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New crew on the block
Image: ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen with his Crew-7 colleagues on arrival at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, 20 August.
Who is Grand Admiral Thrawn?
Grand Admiral Thrawn is being set up as the big bad in the Ahsoka series. Who is he and what does he want? Here’s a quick rundown of his story so far.
Who is Ahsoka Tano?
The journey of Ahsoka, Anakin Skywalker’s former apprentice continues this summer on Disney Plus. Need to catch up? Here’s a quick rundown of her story so far.
Are we really made of 'star stuff' and what does that even mean? (video)
Astronomer Carl Sagan once said that humanity is "made of star stuff." In a new video, astrophysicist Suzanna Randall explains what that actually means and where the elements in our body come from.
We still don't know what dark matter is, but here's what it's not
An experimental detector can now rule out dark matter particles down to about a fifth of a proton's mass.
Next major X-ray mission set to launch on Saturday
The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) is ready to launch on 26 August 2023 to observe the most energetic objects and events in the cosmos. In doing so, it will unveil the evolution of the Universe and the structure of spacetime.
Is This How You Get Magnetars?
Imagine a living star with a magnetic field at least 100,000 times stronger than Earth’s field. That’s the strange stellar object HD 45166. Its field is an incredible 43,000 Gauss. That makes it a new type of object: a massive magnetic helium star. In a million years, it’s going to get even stranger when it collapses and becomes a type of neutron star called a “magnetar”.
International crew arrive in Florida ahead of space station mission
The crew members for the next space station mission pose for photographers after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center on August 20, 2023. From left to right: Mission Specialist Konstantin Borisov, Pilot Andreas Mogensen, Commander Jasmin Moghbeli, and Mission Specialist Satoshi Furukawa. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now.
The next four crew members bound for a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station flew to the Kennedy Space Center Sunday to prepare for launch early Friday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Floating Seismometers Could Help Peer Into The Core of Venus
Seismology has been ubiquitous on Earth for decades, and missions such as InSight have recently provided the same data for the inside of Mars. Understanding a planet’s inner workings is key to understanding its geology and climate. However, the inner workings of Venus, arguably our closest sister planet, have remained a mystery. The sulfuric acid cloud and scorching surface temperatures probably don’t help. But Siddharth Krishnamoorthy from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Daniel Bowman of Sandia National Laboratory think they have a solution – use seismometers hanging from balloons.
Russia’s Luna 25 lander crashes on the Moon
An animation depicts the Luna 25 probe in orbit above the Moon’s surface. Image: Roscomos.
Russia’s first mission to the Moon for nearly 50 years ended in failure when the Luna 25 spacecraft crashed onto the surface, the Russian space agency Roscomos said Sunday.
Celestron EclipSmart 12x50mm porro solar binoculars review
If you're ready for a close encounter with the sun's surface these solar binoculars are hard to beat.
Russia says its Luna-25 lunar lander has crashed into the moon
Luna-25, which Russia had hoped would land at the south pole of the moon, crashed into the moon on Aug. 19 after an orbital maneuver went wrong.
China's rover maps 1,000 feet of hidden 'structures' deep below the dark side of the moon
Scientists were able to visualize the upper 1,000 feet of the moon's surface for the first time. Their results reveal billions of years of previously hidden lunar history.
Fountains of diamonds erupt from Earth's center as supercontinents break up
Researchers have discovered a pattern where diamonds spew from deep beneath Earth's surface in huge, explosive volcanic eruptions.
NASA flew a modified U-2 spy plane into thunderstorms to study super-energetic gamma-rays
Researchers flew NASA's ER-2 aircraft as close to thunderclouds as safely possible and captured 'the most detailed' data of gamma-rays and thunderclouds ever recorded through airborne analysis.
How many potentially dangerous asteroids narrowly miss Earth each year?
Last year Earth had more than 100 close encounters with large asteroids. What are the odds of a direct hit in the near future?
Russia's Luna-25 moon lander prepares for historic touchdown
Russia's Luna-25 moon lander may arrive on the moon as soon as Aug. 21. The mission aims to carry the baton from a previous series of Soviet landers, at the moon's south pole.
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer satellite is ready to hunt for water on the moon
The final instrument has been added to NASA's Lunar Trailblazer probe, enabling it to hunt for water on the moon's surface when it launches in early 2024.
A Maglev System On The Moon Could Make Lunar Logistics A Breeze
Maglevs are one of those technologies that still look like magic, even years after they were initially rolled out. While they have long been a workhorse of the transportation systems of some major cities, they don’t often impact the day-to-day lives of people who don’t use them to commute. But, they might be invaluable in another setting – lunar exploration. There’s an ongoing debate about the best way to shuttle stuff around on the Moon’s surface, and a team from JPL and a company called SRI International think they have a solution – deploy a maglev track on the Moon.
