The space of night is infinite,
The blackness and emptiness
Crossed only by thin bright fences
Of logic

— Kenneth Rexroth
"Theory of Numbers"

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Stare into the 'blood-soaked eyes' of 2 spooky galaxies in new Hubble, JWST images (video)

Thu, 10/31/2024 - 1:30pm
Two of the world's most powerful space telescopes have spied a spooky pair of galaxies in deep space, staring out like a pair of "blood-soaked" eyes  just in time for Halloween.
Categories: Astronomy

'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 5 episode 3: Why are nanites causing havoc in a luxury space hotel?

Thu, 10/31/2024 - 1:00pm
"Star Trek" has played around with swarms of microscopic robots before, but never quite like this.
Categories: Astronomy

Dark Wolf Nebula shows off a howling good view in awesome Halloween image (video)

Thu, 10/31/2024 - 11:40am
Halloween is here, and there is no better way to celebrate than with a blood-curdling image of the Dark Wolf Nebula looking like a cosmic werewolf poised to grab an unwitting victim.
Categories: Astronomy

North Korea launches intercontinental ballistic missile to space, reaches record altitude

Thu, 10/31/2024 - 11:30am
North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday (July 12), shortly after complaining about purported spying activity by the United States.
Categories: Astronomy

Dark matter might live in a dense haze around stellar corpses

Thu, 10/31/2024 - 10:59am
The extreme qualities of neutron stars could mean these dead stellar remnants gather dense clouds of hypothetical particles called "axions" around them, potentially shedding light on dark matter.
Categories: Astronomy

Fight space ghosts as an astronaut cat in spooky Halloween 2024 Google Doodle

Thu, 10/31/2024 - 10:52am
Celebrate Halloween with a cosmic new Google Doodle, featuring an astronaut cat vanquishing creepy creatures across Earth's atmosphere.
Categories: Astronomy

Comets, supermoon, northern lights, oh my! Amazing photos of the celestial Halloween treats of October 2024

Thu, 10/31/2024 - 10:11am
A geomagnetic storm, the largest supermoon of the year, a comet and an eerie fireball were among the skywatching treats that haunted the night sky of October 2024.
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The Lego Black Panther building set is over $100 off pre-Black Friday

Thu, 10/31/2024 - 10:03am
The near-3000 piece Lego Black Panther building set is over $100 off ahead of Black Friday and is one of its lowest price this year on Amazon.
Categories: Astronomy

Happy Dark Matter Day! Meet the usual — and unusual — suspects in this cosmic mystery

Thu, 10/31/2024 - 9:00am
Dark matter makes up 85% of the stuff in the cosmos, but scientists have no idea what it is. On Dark Matter Day (Oct. 31), Space.com invites you to interrogate the suspects.
Categories: Astronomy

Will China return Mars samples to Earth before the US does?

Thu, 10/31/2024 - 7:00am
China has moved up its timeline for bringing Mars samples to Earth, aiming to do so as early as 2028 — long before the U.S. is slated to achieve this same ambitious goal.
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Can 'failed stars' have planets? James Webb Space Telescopes offers clues

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 4:01pm
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered brown dwarfs at the heart of planet-forming disks in the Orion nebula. The discovery could help reveal if these "failed stars" can have planets.
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NASA astronaut snaps spooky photo of SpaceX Dragon capsule from ISS

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 3:00pm
The Dragon, named Freedom, is flying SpaceX's Crew-9 mission for NASA.
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Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin endorses Trump for president

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 2:59pm
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person ever to walk on the moon, endorsed Donald Trump in a statement released today (Oct. 30).
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Astrophotographer captures comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS growing an anti-tail (photos)

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 2:00pm
Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) from the Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal on Oct. 13, 2024 as the comet was displaying an 'anti-tail.'
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video, photos)

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 1:30pm
SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites today (Oct. 30) from Florida's Space Coast.
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NASA announces 9 possible moon landing sites for Artemis 3 lunar mission

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 1:00pm
NASA has refined its list of potential landing sites near the moon's south pole for its Artemis 3 mission, which aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface no earlier than 2026.
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Strange green spots on Mars found by NASA's Perseverance rover (photo)

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 12:30pm
NASA's Perseverance rover found strange green spots in Martian rock, potentially indicating a past interaction with liquid water.
Categories: Astronomy

Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn't been used since 1981

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 11:30am
Following recent communication issues, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft resorted to a backup radio transmitter that has been inactive since 1981.
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Debris from satellite breakup threatens other spacecraft, animation shows

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 11:22am
Debris from the broken-apart Intelsat 33e telecom satellite is spreading across geosynchronous orbit, threatening spacecraft in this precious region of space, an animation shows.
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Cubesats on Europe's Hera asteroid mission phone home after Oct. 7 launch

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 10:00am
The two cubesats will assist in the most detailed study ever of a binary asteroid.
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