Where better to grow plants that on the Moon? Well, lots of places, to be honest, including almost everywhere on planet Earth. But that’s not going to stop people from trying to do so – especially as plants grown in space are going to be critical to any long-term space exploration program, and the Moon seems as good a place as any to do that. So the idea of a team of scientists from Australia, Israel, South Africa, and the US to grow some plants on the Moon by 2025 might not be as far-fetched as it seems.
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See Queen Cassiopeia high in the sky over the Great Bear Ursa Major tonight (Oct. 14)
The two most conspicuous star patterns whirling in their nightly course in the northern skies are the Big Dipper and the "W" of Cassiopeia the Queen.
See the moon visit fiery-colored Mars Friday evening (Oct. 14)
During the late evening hours of Friday (Oct. 14), Mars will rendezvous with the moon in the night sky.
Mysterious dust ring around Uranus spotted in rediscovered Voyager 2 data
Scientists have uncovered a new mystery about Uranus' rings buried deep in data from NASA's iconic Voyager 2 mission.
Watch SpaceX launch satellite, land rocket at sea Friday night
A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch Eutelsat's Hotbird 13F communications satellite Friday (Oct. 14) during a 116-minute window that opens at 11:26 p.m. EDT (0326 GMT on Oct. 15).
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 14 – 22
These moonless evenings open the sky for good constellation spotting and deep-sky probing.
Pegasus flies high. Draco eyes Vega. And it's time for the Orionid meteors.
Earth from Space: Mississippi River
Mississippi River, one of the longest rivers in North America, is featured in this multi-temporal radar image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.
Seeing how a spacecraft dies
Seeing how a spacecraft dies
Mars Express Watched Deimos Pass in Front of Jupiter and its Moons
That’s no moon … wait … yes, it is, and more!
Fallen Arecibo Observatory telescope won't be rebuilt despite scientists' hopes
Puerto Rico's iconic radio telescope, which collapsed in 2020, won't be rebuilt, although the site will see a new education center open next year.
China launches environmental satellite in 3rd flight in 6 days
China launched an environmental satellite into space Wednesday (Oct. 13) amid a surge of rocket activity.
A new Launch Date for Artemis 1: November 14th … at Night
If the next launch attempt of the Artemis I mission goes as planned, it should be a spectacular sight.
A Black Hole Burps out Material, Years After Feasting on a Star
Originally predicted by Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, black holes are the most extreme object in the known Universe. These objects form when stars reach the end of their life cycle, blow off their outer layers, and are so gravitationally powerful that nothing (not even light) can escape their surfaces. They are also of interest because they allow astronomers to observe the laws of physics under the most extreme conditions. Periodically, these gravitational behemoths will devoir stars and other objects in their vicinity, releasing tremendous amounts of light and radiation.
See the hypersonic 'Darkstar' jet from 'Top Gun: Maverick' in person this weekend
The real-world mockup of the fictional "Darkstar" hypersonic jet seen in the opening sequence of the 2022 film "Top Gun: Maverick" is on display this weekend in Southern California.
Webb Sees Organic Molecules in the Hearts of Galaxies, Surprisingly Close to Active Supermassive Black Holes
When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched, one of its jobs was studying galactic formation and evolution. When we look around the Universe, today’s galaxies take the shape of grand spirals like the Whirlpool galaxy and giant ellipticals like M60. But galaxies didn’t always look like this.
Strange molecules swirl around supermassive black holes, James Webb Space Telescope finds
NASA's iconic new observatory has spotted surprising compounds around supermassive black holes.
How Winking Stars Map Asteroids
An innovative method enables astronomers to gauge the size and shape of a distant asteroid — and potentially any km-scale object in the solar system.
Scottish rocket startup Skyrora fails on 1st space launch attempt
A suborbital rocket from Skyrora failed to reach space on Saturday (Oct. 8), but the company said the test launch was a milestone effort nonetheless.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day
The European Mars Express spacecraft took a stunning sequence of images capturing the Martian moon Deimos with Jupiter and its four main moons.
Hubble Space Telescope finds neutron star collision's jet travels nearly as fast as light
The Hubble Space Telescope observed the aftermath of astronomers' first-ever neutron star collision and measured how fast the jet produced traveled.
