A Long March 2D rocket lifts off with eight Jilin 1 Earth-imaging satellites. Credit: CASC
China launched eight more microsatellites for the Jilin 1 high-resolution Earth observation constellation May 4, five days after a separate mission deployed five similar Jilin 1 payloads into orbit.
Don’t the time or inclination to start in on a new science fiction show? Here are five superb sci-fi shorts that will have you hooked and, even better, they’re free.
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is seen here floating above Earth in the International Space Station’s cupola, which provides a spectacular viewing spot for those who live and work on the space station.
Science institutions around the world will stream press conferences announcing the discovery; here's your guide to tuning in.
The Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 revealed spectacular details of this spiral galaxy over 42 million light-years away from Earth.
Astronomers have revealed the trails of nearly 1,500 new asteroids hidden in data gathered by NASA's most venerable space telescope.
We can end the current fossil fuel war, by providing abundant resources and clean energy from the moon to Earth, and by moving our toxic industries away from our unique and precious biosphere.
In the Halo games, Master Chief uses a number of vehicles to finish the fight, and the human-made constructs of the UNSC remain the franchise’s most iconic.
ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is back in Europe after 177 days in space. Watch the first press conference following his Cosmic Kiss mission at 11:45 CEST (10:45 BST) 11 May live on ESA Web TV.
The robotic Tianzhou 4 docked with Tianhe, the core module of China's under-construction Tiangong space station, about 6.5 hours after launching today (May 9).
Searching for Dyson spheres, rings, or swarms remains a preoccupation of many astronomers. If there are any out there, they will eventually be found, and the person or research team to do so will go down in history for making one of the most momentous discoveries in the history of humanity. If you’re interested in claiming that accolade for yourself, an excellent place to look may be around white dwarfs. At least, that’s the theory put forward in a new paper by Benjamin Zuckerman, a now-retired professor of astrophysics at UCLA.
Artist’s concept of the Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST). Credit: Jaimito130805, CC BY-SA 4.0
The James Webb Space Telescope is now in the final phase of commissioning as it readies for science observations. Of the more than 1,000 milestones the observatory has needed to reach since launch to become fully operational, the team said today they are down to about two hundred activities to go.
When Russia sent its armed forces into Ukraine amidst accusations of Nazism and NATO aggression, it left most of its credibility behind. What’s left of its credibility is in shreds as Russia lurches towards pariah status. That’s what happens when you unleash your military on your peaceful neighbour and when the body count grows alongside the rubble piles that used to be Ukrainian cities.
The passengers on Blue Origin's fifth crewed flight, known as NS-21, include the first Mexican-born woman to visit space.
Out in the desert in Arizona, "analog astronauts" gathered this weekend for an annual conference in a giant, futuristic habitat called Biosphere 2.
North American skywatchers can see the Moon turn a reddish hue as it flirts with Earth’s shadow on the night of May 15–16.
In this decade and the next, astronauts will be going to space like never before. This will include missions beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the first time in over fifty years, renewed missions to the Moon, and crewed missions to Mars. Beyond that, new space stations will be deployed to replace the aging International Space Station (ISS), and there are even plans to establish permanent human outposts on the Lunar and Martian surfaces.
Ingenuity appears to be in recovery from a communications glitch on Mars.
China has launched a cargo mission to its Tianhe space station module in preparation for the arrival of a new crew in June.
A building-sized asteroid whizzed by our planet overnight at a very safe distance, just like all the other giant space rocks we know of.
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