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November: A Flying Horse and Star Fish
With darkness coming earlier now, take advantage of November's clear evenings to explore the nighttime sky with our audio guided tour.
DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone review
The DJI Mavic 2 Pro is an easy-to-use prosumer drone offering excellent stills and video capabilities
Bacteria Could Make Rocket Fuel on Mars
There are many types of rocket fuel. Some are more useful on a particular planet. And some can be created by bacteria. A team from Georgia Tech has found a rocket fuel with an interesting mix of those characteristics that might be a focal point of in-situ resource utilization – on Mars.
What would happen if the speed of light was much lower?
Here's what would happen if the speed of light were orders of magnitude slower.
Opticron Adventurer T WP 8x42 review
Opticron's Adventurer T WP 8x42 binoculars have great light-gathering power in a lightweight package, but lack either a bargain price or premium feel
Ultrahot, ultrafast explosion called 'the Camel' has astronomers puzzled
An ultrabright, ultrafast explosion called the Camel lit up the sky for a month in 2020. Astronomers think it might have been the birth of a black hole or neutron star.
NASA's Juno probe reveals secrets of Jupiter's atmosphere in 3D
We've got more information than ever on how the gas giant's cyclones and water operate, deep in the atmosphere.
Climate change takes center stage at COP26 summit in Scotland this week
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) has kicked off in the Scottish city of Glasgow, welcoming world leaders, experts and activists to look for ways to slow down climate change.
ESA accelerates space-based climate action at COP26
ESA is poised to showcase how satellite data underpins global efforts to avert climate catastrophe at pivotal international talks held in the UK.
Best lightsabers 2021: Toys, replicas, and props
The best lightsabers you can actually buy. Credits will do fine.
Blue Origin Announces the “Orbital Reef,” the Space Station they Plan to Build in Orbit
Blue Origin has certainly stepped up its game of late! After stepping down as the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos has made it his personal mission to take the company he founded in 2000 and turn it into a powerhouse of the commercial space sector. Between some high-profile missions involving the New Shepard – which included passengers like Wally Funk, William Shatner, and even himself and his brother – Bezos has also been outspoken about his long-term vision.
Halloween in space! These wild astronaut costumes are just out of this world
Halloween in space can be just as fun as the spooky holiday on Earth. Check out these amazing Halloween costumes by astronauts
Halloween northern lights from huge solar flare thrill skywatchers
A huge solar flare from the sun has spawned a Halloween northern lights show that has stargazers over the moon.
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.