Artificial intelligence experts have been challenged to join astronomers in the hunt for planets outside the solar system as part of the Ariel Data Challenge 2023, launched on 14 April.
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Playmobil Klingon Bird of Prey review
Should you buy the iconic Klingon warship?
Starship up close! See giant SpaceX rocket lift off in slo-mo launch tower video
A new video filmed from Starship's launch tower gets you up close and personal with Thursday's (April 20) landmark liftoff of the giant SpaceX vehicle.
NASA chief hails SpaceX's 1st Starship launch despite explosion
NASA leaders congratulated SpaceX on the launch of the massive Starship vehicle that will play a key part in the agency's upcoming Artemis moon missions.
This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 21 – 30
The Moon hops past Venus and then Mars. Hydra snakes up, the Pointers point down, and the Arch of Spring spans the west.
Earth from Space: Rome, Italy
Image: The historic centre of Rome, Italy’s capital city, is featured in this image captured on 28 March 2023.
Mount Everest from Space
Earth is a favorite target for the cameras and astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). This week, NASA shared an amazing picture of the Himalayan mountain range as seen from space. This jagged set of mountains stretches out across Asia above the Indian subcontinent and is home to Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth. It’s centered in the image.
Watch Cygnus cargo spacecraft leave the space station Friday morning
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo spacecraft will depart the International Space Station on Friday morning (April 21), and you can watch the action live.
Dead NASA satellite crashes to Earth over the Sahara Desert
NASA's dead, 660-pound (300 kilograms) RHESSI spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday night (April 19) near the Sudan-Egypt border.
Watching SpaceX's Starship launch as the world's largest rocket felt simply unreal (video)
Here's what it was like to see (and hear) SpaceX's Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, lift off for the first time.
SpaceX veterans create startup to power spacecraft with moon water
Argos Space received $2 million of funding recently to create water-powered spacecraft. The company aims to start in Earth orbit and then mine the moon for more water.
NASA Was Hoping for 5 Helicopter Flights on Mars. Ingenuity Just Completed its 50th!
The Ingenuity chopper on Mars is the little helicopter that just keeps on going. It’s doing that, even as it takes on flights over some pretty tough ground on the Red Planet. On April 13, Ingenuity made its 50th flight of the mission, 45 more than it was originally scheduled to do.
SpaceX launches largest rocket ever built, but test flight ends in explosion
SpaceX’s Starship rocket, nearly 40 stories tall, climbs off its launch pad at the Starbase launch site in South Texas. Credit: Trevor Mahlmann / Spaceflight Now
After years of anticipation, SpaceX launched the first test flight of its full-scale Starship rocket Thursday from South Texas, but the mission ended four minutes later as the vehicle veered out of control and self-destructed over the Gulf of Mexico following multiple engine failures.
The Perseverance Rover has Lost its Pet Rock
It’s the end of an era, at least for the Perseverance rover on Mars, who has lost a long-time friend.
SpaceX Starship's explosive test flight: What we saw
SpaceX's Starship packed a lot of action into its four minutes of flight today (April 20). Here are some important moments that caught our eye.
SpaceX Starship's debut launch attempt seen from space (satellite photo)
An American weather satellite witnessed the semi-successful debut launch of SpaceX's Starship megarocket from space.
Solar eclipse from space! Watch the moon's shadow sweep across Earth in satellite footage (video)
The hybrid solar eclipse of April 19 was spotted from space, when a Japanese satellite caught the shadow of the moon racing across the face of Earth.
Solar Orbiter Continues to Get Closer to the Sun, Revealing More and More With Each Pass
On April 10th, ESA’s Solar Orbiter made its closest flyby of the Sun, coming to within just 29% of the distance from the Earth to the Sun. From this vantage point, the spacecraft is performing close-up studies of our Sun and inner heliosphere. This is basically uncharted territory, as we’ve never had a spacecraft this close to the Sun.
See dwarf planet Haumea at its closest to Earth in 285 years tonight
Dwarf planet Haumea reaches both opposition and perigee on April 20, making this a prime opportunity to see the dwarf planet in the night sky.
Relive SpaceX's explosive 1st Starship test flight in these incredible launch photos
SpaceX launched a fully stacked Starship on April 20 in an epic first test flight that led to some incredible launch pictures.
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