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Moon-mapping could level up for NASA's upcoming Artemis missions. Here's how

Fri, 05/31/2024 - 1:00pm
To create more high resolution maps of the moon, scientists are enlisting the help of algorithms.
Categories: Astronomy

1st annual space piracy conference will examine threats of orbital crime and smuggling

Fri, 05/31/2024 - 12:05pm
The First Annual Space Piracy Conference aims to explore the risks of piracy in space and solutions to this potentially devastating economic and legal problem.
Categories: Astronomy

Powerful new NOAA weather satellite set for June launch atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy

Fri, 05/31/2024 - 11:00am
NOAA is set to launch an advanced new weather satellite on June 25 when its GOES-U spacecraft launches atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Categories: Astronomy

The cold lunar night may have finally swallowed Japan's SLIM moon lander

Fri, 05/31/2024 - 10:00am
Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission failed to respond to a signal sent Monday — but all hope is not lost.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch Rocket Lab launch shoebox-sized NASA climate satellite tonight

Fri, 05/31/2024 - 9:31am
Rocket Lab will launch the second of two cubesats for NASA's PREFIRE climate change mission tonight (May 31), and you can watch the action live.
Categories: Astronomy

Massive, magnetic stars beyond the Milky Way detected for the 1st time

Fri, 05/31/2024 - 9:10am
Astronomers have detected giant, magnetic stars outside the Milky Way for the first time. These infant stars in the Magellanic Clouds could reveal details of early stellar evolution.
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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet passes key safety review ahead of 1st test flight

Fri, 05/31/2024 - 9:00am
NASA's new X-59 supersonic jet has successfully completed its Flight Readiness Review, marking a pivotal step towards its first flight.
Categories: Astronomy

China's Chang'e 6 probe to land on far side of the moon this weekend to return lunar samples to Earth

Fri, 05/31/2024 - 6:00am
China's Chang'e 6 moon mission is studying landing sites on the lunar far side for accessibility ahead of a planned touchdown attempt this weekend.
Categories: Astronomy

Opticron Oregon 4 PC Oasis 10X42 monocular review

Fri, 05/31/2024 - 5:58am
There is an instant feel of quality in this rugged and easy-to-use Opticron Oregon 4 PC Oasis 10X42 monocular.
Categories: Astronomy

Elusive medium-size black holes may form in dense 'birthing nests'

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 5:00pm
A new simulation has shown elusive intermediate-mass black holes may form in dense globular clusters of millions of tightly packed stars, thanks to a chaotic collision chain.
Categories: Astronomy

How NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe survived its 1st close encounter with the sun

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 4:00pm
OSIRIS-APEX emerged unscathed from its first of six close brushes with the sun, thanks to some clever engineering.
Categories: Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope spots the most distant galaxy ever seen (image)

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 3:00pm
James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the two earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen. One, JADES-GS-z14-0, is a massive and bright galaxy that existed just 300 million years after the Big Bang.
Categories: Astronomy

Boeing's Starliner rolls out to pad for June 1 astronaut launch (photos)

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 2:00pm
Boeing's Starliner capsule rolled out to the pad today (May 30) ahead of its first-ever astronaut launch, which is scheduled for June 1.
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Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 1:00pm
The Japanese space agency has lost contact with its intrepid Venus orbiter, Akatsuki.
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Solar Orbiter traces solar wind back to its mysterious source for 1st time

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 12:03pm
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has, for the first time, traced solar wind in space to a specific location on our sun's surface.
Categories: Astronomy

Space debris from SpaceX Dragon capsule crashed in the North Carolina mountains. I had to go see it (video)

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 11:42am
A large piece of debris was found on a mountainside in North Carolina last week, suspected to be left over from the reentry of SpaceX's Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station.
Categories: Astronomy

See the moon and Saturn meet in the night sky early on May 31

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 10:00am
Saturn will appear just above the third quarter moon in the sky in the early hours of Friday (May 31).
Categories: Astronomy

Astronaut's diary found among fallen Columbia space shuttle debris added to National Library of Israel

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 9:00am
The journal pages of Israel's first astronaut have been added to the country's national library, more than 20 years after they were found among the debris from the tragedy that claimed his life.
Categories: Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope finds a dusty skeleton in this starburst galaxy's closet

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 8:00am
The James Webb Space Telescope caught the Magellanic-like galaxy NGC 4449 is undergoing an intense bout of star formation.
Categories: Astronomy

The 'Star Trek: Discovery' series finale is a mixed bag (review)

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 6:00am
The "Star Trek: Discovery" finale seems to serve chiefly as a launch vehicle for the forthcoming Section 31 TV movie and Starfleet Academy series — and then there's all the other stuff.
Categories: Astronomy