Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not.
Both are equally terrifying.

— Arthur C. Clarke

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 161 — The TWiS Comedy Hour!

Space.com - Sat, 05/17/2025 - 8:23am
On Episode 161 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik catch up on headlines ... and space dad jokes!
Categories: Astronomy

Watch India launch its 2nd space mission of the year tonight

Space.com - Sat, 05/17/2025 - 8:00am
India will launch an Earth-observing radar satellite tonight (May 17) on the nation's second mission of 2025, and you can watch the action live.
Categories: Astronomy

A Lunar Telescope that Could Explore the Cosmic Dark Ages

Universe Today - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 8:02pm

In a recent paper, an international team proposed an ultra-long wavelength radio interferometer that could examine the Cosmic Dark Ages and Cosmic Dawn. Known as the Dark Ages Explorer (DEX), this telescope could provide fresh insights into how and when the first stars and galaxies formed.

Categories: Astronomy

Yogi and Friends in 3D

APOD - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 8:00pm

Yogi and Friends in 3D


Categories: Astronomy, NASA

Black hole dance illuminates hidden math of the universe

Space.com - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 6:00pm
Scientists have made the most accurate predictions yet of the gravitational waves produced when two black holes fly past each other.
Categories: Astronomy

US Representatives worry Trump's NASA budget plan will make it harder to track dangerous asteroids

Space.com - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 5:01pm
During a House Committee on Space, Science and Technology hearing, experts discussed the state of NASA's planetary defense capabilities.
Categories: Astronomy

Rocket Lab launches private Japanese Earth-observing satellite

Space.com - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 5:00pm
Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing satellite for the Japanese company iQPS early Saturday morning (May 17).
Categories: Astronomy

'It's funny science fiction, but it's not parody' — 'Murderbot' creators talk nailing the tone for Apple TV+’s latest sci-fi series (exclusive)

Space.com - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 4:00pm
The Oscar-nominated siblings discuss adapting Martha Wells's award-winning sci-fi novels for the small screen, as Murderbot hits Apple TV.
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers Can Classify Satellites By Watching How They Block Stars

Universe Today - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 3:32pm

The satellite population in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) is not an open book. While data on many satellites is public, others are shrouded in secrecy, and information is incomplete for others. New research shows how observers can determine satellite shapes by watching them occult background stars.

Categories: Astronomy

US East Coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 3:00pm
The weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is boosting the sea level along the New England coast on top of sea level rise from melting ice, adding to flooding
Categories: Astronomy

US East Coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 3:00pm
The weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is boosting the sea level along the New England coast on top of sea level rise from melting ice, adding to flooding
Categories: Astronomy

NASA continues building next-gen Roman Space Telescope despite budget worries

Space.com - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 3:00pm
One half of the powerful new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope passed major milestone tests, demonstrating space readiness.
Categories: Astronomy

Nancy Grace Roman’s 100th Birthday

NASA Image of the Day - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 2:19pm
Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA's first Chief of Astronomy, briefs Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin on celestial objects in 1965 in Washington, D.C.
Categories: Astronomy, NASA

NASA’s LRO Views Japan’s RESILENCE Lunar Lander Landing Area

NASA - Breaking News - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 2:17pm

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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) imaged the landing area of the ispace SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2 RESILIENCE lunar lander which is slated to land on the surface of the Moon no earlier than June 5, 2025 (UTC). This view of the primary landing area is 3.13 miles (5,040 meters) wide and north is up. The site is in Mare Frigoris, a volcanic region interspersed with large-scale faults known as wrinkle ridges. Mare Frigoris formed over 3.5 billion years ago as massive basalt eruptions flooded low-lying terrain.

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NASA’s LRO Views Japan’s RESILENCE Lunar Lander Landing Area

NASA News - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 2:17pm

1 min read

Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) imaged the landing area of the ispace SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2 RESILIENCE lunar lander which is slated to land on the surface of the Moon no earlier than June 5, 2025 (UTC). This view of the primary landing area is 3.13 miles (5,040 meters) wide and north is up. The site is in Mare Frigoris, a volcanic region interspersed with large-scale faults known as wrinkle ridges. Mare Frigoris formed over 3.5 billion years ago as massive basalt eruptions flooded low-lying terrain.

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From Leaping Leo to the Big Dipper: Here's how to see the bright stars of spring rising in the east this season

Space.com - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 2:15pm
The bright constellations of winter have departed in the west, while the stars of spring are climbing the eastern and southern skies.
Categories: Astronomy

Babies start showing empathy even before they can speak

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 2:00pm
When adults pretended to be in pain, children as young as 9 months old comforted them, pushing back the earliest age when humans are known to display empathy
Categories: Astronomy

Babies start showing empathy even before they can speak

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 2:00pm
When adults pretended to be in pain, children as young as 9 months old comforted them, pushing back the earliest age when humans are known to display empathy
Categories: Astronomy

Tornadoes Expected to Strike Multiple States This Weekend in One of the Worst Seasons This Decade

Scientific American.com - Fri, 05/16/2025 - 2:00pm

Tornadoes are predicted across swaths of the U.S. in the coming days, likely adding to this year’s already high tally of such storms

Categories: Astronomy