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ESA’s Euclid mission will create a 3D-map of the Universe that scientists will use to measure the properties of dark energy and dark matter and uncover the nature of these mysterious components. The map will contain a vast amount of data, it will cover more than a third of the sky and its third dimension will represent time spanning 10 billion years of cosmic history.
Don’t miss one of the best meteor displays of 2023, as the Perseids peak this coming weekend.
Where is all of the water around hyperactive comets coming from? A recent article asked if it could be “Ice, Ice, Maybe?” and concluded that it likely isn’t.
The Artemis 2 crew, standing in from of their Artemis spacecraft, discusses their planned 2024 around-the-moon flight with reporters at the Kennedy Space Center. Left to right: commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now.
NASA’s four Artemis 2 astronauts, getting their first look at the Orion capsule that will carry them around the moon next year, said seeing the hardware first hand and meeting the men and women building the spacecraft brought home the reality of their historic mission.
Levels of potentially harmful chemicals found in dust collected by filtration systems aboard the International Space Station are greater than those in floor dust found in U.S. homes.
Penguin Random House is releasing "The Official Dune Coloring Book" in September 2023.
September's "Legends: Hollywood & Royalty" auction features many priceless "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" props.
Virgin Galactic has announced the crew of its second commercial spaceflight mission, set to launch Aug. 10.
A Russian rocket body fell back to Earth near southern Australia on Monday night (Aug. 7), putting on quite a show for observers in the region.
The Ingenuity helicopter continues to explore the landscape around Jezero Crater on Mars, now more than 800 days into its original 30-day demonstration mission. Recently, Ingenuity completed its 54th flight on the Red Planet. However, things haven’t gone exactly to plan the past several weeks.
Artemis 2 will be a shakedown mission for humans to go around the moon on the new Orion spacecraft. Its crew says they want to pave the road for moon landing missions.
A day on Earth last about 24 hours. The word “about” in that sentence does a lot of heavy lifting because Earth’s rate of rotation changes all the time. Not by much, only fractions of milliseconds, but it means our common 24-hour day only really applies at human scales.
A trio of miniature autonomous NASA rovers will soon head for the moon, with the aim of boosting the efficiency of exploration missions.
A powerful solar flare disrupted radio and navigation signals across North America on Monday and prompted space weather forecasters to issue warnings because of energetic particles hitting Earth.
This compact multifunctional flashlight meets headlamp combo has quickly become our go-to light for outdoor adventures.
Image: With Portugal in the grip of a heatwave, a wildfire broke out on 5 August south of Odemira in the Alentejo region in southern Portugal. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission, shows the fire on 7 August.
A new AI algorithm programmed to hunt for potentially dangerous near-Earth asteroids has spotted its first space rock.
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity snapped a photo of the Perseverance rover on Aug. 3, during the chopper's 54th Red Planet flight.
The moon will dance with the Seven Sisters during the early morning on Wednesday, Aug. 9, during a close approach to this fascinating open star cluster.
Boldly go where no one has gone before with our in-depth, ranked list of the best Star Trek games of all time.
The moon will be half illuminated by the sun on Tuesday, Aug. 8, during its last quarter phase, exactly midway between the completely lit full moon and the fully dark new moon.
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