The dates have been set for ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet’s upcoming command of the International Space Station, as ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer prepares to join him on board.
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Scientists fetch best images to date of 'dog bone' asteroid and 2 tiny moons
New observations of an asteroid shaped like a dog bone and its two tiny moons have given scientists insight into how the strange trio came to be.
Fourth spacewalk for Alpha mission
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide are set to leave the International Space Station on a spacewalk on Sunday 12 September.
Replay: Cosmic Kiss news conference
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Watch the full replay of ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer’s pre-launch news conference at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany.
Stargazing with Binoculars: Beginner Tips
Get a new perspective on the jewels of the night sky by stargazing with binoculars.
Learn how to create extraordinary Lego spacecraft with the 'Lego Space Projects' guidebook
Jeff Friesen's latest Lego book shows space enthusiasts how to build little spacecraft, from more realistic vessels to science fiction dreamcraft.
Stargazing with Binoculars: Beginner Tips
Get a new perspective on the jewels of the night sky by stargazing with binoculars.
Strange, repeating radio signal near the center of the Milky Way has scientists stumped
Scientists detected a repeating radio signal near the center of the Milky Way, and it's unlike anything else they've ever studied.
An 'Internet apocalypse' could ride to Earth with the next solar storm, new research warns
A catastrophic solar storm could take huge sections of the Earth offline for weeks or months, a new research paper warns.
SpaceX's Elon Musk donates $50 million to Inspiration4 spaceflight fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Thursday evening (Sept. 9) will bring a lovely celestial display involving the two brightest objects in the nighttime sky.
Moon rock class in session
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School is also back in session for ESA astronaut Andrea Mogensen (right) and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins. Together with European Astronaut Centre engineer Robin Eccleston (far left), the trio are taking part in this year’s Pangaea field training campaign to become better field scientists.
Space Continues to be Hard. Firefly’s Alpha Rocket Detonates Shortly After Launch
Rocket science is hard. So far, no commercial rocket launch company has ever successfully gotten to orbit on the first try. The first flight of Firefly‘s Alpha rocket prototype did not break that streak last week when it exploded two and a half minutes after takeoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
60-second Astro News: White Dwarfs Still Burn, Black Holes Merge
This week in astronomy news, we learn that some white dwarfs still burn and image X-rays from black holes almost 12 billion light-years away.
Ground-Based Observatories Could use Starshades to see Planets too
All hail the occulter: an orbiting starshade for ground-based telescopes.
Mercury snuggles up to the crescent moon tonight
The tiny planet Mercury will make a close approach to the crescent moon in the evening sky tonight (Sept. 8).
NASA's Perseverance rover getting ready to snag 2nd Mars sample
Perseverance sealed up a drilled-out core of a Red Planet rock dubbed "Rochette" over the weekend. The mission team aims to replicate that success soon, putting poor Rochette to the drill again.
Russia's space chief invites SpaceX's Elon Musk over for tea
Relations between SpaceX's Elon Musk and Russia's space chief Dmitry Rogozin appear to be pivoting from sparring about trampolines to discussing an invitation for tea.
This is a 3D-Printed Steel Floor Prototype for a Lunar Habitat
In this decade, multiple space agencies and commercial space entities will be taking us back to the Moon. But unlike the Apollo Era, the goal of these programs is not “footprints and flags,” but to establish the necessary infrastructure to keep going back. In particular, NASA, the ESA, Roscosmos, and China are all planning on establishing outposts that will allow for scientific research and a sustained human presence.
Weird structures near Earth's core may be scars from a primordial interplanetary collision
The first teaser trailer for "Don't Look Up" has Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio as astronomers hoping to warn Earth of a comet impact.
NASA has too Many Spacecraft to Communicate With. Time to Build More Dishes
NASA is a sprawling organization that has to talk to everything from politicians in Washington DC to space probes that have left the solar system. Discussions with the first might be as simple as a written letter for informal conversation, while the second requires a high-power network of ground-based antennas. Known as the Deep Space Network (DSN) this series of antennas spread over three continents is the backbone of NASA’s communications with its various space probes. Now the DSN is in the process of implementing a well-deserved upgrade.
Pencil December 18th (tentatively) into your calendar. That’s when James Webb probably launches
You may have heard this one before, but encouraging news comes from NASA, ESA, and Arianespace today: they are now targeting December 18, 2021 as the new launch date for the oft-delayed James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
