Venus' 'missing' giant impact craters may be hiding in plain sight

Space News - 7 November, 2024 - 12:00
Venus' wrinkled, deformed "tesserae" terrain may be ancient impact features the size of continents, a new study suggests.

SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites from California early Nov. 9

Space News - 7 November, 2024 - 00:00
SpaceX plans to launch 20 Starlink internet satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from California early Saturday morning (Nov. 9).

Sun erupts with powerful X2.3 solar flare, triggers radio blackouts (video)

Space News - 6 November, 2024 - 22:59
A X2.3 solar flare Wednesday morning (Nov. 6), leading to shortwave radio blackouts for parts of the southern hemisphere.

'Interstellar' gets 10th anniversary deluxe 4K UHD and Blu-ray collector's edition

Space News - 6 November, 2024 - 18:00
A preview of Paramount's new "Interstellar" 10th anniversary limited edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray set.

Recruiting the world’s first disabled astronaut doesn't mean space travel is inclusive – here’s how to change that

Space News - 6 November, 2024 - 17:00
Despite the rapid growth in the number of space travellers, underrepresented population groups are still left behind, particularly those with disabilities. So how can space agencies and “space tourism” companies make spaceflight more inclusive for disabled astronauts?

Hera asteroid probe 'waves goodbye' at Earth and moon from 2.3 million miles away (image)

Space News - 6 November, 2024 - 16:00
The moon is getting smaller in the window.

New NASA coronagraph will measure temperature, speed of solar wind from ISS

Space News - 6 November, 2024 - 15:00
We're about to learn more about the solar wind, thanks to NASA's Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX), which just arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft.

NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft finds 'danger zones' around stars

Space News - 6 November, 2024 - 14:00
Using NASA's Chandra spacecraft, astronomers have found "danger zones" for worlds where planet-birthing disks are blasted with high-energy radiation from massive young stars and rapidly disintegrate.

Supernova hides in new Hubble Telescope galaxy 'light show' image (photo)

Space News - 6 November, 2024 - 12:00
A celestial light show illuminates a distant spiral galaxy, where a hidden supernova briefly outshines its stellar neighbors in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope sees 'knots' blasting from nearby black hole jets

Space News - 6 November, 2024 - 01:00
A fresh analysis of decades-old X-ray black hole jet data has revealed bright, lumpy features with mysterious speed changes.

World's 1st wooden satellite arrives at ISS for key orbital test

Space News - 6 November, 2024 - 00:00
LignoSat could help change the way we build satellites.

Satellite survives impact with object in space, takes selfie to prove it (photos)

Space News - 5 November, 2024 - 23:00
The 6mm hole was discovered accidentally in footage from an onboard camera.

Astronomers spot unusually synchronized star formation in ancient galaxy for 1st time

Space News - 5 November, 2024 - 22:00
An old galaxy reveals clusters of young stars that have formed in an unusually synchronized fashion, challenging the idea that star formation declines as galaxies age.

Matthew McConaughey unveils otherworldly aliens in upcoming sci-fi game 'Exodus' (videos)

Space News - 5 November, 2024 - 18:00
Matthew McConaughey narrates four new cinematic teaser trailers for out-of-this-world alien creatures in upcoming sci-fi role playing game "Exodus."

Satellites can now spot plastic trash on Earth's beaches from space (photo)

Space News - 5 November, 2024 - 17:00
"This is incredibly exciting, as up to now we have not had a tool for detecting plastics in coastal environments from space."

Newfound dead star spins record-breaking 716 times a second, explodes with thermonuclear blasts

Space News - 5 November, 2024 - 16:00
The neutron star 4U 1820-30 is one of the fastest spinning bodies in the universe, spinning at 716 times a second and erupting like an atomic bomb, NASA's NICER telescope has found.

'Vega continues to be unusual:' Lack of planets around young star puzzles astronomers

Space News - 5 November, 2024 - 15:00
A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega has found a surprising lack of planets.

Sharp 'lobster vision:' China's Einstein Probe space telescope already making discoveries during commissioning phase

Space News - 5 November, 2024 - 14:00
China's Einstein Probe, an X-ray telescope in Earth orbit, has already made several discoveries during its initial commissioning phase.

Save $300 on the HTC VIVE Pro 2 VR headset, the best high-resolution option

Space News - 5 November, 2024 - 12:20
You can save $300 on this early Black Friday VR headset deal as the HTC VIVE Pro 2 headset, the best high-resolution model out there, is on offer.

Asteroid-mining company AstroForge gets 1st-ever FCC license for commercial deep-space mission

Space News - 5 November, 2024 - 12:00
AstroForce has received a commercial license for operating and communicating with a mission headed to a near-Earth asteroid, the first to be granted for beyond Earth orbit.

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