hydrogen emission-line Objects. New images of two of these MHOs, also called stellar jets, show how complex they can be and what a hard time astronomers have as they try to understand them.
