United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch the Silent Barker mission on Tuesday (Aug. 29) on the behalf of the Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
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India's Chandrayaan-3 takes the moon's temperature near lunar south pole for 1st time
Chandrayaan-3 creates first temperature profile near the moon's south pole; ISRO offers more updates on the historic lunar mission.
NASA’s New Horizons Mission Still Threatened
The New Horizons spacecraft that studied Pluto and Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth continues its pioneering exploration of the Kuiper Belt. However, that might soon end if NASA doesn’t change course. The New Horizons science team has been told by NASA that the mission as they know it is slated to end September 30, 2024.
Fast Radio Burst Roundup
They’re powerful, they’re fast, and we aren’t sure about what causes them, but astronomers are closer than ever to understanding the source of mysterious fast radio bursts.
Quantum 'yin-yang' shows two photons being entangled in real-time
The stunning experiment, which reconstructs the properties of entangled photons from a 2D interference pattern, could be used to design faster quantum computers.
Pragyan, Vikram, Vikas: How the names of India's Chandrayaan-3 moon mission were chosen
As India steadily establishes its roots in space exploration, Sanskrit, whose use sharply declined after the 13th century, seems to be once again coming into the limelight.
Landslides on Mars suggest water once surrounded Olympus Mons, tallest volcano in the solar system
A wrinkled patch of land near the volcano's northern region likely formed when blisteringly hot lava oozed out of the summit millions of years ago, hitting water ice at the mountain's base.
Huginn begins
Image: Andreas Mogensen enters the Space Station
Droplets unite!
Dropcoal, short for Drop Coalescence, is a research project that studies how droplets form in space and on Earth. The results will grant insights into raindrop and cloud formation, fuel combustion and interactions between materials, all with broad implications for industry and academy. They also play a crucial role in administering medicine to astronauts during lengthy and far-reaching space missions.
August's Blue Moon, the biggest full moon of 2023, rises this week
In addition to its "supermoon" status, this particular full moon will be the second to occur in the month of August, making the full moon on Aug. 30 also branded as a "Blue" moon.
Astronauts' immune systems could be disturbed by microgravity, scientists find
As a new era of crewed space exploration comes into view, scientists are assessing the impacts of microgravity and space environments on astronauts' immune systems.
International crew arrive at space station aboard SpaceX Dragon Endurance
The 11 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station: Crew-7, front row, left to right: Konstantin Borisov, Andreas Mogensen, Jasmin Moghbeli and Satoshi Furukawa; second row, left to right: UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, Soyuz MS-23/69S astronaut Frank Rubio, MS 23/69S commander Sergey Prokopyev, Crew-6 pilot Woody Hoburg and Crew-6 commander Stephen Bowen; floating upside down, left to right: Soyuz MS-23/69S cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin and Crew-6 cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. Image: NASA TV.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon ferry ship docked at the International Space Station Sunday after a 29-hour rendezvous, bringing four fresh crew members to the lab to replace four others wrapping up a six-month stay in orbit.
Live coverage: Japan to launch new X-ray space telescope
A next-generation X-ray space telescope and an experimental lunar lander are poised for launch Sunday from Japan. An H-2A rocket is scheduled to liftoff from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:26 p.m. EDT (9:26 a.m. local time / 0026 UTC).
The Early Universe Should Be Awash in Active Galaxies, but JWST Isn't Finding Them
For decades the most distant objects we could see were quasars. We now know they are powerful active black holes. Active galactic nuclei so distant that they resemble star-like points of light. It tells us that supermassive black holes in the early Universe can be powerful monsters that drive the evolution of their galaxies. We had thought most early supermassive black holes went through such an active phase, but a new study suggests most supermassive black holes don’t.
New 'Starfield' live-action trailer slingshots fans straight into the cosmos (video)
Bethesda Studios and Microsoft share a new live-action "Starfield" trailer from Gamescon 2023.
Which U.S. states will October's 'ring of fire' solar eclipse be visible from?
On October 14, 2023, the Americas will experience a partial solar eclipse, but from only eight U.S. states will it be possible to see the 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse.
Meet Crew 7: A truly international space mission
Dragon Endurance features crew members representing four different nations. The mission is commanded by NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli. The pilot is the European Space Agency’s Andreas Mogensen from Denmark. Mission specialists are Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov.
Contrails: What are they and how do they form?
Condensation trails, or contrails, are long, thin clouds that can form behind airplanes at cruising altitude. They are created by jet engines.
Ukraine's famed space sector is teetering on the brink, and Russian missiles aren't the main cause
Ukraine's former space chief thinks lost international collaborations are causing even greater harm to his nation's space sector than Russian missile strikes.
