ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has taken its first monitoring camera images showing part of the spacecraft with Earth as a stunning backdrop.
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SpaceX's 1st orbital Starship launch: How it will work
SpaceX is gearing up to launch the first orbital-velocity test flight of its combined Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage on Monday (April 17). Here's what to expect.
Europe preps dark matter-hunting Euclid spacecraft for trip to Florida launch site (photos)
Europe's newest space telescope is set to cross the ocean ahead of its planned launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this summer.
Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo ship depart space station today
A robotic SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule is scheduled to depart the International Space Station today (April 15) at 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT), and you can watch it live.
Artificial Intelligence Produces a Sharper Image of M87’s Big Black Hole
Astronomers have used machine learning to sharpen up the Event Horizon Telescope’s first picture of a black hole — an exercise that demonstrates the value of artificial intelligence for fine-tuning cosmic observations.
SpaceX will try to launch 1st Starship orbital flight on April 17
With an FAA launch license newly in hand, SpaceX is officially targeting Monday (April 17) for the first orbital test flight of its huge Starship rocket.
No asteroid impacts needed: Newborn Earth made its own water, study suggests
Contrary to a popular theory that icy comets or asteroids delivered water to a dry newborn Earth, the planet itself may have produced its earliest water supply, a new study suggests.
How do we know how far away and early in the universe galaxies are?
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted galaxies further away in the universe than any other instrument before. How can we be sure these early galaxies aren't closer and more recent?
Gemini
Gemini is one of the 88 constellations in the night sky and is named after the twins Castor and Pollux from Greek mythology. It is located in the northern hemisphere and can be seen from latitudes between +90° and -60°. Here are some interesting facts about the Gemini constellation:
Europe launches spacecraft on eight-year journey to explore Jupiter’s moons
A European Ariane 5 rocket lifts off from the Guiana Space Center with the Juicy Icy Moons Explorer mission. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/JM Guillon
An Ariane 5 rocket took off from French Guiana Friday with the heaviest interplanetary science probe ever launched, kicking off a $1.7 billion European Space Agency mission on a decade-long quest to Jupiter’s icy moons in search of environments that could be habitable for life.
Relive the launch of Europe's JUICE mission to Jupiter in these stunning photos
The European Space Agency (ESA) launched its flagship Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission on Friday (April 14), producing some stunning images in the process.
China's Shenzhou 15 astronauts quietly conduct 3rd spacewalk (video)
China's Shenzhou 15 astronauts completed their third spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station in late March under a cloud of secrecy.
Twinkling Stars Supply the Dust That Leads to Life
When low to medium-mass stars exhaust their supply of hydrogen, they exit their main sequence phase and expand to become red giants – what is known as the Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) phase. Stars in this phase of their evolution become variable (experiences changes in brightness) to shed their outer lays, spreading dust throughout the interstellar medium (ISM) that is crucial to the development of planetary nebulas and protoplanetary systems. For decades, astronomers have sought to better understand the role Red Giant stars play.
James Webb Space Telescope eyes Hubble Ultra Deep Field in stunning detail (photo)
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope looked at the same distant patch of sky that Hubble did, revealing yet more detail in the famous Ultra Deep Field.
SpaceX fires up powerful Falcon Heavy rocket ahead of April 18 launch
SpaceX performed a static fire test with its Falcon Heavy rocket on Thursday (April 13), gearing up for a planned launch on April 18.
'Star Trek: Picard' season 3 episode 9 is a predictable set up to an overkill of nostalgia
With only one or two very minor variations, this third season has become a formulaic, cookie-cutter copy of the previous two
Clearing the air from Apollo to Artemis, NASA tests new CO2 scrubber on space station
A new air filtration system with a magnetic-bearing blower has been installed on the International Space Station. The carbon dioxide scrubber could advance life support for astronauts on the moon.
Venus Lives!
Don’t disbelieve the hype: New evidence for active volcanic vents on our sister planet is convincing.
Bizarre object 10 million times brighter than the sun defies physics, NASA says
A bizarre 'ultraluminous X-ray source' shines millions of times brighter than the sun, breaking a physical law called the Eddington limit, a new study finds.
ESA's JUICE Mission Launches for Jupiter
ESA’s first dedicated mission to Jupiter launches from Guyana Space Center.
Meteorite hunt! Museum offers $25k reward for fragment of Maine space rock
The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum in Bethel is offering a hefty reward for anyone who can produce a significant fragment of a fallen meteorite.
