NASA's Curiosity Rover has caught its first image of the sunset on Mars as it began a new campaign observing clouds over the Red Planet at twilight.
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China builds huge propellant tank for massive future rocket (photos)
China has produced a 33-foot-wide (10 meters) class propellant tank as it works toward building a super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
Nikon Travelite EX 8x25 binoculars review
Though too small for serious skywatching, these compact binoculars provide pleasing night sky views for the casual stargazer.
Are There Better Ways to Communicate with Mars?
Mars is a long way from Earth, making it challenging to communicate with. That difficult communication is becoming ever more important as we launch more and more craft to the Red Planet. It will become absolutely critical when we send actual people there. So what can be done to increase the speed of communications between our solar system’s blue and red planets? A paper from researchers primarily based in Spain looks at different networking topologies that could help solve some of the communication problems.
Bring historic NASA missions to your fingertips with new ORLY nail polishes
ORLY has introduced a new line of polishes and wrap sets that aims at putting some of NASA's greatest missions not only at, but on your fingertips.
Space Ambition now interactive!
The interactive version of the Space Ambition book is now online, featuring all the content and images included in the hardcover edition.
Watch the Milky Way’s Black Hole Spaghettify a Cloud
Two decades of observations show a dusty gas cloud elongating as it approaches our galaxy's supermassive black hole.
Dark energy could lead to a second (and third, and fourth) Big Bang, new research suggests
Scientists have proposed a way that the universe could stop expanding, ending in a 'Big Crunch' that resets space and time as we know it.
Make the Kessel Run for $100 less with this Lego UCS Millennium Falcon deal
This ultimate collector series Lego Millennium Falcon can be yours in less than 12 parsecs for a price we've not seen in a long, long time.
Alien & Star Trek fandoms forged the world of new space game Scars Above
Scars Above pits a scientist against numerous, mysterious aliens on a rich world.
Russia's war on Ukraine has caused lasting damage to international spaceflight cooperation
Russia's invasion of Ukraine over a year ago has caused serious damage to Russia's ability to participate in international space ventures.
Don't miss March's Full Worm Moon in the sky tonight
March's full moon, often referred to as the "Worm Moon," rises after sunset on Monday and reaches its peak, shining its brightest in the early hours of Tuesday (March 7).
Galileo, how you’ve grown!
Today Galileo is the world’s most precise satellite navigation system, delivering metre-level accuracy, and if you are a modern smartphone owner then you – like nearly four billion others around the world – are among its users. This week we are celebrating that almost exactly a decade ago, on 12 March 2013, Europe for the first time ever was able to determine a position on the ground using only its own independent navigation system, Galileo.
Japan’s flagship H3 rocket fails on first test flight
Japan’s first H3 rocket lifts off on an ill-fated test flight with the ALOS 3 Earth observation satellite. Credit: JAXA
Japan’s first H3 rocket, designed to launch satellites and resupply space stations, fell back to Earth Monday (U.S. time) after its second stage engine failed to ignite five minutes into the new launcher’s inaugural test flight, destroying the rocket and a three-ton Earth observation spacecraft.
Japan's new H3 rocket fails on 1st test flight, advanced Earth observation satellite lost
Japan's powerful new H3 rocket failed its first test flight, losing an Earth-observing satellite on Monday (March 6).
Want to Soar to the Stratosphere? Japan Joins the Balloon Tourism Race
A Japanese company has put out the call for passengers who’d be willing to pay more than $175,000 for an hours-long ride in a balloon-borne capsule that will rise as high as 15 miles (25 kilometers).
Hubble’s Orbit Has Dropped So Far that Starlink Satellites are Photobombing its Images
Astronomy is poised for another leap. In the next several years, major ground-based telescopes will come online, including the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT,) the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT,) the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT,) and the Vera Rubin Observatory. The combined power of these telescopes will help drive discovery in the next couple of decades.
Live coverage: Japan’s new H3 rocket poised for first test flight
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Japanese H3 rocket from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. The mission will launch the Advanced Land Observing Satellite 3 mission for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Follow us on Twitter.
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NASA's IBEX spacecraft bounces back from glitch to study edge of solar system
NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is back to normal operations after controllers successfully reset its computer March 2, NASA said.
Melting ice cores on frozen worlds could speed up the search for alien life
The Melter-Sublimator for Ice Science (MSIS) instrument offers a unique opportunity to help scientists process ice deposits on other worlds in a much more efficient way.
