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Where are the best places to see the 2023 and 2024 solar eclipses?
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NASA renames space observatory in honor of moon telescope visionary George Carruthers
A forthcoming telescope that will observe Earth from space has been renamed in honor of George R. Carruthers, a visionary scientist who... Read more »Source: Space | Published: January 30, 2023 - 3:00 pm - ●
Pictures from space! Our image of the day
An Egyptian astrophotographer captured this awe inspiring image of the scary Shark nebula in the constellation of Cephus lurking above Egypt's Kottamia... Read more »Source: Space | Published: January 30, 2023 - 2:26 pm - ●
No, the Big Bang theory is not 'broken.' Here's how we know.
Researchers confirmed that the distant galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope are, indeed, perfectly compatible with our modern understanding of... Read more »Source: Space | Published: January 30, 2023 - 1:00 pm - ●
The Comet Interceptor probe could visit a stunning object like the green C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is tantalizing to spot through a telescope, but what would it look like up close?... Read more »Source: Space | Published: January 30, 2023 - 11:00 am - ●
Watch the moon eclipse Mars tonight
On Monday (Jan. 30), the moon will pass in front of Mars from the perspective of Earth in what's known as an... Read more »Source: Space | Published: January 30, 2023 - 11:00 am - ●
Astronomers Find 25 Fast Radio Bursts That Repeat on a Regular Basis
Researchers with the CHIME/FRB Collaboration have announced the discovery of 25 new repeating FRBs, almost doubling the number of known events! The... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: January 30, 2023 - 3:03 am - ●
Molecular Clouds Have Long Lives By Constantly Reassembling Themselves
Astronomers have recently discovered that giant clouds of molecular hydrogen, the birthplace of stars, can live for tens of millions of years... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: January 30, 2023 - 2:08 am - ●
Nuclear Rocket In 2027, JWST Problems, Starship WDR
Starship completes its wet-dress rehearsal, another problem for Webb, a nuclear rocket test is coming, and more cool NIAC grants. Starship Wet... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: January 30, 2023 - 12:02 am Astronomers See Flashes on the Sun That Could be a Sign of an Upcoming Flare
Using data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, scientists have discovered new clues that could help predict when and where the next solar... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: January 29, 2023 - 7:35 pmNASA spies Martian rocks that look just like a teddy bear
A broken hill, an ancient crater and the human tendency to find faces everywhere may explain the teddy bear on Mars.... Read more »Source: Space | Published: January 29, 2023 - 3:00 pmHubble Space Telescope captures stunning red view of the Soul Nebula
A spectacular new image shows the Soul Nebula infused with red light, highlighting a tadpole-like dense region of gas.... Read more »Source: Space | Published: January 29, 2023 - 1:00 pmMoon occults Mars January 30-31
On the night of January 30-31, the waxing gibbous moon occults Mars. Details here for how to see if it's visible from... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: January 29, 2023 - 11:41 amThe moon’s terminator line divides night and day
The moon’s terminator line divides day and night on the moon. As we see it from Earth, it marks the line of... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: January 29, 2023 - 11:39 amWebb observes Chariklo’s rings during occultation
NASA's Webb telescope took its 1st look at tiny asteroid Chariklo's rings, showing they contain water ice. Webb used a stellar occultation... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: January 29, 2023 - 11:34 amWatch SpaceX launch 49 Starlink internet satellites to orbit Monday after delay
SpaceX plans to launch another set of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit on Monday (Jan. 30), and you can watch the... Read more »Source: Space | Published: January 29, 2023 - 11:00 amWhat are gluons?
Discover how gluons bind quarks together to form protons and neutrons and explore the form weird form of matter in which they... Read more »Source: Space | Published: January 29, 2023 - 11:00 amI drove 10 hours to watch a 9-minute Rocket Lab launch from Virginia and it was glorious
It's not every day you watch a rocket streak into space over Virginia's Eastern Shore, acing its first-ever liftoff from American soil.... Read more »Source: Space | Published: January 29, 2023 - 11:00 amSun activity: Tick, tick, tick
Sun activity for January 29, 2023S: Sun activity is low. We watch a prominence dance while waiting to see if old regions... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: January 29, 2023 - 10:00 amMoon near Mars January 30 and 31
Watch for the moon near Mars from dusk until around 3 a.m. local time on the nights of January 30 and 31,... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: January 29, 2023 - 9:18 amDoes Failing to Detect Aliens Mean We’ll Never Be Contacted?
In a recent paper submitted to The Astronomical Journal in November 2022, a scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: January 29, 2023 - 8:30 amA Martian Meteorite Contains Organic Compounds. The Raw Ingredients for Life?
In a recent study published in Sciences Advances, an international team of scientists led by the Technical University of Munich examined the... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: January 29, 2023 - 3:11 amBeautiful New Hubble Photo Shows Hot, Young Variable Stars in the Orion Nebula
Here’s another striking image from the venerable Hubble Space Telescope. These billows of blue and red show a detailed look at a... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: January 28, 2023 - 7:11 pmJanuary’s deep sky: Nebulae, clusters and more
Enjoy these January photos of the deep sky, including the majestic Thor's Helmet, taken by members of the EarthSky community. The post... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: January 28, 2023 - 12:40 pmIt’s Already Hard Enough to Block a Single Star’s Light to See its Planets. But Binary Stars? Yikes
Detecting exoplanets was frontier science not long ago. But now we’ve found over 5,000 of them, and we expect to find them... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: January 27, 2023 - 10:39 pmNASA and DARPA Will be Testing a Nuclear Rocket in Space
NASA and DARPA have teamed up to create a nuclear thermal rocket that could perform an orbital flight test by 2027. The... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: January 27, 2023 - 7:58 pmEurope Will be Building the Transfer Arm for the Mars Sample Return Mission
Now that the Perseverance rover has dropped off ten regolith and rock sample tubes for a future sample return mission to retrieve,... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: January 27, 2023 - 7:16 pmVolcano-like rupture could have caused magnetar slowdown
In October 2020, a highly magnetic neutron star called SGR 1935+2154 abruptly began spinning more slowly. Astrophysicist now show the magnetar's rotational... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 27, 2023 - 6:12 pmStarry tail tells the tale of dwarf galaxy evolution
A giant diffuse tail of stars has been discovered emanating from a large, faint dwarf galaxy. The presence of a tail indicates... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 27, 2023 - 6:12 pmMeteorites reveal likely origin of Earth's volatile chemicals
By analyzing meteorites, researchers have uncovered the likely far-flung origin of Earth's volatile chemicals, some of which form the building blocks of... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 27, 2023 - 6:11 pmOklahoma Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station
Students from Choctaw Nation Head Start, Jones Academy Elementary, and seven area public schools in Durant, Oklahoma, will have an opportunity this... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: January 27, 2023 - 5:33 pmLa NASA lanza páginas web en español sobre aeronáutica
Como parte de su empeño por proporcionar más recursos e información a nuevos públicos, la NASA ha lanzado nuevas páginas web con... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: January 27, 2023 - 3:55 pmSee Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) Dash Between Big and Little Dippers
Forget the hype and go outside to enjoy the real thing — a relatively bright comet you can see in binoculars from... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 27, 2023 - 3:34 pmSee Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) Dash Between Big and Little Dippers
Forget the hype and go outside to enjoy the real thing — a relatively bright comet you can see in binoculars from... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 27, 2023 - 3:34 pmSee Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) Dash Between Big and Little Dippers
Forget the hype and go outside to enjoy the real thing — a relatively bright comet you can see in binoculars from... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 27, 2023 - 3:34 pmSee Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) Dash Between Big and Little Dippers
Forget the hype and go outside to enjoy the real thing — a relatively bright comet you can see in binoculars from... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 27, 2023 - 3:34 pmNASA Launches Aeronautics Spanish-Language Webpages
As part of its effort to provide more resources and information to new audiences, NASA has launched new webpages featuring aeronautics information... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: January 27, 2023 - 2:47 pmIceberg larger than London breaks off Brunt
Video: 00:04:25 An iceberg around the size of Greater London broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf due to a natural process called... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: January 27, 2023 - 2:00 pmHubble Views a Stellar Duo in Orion Nebula
The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 27, 2023 - 1:00 pmNew Milky Way survey reveals billions of objects
Astronomers at NOIRLab, using the Dark Energy Camera in Chile, have released a new Milky Way survey showing billions of objects in... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: January 27, 2023 - 12:36 pmWhat is the Milky Way? It’s our home galaxy
When someone says "Milky Way," do you think of the starry pathway across our sky, or of the great pinwheel-shaped galaxy in... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: January 27, 2023 - 12:35 pm- Video
Starship aced a critical fueling test this week
SpaceX's Starship completed a milestone fueling test this week: 10 million pounds (4.5 million kg) or so of liquid fuels loaded into... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: January 27, 2023 - 12:06 pm Asteroid 2023 BU just passed within a few thousand miles of Earth
Discovered less than a week ago, the truck-sized asteroid skimmed much closer to Earth’s surface than most satellites.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 27, 2023 - 12:00 pmThe Sky This Week: Comet ZTF zips past Earth
Our glowing green visitor remains in the spotlight while the Moon passes in front of Mars and Mercury stands farthest from the... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 27, 2023 - 12:00 pmApollo 1 tragedy: The fatal fire and its aftermath
On Jan. 27, 1967, a fire swept through the Apollo 1 Command Module during a launch rehearsal test, tragically killing the three... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 27, 2023 - 12:00 pmComet 2022 E3 ZTF closest to Earth February 1 and 2
The green comet - Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF) - will be closest to Earth on February 1 and 2. It's prime time... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: January 27, 2023 - 11:30 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 27 – February 5
Comet ZTF is at its best this week — but every night moonlight encroaches on the scene until a later and later... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 27, 2023 - 9:38 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 27 – February 5
Comet ZTF is at its best this week — but every night moonlight encroaches on the scene until a later and later... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 27, 2023 - 9:38 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 27 – February 5
Comet ZTF is at its best this week — but every night moonlight encroaches on the scene until a later and later... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 27, 2023 - 9:38 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 27 – February 5
Comet ZTF is at its best this week — but every night moonlight encroaches on the scene until a later and later... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 27, 2023 - 9:38 amESA branded merchandise made easy
We’ve just made it easier to use the ESA brand to create merchandise or materials for events. If you are interested in... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: January 27, 2023 - 9:20 amTempestuous young stars in Orion
Image: Tempestuous young stars in Orion... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: January 27, 2023 - 8:54 amDay of Remembrance
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson lays a wreath at the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 26, 2023 - 10:44 pmSolar System formed from 'poorly mixed cake batter,' isotope research shows
Earth's potassium arrived by meteoritic delivery service finds new research led by Earth and planetary scientists. Their work shows that some primitive... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 26, 2023 - 9:19 pmNASA's Fermi detects first gamma-ray eclipses from 'spider' star systems
Scientists have discovered the first gamma-ray eclipses from a special type of binary star system using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 26, 2023 - 5:44 pmExpansion of ESA’s 5G/6G Hub moves ahead
An ambitious new development phase of ESA’s 5G/6G Hub has begun.... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: January 26, 2023 - 3:57 pmTiny Asteroid 2023 BU to Miss Earth
A recently discovered asteroid will pass exceptionally close to Earth on January 26th. Here's how to see it. Also, Comet ZTF (C/2022... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 26, 2023 - 3:52 pmTiny Asteroid 2023 BU to Miss Earth
A recently discovered asteroid will pass exceptionally close to Earth on January 26th. Here's how to see it. Also, Comet ZTF (C/2022... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 26, 2023 - 3:52 pmTiny Asteroid 2023 BU to Miss Earth
A recently discovered asteroid will pass exceptionally close to Earth on January 26th. Here's how to see it. Also, Comet ZTF (C/2022... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 26, 2023 - 3:52 pmWebb spies Chariklo ring system with high-precision technique
In an observational feat of high precision, scientists used a new technique with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to capture the shadows... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 26, 2023 - 3:02 pmNew Observations Reveal Galaxies Near and Far
Astronomers at this month's big winter conference explored intriguing small galaxies at various points in cosmic history. The post New Observations Reveal... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 26, 2023 - 2:00 pmThe Sample Transfer Arm – A helping hand for Mars
Video: 00:01:07 The mission to return martian samples back to Earth will see a European 2.5 metre-long robotic arm pick up tubes... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: January 26, 2023 - 1:00 pmSee winter's best Messier objects
Bundle up and behold the season’s finest deep-sky targets.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 26, 2023 - 12:00 pmHow the James Webb Space Telescope takes such stunning images
Since beaming back its first iconic pictures, JWST has offered a never-before-seen perspective of the cosmos. Here's how it snaps the shots... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 26, 2023 - 12:00 pmStrange twist: Earth's inner core may be changing its spin direction
A new study says Earth’s inner core is spinning at a slower rate, but what does this actually mean?... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 26, 2023 - 12:00 pmNASA Awards Innovations, Partnership Support Services Agreements
NASA has selected six companies to provide early-stage innovations and partnership support services. The services will be provided across multiple NASA centers.... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: January 25, 2023 - 8:22 pmPresident Reagan Calls for Space Station
On January 25, 1984, President Ronald Reagan used his State of the Union address to call for NASA to build a permanent... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 25, 2023 - 5:21 pmHubble and Webb Image Galaxies’ Lost Stars
Deep images of galaxy clusters reveals the light of wandering stars. What set these stars free from their hosts? The post Hubble... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 25, 2023 - 4:30 pmGiant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelf
Satellite imagery confirms an enormous iceberg, around five times the size of Malta, has finally calved from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. The... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: January 25, 2023 - 2:45 pmThe future of space travel might rely on buildings made of mushrooms
Researchers are testing whether fungi could serve as a cheap, versatile building material for Moon and Mars bases.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 25, 2023 - 12:00 pmRising star in astronomy: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Prescod-Weinstein focuses on cosmology, dark matter, and neutron stars to help physicists inch closer to a so-called Theory of Everything.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 25, 2023 - 12:00 pmJames Webb targets nearby nebula bursting with star formation
Despite its proximity, the nebula's composition helps shed light on an early period of the universe called "cosmic noon."... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 25, 2023 - 12:00 pmDo we know more about the Moon than the deep sea? No.
The idea we know more about the Moon than the deep sea is seductive — but it’s 70 years out of date.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 25, 2023 - 12:00 pmESA’s digital Historical Archives open online
We’re marking 20 years of the European Centre for Space Records in ESA ESRIN, Frascati, one of the physical homes of the... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: January 25, 2023 - 9:01 amPlasma thrusters used on satellites could be much more powerful
It was believed that Hall thrusters, an efficient kind of electric propulsion widely used in orbit, need to be large to produce... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 25, 2023 - 12:26 amWere galaxies much different in the early universe?
The most sensitive telescope now searching for radio signals from cosmic dawn, an era around 200 million years after the Big Bang... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 25, 2023 - 12:26 amNASA, DARPA Will Test Nuclear Engine for Future Mars Missions
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Tuesday a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space,... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: January 24, 2023 - 8:36 pmAstronaut Nicole Mann Makes Her First Spacewalk
Astronaut Nicole Mann is pictured during her first spacewalk installing a modification kit on the International Space Station's starboard truss structure.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 24, 2023 - 3:55 pmTop 10 space stories of 2022
Last year kicked off the era of JWST, while astronomers mapped out the next decade of discovery and released some of the... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 24, 2023 - 12:00 pmRubble pile asteroids found to be particularly hard to destroy
These asteroids are like giant space cushions, floating around the solar system for billions of years. Here’s what that means for planetary... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 24, 2023 - 12:00 pmHow a 3 cm glass sphere could help scientists understand space weather
Space weather can interfere with spaceflight and the operation of satellites, but the phenomenon is very difficult to study on Earth because... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 24, 2023 - 1:03 amNASA to Launch New Mars Sample Receiving Project Office at Johnson
NASA announced Thursday its new Mars Sample Receiving Project office, responsible for receiving and curating the first samples returned from the Red... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: January 23, 2023 - 9:49 pmAsteroid findings from specks of space dust could save the planet
New research into the durability and age of an ancient asteroid made of rocky rubble and dust, revealed significant findings that could... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 23, 2023 - 8:15 pmWebb Unveils Dark Side
An international team of astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has obtained an in-depth inventory of the deepest, coldest ices measured... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 23, 2023 - 6:32 pmDarkest view ever of interstellar ice
Astronomers used observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to achieve the darkest ever view of a dense interstellar cloud. These... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 23, 2023 - 5:32 pmMontana Students to Hear from NASA Astronaut on Space Station
Students from the Boys & Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County in Ronan, Montana, will have an opportunity this... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: January 23, 2023 - 3:27 pmJWST Investigates an Exoplanet "Corgi"
The James Webb Space Telescope has found the tiny tail of a close-in exoplanet that's losing its atmosphere. The post JWST Investigates... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 23, 2023 - 2:59 pmTop 10 astronomy books of all time
Often leading to paradigm shifts in how we understand the universe, these classic works will continue to withstand the test of time.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 23, 2023 - 12:00 pmHow has Earth's core stayed as hot as the Sun's surface for billions of years?
You would have to dig nearly 2,000 miles before reaching Earth’s core — and the 10,000-degree Fahrenheit temperature there would vaporize you... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 23, 2023 - 12:00 pmRising star of astronomy: Katie Bouman
“Katie’s ingenuity greatly accelerated EHT efforts to make the first image of a black hole.”... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 23, 2023 - 12:00 pmComet C/2022 E3 (ZTF): This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher
The comet may reach naked-eye visibility through late January into early February.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 23, 2023 - 12:00 pmLight Pollution Is Increasing Even Faster Than We Realized
The average brightness of the night sky is increasing by 10% every year, making the stars less visible. The post Light Pollution... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 20, 2023 - 7:29 pmGreat balls of fire: How flames behave in space
Researchers are keeping a close eye on these spherical flames. Their findings could help both astronauts and the earthbound.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 20, 2023 - 7:00 pmNASA Observes Day of Remembrance Ahead of Columbia 20th Anniversary
The agency will honor members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery, including... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: January 20, 2023 - 6:34 pmSuiting Up for Their First Spacewalk
Expedition 68 Flight Engineers Nicole Mann of NASA and Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are pictured on Jan. 12,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 20, 2023 - 5:07 pmCatch Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF) this month
Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF) is of special interest this January as at the time of writing (mid-November) it appears well on-course to... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: January 20, 2023 - 2:06 pmThe Sky This Week: Venus and Saturn meet
Enjoy a stunning planetary conjunction, a fresh look at the Moon, and a brightening comet from January 20 to 27.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 20, 2023 - 12:00 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 20 – 29
Venus and Saturn have a close conjunction in twilight. Comet ZTF heads into its best week. And Betelgeuse overtakes Sirius ever earlier... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 20, 2023 - 10:02 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 20 – 29
Venus and Saturn have a close conjunction in twilight. Comet ZTF heads into its best week. And Betelgeuse overtakes Sirius ever earlier... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 20, 2023 - 10:02 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 20 – 29
Venus and Saturn have a close conjunction in twilight. Comet ZTF heads into its best week. And Betelgeuse overtakes Sirius ever earlier... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 20, 2023 - 10:02 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 20 – 29
Venus and Saturn have a close conjunction in twilight. Comet ZTF heads into its best week. And Betelgeuse overtakes Sirius ever earlier... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 20, 2023 - 10:02 amVisitor to a galaxy
Image: Visitor to a galaxy... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: January 20, 2023 - 8:57 amNASA to Participate in Aerospace Conference, Discuss New Collaboration
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, Bhavya Lal, associate administrator for Technology, Policy, and Strategy, as well as other agency... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: January 19, 2023 - 9:50 pmStars disappear before our eyes
A startling analysis from Globe at Night -- a citizen science program -- concludes that stars are disappearing from human sight at... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 19, 2023 - 7:15 pmSee a Giant Sunspot!
If you have a solar filter, check out the sunspot group AR 3190 that's crossing the solar disk this week. The post... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 19, 2023 - 6:42 pmSee a Giant Sunspot!
If you have a solar filter, check out the sunspot group AR 3190 that's crossing the solar disk this week. The post... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 19, 2023 - 6:42 pmMassive fuel-hungry black holes feed off intergalactic gas
Research has revealed how supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are feeding off gas clouds which reach them by traveling hundreds of thousands of... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 19, 2023 - 6:33 pmWhat happens when we detect alien life?
Scientists have been listening for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations for decades, but what would they do if they actually heard one?... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 19, 2023 - 12:00 pmThe strange, speedy stars at the center of the Milky Way
The supermassive black hole in our galaxy’s core is accompanied by a tight-knit group of stars — and we aren’t sure how... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 19, 2023 - 12:00 pmJoin us in Tucson for Astronomy's annual star party!
On Saturday, Feb. 11, we’ll celebrate the stars with the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA) and Pima Community College, in the 50th... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 19, 2023 - 12:00 pmBillions of celestial objects revealed in gargantuan survey of the Milky Way
Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new dataset contains a staggering 3.32 billion... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 19, 2023 - 12:57 amHow was the solar system formed? The Ryugu asteroid is helping us learn
Our solar system is estimated to be about 4.57 billion years old. Previous analyses of ancient meteorites have shown that minerals were... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 19, 2023 - 12:56 amBriefings, Interviews Set for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission
A pair of news conferences on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston will highlight the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6... Read more »Source: NASA Breaking News | Published: January 18, 2023 - 9:04 pmSnowy Celestial Mountains
Snow and ice cover mountains of the Tien Shan range in this photograph taken from the International Space Station (ISS) on Feb.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 18, 2023 - 4:52 pmTumultuous migration on the edge of the Hot Neptune Desert
A team reveals the eventful migration history of planets bordering the Hot Neptune Desert, these extrasolar planets that orbit very close to... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 18, 2023 - 4:17 pmThe rich meteorology of Mars studied in detail from the Perseverance rover
Perseverance has now completed its investigation of the atmosphere throughout the first Martian year (which lasts approximately two Earth years). Specifically, astronomers... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 18, 2023 - 4:17 pm17-pound meteorite discovered in Antarctica
Antarctica is a tough place to work, for obvious reasons -- it's bitterly cold, remote, and wild. However, it's one of the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 18, 2023 - 2:20 pmThe red planet’s very well placed
Mars, still relatively fresh from last month’s brilliant opposition, remains the main planetary interest.... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: January 18, 2023 - 12:03 pmRising star in astronomy: Cristina Thomas
Inspired by learning how spectroscopy could link meteorites to asteroids and reveal their compositions, her current work still focuses on asteroids.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 18, 2023 - 12:00 pmSupernova remnants found in most detailed radio image of Milky Way yet
Our galaxy should be full of traces of dead stars. Until now, we have found surprisingly few of these supernova remnants, but... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 18, 2023 - 12:00 pmThe mechanism of cosmic magnetic fields explored in the laboratory
Recent research shows that magnetic fields can spontaneously emerge in a plasma if the plasma has a temperature anisotropy. This mechanism is... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 18, 2023 - 12:29 amA Well-traveled Beagle
Snoopy, the zero gravity indicator that flew aboard Orion during the Artemis I mission, wears a smile after being unpacked from his... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 17, 2023 - 5:02 pmAmateur Astronomers Find Glowing Gas Arc Near Andromeda
An arc that glows green thanks to doubly ionized oxygen appears near the Andromeda Galaxy in a photo obtained by amateur astronomers.... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 17, 2023 - 4:55 pmAncient humans and their early depictions of the universe
Ancient images reveal how our ancestors saw the cosmos through cave art and even Greek philosophy.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 17, 2023 - 12:00 pmUnlocking the mystery of comets
Today, comets are a sight to behold, but for most of history they were seen as harbingers of doom.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 17, 2023 - 12:00 pmNew small laser device can help detect signs of life on other planets
As space missions delve deeper into the outer solar system, the need for more compact, resource-conserving and accurate analytical tools has become... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 16, 2023 - 4:25 pmSee all the planets in January
The new year gets off to a great start with all the planets visible in the night sky at some point during... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: January 16, 2023 - 12:02 pmVenus-Saturn Conjunction: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher
On Jan. 22, 2023, Venus and Saturn will sit less than one degree apart, making for a captivating cosmic sight.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 16, 2023 - 12:00 pmRising star of astronomy: Darian Dixon
Dixon is one of the solar system’s few interplanetary photographers, having operated a NASA rover as it imaged the landscape of Mars.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 16, 2023 - 12:00 pmA star's unexpected survival
Hundreds of millions of light-years away in a distant galaxy, a star orbiting a supermassive black hole is being violently ripped apart... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 13, 2023 - 10:24 pmThe world in grains of interstellar dust
Understanding how dust grains form in interstellar gas could offer significant insights to astronomers and help materials scientists develop useful nanoparticles.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 13, 2023 - 7:53 pmResearchers measure size-luminosity relation of galaxies less than a billion years after Big Bang
A team has studied the relation between galaxy size and luminosity of some of the earliest galaxies in the universe taken by... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 13, 2023 - 4:27 pmAtlanta Shines at Night
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthplace, Atlanta, Georgia, is seen on January 20, 2013, in this image from the International Space Station as... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 13, 2023 - 3:54 pmHubble Visits Galactic Neighbors
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy LEDA 48062 in the constellation Perseus.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 13, 2023 - 1:00 pmMolly Wakeling joins Astronomy magazine as Contributing Editor
Molly will be taking over our popular “Observing Basics” column, featuring observing, astroimaging, hobby tips, and techniques stories, among other features.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 13, 2023 - 12:00 pmRising star in astronomy: Meredith Rawls
Rawls writes software that rapidly compares pictures of the night sky, pixel by pixel, to identify objects that have changed and moved.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 13, 2023 - 12:00 pmAstronaut vest built to combat space radiation returns to Earth
The AstroRad vest, which offers astronauts protection from the impacts of space radiation, was recently tested by crew members on the ISS.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 13, 2023 - 12:00 pmThe Sky This Week: Dark evening skies
With a Last Quarter Moon in the morning, dark skies allow for faint targets from January 13 to 20.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 13, 2023 - 12:00 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 13 – 21
Saturn starts the week well above bright Venus in twilight. Watch them close in on each other toward their conjunction on the... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 13, 2023 - 9:57 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 13 – 21
Saturn starts the week well above bright Venus in twilight. Watch them close in on each other toward their conjunction on the... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 13, 2023 - 9:57 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 13 – 21
Saturn starts the week well above bright Venus in twilight. Watch them close in on each other toward their conjunction on the... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 13, 2023 - 9:57 amHubble finds hungry black hole twisting captured star into donut shape
Black holes are gatherers, not hunters. They lie in wait until a hapless star wanders by. When the star gets close enough,... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 12, 2023 - 11:21 pmHow do rocky planets really form?
A new theory could explain the origin and properties of systems of rocky super-Earths and their relationship with the terrestrial planets of... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 12, 2023 - 8:58 pmHow did the Butterfly Nebula get its wings? It's complicated
Something is amiss in the Butterfly Nebula. When astronomers compared two exposures of this planetary nebula that had been taken by the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 12, 2023 - 6:47 pmFun with Fluid Physics
NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is all smiles as he observes the behavior of a free-flying water bubble... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 12, 2023 - 5:03 pmMartian meteorite contains large diversity of organic compounds
Unraveling the origin stories of the Tissint meteorite's organic compounds can help scientists understand whether the Red Planet ever hosted life, as... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 12, 2023 - 4:31 pmIncredible images of great comets
Specters of comets have filled the night sky across the eons. Here are some of the recent best.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 12, 2023 - 12:00 pmJames Webb spots Milky Way look-alikes in the early universe
A few of these bar-sporting galaxies existed so long ago that they are challenging astronomers’ theories for how quickly galaxies evolved.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 12, 2023 - 12:00 pmNASA’s busiest year in decades — a summary of space missions in 2022
NASA has been gaining momentum in recent years. In 2022, missions dealt with the farthest, closest, hottest and coldest conditions in the... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 12, 2023 - 12:00 pmOld and new stars paint very different pictures of the Triangulum Galaxy
Scientists have reported something unexpected about the distinct populations of stars that make up the Triangulum galaxy: In this satellite galaxy, a... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 12, 2023 - 12:35 amNASA's Webb uncovers star formation in cluster's dusty ribbons
NGC 346, one of the most dynamic star-forming regions in nearby galaxies, is full of mystery. Now, it is less mysterious with... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 12, 2023 - 12:35 amNew Webb image reveals dusty disk like never seen before
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has imaged the inner workings of a dusty disk surrounding a nearby red dwarf star. These observations... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 12, 2023 - 12:35 amNASA's Webb confirms its first exoplanet
Researchers confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 12, 2023 - 12:34 amScientists study life origins by simulating a cosmic evolution
Amino acids make up millions of proteins that drive the chemical gears of life, including essential bodily functions in animals. Because of... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 12, 2023 - 12:34 amResearchers create an optical tractor beam that pulls macroscopic objects
Researchers demonstrated a new type of optical manipulation: using laser light to pull a macroscopic object. The technology has potential for applications... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 11, 2023 - 8:08 pmInspecting Orion
The Artemis I Orion capsule is secured on a platform inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 11, 2023 - 5:24 pmOrigins of the building blocks of life
A new study posits that interstellar cloud conditions may have played a significant role on the presence of key building blocks of... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 11, 2023 - 3:43 pmMeet Mirfak, the Supergiant of Perseus
Mirfak, the brightest star in the constellation Perseus, is a yellow supergiant star with an uncertain fate. The post Meet Mirfak, the... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 11, 2023 - 1:00 pmThe biggest space missions to look out for in 2023
While humans won’t be heading back to the Moon until 2025, there’s plenty to get excited about this year.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 11, 2023 - 12:00 pmBeginner's guide: How to photograph comets
These fleeting beacons from the outer solar system make for fantastic shots.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 11, 2023 - 12:00 pmThe sky isn't just blue — airglow makes it green, yellow, and red too
The sky looks blue on a sunny day. But at night, we can see the faint glow of its true color.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 11, 2023 - 12:00 pmRising star of astronomy: Mark Moretto
Moretto is not only studying active comets, he is now helping spacecraft safely orbit them.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 11, 2023 - 12:00 pmUltracool dwarf binary stars break records
Astrophysicists have discovered the tightest ultracool dwarf binary system ever observed. The two stars are so close that it takes them less... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 11, 2023 - 12:14 amThe seven-year photobomb: Distant star's dimming was likely a 'dusty' companion getting in the way, astronomers say
Astronomers were on the lookout for 'stars behaving strangely' when an automated alert from pointed them to Gaia17bpp, a star that had... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 11, 2023 - 12:14 amPlanetary system's second Earth-size world discovered
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 10, 2023 - 8:10 pmSpace Station Peek
NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole Mann peers through one of the seven windows in the cupola, the International Space... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 10, 2023 - 5:01 pmAstronomers spotted unusual stellar explosion rich in oxygen and magnesium
Astronomers have discovered a supernova explosion that expands our understanding of the later life stages of massive stars.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 10, 2023 - 3:34 pmShift to ultraviolet-driven chemistry in planet-forming disks marks beginning of late-stage planet formation
The chemistry of planet formation has fascinated researchers for decades because the chemical reservoir in protoplanetary discs -- the dust and gas... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 10, 2023 - 3:34 pmScientists find evidence for magnetic reconnection between Ganymede and Jupiter
In June 2021, NASA's Juno spacecraft flew close to Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, observing evidence of magnetic reconnection. A team has used... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 10, 2023 - 3:29 pmHow to observe comets from your back yard
Whether viewed through binoculars or a telescope or with your naked eyes, tracking down these celestial visitors is a rewarding challenge.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 10, 2023 - 12:00 pmThe best comet of 2023 may soon be visible to the naked eye
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is now sailing through the inner solar system. Here’s everything you need to know to track this celestial... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 10, 2023 - 12:00 pmAstronomers find signatures of short-lived, hypermassive neutron stars
Patterns in short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) could provide insight into neutron star collisions.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 10, 2023 - 12:00 pmWide diversity of galaxies in the early universe
New data have revealed that the structures of galaxies in the early universe were much more diverse and mature than previously known.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 10, 2023 - 12:16 amAstronomers find the most distant stars in our galaxy halfway to Andromeda
Astronomers have discovered more than 200 distant variable stars known as RR Lyrae stars in the Milky Way's stellar halo. The most... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 10, 2023 - 12:16 amHydrogen masers reveal new secrets of a massive star
While using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to study the masers around oddball star MWC 349A scientists discovered something unexpected: a... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 10, 2023 - 12:16 amScientists find pair of black holes dining together in nearby galaxy merger
While studying a nearby pair of merging galaxies scientists have discovered two supermassive black holes growing simultaneously near the center of the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 10, 2023 - 12:16 amNASA's retired Compton mission reveals superheavy neutron stars
Astronomers studying archival observations of powerful explosions called short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have detected light patterns indicating the brief existence of a... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 10, 2023 - 12:16 amGalactic shock is shaping Stephan's Quintet in mysterious ways
Shockwaves resulting from the violent collision between an intruder galaxy and Stephan's Quintet are helping astronomers to understand how turbulence influences gas... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 9, 2023 - 7:52 pmSearching for the earliest galaxies in the universe
Astronomers have used data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Early Release Observations and discovered 87 galaxies that could be the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 9, 2023 - 7:51 pmNASA's Webb Telescope reveals links between galaxies near and far
A new analysis of distant galaxies imaged by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows that they are extremely young and share some... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 9, 2023 - 7:51 pmSolar and Lunar Eclipses in 2023
Although no total lunar eclipses occur this year, skywatchers can look forward to two “central” solar eclipses — including an annular event... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 9, 2023 - 1:00 pmSolar and Lunar Eclipses in 2023
Although no total lunar eclipses occur this year, skywatchers can look forward to two “central” solar eclipses — including an annular event... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 9, 2023 - 1:00 pmRising star of astronomy: Cherry Ng
Using Ng’s algorithm, CHIME has spotted over 1,000 powerful but mysterious signals from faraway galaxies called fast radio bursts (FRBs).... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 9, 2023 - 12:00 pmMy First Telescope: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher
This new weekly video series covers all the latest sky events, scientific results, overviews of cosmic mysteries, and more!... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 9, 2023 - 12:00 pmBest images of Earth as seen from space in 2022
Compelling images captured from orbit revealed our planet in all its beauty and fury during the year just gone by.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 9, 2023 - 12:00 pmHow Galileo blended science and art before his death 380 years ago
Always drawing, sketching, or painting, Galileo Galilei saw the cosmos through an artist’s eye.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 8, 2023 - 7:00 pmPrepping to Study the World’s Water
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft is in this early morning photo from Dec. 14, 2022, as preparations for launch... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 6, 2023 - 4:51 pmPhysicists confirm effective wave growth theory in space
Physicists have used spacecraft data to confirm an important theory of plasma physics that improves our understanding of space weather.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 6, 2023 - 1:25 pmHubble Gazes at Colorful Cluster of Scattered Stars
The scattered stars of the globular cluster NGC 6355 are strewn across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 6, 2023 - 1:00 pmJames Webb helps shed light on black holes and star formation
By cutting through obscuring dust, the new infrared observations are helping astronomers unravel the intricate mysteries of star formation and black hole... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 6, 2023 - 12:00 pmRising star in astronomy: Adrian Price-Whelan
His work has implications for both the prevailing models of dark matter and the insights that can be gathered from observations of... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 6, 2023 - 12:00 pmWhat are comets and where do they come from?
These mysterious iceballs are key to understanding our solar system’s history.... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 6, 2023 - 12:00 pmThe Sky This Week: The Moon’s strange face
Lunar libration shows our satellite from a new angle, while comets, asteroids, and star clusters also take center stage from January 6... Read more »Source: News | Published: January 6, 2023 - 12:00 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 6 – 14
Saturn approaches Venus in twilight, Jupiter and Mars ride high, and Mare Orientale peeks around the edhe of the Moon. And, try... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 6, 2023 - 9:35 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 6 – 14
Saturn approaches Venus in twilight, Jupiter and Mars ride high, and Mare Orientale peeks around the edhe of the Moon. And, try... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 6, 2023 - 9:35 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, January 6 – 14
Saturn approaches Venus in twilight, Jupiter and Mars ride high, and Mare Orientale peeks around the edhe of the Moon. And, try... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 6, 2023 - 9:35 amJames Webb telescope reveals Milky Way-like galaxies in young universe
New images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal galaxies with stellar bars -- elongated features of stars stretching from the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 5, 2023 - 8:02 pmSpace Station Swings by Kennedy
On April 8, 2022, this 30-second exposure captured the International Space Station as it passed over the Space Launch System rocket and... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 5, 2023 - 4:56 pmHubble finds that ghost light among galaxies stretches far back in time
In giant clusters of hundreds or thousands of galaxies, innumerable stars wander among the galaxies like lost souls, emitting a ghostly haze... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 4, 2023 - 6:56 pmExplore Double Stars in the "Winter Pair-a-gon"
The Winter Hexagon is not only key to finding six of the season's most prominent constellations but also a gateway to a... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 4, 2023 - 5:34 pmExplore Double Stars in the "Winter Pair-a-gon"
The Winter Hexagon is not only key to finding six of the season's most prominent constellations but also a gateway to a... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 4, 2023 - 5:34 pmCrew Recovers SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance
Support teams work around the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft shortly after it landed on Friday, May 6, 2022 with Crew-3 NASA... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 4, 2023 - 5:08 pmSpace solar power technology demo launched into orbit
The launch represents the first in-situ test of the technology to harvest solar energy in space and transmit it to Earth.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: January 4, 2023 - 1:53 pmBird, Rocket Prepare for Flight at Kennedy Space Center
An osprey is seen in front of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: January 3, 2023 - 4:45 pmNative American Full Moon Names for 2023
Native American tribes each had their own full Moon names — we introduce the most commonly used ones and the traditions behind... Read more »Source: Resources and Education – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 1, 2023 - 6:44 pm- mp3
January: Goodbye, Saturn (Hello, Venus)
For those well north of the equator, January’s long nights provide lots of time to enjoy the starry sky — and the... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 1, 2023 - 7:12 am - mp3
January: Goodbye, Saturn (Hello, Venus)
For those well north of the equator, January’s long nights provide lots of time to enjoy the starry sky — and the... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: January 1, 2023 - 7:12 am This Week's Sky at a Glance, December 30 – January 7
Venus creeps up, Saturn sinks down; in three weeks the two shall meet. The Moon meets Mars Tuesday. Orion comes into his... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: December 30, 2022 - 9:42 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, December 30 – January 7
Venus creeps up, Saturn sinks down; in three weeks the two shall meet. The Moon meets Mars Tuesday. Orion comes into his... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: December 30, 2022 - 9:42 amHIRISE Spots Martian Crater Deposits
This image taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft’s HIRISE instrument on Oct. 23, 2022, of the northern plains of Arabia... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 29, 2022 - 4:33 pmRein in the iconic Horsehead Nebula
The Horsehead Nebula is one of a handful of select deep-sky objects that down the decades have acquired legendary, almost mystic status... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: December 28, 2022 - 11:00 amStarry Wreath in Pegasus
The James Webb Space Telescope spies the spiral galaxy NGC 7469, located 220 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus, in... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 27, 2022 - 4:44 pmThe Best Meteor Showers in 2023
The two richest, most reliable annual meteor showers, the Perseids and Geminids, are Moon-free in 2023. Others showers await you too. The... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: December 27, 2022 - 11:00 amThe world's largest turbulence simulation unmasks the flow of energy in astrophysical plasmas
Researchers uncover the long-hidden process that helps explain why the Sun's corona can be vastly hotter than the solar surface that emits... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: December 26, 2022 - 2:45 pmGetting Started with Your New Telescope
How to start out right with a new telescope — a guide to what you need to know, how to set it... Read more »Source: Resources and Education – Sky & Telescope | Published: December 25, 2022 - 9:32 amApollo 8 Astronaut Bill Anders Captures Earthrise
On Dec. 24, 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to orbit the Moon,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 23, 2022 - 4:17 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, December 23 – 31
Venus and Mercury glimmer low in the southwest in twilight. The newborn crescent Moon starts the week with them, then visits Saturn,... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: December 23, 2022 - 10:10 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, December 23 – 31
Venus and Mercury glimmer low in the southwest in twilight. The newborn crescent Moon starts the week with them, then visits Saturn,... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: December 23, 2022 - 10:10 amSpacewalker Josh Cassada Prepares to Deploy Roll-out Solar Array
NASA spacewalker Josh Cassada prepares a roll-out solar array for its deployment on the International Space Station.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 22, 2022 - 9:23 pmExperimentalists: Sorry, no oxygen required to make these minerals on Mars
When NASA's Mars rovers found manganese oxides in rocks in the Gale and Endeavor craters on Mars in 2014, the discovery sparked... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: December 22, 2022 - 5:28 pmSpace Station Snaps Hawaii’s Volcanoes
Hawaii's big island and its two major volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa rest under a partly cloudy sky on Feb. 8,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 22, 2022 - 4:59 pmAll Eight Planets Line Up ... Again!
Echoing summer's great arc of planets at dawn, winter presents the full octet again, this time splayed across the evening sky. The... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: December 22, 2022 - 4:53 pmWebb Uncovers Young Stars’ Outbursts in Carina Nebula
By taking a closer look at one of Webb’s first images, the iconic Cosmic Cliffs, scientists have found dozens of energetic jets... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 21, 2022 - 4:33 pmObserve NGC 2403; an M33 lookalike
NGC 2403 (Caldwell 7) is a large, bright galaxy that serves up good views for small telescopes but it’s position in the... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: December 21, 2022 - 9:59 amSaying 'Farewell' to InSight Mars Lander
The lander's journey of discovery into the interior structure and composition of Mars has come to a close.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 20, 2022 - 8:51 pmLoon stratospheric balloons confirm wind data from Aeolus
ESA's novel Aeolus satellite reliably measures wind speed also in higher air layers and thus in a region of the atmosphere where... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: December 20, 2022 - 4:30 pmWhat triggers flow fluctuations in heavy-ion collision debris?
Scientists have published a comprehensive analysis aimed at determining which factors most influence fluctuations in the flow of particles from heavy ion... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: December 19, 2022 - 7:43 pmMeasuring gamma-ray bursts' hidden energy unearths clues to the evolution of the universe
When stars die out, they emit gamma-ray bursts. Although scientist can calculate the explosion energy from dying stars, it is difficult to... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: December 19, 2022 - 5:43 pmAncient asteroid grains provide insight into the evolution of our solar system
The UK's national synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, was used by a large, international collaboration to study grains collected from a near-Earth... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: December 19, 2022 - 5:39 pmNASA, Moog SureFly Test Aircraft Noise
The Moog Surefly vehicle hovers above Cincinnati Municipal Airport in this photo from summer 2022.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 19, 2022 - 3:51 pmAlien planet found spiraling to its doom around an aging star
The condemned planet could help answer questions about the fate of other worlds as their solar systems evolve.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: December 19, 2022 - 2:49 pmWebb Space Telescope reveals previously shrouded newborn stars
Astronomers took a 'deep dive' into one of the first images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and were rewarded with a... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: December 16, 2022 - 7:26 pmHubble Views a Star-Studded Cosmic Cloud
A portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 appears as a roiling wall of smoke studded with stars in this image from... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 16, 2022 - 1:00 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, December 16 – 24
The Pleiades dipper, the House in the Hyades, Mars high but fading, M31 at the zenith, and a celestial string of holiday... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: December 16, 2022 - 10:18 amHubble Captures Majestic Barred Spiral
Against an inky black backdrop, the blue swirls of barred spiral galaxy NGC 6956 stand out radiantly.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 15, 2022 - 1:00 pmSWOT Satellite, Falcon 9 Rocket Approach Pad
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard is seen as it rolls out to... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 14, 2022 - 5:05 pmGemini-VII and Gemini-VI-A Meet at Last
In this photo from Dec. 15, 1965, the Gemini-VII spacecraft is seen from the Gemini-VI-A spacecraft during their rendezvous mission in space.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 13, 2022 - 3:45 pmGeminid meteors burst out!
Watch out tonight (13th/14th) and tomorrow night (14th/15th) for the welcome return of the Geminid meteor shower.... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: December 13, 2022 - 9:35 amCatch the Geminid Meteor Shower; Plus, Watch RW Cephei Fade
The luminous Geminid meteor shower returns. We also meet a binocular-bright star that may be experiencing Betelgeuse-like convulsions. The post Catch the... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: December 12, 2022 - 5:41 pmOrion Comes Home to Earth
At 12:40 p.m. EST, Dec. 11, 2022, the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 12, 2022 - 3:38 pmHome in on the Hyades
The outline of the Hyades open star cluster in Taurus is one of the best naked-eye landmarks in the winter sky. It’s... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: December 12, 2022 - 2:15 pmOrion Gazes at Moon Before Return to Earth
On flight day 20 of the Artemis I mission, Dec. 5, 2022, Orion captured the Moon on the day of return powered... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 9, 2022 - 5:13 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, December 9 – 16
Mars, just past opposition, remains bright as it aligns between Aldebaran and Capella. Jupiter shines highest after dusk. And watch for the... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: December 9, 2022 - 10:03 amPioneer 10 Flies by Jupiter
In this illustration by Rick Giudice from August 1973, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft passes by the gas giant planet Jupiter.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 8, 2022 - 5:21 pmThe Crab Nebula: shreds of a supernova
It’s perhaps a surprising but definitely disappointing fact that no person alive has seen the titanic explosion of a star as a... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: December 8, 2022 - 4:15 pmMars Mesmerizes at Opposition
It may not be the closest opposition, but this time around Mars arcs high across the sky where good seeing promises sharp... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: December 7, 2022 - 4:55 pmApollo 17 Astronauts Capture Iconic Blue Marble 50 Years Ago
This classic photograph of the Earth was taken on Dec. 7, 1972, by the crew of the final Apollo mission, Apollo 17,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 7, 2022 - 4:34 pmEndeavour Crew Make Repairs to Hubble
In this Dec. 1993, onboard view from Space Shuttle mission STS-61 shows astronauts Story Musgrave and Jeffrey Hoffman's Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA)... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 6, 2022 - 5:21 pmOrion Approaches Moon Before Return Flyby
On the 19th day of the Artemis I mission, Dec. 4, 2022, a camera mounted on the Orion spacecraft captured the Moon... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: December 5, 2022 - 4:59 pmMars comes to opposition and is occulted by the Moon!
The long-awaited opposition of Mars on 8 December is a great way to put the icing on top of another great observing... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: December 5, 2022 - 4:40 pm
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