Watch the stars and from them learn. To the Master's honor all must turn, Each in its track, without a sound, Forever tracing Newton's ground

— Albert Einstein

Astronomy

Solar drone with wingspan wider than jumbo jet could fly for months

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 6:00pm
A pioneering solar-powered drone aircraft operated by Skydweller Aero will be used for maritime surveillance
Categories: Astronomy

Solar drone with wingspan wider than jumbo jet could fly for months

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 6:00pm
A pioneering solar-powered drone aircraft operated by Skydweller Aero will be used for maritime surveillance
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule 'Endeavour' arrives at pad ahead of July 31 astronaut launch (photos)

Space.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 6:00pm
The Crew Dragon capsule that will fly SpaceX's Crew-11 astronaut mission to the ISS for NASA has arrived at Kennedy Space Center ahead of its planned July 31 launch.
Categories: Astronomy

Negative social ties, like frenemies, could be ageing you

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 5:00pm
Having someone in your life who hassles you or causes problems could be adding 2.5 months to your biological age
Categories: Astronomy

Negative social ties, like frenemies, could be ageing you

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 5:00pm
Having someone in your life who hassles you or causes problems could be adding 2.5 months to your biological age
Categories: Astronomy

European Vega C rocket launches CO2-mapping satellite, 4 Earth-observation spacecraft to orbit (video)

Space.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 4:41pm
A Vega C rocket launched the MicroCarb carbon dioxide mapper and four Earth-observation satellites tonight (July 25) from South America.
Categories: Astronomy

Rogue black hole found terrorizing unfortunate star in distant galaxy

Space.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 4:14pm
The Hubble Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory saw an enigmatic intermediate-mass black hole lighting up in X-rays, potentially revealing a way of finding more of them in the future.
Categories: Astronomy

25th Anniversary Cupola Photo

NASA Image of the Day - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 3:55pm
The 25th anniversary logo is visible in the cupola of the space station in this July 17, 2025, image. The central astronaut figure is representative of all those who have lived and worked aboard the station during the 25 years of continuous human presence. In the dark sky of space surrounding the astronaut are 15 stars, which symbolize the 15 partner nations that support the orbiting laboratory.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Neanderthals were probably maggot-munchers, not hyper-carnivores

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 3:00pm
It has been claimed Neanderthals ate a huge amount of meat based on isotope ratios in their bones – but the explanation could instead be a diet rich in maggots
Categories: Astronomy

Neanderthals were probably maggot-munchers, not hyper-carnivores

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 3:00pm
It has been claimed Neanderthals ate a huge amount of meat based on isotope ratios in their bones – but the explanation could instead be a diet rich in maggots
Categories: Astronomy

We are undergoing unprecedented loss of freshwater across the planet

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 3:00pm
Rising temperatures are causing water to evaporate and driving humans to extract more groundwater, which is moving freshwater from the land to the seas and creating a "continental drying" trend
Categories: Astronomy

We are undergoing unprecedented loss of freshwater across the planet

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 3:00pm
Rising temperatures are causing water to evaporate and driving humans to extract more groundwater, which is moving freshwater from the land to the seas and creating a "continental drying" trend
Categories: Astronomy

Astronaut makes 'space kimchi fried rice' in orbit as crew starts packing for trip home | On the ISS this week July 21-25, 2025

Space.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 3:00pm
The four members of SpaceX's Crew-10 mission on the Expedition 73 crew began packing for home, while also calling down to Earth to share their ongoing work aboard the ISS.
Categories: Astronomy

Organ Proteins Reveal How Aging Accelerates at 50 Years Old

Scientific American.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 2:45pm

Aging is a complex process that plays out differently across different organs, according to growing evidence

Categories: Astronomy

Interstellar Meteors Hit Earth All the Time but Still Elude Astronomers

Scientific American.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 2:35pm

Astronomers think small space rocks from beyond our solar system routinely strike Earth—but proving it isn’t easy

Categories: Astronomy

Not so fantastic: the less than glorious history of the Fantastic Four on the big screen

Space.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 2:30pm
Unlike other superhero superstars, the Fanastic Four have traditionally struggled with the transition to the big screen.
Categories: Astronomy

Meet the SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts launching to the ISS on July 31

Space.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 2:07pm
Crew-11 will launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 31 atop a Falcon 9 rocket, if all goes to plan.
Categories: Astronomy

Blue Origin to fly AI-powered space surveillance sensor on 1st flight of Blue Ring spacecraft

Space.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 12:17pm
Blue Origin has announced the payload for the first-ever flight of its Blue Ring spacecraft —Scout Space's Owl space domain awareness sensor.
Categories: Astronomy

The Surprising Math and Physics behind the 2026 Trionda World Cup Soccer Ball

Scientific American.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 12:00pm

Here’s how the new tetrahedron-based design for the “Trionda” soccer ball may affect next year’s big game

Categories: Astronomy

Heat Dome Temperatures May Break Records in Eastern U.S.

Scientific American.com - Fri, 07/25/2025 - 11:30am

Tens of millions of people are already under heat alerts, and the worst is yet to come

Categories: Astronomy