On this page you’ll find news articles about space and astronomy from across the web.
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EVE and Wall-E have Mars in their sightsThe MarCOs - 2 briefcase-sized CubeSats accompanying NASA’s InSight spacecraft - are chasing Mars as it orbits the sun. Along the way,... Read more »
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Carnival of Space #583Welcome to the 583rd Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers, who submit... Read more » - ●NASA Has Some Cool Space Sounds You Can Use for RingtonesHave you always wanted some cool space sounds for your phone? Maybe a ringtone that says “Houston, Tranquility Base, here. The Eagle... Read more »
- ●This is How NASA Releases Almost Half a Million Gallons of Water in 60 SecondsTo keep the extremely powerful Space Launch System safe during launch, NASA has developed the IOP/SS (Ignition Overpressure Protection and Sound Suppression... Read more »
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Ultra-close stars discovered inside a planetary nebulaAstronomers have discovered two stars in a binary pair that complete an orbit around each other in a little over three hours,... Read more » - ●
Spitzer images the Cat’s Paw Nebula in all its infrared glory
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope captures a spectacular view of the Cat's Paw Nebula some 5,000 light years away, showing vast clouds of... Read more »
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How Did an Oddball Planet Like Mercury Form?Whether Mercury formed from a single collision or multiple impacts, the iron-rich planet is probably a rare breed.... Read more » - ●
NASA Invites Media to Visit Nanocomp Technologies, Discuss Space Technology Partnership
Media are invited to tour Nanocomp Technologies in Merrimack, New Hampshire, at 10:45 a.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 29, and learn about a... Read more » - ●Astronomers have created a thermal map of Jupiter's moon Europa, showing temperature variations across its surface. But another team has found no... Read more »
- ●How to Choose Binoculars for Astronomy and SkywatchingA good pair of binoculars can help stargazers get the most out of the night sky. Find out which type of binoculars... Read more »
- ●Engineers have cleared a problem with one of the Hubble Space Telescope's critical gyroscopes and plan to return the observatory to normal... Read more »
- ●Newborn Stars Blow Bubbles in the Cat's Paw Nebula... Read more »
- ●Mercury Capsule Exhibit to Preview Cosmosphere Satellite LocationThe historic capsule that carried the second American to fly into space is set to land in the second most populous city... Read more »
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Source for Europa Geysers MissingA new look at old data suggests there’s something missing from suspected plumes on Europa: a heat source. The post Source for... Read more » - ●On This Day in Space! Oct. 23, 2007: Space Station's Harmony Module Launches on STS-120On Oct. 23, 2007, the space shuttle Discovery launched the Harmony module to the International Space Station. See how it happened in... Read more »
- ●Pulsar Discoverer Jocelyn Bell Burnell Talks About Her Amazing Find: Watch Live ThursdayJocelyn Bell Burnell, one of the biggest names in astrophysics, is giving a talk this Thursday (Oct. 25), and you can watch... Read more »
- ●Dizzying Array of Stars Dazzles in New Hubble PhotoThe uncountable stellar multitudes of the globular cluster NGC 1898 shine in a newly released photo by the famous Hubble Space Telescope.... Read more »
- ●First 'Orphan' Gamma-Ray Burst Reveals Insight into Powerful Stellar ExplosionsThe first orphan gamma-ray burst reveals what happens after the merger of two massive stars.... Read more »
- ●Space Force Policy Memo Being Drafted to Establish New Military BranchVice President Mike Pence on Tuesday will hold a meeting of the National Space Council at the National Defense University to discuss... Read more »
- ●Astronomers spy 4 giant planets orbiting a very young starFinding 4 giant planets orbiting another star isn't too unusual these days. But these massive planets are the largest known to orbit... Read more »
- ●What are hole-punch clouds?Ever seen one of these? People sometimes report them as UFOs. They're called hole-punch clouds, and jets make 'em. The connection between... Read more »
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Life could thrive in oxygen-rich briny water on Mars
Just below the surface of Mars, scientists suspect that there might be briny waters that, according to a new study, could hold... Read more » - ●Though you can catch a glimpse of the gas giant with your naked eye, binoculars or a telescope make the task much... Read more »
- ●The Big Bang, as many cosmologists like to point out, was not very banging. Nothing exploded. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t... Read more »
- ●Io, Enceladus, Earth — our solar system holds a number of locations where plumes of gas erupt. And for years, scientists have... Read more »
- ●Venus is going, going …Venus will sweep between us and the sun (inferior conjunction) on October 26. Check out this photo - taken just 5 days... Read more »
- ●All you need to know: 2018’s Hunter’s MoonThe coming full moon - Hunter's Moon for the Northern Hemisphere - is October 24. Will it be bigger, brighter, more colorful?... Read more »
- ●Waxing toward full Hunter’s MoonTonight - October 23, 2018 - the moon is waxing for all of us, around the globe. If you're in the Northern... Read more »
- ●Russian Soyuz Rocket Will Launch Astronauts to Space Station by Christmas, NASA Chief SaysThe next set of International Space Station crewmembers should get off the ground before the end of the year despite the Soyuz... Read more »
- ●Donn Eisele: Apollo 7 PilotDonn Eisele was an astronaut on Apollo 7, the first crewed mission of the Apollo program to make it to space.... Read more »
- ●Walter Cunningham: Apollo 7 AstronautWalter Cunningham is a former NASA astronaut best remembered for flying the Apollo 7 mission in October 1968.... Read more »
- ●Hayabusa2: Japan's 2nd Asteroid Sample MissionHayabusa2 is speeding toward an asteroid and will return a sample from its surface.... Read more »
- ●The Journey to Spaceflight: A Q&A with Author Roger D. LauniusSpace exploration is constantly fueled by mankind's desire to reach further and learn more about the cosmos.... Read more »
- ●Best All-Around Binoculars for Astronomy, Nature, Sports and TravelHere are the best binoculars to buy, if you can buy only one.... Read more »
- ●Asimov's Sword: Excerpt from 'Astounding' History of Science FictionAlec Nevala-Lee's latest book "Astounding," out Oct. 23, chronicles the interwoven lives of four science fiction titans: Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, L.... Read more »
- ●'Astounding' Chronicles 4 Titans of Science Fiction's Golden Age (Warts and All)In his new book "Astounding," coming out today (Oct. 23), Alec Nevala-Lee follows four titans of the golden age of science fiction... Read more »
- To Find Evidence of Life on Exoplanets, Scientists Should Search for “Purple Earths”Finding potentially habitable planets beyond our Solar System is no easy task. While the number of confirmed extra-solar planets has grown by... Read more »
- Mars: Oxygen-rich, life-supporting liquid water?Given the right circumstances, water on Mars could hold more oxygen than previously believed, theoretically enough to support aerobic respiration, new research... Read more »
- Astronomy Cast Ep. 502: No Touching: Determining Composition of Worlds RemotelyWe’re not learning that the vast majority of potentially habitable worlds out there are actually icy moons like Europa and Enceladus. Good... Read more »
- NASA's first image of Mars from a CubeSatNASA's MarCO mission was designed to find out if briefcase-sized spacecraft called CubeSats could survive the journey to deep space. Now, MarCO... Read more »
- Exos Aerospace Completes Successful Launch Test of Their SARGE RocketThe commercial launch provider Exos aerospace successfully completed its launch test, pushing the company closer to providing greater access to space The... Read more »
- On October 22, 1968, 50 years ago, the Apollo 7 crew splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico.... Read more »
- Two Explosions with Similar QuirksHigh-energy radiation released during the merger of two neutron stars last year has left astronomers puzzled. Could a burst of gamma rays... Read more »
- Gravitational waves could shed light on dark matterBlack holes colliding, gravitational waves riding through space-time - and a huge instrument that allows scientists to investigate the fabric of the... Read more »
BepiColombo's beginning ends
A stunning early morning launch lifted the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft into space on Saturday, 20 October. This marked the start of intensive,... Read more »
- Our Milky Way almost collided with another galaxyAstronomers found a snail-shaped substructure of stars in our larger Milky Way galaxy. It indicates the Milky Way is still enduring the... Read more »
- Hubble Space Telescope Nearly Ready for Action AgainIt looks like NASA's famous Hubble Space Telescope has recovered from the glitch that knocked the observatory offline more than two weeks... Read more »
- Break out the binoculars for a glimpse of Vesta passing "the Teapot."... Read more »
- Astronomers have developed a technique that could triple the number of known stellar-mass black holes.... Read more »
- Forget streetlights - one Chinese city may soon rely on an artificial satellite to light its nighttime sky.... Read more »
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