The private Inspiration4 astronauts on SpaceX's first all-civilian spaceflight star in a new Netflix documentary on their historic flight.
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Fireball! Scientists advise meteorites may be scattered across southern Ontario
NASA is upgrading its Deep Space Network to keep up with the demands of modern interplanetary communications.
Curious Kids: Why is the sun's atmosphere hotter than its surface?
The truth of the matter is — we don't know!
Labor Day 2021 in space: Astronauts take a half-day off from science duties
NASA astronauts at the International Space Station will only enjoy a half-day off from work on Labor Day today (Sept. 5).
Astronaut geology bound for the Moon
Finding and collecting the best lunar samples will be a major task for the next astronauts on the Moon. ESA’s Pangaea training campaign launches today to equip astronauts with a geologist’s eye on the Moon – humanity’s next space destination to help us understand more about our Solar System.
NASA is Testing out a new air Taxi Prototype
NASA is commonly thought of as America’s space agency, but its name also emphasizes another research area. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is also America’s civilian aerospace research organization. In that role, it has been instrumental in developing new technologies ranging from rocket engines to aircraft control systems. Part of that role is running the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) campaign to test autonomous drone technology. The latest milestone in that campaign was testing an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) helicopter intended for eventual use as an air taxi.
Inspiration 4 Crew Gets a Sneak Peak out of Crew Dragon’s Cupola
In ten days, SpaceX and the payment processing company Shift4Payments will be making history as four commercial astronauts board the Crew Dragon Resilience and fly to space. This mission, known as Inspiration4, will be the first all-civilian flight in history, the purpose of which will be to raise awareness, funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and inspire the next generation to seek out education and employment in the STEM fields.
How to see Venus shine with bright star Spica tonight and maybe spot Mercury, too
Venus and the bright star Spica will shine in the evening sky tonight (Sept. 5). Mercury is visible, too.
Doctor Who companions, ranked worst to best
China's Zhurong rover has produced a remarkable new panorama of its surroundings to mark 100 days of activity on Mars as preparations continue for the rover to spend more than a month in safe mode.
SpaceX shows off its 'Gateway to Mars' for Starship launches in video
This is a fantastic question Lionel, and a really good observation!
Stunning image shows dark tendrils masking giant galaxy near Earth
Scientists have captured a stunning new image of a massive galaxy ringed by dust filaments.
Ocean Worlds With Hydrogen-Rich Atmospheres Could be the Perfect Spots for Life
The search for planets beyond our Solar System (extrasolar planets) has grown by leaps and bounds in the past decade. A total of 4,514 exoplanets have been confirmed in 3,346 planetary systems, with another 7,721 candidates awaiting confirmation. At present, astrobiologists are largely focused on the “low hanging fruit” approach of looking for exoplanets that are similar in size, mass, and atmospheric composition to Earth (aka. “Earth-like.”)
Heavier Stars Might not Explode as Supernovae, Just Quietly Implode Into Black Holes
A supernova is a brilliant end to a giant star. For a brief moment of cosmic time, a star makes one last effort to keep shining, only to fade and collapse on itself. The end result is either a neutron star or a stellar-mass black hole. We’ve generally thought that all stars above about ten solar masses will end as a supernova, but a new study suggests that isn’t the case.
Summer night sidelights: The stars to look for in the evening sky
In this week's Night Sky column, we provide a potpourri of factoids concerning some of the more prominent objects appearing in the summertime sky.
These 'Star Wars' blueprint covers strip down bounty hunter spaceships in Marvel's 'War of the Bounty Hunters' crossover
New blueprint variant covers from Marvel's "Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters" comics offer a detailed glimpse at bounty hunter spaceships.
Orbital Launch in January? Elon Musk Updates His Vision for SpaceX’s Starship
For centuries, sailors have been reporting strange encounters like this one.
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China launched four new communications satellites this week in two launches from different launch sites, within hours.
Halo Infinite battle pass progression will be tied to challenges and not match XP
The latest installment in the Halo series will be released on Dec. 8
The Galactic Beauty of Star Formation
I’d never seen galaxy images like this before. Nobody had! These images highlight star forming regions in nearby(ish) galaxies. There are still a number of unanswered questions surrounding how star formation actually occurs. To answer those questions, we are observing galaxies that are actively forming stars within giant clouds of gas. Until recently, we didn’t have the resolution needed to clearly image the individual gas clouds themselves. But images released by a project called PHANGS (Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS) in a collaboration between the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope and the Atacama Large millimeter/submillmeter Array (ALMA) have provided never before seen detail of star forming clouds in other galaxies.
Cosmonauts on spacewalk run power and data to new space station module
Two cosmonauts completed the first in a series of spacewalks needed to outfit a newly-added Russian module to the International Space Station.
SpaceX's private Inspiration4 mission is 'go' for launch on Sept. 15
SpaceX and the Inspiration4 team completed the flight readiness reviews on Sept. 2.