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China launches mysterious Earth observation satellites
China launched its 53rd rocket of 2022 on Wednesday (Nov. 16), bringing it three launches shy of tying the record 56 liftoffs the country set last year.
Hubble Space Telescope offers stunning view clouded out by a future star
A new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a molecular cloud of gas and dust that harbors a compact object that will soon become an infant star.
NASA has a Plan to Minimize Future Micrometeoroid Impacts on JWST
Micrometeoroid strikes are an unavoidable part of operating a spacecraft. But after the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was hit with a larger than expected piece of space dust earlier this year, engineers are making changes to the way the telescope will be pointed in an attempt to avoid excess or larger impacts from space dust.
Space-based solar power could really work, experiment shows
European aerospace giant Airbus demonstrated how solar power could be beamed from space in a new experiment.
Watch the PC Gaming Show: 2023 preview for free today to prep for your next sci-fi gaming year
You can see what's coming next in space gaming and beyond in the PC Gaming Show: 2023 Preview today (Nov. 17).
Are We in for a Leonid Outburst Friday Night?
The November Leonid meteors may produce a surprise outburst this weekend.
Mars' clouds are strangely Earth-like, despite wildly different atmospheres
Despite having radically different atmospheres, Mars and Earth seem to have similar cloud patterns, hinting that the features may form in much the same way.
NOAA adopts Finland’s CubeSat-proven space weather monitor
An advanced X-ray monitoring instrument tested for space aboard an ESA CubeSat will serve as an operational space weather payload on the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Next Lagrange 1 Series satellite, currently planned for launch in 2028, which will operate 1.5 million km from Earth, keeping watch for eruptions from our Sun.
NASA's daring Artemis 1 'Red Crew' saved the day for the launch to the moon. Here's how.
Today's historic launch of NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission was saved by a courageous crew of technicians who stepped in to perform a critical repair beneath the fueled Space Launch System rocket.
BlueWalker 3 Satellite Unfolds, Brightening 40-fold
The unfolding of the BlueWalker 3's giant flat-panel antenna array resulted in a satellite 40 times as bright, outshining most stars.
Best time travel games
Here's our list of the best time travel games with more timeloops and grandfather paradoxes than you can shake a stick at.
Watch Russian cosmonauts take a spacewalk outside space station today
Two cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station for a seven-hour spacewalk today (Nov. 17) at 9:20 a.m. ET, and you can watch the action live.
Artemis 1: 10 strange things that are flying on epic NASA moon mission
From yeast cells to a Snoopy plush doll to Amazon Alexa tech, here are some of the strangest things on board the Artemis 1 mission.
The Leonid meteor shower peaks tonight (Nov. 17)
The Leonid meteor shower, created when the Earth passes through dust left behind by the Comet Tempel-Tuttle, peaks on Thurs to Fri, Nov. 17 to Nov. 18.
A new look for the ESA astronaut patch
In October 2022, an updated ESA astronaut patch celebrated the joining of ESA’s newest Associate Member, Slovakia. The new patch adds the Slovakian flag to a design that has evolved over the decades to represent ESA’s growing space family.
Einstein Industries Ventures joins ESA Investor Network
ESA’s Investor Network continues to grow, with Einstein Industries Ventures as its latest member via the signature of a collaboration agreement.
Europe is Building a Communications Network Around the Moon
GPS and the world’s other global positioning systems all have one very limiting disadvantage: they’re global to only one world. There is no equivalent to the precise geolocation features these systems offer for any other body in our solar system. Recently, there has been an increased focus on Lunar missions, but no way for anything on the Lunar surface to know precisely where it is. Enter the European Space Agency and their Moonlight initiative, which was showcased in a recent video on their YouTube channel.
NASA’s MAVEN Witnessed Auroras as Multiple Solar Storms Crashed into Mars
After orbiting Mars for eight long years, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft observed an extraordinary duo of auroras around the Red Planet that resulted from solar storms emanating from the Sun only a few days earlier on August 27. This observation is extraordinary since Mars lacks a global magnetic field so the solar flares must have been very powerful for MAVEN to detect them.
Artemis 1 Sends Back Snapshots of Earth as It Speeds Toward the Moon
As it heads for the moon, NASA’s Orion space capsule is sending back snapshots of Earth that evoke the “blue marble” pictures taken by Apollo astronauts five decades earlier.
NASA calls on “red crew” to fix leak near mostly fueled Artemis moon rocket
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (left) meets with members of the “red crew” after they repaired a hydrogen leak at the Artemis 1 moon rocket’s launch pad. The red crew members, from left to right, were Billy Cairns, cryogenic engineering technician; Chad Garrett, safety engineer; and Trent Annis, cryogenic engineering technician. Credit: NASA/Sam Lott
NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket relied on advanced guidance algorithms, powerful cryogenic engines, and millions of lines of software code to get it off the ground for the first time Wednesday. But “there are also times when you’ve just got to put a wrench on a nut,” NASA’s Artemis ground systems program manager said.
