NASA remains in an ongoing test mode to determine what’s behind the ablative thermal protective material that chipped away unexpectedly from the Artemis 1 Orion heat shield during its reentry.
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6 reasons not to buy in the Black Friday sales
While there are mistakes to avoid and reasons not to buy in the Black Friday sales, here's our advice to make the most of the shopping event.
Titan May Have a Methane Crust 10 Km Thick
Saturn’s moon, Titan, is an anomaly among moons. No other moons have surface liquids, and aside from Earth, it’s the only other Solar System object with liquids on its surface. However, since Titan is so cold, the liquids are hydrocarbons, not water. Titan’s water is all frozen into a surface layer of ice.
Live coverage: China to launch 3 taikonauts to the Tiangong space station
The trio of the Shenzhou-19 mission to the Tiangong space station salute before departing to the launchpad. Left to right: Wang Haoze, Chi Xuzhe (commander), Song Lingdong. Image: CCTV via livestream
Three of China’s taikonauts are preparing to journey to the Tiangong space station on the country’s eighth long-duration spaceflight.
'First tree on Mars:' Scientists measure greenhouse effect needed to terraform Red Planet
What is the amount of greenhouse warming required to heat up the cold climes of Mars enough so that trees can grow on the Red Planet?
Death of a Comet: S1 Didn’t Survive its Sungrazing Plummet
Sungrazer C/2024 S1 ATLAS broke apart at perihelion.
Key Atlantic current could collapse soon, 'impacting the entire world for centuries to come,' leading climate scientists warn
Leading climate scientists ring alarm bell on key Atlantic Ocean current collapse in open letter.
Watch China launch Shenzhou-19 astronauts to Tiangong space station today (video)
The crew were revealed less than a day ahead of launch.
Distorted galaxy whizzes through crowded cluster in new Hubble Telescope image
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures the galaxy IC 3225 with a comet-like tail of gas streaming from its central disk as it moves through the Virgo Cluster.
Ariel takes shape and first shake
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The construction phase of ESA’s Ariel mission has started at Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse (France) with the assembly of the spacecraft’s structural model. This marks a significant step forward for this mission designed to meticulously inspect the atmospheres of a thousand exoplanets and uncover their nature.
SpaceX launching 20 Starlink internet satellites from California this morning
SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from California this morning (Oct. 29).
Remember that “Alien Signal” Sent by the ExoMars Orbiter Last Year? It’s Just Been Decoded
In May 2023, the ESA’s Exomars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), currently in orbit around Mars, sent a signal to Earth to simulate a possible extraterrestrial transmission. As part of the multidisciplinary art project “A Sign in Space,” the purpose was to engage citizen scientists in helping to decode it. The campaign was inspired by Cosmicomics by Italian writer/journalist Italo Calvino, a series of short stories exploring various scientific principles. The project is partnered with the SETI Institute, the Green Bank Observatory, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF).
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX
SpaceX is preparing to launch another Falcon 9 rocket in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning The flight will add another 20 Starlink satellites to the megaconstellation.
SpaceX's Starship booster was '1 second away' from aborting epic launch-tower catch
Super Heavy, the giant first-stage booster of SpaceX's Starship megarocket, nearly aborted its historic launch-tower catch during this month's test flight.
Boeing considers selling its space business, including Starliner: report
Boeing may sell its space business in the wake of troubles with its Starliner spacecraft program, according to a new report. But the discussions are at 'an early stage.'
Mysterious features on asteroid Vesta may be explained by saltwater
Temporary flows of saltwater could explain mysterious gullies and fan-shaped deposits spotted across asteroid Vesta.
Add Astronaut Nutrition to the List of Barriers to Long-Duration Spaceflight
Though there are no firm plans for a crewed mission to Mars, we all know one’s coming. Astronauts routinely spend months at a time on the ISS, and we’ve learned a lot about the hazards astronauts face on long missions. However, Mars missions can take years, which presents a whole host of problems, including astronaut nutrition.
'Venom: The Last Dance' is a fun and fitting farewell to Tom Hardy's alien antics (review)
A review of Sony Pictures' "Venom: The Last Dance," a tight and focused final edition to Tom Hardy's alien symbiote trilogy spin-off from the Spiderman universe.
Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi reunite in Marvel Comics' 'Star Wars: Jedi Knights'
A preview of Marvel Comics' upcoming "Star Wars: Jedi Knights" ongoing series
Watch comet ATLAS burn up as it flies into the sun (video)
Watch Comet C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) make a death dive into the sun today (Oct. 28) in this eerie footage from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft.
This Ancient Supernova Remnant Looks Like a Stellar Dandelion
In 1181, Japanese and Chinese astronomers saw a bright light appear in the constellation Cassiopeia. It shone for six months, and those ancient observers couldn’t have known it was an exploding star. To them, it looked like some type of temporary star that shone for 185 days.
