“...all the past is but a beginning of a beginning, and that all that is and has been is but the twilight of dawn.”

— H.G. Wells
1902

Astronomy

'Star Trek: Voyager - Across The Unknown' will turn Voyager's seven-year journey into a rogue-lite survival game (video)

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 1:00pm
We didn't know we needed a new 'Star Trek: Voyager' game announcement in 2025, but 'Across The Unknown' looks like a dream 'Trek' game.
Categories: Astronomy

It's our choice as the best deep space viewing telescope, and it's rarely discounted — now with $200 off, this telescope deal is worth grabbing fast

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 12:44pm
The Celestron NexStar 8 SE telescope is universally loved by astronomers and comes highly recommended by our own telescope experts, and has hit its lowest price of the year.
Categories: Astronomy

Smartphone notifications may be distracting you more than you think

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 12:06pm
A social media notification popping up on your phone can be quite distracting, even if you don't engage with it
Categories: Astronomy

Smartphone notifications may be distracting you more than you think

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 12:06pm
A social media notification popping up on your phone can be quite distracting, even if you don't engage with it
Categories: Astronomy

What caused the only known lunar landslide? Newly opened Apollo 17 moon samples may hold the answer

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 12:00pm
A mysterious lunar landslide might have been caused by debris from a faraway crater-forming impact, new analyses of Apollo 17 moon samples suggest.
Categories: Astronomy

Why Do SpaceX’s Starships Keep Exploding?

Scientific American.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 11:45am

After a string of fiery failures, SpaceX’s biggest rocket faces another test flight with sky-high stakes for U.S. space ambitions

Categories: Astronomy

New moon of August 2025 brings a rare black moon and a close Mars encounter

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 11:30am
A rare black moon darkens the sky on Aug. 23, 2025, followed by a close encounter between the young crescent and Mars just days later.
Categories: Astronomy

'Invasion' Season 3 showrunner Simon Kinberg on creating ''War of the Worlds' meets 'Babel'' (exclusive)

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 11:00am
'I went to the folks at Apple and told them I had this idea for a show and it's 'War of the Worlds' meets 'Babel.'
Categories: Astronomy

Epic Research Can Help Mars Missions

NASA Image of the Day - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 10:48am
The parachute of the Enhancing Parachutes by Instrumenting the Canopy test experiment deploys following an air launch from an Alta X drone on June 4, 2025, at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

NASA astronaut marks his 400th day in space | On the International Space Station Aug. 18-22, 2025

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 10:00am
The seven members of the Expedition 73 crew worked on science and station keeping activities during their week together aboard the International Space Station.
Categories: Astronomy

Week in images: 18-22 August 2025

ESO Top News - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 9:10am

Week in images: 18-22 August 2025

Discover our week through the lens

Categories: Astronomy

Does Culture Change Visual Perception? Debunking the Carpentered-World Hypothesis

Scientific American.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 9:00am

The downfall of a long-standing theory in psychology raises a question: How much does the environment we’re raised in change how we literally see the world?

Categories: Astronomy

Climate Links to Dengue Will Allow Better Outbreak Predictions

Scientific American.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 9:00am

A new analysis uncovers seasonal patterns of dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, across the Americas, which could help scientists anticipate future outbreaks

Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers discover brightest ever fast radio burst: 'This marks the beginning of a new era'

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 9:00am
Astronomers have spotted what could be the brightest Fast Radio Burst explosion of radiation ever, tracing it back to source and further investigating with the James Webb Space Telescope.
Categories: Astronomy

Walmart is offering $383 off the Canon EOS R8 and includes a wide-angle RF lens — perfect for capturing the galactic core of the Milky Way

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 8:43am
The Canon EOS R8 is now $383 off and comes with a wide-angle zoom lens. Now is a good time to buy, too, with the galactic core of the Milky Way still visible — but not for too much longer!
Categories: Astronomy

Another quantum computer reached quantum advantage – does it matter?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 8:00am
A quantum computer that uses particles of light took about two dozen microseconds to complete a calculation that may take trillions of trillions of trillions of years on the world’s best supercomputers
Categories: Astronomy

Another quantum computer reached quantum advantage – does it matter?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 8:00am
A quantum computer that uses particles of light took about two dozen microseconds to complete a calculation that may take trillions of trillions of trillions of years on the world’s best supercomputers
Categories: Astronomy

Cash Rewards Have Less Sway in Collectivistic Cultures

Scientific American.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 8:00am

Money talks louder in some languages than others

Categories: Astronomy

NASA's Hubble telescope watches supernova explosion | Space photo of the day for Aug. 22, 2025

Space.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 8:00am
This powerful side-by-side comparison shows just how bright a star explosion is.
Categories: Astronomy

Strange Deep-Sea Animals Discovered in Underwater Argentine Canyon

Scientific American.com - Fri, 08/22/2025 - 7:30am

Researchers spied a wild array of life, including dozens of suspected new species, in an underwater gorge

Categories: Astronomy