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Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of Milky Way mapping

Wed, 01/15/2025 - 10:52am
Goodnight Gaia. The European Space Agency star-tracking satellite ceased operations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after 12 years of mapping the Milky Way.
Categories: Astronomy

Telescope vs monocular: Which should I buy?

Wed, 01/15/2025 - 10:00am
From magnification to light-gathering, here’s how to make the decision between buying a telescope or a monocular for stargazing and astronomy.
Categories: Astronomy

Saturn disappears behind the moon in stunning telescope photo

Wed, 01/15/2025 - 10:00am
A composition photo of images taken during the lunar occultation on Jan. 4 captures the progression of the moon moving in front of Saturn, briefly hiding it from viewers on Earth.
Categories: Astronomy

'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' finale leaves us asking 'what's next'?

Wed, 01/15/2025 - 9:26am
In its final episode, Skeleton Crew sticks the landing with lots of action and some genuinely tense moments, but its answers are limited.
Categories: Astronomy

An ancient 3-star system give this 'blue lurker' a turbo boost, Hubble Space Telescope reveals

Wed, 01/15/2025 - 9:00am
A massive white dwarf and a sun-like "blue lurker" star tell a remarkable story of what was once a triple-star system in the M67 cluster.
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The sun's magnetic field will flip soon. Here's what to expect.

Wed, 01/15/2025 - 8:23am
As we approach solar maximum, something strange is happening to the sun's magnetic field. We explore this flip in polarity in more detail and look at the effects it could have on Earth.
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Strange multi-planet system proves not all hot Jupiter exoplanets are lonely giants

Wed, 01/15/2025 - 8:00am
Hot Jupiters may not be the lonely giants scientists once thought they were.
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What's next for the 2 private landers SpaceX just launched toward the moon?

Wed, 01/15/2025 - 7:00am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just launched lunar landers built by Firefly Aerospace and Tokyo-based company ispace. What's next for the two craft?
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launching Starship Flight 7 on Jan. 16: Watch it live

Wed, 01/15/2025 - 6:00am
SpaceX is set to launch the seventh test flight of its Starship megarocket on Thursday (Jan. 16) at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT), and you can watch the action live.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon (video, photos)

Wed, 01/15/2025 - 1:36am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched lunar landers for Firefly Aerospace and the Japanese company ispace early this morning (Jan. 15).
Categories: Astronomy

Little house on the (moon) prairie: Artist's 'Moonhouse' set to lift off on lunar lander

Tue, 01/14/2025 - 6:00pm
The moon is about to gain its first tiny house. Launching on a Japanese lunar lander is the "Moonhouse," a project by Mikael Genberg 25 years in the making.
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Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander

Tue, 01/14/2025 - 4:45pm
NASA is sending a suite of science and technology demonstrations on Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the surface of the moon.
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Rubin Observatory aces 1st image tests, gets ready to use world's largest digital camera

Tue, 01/14/2025 - 4:07pm
The Rubin Observatory will eventually hold the world's largest digital camera. It's therefore a good sign it has aced its first image test.
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What's flying to the moon on ispace's Resilience lunar lander?

Tue, 01/14/2025 - 4:00pm
Tokyo-based company ispace's Resilience lunar lander will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday (Jan. 15). Here's what the spacecraft is carrying.
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Nocs Provisions 8X32 Field Tube monocular review

Tue, 01/14/2025 - 3:00pm
The Nocs Field Tube 8x32 is weatherproof and offers excellent views of the moon and planets. It's a great companion for the great outdoors.
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Feeding supermassive black holes are more common than thought across the universe

Tue, 01/14/2025 - 2:00pm
Feeding supermassive black holes are more common in the cosmos than previously suspected. What could possibly hide such ravenous cosmic titans?
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Watch SpaceX launch 2 private moon landers on a single rocket early Jan. 15

Tue, 01/14/2025 - 1:00pm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch moon landers built by Firefly Aerospace and the Japanese company ispace early Wednesday (Jan. 15), and you can watch it live.
Categories: Astronomy

Mars hides behind the Full Wolf Moon in gorgeous photos from around the world

Tue, 01/14/2025 - 12:09pm
People across the world captured awesome views of a large Full Wolf Moon and a mini Mars.
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers one of the earliest 'truly gargantuan' supernovas ever seen

Tue, 01/14/2025 - 12:00pm
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted one of the earliest and most distant supernovas, marking the death of a stellar monster 20 times the mass of the sun.
Categories: Astronomy

DJI Flip drone review

Tue, 01/14/2025 - 11:23am
The DJI Flip is a sub-250 g drone with multiple control options and the ability to capture 4K 60 FPS video and 12MP/48MP photos.
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