The moon has already visited Venus and Saturn in the night sky over the past few days, and tonight (Dec. 8) Earth's natural satellite will sidle up next to Jupiter.
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High winds delay Blue Origin launch until weekend
Blue Origin’s mission patch for the NS-19 spaceflight. Credit: Blue Origin
A forecast of high winds at Blue Origin’s launch site in West Texas has prompted the company to delay its first suborbital space shot with a full complement of six passengers from Thursday to Saturday.
SpaceX will launch a new X-ray space telescope for NASA Thursday. Here's how to watch live.
SpaceX will launch a new space observatory for NASA overnight and you can watch the action live online.
Will Smith explores planet Earth in new 'Welcome to Earth' series from Disney Plus, Nat Geo (exclusive clip)
Today (Dec. 8), National Geographic's new series "Welcome to Earth" drops on Disney Plus, showcasing Academy Award-nominated actor Will Smith in his latest role: explorer.
Hasbro unveils Star Wars The Black Series figures ahead of The Book of Boba Fett's release
The Book of Boba Fett hits Disney Plus on December 29, but you'll have to wait until next year for these tie-in Black Series figures.
Record-breaking alien planet spotted circling massive, superhot star duo (photo)
An exoplanet 11 times more massive than Jupiter resides in b Centauri, a young binary star system about 325 light-years from Earth, a new study reports.
Canon RF 24-240mm f4-6.3 IS USM review
We tested out the Canon RF 24-240mm f4-6.3 lens for this hands-on review.
Blue Origin launch with GMA host Michael Strahan delayed to Saturday by high winds
Windy conditions pushed off the third crewed launch of the New Shepard system.
Manfrotto Advanced Hybrid backpack III review
The Advanced Hybrid Backpack from professional outfit Manfrotto looks to kill three birds with one stone. How does it stack up against the competition?
A New Way to Detect Alien Megastructures
How do you power a super advanced alien civilization? Soak up a star. We harness the power of the Sun using solar panels. What if you were to scale this idea to astronomical proportions? Surround an entire star with solar collecting structures or satellites to power your sprawling alien galactic empire. Such massive structures are known as a “megastructures” – in this case a “Dyson Sphere.” We are already trying to detect possible megastructures in space using the dimming of a star and the glow of megastructure components in infrared light. But recent research provides a new detection method – a Dyson Sphere may cause its host star to swell and cool.
Tiny Galaxy’s Giant Black Hole Throws Astronomers for a Loop
A satellite galaxy dwarfed by the Milky Way has a black hole nearly as massive as the one at the center of our galaxy.
Ariane 5 moved to meet Webb
The Ariane 5 launch vehicle which will launch the James Webb Space Telescope was moved to the final assembly building at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 29 November 2021.
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, two crewmates arrive at International Space Station
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, video producer Yozo Hirano and cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin docked with the orbiting lab early Wednesday (Dec. 8).
Solar system planets: Order of the 8 (or 9) planets
Explore the eight (or nine) planets of the solar system from the closest to the sun to the furthest, as well as the controversial planet nine.
The best cities for flying a drone (and one you should definitely avoid)
Here's our guide to the best cities for flying a drone, which highlights the top places to travel if you're an aerial photographer.
Mirror, mirror, on the Moon
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Mirror, mirror, on the Moon, how far away are you?
Here's how the universe could end in a a 'false vacuum decay'
The world could end not with a bang, but with a quantum vacuum decay of the ground state of the universe to its true minimum.
Rocket Lab launching two Earth-observation satellites today: Watch live
An Electron rocket topped with two commercial Earth-observation satellites is scheduled to lift off Wednesday (Dec. 8) at 6:45 p.m. EST (2345 GMT). Watch it live here.
See the total solar eclipse of 2021 from nearly 1 million miles away in this stunning photo
The only total solar eclipse of 2021 was one few could see and this new photo from a spacecraft nearly 1 million miles from Earth shows why.
Drone tips: Where can I fly my drone?
Wondering where you can fly your drone? Here are some easily accessible locations where you can test out your new gadget.
What we want to see from the Alien TV show
We don’t really know what to expect from the Alien TV show currently in development at Hulu, but we’ve got more than a couple of ideas that we’d like to see.
