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SpaceX's Elon Musk to give big Starship update today: Watch it live
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk will give an update about the company's Starship vehicle today (Oct. 5), and you can watch it live.
Virgin Galactic to launch Galactic 04 space tourist flight Oct. 6. Here's what to expect
Virgin Galactic's reusable spaceplane, VSS Unity, will launch its fourth commercial spaceflight mission Oct. 6. Here's how to follow the action.
Younger trees champion carbon capture
Thanks to their ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, forests have long been recognised as a key tool in the fight against climate change – but not all forests are equal. New research based on data from ESA’s SMOS satellite mission has found that, surprisingly, young trees are champions at carbon capture.
Northrop Grumman leaves behind solo commercial space station venture, partners with Nanoracks on ‘Starlab’
A rendering of the Nanoracks/Voyager Space commercial space station orbiting the Earth. Image: Nanoracks
About a year and a half after signing a Space Act Agreement with NASA to develop a commercial space station, Northrop Grumman formally withdrew from its solo plans in order to partner with Nanoracks, a subsidiary of Voyager Space.
Watch OSIRIS-REx Release its Sample Capsule
Most of the spacecraft we send out into the Solar System are never meant to return. Time, space, and entropy overtake them, or else they’re purposely sent crashing to their doom at the end of their missions. But not OSIRIS-REx. Its mission was only a success when it returned to Earth with its rare cargo.
Mars Society conference happening online Oct. 5 through Oct. 8
The 26th Annual International Mars Society Convention will start Oct. 5. Here's how you can watch online.
Hundreds of Free-Floating Planets Found in the Orion Nebula
It appears that rogue planets – free floating worlds that aren’t gravitationally bound to a parent star – might be more common than we thought. New data from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed 540 (yes, that’s right) planetary-mass objects in the Orion Nebula and Trapezium Cluster.
NASA will launch rockets into the annular solar eclipse's shadow on Oct. 14
A NASA mission called APEP will launch three sounding rockets into the annular solar eclipse to measure changes in electric and magnetic fields, density, and temperature of the ionosphere.
Seeing the Web Connecting Galaxies Across the Universe
One hundred years ago, we didn’t know there was anything outside of our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Now we know that our puny planet Earth, and everything else, is part of a vast structure called the Cosmic Web. Its scale is difficult to comprehend in any concrete way, and the system’s complexity and magnitude brings our most powerful supercomputers to their knees.
AI is already helping astronomers make incredible discoveries. Here's how
Scientists worldwide are already using artificial intelligence and machine learning to sort through huge amounts of data, suggesting that the future of astronomy belongs to AI.
Live coverage: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 22 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
Facing 50-50 weather odds, SpaceX is getting ready for a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Wednesday night on its 44th Starlink delivery mission of the year.
Old Stars Don't Have Hot Jupiters
As we began to discover hundreds, then thousands of exoplanets, we found that there were two types of worlds unlike anything in our solar system. The first are super-Earths. These worlds straddle the line between large rocky worlds like Earth and small gas planets like Neptune. The second are hot Jupiters. Large gas giants that orbit their star in a matter of days. While there may be a super-Earth lurking at the outer edge of our solar system, we know our Sun has no hot Jupiters. This is a little surprising since close-orbiting gas giants seem to be fairly common. But a new study could explain why our solar system has no planet Vulcan.
OSIRIS-REx watched its asteroid sample capsule head toward Earth (photos)
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe captured photos during the release of its return capsule last month, preserving the historic moment for posterity.
Astroscale gets up to $80 million for space junk inspection mission
Astroscale just scored up to $80 million from the Japanese government to develop a demonstration mission that will study a large, dead satellite in orbit.
DIY Weather Forecast for the October 14th Eclipse
The October annular eclipse is coming up, and the most important requirement will be clear skies. Here's how to forecast the weather.
Russia pinpoints cause of Luna-25 moon lander's failure
Russia's Luna-25 lander crashed into the moon in August because an onboard control unit failed to shut the spacecraft's thrusters off at the right time, investigators found.
SpaceX poised to launch its 70th mission of the year tonight
SpaceX plans to launch 22 of its Starlink internet satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket tonight (Oct. 4), on the company's 70th orbital mission of the year.
“Planet X” May Have Left Our Solar System Billions of Years Ago
A new understanding of far-off worlds in the outer solar system suggests that if "Planet X" ever existed, it has long since left the vicinity.
The James Webb Space Telescope shines in trailer for new IMAX film 'Deep Sky' (video)
A new trailer for the IMAX documentary "Deep Sky" promises jaw-dropping cosmic shots of the revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and the groundbreaking images it has already produced.
NASA wants a 'lunar freezer' for its Artemis moon missions
NASA has issued a request for "lunar freezer" designs that can safely store materials taken from the moon during planned Artemis program missions.
