The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

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The summer of 2023 was Earth's hottest in 2,000 years, scientists find

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 11:00am
Using tree ring data, scientists have confirmed that summer 2023 was the hottest summer on Earth in the last 2,000 years.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on 50th mission of the year (video)

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 10:00am
SpaceX launched 20 of its Starlink internet satellites today (May 14), on the company's 50th orbital mission of 2024.
Categories: Astronomy

New book 'Challenger: A True Story of Heroism & Disaster on the Edge of Space' out today

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 9:00am
Adam Higginbotham's new book "Challenger: A True Story of Heroism & Disaster on the Edge of Space" explores the fateful internal NASA decisions that partly led to Challenger's sudden destruction upon liftoff.
Categories: Astronomy

This time, we take it from no one: Why opening the High Frontier of space can be different (op-ed)

Tue, 05/14/2024 - 6:00am
The coming settlement of the High Frontier doesn’t have to be a repeat of the violent conquests and colonization of history. We will not take space from anyone, and we can give it to everyone.
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'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' reinvigorates an aging 'Apes' franchise (review)

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 6:13pm
"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" is a triumph of solid storytelling, cutting-edge motion capture work by the actors and a multi-layered score.
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SpaceX Starship's next launch 'probably 3 to 5 weeks' away, Elon Musk says

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 6:00pm
SpaceX's Starship megarocket will likely conduct its fourth-ever test flight in the next month or so, according to Elon Musk.
Categories: Astronomy

AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilizations

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 5:00pm
The rise of AI might explain why the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has yet to detect the signatures of advanced technical civilizations elsewhere in the galaxy.
Categories: Astronomy

Space Force aims to launch 1st 'Foo Fighter' satellites in 2027 to track hypersonic threats

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 4:12pm
The U.S. Space Force's Space Development Agency has ordered the first eight satellites for its upcoming 'FOO Fighter' hypersonic missile-tracking constellation.
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NASA appoints 1st AI chief to keep agency on 'the cutting edge'

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 3:00pm
NASA has appointed its first-ever chief artificial intelligence officer, a move designed to ensure that the agency keeps up with the vital and rapidly evolving tech.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX Starlink satellites doing just fine after weekend solar storm, company says

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 1:15pm
SpaceX's Starlink fleet of nearly 6,000 satellites remains healthy after weekend solar storms sparked auroras across the world.
Categories: Astronomy

'A Quiet Place: Day One' trailer reveals why Earth went silent after alien invasion (video)

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 12:33pm
Watch the new trailer for Paramount Pictures' terrifying alien invasion horror film, "A Quiet Place: Day One."
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Lego rolls out details about Apollo lunar rover model coming in August

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:00am
Lego is gearing up to deliver a detailed model of the original "rock and rolling ride," the electric buggy driven by NASA's last three Apollo crews to explore the moon.
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New algorithm slashes time to run most sophisticated climate models by 10-fold

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 9:00am
Climate models can be a million lines of code long and can take months to run on supercomputers. A new algorithm has dramatically shortened that time.
Categories: Astronomy

Stunning image shows atoms transforming into quantum waves — just as Schrödinger predicted

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 8:00am
A new imaging technique, which captured frozen lithium atoms transforming into quantum waves, could be used to probe some of the most poorly understood aspects of the quantum world.
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The surface of this volcanic exoplanet is hotter than some stars

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 8:00am
Described as being like "Io on steroids," a newly discovered exoplanet is the victim of a tug of war between its neighboring planets and its star.
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How a giant sunspot unleashed solar storms that spawned global auroras that just dazzled us all

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 6:00am
Intense solar activity generated the most extreme geomagnetic storm since 2003 on Friday (May 10), and the action could continue into this week. Here's how it happened.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video)

Sun, 05/12/2024 - 2:00pm
SpaceX launched 23 of its Starlink satellites from Florida on Sunday (May 12), adding to its huge and ever-growing broadband megaconstellation.
Categories: Astronomy

Scientists could make blazing-fast 6G using curving light rays

Sun, 05/12/2024 - 10:00am
Researchers have discovered a way to curve data-carrying terahertz signals around obstacles, paving the way for ultrafast 6G.
Categories: Astronomy

'Extreme' solar storms cook up sweet Mother's Day auroras for Moms everywhere

Sun, 05/12/2024 - 6:00am
Want to save all the calories from Mother's Day brunch? You can still "sweeten" her holiday with an opportunity to see the northern lights again tonight!
Categories: Astronomy

The stormy sun erupts with its biggest solar flare yet from a massive sunspot — and it's still crackling (video)

Sat, 05/11/2024 - 3:11pm
Just when we think we’ve seen the most powerful of flares from a colossal sunspot, the sun unleashed kicked off the strongest eruption of the weekend yet and is still crackling with solar storms.
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