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James Webb Space Telescope explores monster star supercluster Westerlund 1 (image)

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a detailed look at the Milky Way's monstrous young supercluster Westerlund 1.

Space

This “Antiquated” Star Trek Tech Could Actually Be The Future Of Space Travel

Les Johnson, a leading expert on solar sails for NASA, breaks down the science, and the science fiction of solar sails in Star Trek, and other sci-fi.

Inverse

'Cataclysmic' solar storm hit Earth around 2687 years ago, ancient tree rings reveal

If this colossal solar storm hit our technologically advanced world the effects would have been devastating.

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The Guardian view on Nasa’s next frontier: exploring the hidden oceans of Uranus is worth it

Editorial: What lies beneath this ice giant’s surface might be the potential for life – but not as we know it

The Guardian - UK

Watch a mesmerizing simulation of the sun’s behavior from NASA (video)

The sun's complex behavior still holds many mysteries.

Space

Warm up this holiday season with NASA's new SLS rocket engine fireplace (video)

NASA has given us a holiday treat — a virtual fireplace lit by the engines of its Space Launch System moon rocket.

Space

2 space telescope designs will battle it out to become NASA's next cosmic imager

Whichever mission NASA selects to image the cosmos next should launch by 2032. Here are the two contenders.

Space

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Happy Thanksgiving from space! What Turkey Day dinner looks like for NASA astronauts on ISS (video)

The four NASA astronauts currently living on the International Space Station wished us all a happy Thanksgiving — and revealed what they'll be feasting on this Turkey Day.

Space

NASA's Europa Clipper probe deploys 1st science instruments en route to Jupiter

NASA's Europa Clipper mission has successfully deployed its magnetometer's boom and several antennas for its radar instrument as it continues on its journey toward Jupiter's ice-covered moon.

Space

Japan's priceless asteroid Ryugu sample got 'rapidly colonized' by Earth bacteria

A sample of the asteroid Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 mission was rapidly colonized by terrestrial microorganisms, new research has revealed.

Space

Goodnight moon! Astronomers snap photo of Earth's departing mini-moon

Astronomers used the Two-meter Twin Telescope to catch a "see-you-soon" image of the asteroid 2024 PT5 as it ended its stint as Earth's second moon on Monday (Nov. 25).

Space

China's Tianzhou 7 spacecraft burns up in Earth's atmosphere to end cargo mission (video)

The Tianzhou 7 spacecraft undocked from China's Tiangong space station on Nov. 10 and reentered Earth's atmosphere at around 8:25 a.m. EST (1325 GMT) on Nov. 17.

Space

Powerful new Vulcan Centaur rocket gearing up for 1st Space Force mission

The new Vulcan Centaur rocket's first launch for the U.S. Space Force will come at an exciting time for the spaceflight industry.

Space

How China plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2030 (video)

China's human spaceflight agency has released a video detailing its plans for a first crewed mission to the moon, including progress on lunar hardware.

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SpaceX's Starlink Direct-To-Cell Service Gets Commercial License From FCC: Here's What It Means

Elon Musk-led SpaceX has obtained a commercial license from the FCC for its Starlink Direct-to-Cell service.

Space

Magnetic tornadoes on Jupiter are spawning Earth-size storms

Magnetic vortices twisting down from Jupiter's ionosphere into its deep atmosphere cause giant, ultraviolet-absorbing polar anticyclones, each the size of our Earth.

Space

International Space Station dodges 2nd piece of space junk in 6 days

A Russian Progress freighter docked to the ISS fired its thrusters Monday (Nov. 25) to dodge a piece of debris, the second such evasive maneuver for the orbiting lab in less than a week.

Space

New Japanese rocket engine explodes during testing for 2nd time in 16 months

An engine hot fire test for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's new Epsilon S rocket ended prematurely when the engine caught fire and exploded.

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Earth's mini-moon has finally departed. Will it ever return as a 'second moon?'

Departing on Monday (Nov. 25), Earth's recent "mini-moon" asteroid 2024 PT5 didn't stick around for Thanksgiving, but don't be sad. It will be back... but will it ever be a second moon again?

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Mercury Is In Retrograde: These Are The Most Impacted Zodiac Signs, According To Astrologers

“It does have a reputation for causing chaos” The post Mercury Is In Retrograde: These Are The Most Impacted Zodiac Signs, According To Astrologers first appeared on Bored Panda.

Space

'Flame-throwing' Guitar Nebula's concert caught by Hubble and Chandra space telescopes (video)

NASA telescope spotted a glowing nebula that looks like a guitar shredding rapid pulses of stellar material through space like soundwaves through a packed concert stadium.

Space

'Hidden black hole' devouring curious star exposed by new X-ray space telescope

In a "rite of passage," the JAXA/NASA X-ray telescope XRISM has mapped in detail Cygnus X-3, a curious binary system with a potential black hole feasting stellar winds blowing from a massive star.

Space

Mars may have made its 2 moons by ripping an asteroid apart

A new theory proposes that Phobos and Deimos resulted from the wreckage of a larger asteroid that wandered too close to Mars and was ripped apart.

Benzinga

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Dismisses Elon Musk's Mars Vision: SpaceX CEO Hits Back, Says 'They Really Don't Get It'

American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson dismissed Elon Musk's ambitions to send people to Mars, saying that unless there is a push caused by a shift in geopolitics, it will not be possible as a pure exploration project.

Space

A super-Earth beyond Mars would have made Earth nearly uninhabitable

A pair of planetary scientists simulated how our solar system might have evolved if it had a super-Earth orbiting where the asteroid belt is today. The results are enough to make you grateful that we only have eight planets.

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