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The Orion spacecraft with European Service Module (left), Earth (middle) and the Moon (right) are captured in this ‘family portrait’ by Orion’s solar array camera during the spacecraft’s closet approach to the lunar surface.
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The Milky Way’s Stellar Halo Isn’t a Sphere After All
Our galaxy’s stellar halo is giving astronomers some new food for thought. It turns out everyone thought the halo was spherical. But, it’s not. That’s news to everyone who said it was spherical. According to a new measurement done by a team at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, it has a tilted, oblong football shape. This all tells astronomers an interesting tale about our galaxy’s ancient history.
Artemis 1's tiny Japanese probe abandons moon landing try
A tiny cubesat moon lander riding with Artemis 1 could not establish contact in time to reach its destination, but it may be able to do some other deep-space work.
NASA managers thrilled with initial results of Artemis moon mission
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Artemis 1's Orion spacecraft sees Earth setting behind moon (video)
The Orion spacecraft's lunar flyby Monday (Nov. 21) delivered a celestial Thanksgiving treat a few days early, as its cameras caught the distant Earth setting behind our moon.
NASA's CAPSTONE cubesat reaches final orbit around the moon
NASA's tiny CAPSTONE spacecraft has settled into its final lunar orbit, shifting into the operational phase of its pioneering moon mission.
A Celebration of Jay Pasachoff (1943-2022)
Jay M. Pasachoff, Chair of the Astronomy Department, Director of the Hopkins Observatory, and Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, succumbed to cancer on Sunday morning, November 20th.
Volcanoes are the worst. They’ve caused extinctions on Earth, and probably killed Venus
Is there anything good about volcanoes? They can be violent, dangerous, and unpredictable. For modern humans, volcanoes are mostly an inconvenience, sometimes an intriguing visual display, and occasionally deadly.
Mars' water may have come from ancient asteroid impacts
Isotopic evidence points to carbonaceous chondrite asteroids bringing enough water to Mars that it could have formed a global ocean some 1,000 feet deep.
Huge Artemis 1 moon rocket blew the doors off its launch tower's elevators (video)
NASA is assessing the damage Artemis 1 left behind after the huge Space Launch System rocket lifted off on Nov. 16, but officials emphasize everything is manageable for future missions.
How to watch Our Universe: Netflix & the BBC's new interstellar documentary series
Our Universe takes nature documentaries one step further into the cosmos to explore how we got to this very moment in existence.
How the search for a downed plane led to a fallen space shuttle and vice versa
In the wake of the space shuttle Challenger tragedy, a salvage effort was organized to find the spacecraft. The search also led to an aircraft being found. Now it has happened again, only in reverse.
ESA presents new generation of ESA astronauts
The European Space Agency has chosen 17 new astronaut candidates from more than 22 500 applicants from across its Member States. In this new 2022 class of ESA astronauts are five career astronauts, 11 members of an astronaut reserve and one astronaut with a disability.
Live coverage: Weather could prevent launch of SpaceX cargo mission today
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch SpaceX’s 26th resupply mission to the International Space Station. Follow us on Twitter.
Turbulent 'cosmic web' binds cluster of galaxies in new radio telescope images
New radio telescope images show the galactic cluster Abell 2255 in unprecedented detail and hint at the physical processes occurring in this region of space 1 billion light-years away.
HEXEUM night vision binoculars Black Friday deal — top specs for a fraction of the cost
Save 53% in this Black Friday deal and snag a fantastic pair of night vision binoculars.
James Webb Space Telescope practices studying alien atmospheres for signs of life
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed an exoplanet's atmosphere in unprecedented detail, allowing scientists to understand the planet's past and test methods for detecting alien life.
A Mission to Venus Could Sample its Atmosphere Directly, Searching for Life
We’ve reported in the past about the Venus Life Finder (VLF) mission, which is currently in the proposal stage but could potentially one day explore the Venusian clouds for signs of life. What exactly that life would look like is anyone’s guess. Therefore, the instrumentation the mission will use to find that life will be critical. Enter Fluid-Screen (FS), a technology developed by a start-up company spun out of Yale by Dr. Monika Weber. It could potentially directly detect life in the Venusian atmosphere – if only it could deal with the sulfuric acid.
Rocket startup ABL Space Systems aborts 3rd launch attempt in a week
ABL Space Systems, a small satellite launching startup aiming to make its rocket debut, aborted its third launch attempt in less than a week on Monday (Nov. 21).
Save up to $100 on these beginner-friendly Vantop drones this Black Friday
Best Buy is currently offering Black Friday savings on Vantop Snaptain drones, with prices as low as $69.99.
China rolls out rocket to launch new crew to newly-completed space station
China is gearing up to send a new crew up to the newly-completed space station on the Shenzhou 15 mission.
