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Juice spacecraft fully integrated and ready for next testing
Video: 00:04:49 “ESA’s Juice mission has entered its final phase of development, with the spacecraft moving to an Airbus Defence & Space... Read more »
- ●The time has finally come for ESA’s Living Planet Symposium – one of the largest Earth observation conferences in the world. Follow... Read more »
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Video: Starlink satellite train passes overA sky photographer captured the a train of Starlink satellites on May 16, 2022, two days after Spacex launched them on May... Read more » - ●You can hear an aurora (even when you can’t see it)A researcher recorded sounds of the aurora - cracks and pops - during moderate geomagnetic activity even when there was no aurora... Read more »
- ●Meet Musca the Fly, a southern constellationMusca the Fly is a constellation that lies deep in southern skies and circles the south celestial pole, making it visible any... Read more »
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On This Day In Space: May 20, 1978: NASA launches Pioneer Venus Orbiter
On May 20, 1978, NASA launched a spacecraft to Venus. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video... Read more » - ●Read live updates of Boeing's second uncrewed test flight of its Starliner spacecraft, scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on... Read more »
- ●An early-stage mission concept could see laser-driven light-sail probes visit a notorious asteroid.... Read more »
- ●We're collating all the best drone deals you can get, highlighting top discounts on DJI drones alongside other popular brands.... Read more »
- ●Boeing's Starliner capsule is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station for the first time ever on Friday evening (May 20),... Read more »
- ●A new video gives us a dramatic look at the space startup SpinLaunch's unique liftoff strategy.... Read more »
- ●Encalife's Smart Galaxy Star Projector boasts plenty of features to create the perfect night-sky inspired mood.... Read more »
- ●Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is officially on its way to the International Space Station after 2.5 years of delays, though not without a... Read more »
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This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 20 – 28The advancing spring sends Vega high and Capella low. The Coma Berenices cluster glitters shyly way up, big and dim. Glance up... Read more » - ●This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 20 – 28The advancing spring sends Vega high and Capella low. The Coma Berenices cluster glitters shyly way up, big and dim. Glance up... Read more »
- ●This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 20 – 28The advancing spring sends Vega high and Capella low. The Coma Berenices cluster glitters shyly way up, big and dim. Glance up... Read more »
- ●This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 20 – 28The advancing spring sends Vega high and Capella low. The Coma Berenices cluster glitters shyly way up, big and dim. Glance up... Read more »
- ●ESA’s Living Planet Symposium – one of the largest Earth observation conferences in the world – is being held on 23–27 May... Read more »
- ●Sun activity increasing, sunspot getting big!As of May 20, 2022, sun activity is increasing, with sunspot AR3014 growing larger, with the potential of more flares becoming more... Read more »
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Is This the Future of the Milky Way?Take a good look at the latest image provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. It shows a huge elliptical galaxy called NGC... Read more »
- ●See photos of Boeing's Orbital Flight Test 2 mission, the second uncrewed test flight of its Starliner astronaut taxi.... Read more »
- ●Plants can grow in lunar regolith, but they’re not happy about itNASA is sending astronauts back to the Moon by the end of this decade, and hope to send humans to Mars sometime... Read more »
- Starliner lifted off this evening (May 19), kicking off the crucial OFT-2 test mission to the International Space Station.... Read more »
Starliner Launches to Space Station on Uncrewed Flight Test for NASA
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is in orbit, heading for the International Space Station following launch Thursday of the next-generation spacecraft on a United... Read more »- The Lunar Eclipse, Seen From the International Space StationIf you were able to witness the lunar eclipse on May 15-16, 2022, the view of the dark red Moon was stunning.... Read more »
- NASA will host a media teleconference with partners Advanced Space and Rocket Lab at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 25, in advance... Read more »
Ghostly 'mirror world' might be cause of cosmic controversyNew research suggests an unseen 'mirror world' of particles that interacts with our world only via gravity that might be the key... Read more »Get ready for Jupiter and Mars’ close confrontation
Keep the diary free towards the end of May to witness another very close conjunction between two of the major planets in... Read more »
- Voyager 1 mystery: Sending random dataVoyager 1, the most distant humanmade object from Earth, has been sending back strange data, a mystery scientists are trying to solve.... Read more »
- May 31st Could Be the Most Powerful Meteor Storm in Generations, or Nothing at AllBe sure to watch the skies on the last morning of May, for a possible meteor outburst. The post May 31st Could... Read more »
- Image: Volunteers watching the skies... Read more »
- Image: A dazzling Hubble collection of supernova host galaxies... Read more »
- Continuing the collaboration that produced the COVID-19 Earth Observing Dashboard in 2020, NASA and its international partners in Europe and Japan have... Read more »
- International collaboration among space agencies is central to the success of satellite Earth observation and data analysis. ESA, NASA and JAXA (Japan... Read more »
- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad.... Read more »
- Satellite monitoring of biodiversity moves within reachGlobal biodiversity assessments require the collection of data on changes in plant biodiversity on an ongoing basis. Researchers have now shown that... Read more »
- Seeing Inside a Cosmic SuperacceleratorAstronomers are exploring a celestial particle accelerator in the Eel Nebula that surrounds a distant pulsar. The post Seeing Inside a Cosmic... Read more »
- Boeing Starliner headed for ISSBoeing’s Starliner is on its way to the International Space Station. Docking is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 20.... Read more »
- The deep ocean is warming as climate warmsThe oceans have absorbed about 90% of Earth's warming. Researchers found much of the excess heat is stored in the deep ocean... Read more »
- LISA has Passed a key Review Phase, it’s Time to Actually Design the Final MissionAny project manager will tell you that a phased review project system is the way to go. Whether or not you agree... Read more »
A new origin story for King Tut’s meteorite dagger
The weapon, forged from an iron meteorite, may have come from beyond ancient Egypt’s borders.... Read more »- A key theory of particle physics, the Standard Model has withstood test after test. But there are holes in the theory, particularly... Read more »
- InSight is Losing Power, it Probably Will be Shut Down in a Few MonthsThe InSight Mars lander will cease science operations sometime in the next few months due to a decreasing power supply, mission managers... Read more »
- NASA's Insight Lander Detects Monster 'Marsquake'NASA’s Mars Insight lander witnessed the largest quake detected on another world at just the right time — as the lander begins... Read more »
- Maybe We Don’t Hear From Aliens Because They Choose To Go SilentHow will humanity meet its end? That’s only a depressing question if you think that humanity will go on forever. Alas, nothing... Read more »
- Ceres Probably Formed Farther out in the Solar System and Migrated InwardWhen Sicilian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi spotted Ceres in 1801, he thought it was a planet. Astronomers didn’t know about asteroids at that... Read more »
- China has a new Human Lunar Space Program, With Plans for Landers, Orbiters, Rovers, and a Lunar BaseIn a recent interview, an engineer associated with the Chinese space agency confirmed that China has established a Crewed Lunar Program. The... Read more »
- Physicists explain how type of aurora on Mars is formedResearchers have learned how a type of aurora on Mars is formed. The physicists report discrete aurora form through the interaction of... Read more »
- Researchers use galaxy as a 'cosmic telescope' to study heart of the young universeA unique new instrument, coupled with a powerful telescope and a little help from nature, has given researchers the ability to peer... Read more »
- A Cosmic Collision Could Have Made Two Dark Matter–Less GalaxiesAstronomers connect the dots between two strange doppelganger galaxies, uncovering what might be a string of galactic pearls created in a cosmic... Read more »
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