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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Blue Origin launches 1st Black astronaut candidate, age 90, and 5 space tourists on New Shepard rocket (video)

Space.com - Sun, 05/19/2024 - 11:01am
Blue Origin sent six people to the final frontier today (May 19) on the company's first crewed spaceflight since August 2022.
Categories: Astronomy

'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' at 25: Who are the angels on the moons of Iego?

Space.com - Sun, 05/19/2024 - 11:00am
An examination of the angels of the moons of Iego from "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" on the iconic film's 25th anniversary.
Categories: Astronomy

Everything we know about 'A Quiet Place: Day One'

Space.com - Sun, 05/19/2024 - 9:59am
A Quiet Place is expanding its universe with an ambitious prequel.
Categories: Astronomy

Bright green fireball lights up the skies over Portugal and Spain (photos)

Space.com - Sun, 05/19/2024 - 9:05am
On the evening of Saturday (May 18) a bright fireball lit up the skies over Portugal and Spain in stunning green and blue as it streaked through Earth's atmosphere.
Categories: Astronomy

Chemists Chase ‘Clean’ Ammonia to Replace Shipping Fuel

Scientific American.com - Sun, 05/19/2024 - 9:00am

President Biden’s climate law is funding “green ammonia” projects in hopes of using the chemical to more cleanly power the grid, fuel cargo ships and make fertilizer

Categories: Astronomy

Why a giant 'cold spot' in the cosmic microwave background has long perplexed astronomers

Space.com - Sun, 05/19/2024 - 8:59am
Leftover light from the young universe has a major flaw, and we don't know how to fix it. It's the cold spot. It's just way too big and way too cold.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA-funded pulsed plasma rocket concept aims to send astronauts to Mars in 2 months

Space.com - Sun, 05/19/2024 - 6:00am
NASA is studying innovative rocket system developed by Howe Industries that could reducing travel time to the Red Planet to just a few months.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record

Earth News - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 4:05pm
The summer of 2023 was Earth’s hottest since global records began in 1880, according to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) in New York.
Categories: NASA

NASA: El verano de 2023 es el más caluroso en el registro

Earth News - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 12:03pm
El verano boreal de 2023 fue el más caluroso para la Tierra desde que se establecieron registros mundiales de temperaturas en 1880, según un análisis realizado por científicos del Instituto Goddard de Estudios Espaciales (GISS, por sus siglas en inglés) de la NASA en Nueva York.
Categories: NASA