NASA's Psyche mission is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on Oct. 5 and begin heading toward its metal-asteroid namesake.
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Hubble Space Telescope sees lonely galaxy looming in isolation (photo)
A distant galaxy sits isolated in a new photo from the powerful observatory.
Musk declares Starship is ready for its second test flight, following stacking
Aerial view of the fully stacked Starship vehicle at Starbase, Texas, on Sept. 6, 2023. Image: SpaceX.
Another SpaceX Starship rocket stands fully integrated against the South Texas horizon and company-founder Elon Musk said from his perspective, they’re ready to launch.
'Star Trek: Lower Decks' drops a wild new Season 4 trailer and official poster (video)
Paramount+ released a new "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Season 4 trailer and official poster ahead of the season premiere on Thursday (Sept. 7).
See the sun's atmosphere like never before thanks to a simple Solar Orbiter camera hack (video)
The European Solar Orbiter spacecraft has peered into yet unexplored parts of the sun's atmosphere thanks to a simple hack to its main camera.
The Space Station is Getting Gigabit Internet
Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts and cosmonauts from many nations are performing vital research that will allow humans to live and work in space. For more than 20 years, the ISS has been a unique platform for conducting microgravity, biology, agriculture, and communications experiments. This includes the ISS broadband internet service, which transmits information at a rate of 600 megabits per second (Mbps) – ten times the global average for internet speeds!
Full Moon Names
Each full moon of the year has traditional names, often rooted in Native American, Colonial American, or other cultural traditions. These names are associated with the seasons and natural phenomena that occur during each month. Here are the names of each month's full moon:
TESS Finds a Planet That Takes 482 Days to Orbit, the Widest it’s Seen so Far
We’re rapidly learning that our Solar System, so familiar to us all, does not represent normal.
Here's our last look at Europe's Aeolus satellite falling to its fiery death (photo)
ESA's wind-measuring Aeolus satellite was spotted before its flaming demise over Antarctica.
Orbiting debris trackers could be a game changer in space junk monitoring
Tiny devices on satellites could soon track small pieces of space debris that are invisible to existing space junk monitoring systems but capable of destroying spacecraft if they collide with it.
Could an 'Earth-like' planet be hiding in our solar system's outer reaches?
A hypothetical Kuiper Belt Planet in the far reaches of our solar system could help explain the peculiar orbits of many trans-Neptunian objects.
JWST Gazes into the Dark Molecular Clouds at the Heart of the Milky Way
There’s an unusual object near the Milky Way’s heart that astronomers call “The Brick.” It’s a massive cloud of gas called an infrared dark cloud (IDC). The Brick is dense and turbulent like others of its type, but for some reason, it shows few signs of star formation.
Caroline Herschel was England's first female professional astronomer, but still lacks name recognition two centuries later
Caroline Herschel, the first English professional female astronomer, made contributions to astronomy that are still important to the field today.
Action-packed Sky: Saturn, Comet Nishimura, and More
September is Saturn's time to shine. We also check on Comet Nishimura — now at 5th magnitude and still brightening — and look forward to a dramatic asteroid occultation. Not to mention that Jupiter just took another hit.
Earliest magnetic galaxy ever detected offers clues about Milky Way history
The magnetic field is a thousand times weaker than Earth’s, but is spread out across 16,000 light years.
Humanity Will Out-Communicate all Life on Earth Within 90 Years
Life on Earth is a glorious dance of data. From the songs of backyard birds to the chemical exchanges of forest trees, the exchange of information between living things is an essential part of its existence and evolution. Humans, too, are a part of that dance, with friendship chats over morning coffee, bold headlines in newspapers, and TikTok videos of teenagers. Right now human data is just one part of Earth’s living data exchange, but it could soon become the overwhelming dominant part. If the same is true for all advanced civilizations, it could impact our search for alien life.
'Ahsoka' season 1 episode 4 review: Fateful encounters and a return
The fourth episode of Ahsoka is an excellent midpoint chapter packed with gorgeous duels and leads into an unpredictable second half of the season.
Eerie, ultra-detailed photo of a lightning 'sprite' exposes one of nature's least understood phenomena
An astronomer in Slovakia captured the rare luminous phenomenon as it briefly flashed in Earth's upper atmosphere during a thunderstorm.
Space junk in Earth orbit and on the moon will increase with future missions − but nobody's in charge of cleaning it up
There's a lot of trash on the moon right now – including nearly 100 bags of human waste. But whose responsibility is it to clean it up?
Camera ‘hack’ lets Solar Orbiter peer deeper into Sun’s atmosphere
Scientists have used Solar Orbiter’s EUI camera in a new mode of operation to record part of the Sun’s atmosphere at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths that has been almost impossible to image until now. This new mode of operation was made possible with a last-minute ‘hack’ to the camera and will almost certainly influence new solar instruments for future missions.
See the half-lit last quarter moon ride the Bull tonight
The half-illuminated moon will have a close encounter with the Bull on Wednesday (Sept. 6) when the last quarter moon rises in Taurus just before midnight.
