Before and after satellite images show lakes appearing across Sahara after deluge of rain soaks desert

Space News - 26 October, 2024 - 16:59
Lakes appearing in the Sahara desert captured in satellite images after a cyclone dumped a years' worth of rain on northern Africa in just a few days.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 134 —Red Moon Rising

Space News - 26 October, 2024 - 16:05
On Episode 134 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Ben Dickow about a magnificent, full-sized shuttle mockup, its history and future plans.

NASA still working to 'correct and rectify' Boeing Starliner issues after 1st test flight with astronauts

Space News - 26 October, 2024 - 16:00
Boeing's Starliner had propulsion issues after launching on its first test mission with astronauts. Six weeks after the mission concluded, NASA is working on what to do next.

Apollo 14 astronaut's personal moon-flown Rolex watch sells for record $2.2 million

Space News - 26 October, 2024 - 15:00
A Rolex watch that was flown to the moon is now the most expensive astronaut timepiece to sell at auction. The personal GMT-Master chronometer worn by Edgar Mitchell sold for $2.2 million.

More than just auroras: My Norwegian adventure with The Northern Lights Company

Space News - 26 October, 2024 - 14:00
Join me on an unforgettable trip filled with breathtaking auroras and exciting daytime adventures with The Northern Lights Company.

Does alien life need a planet to survive? Scientists propose intriguing possibility

Space News - 26 October, 2024 - 12:01
While such organisms may or may not exist in the universe, the research has important implications for future human endeavors in space.

'Star Trek: Lower Decks' scores an inventive interactive graphic novel, 'Warp Your Own Way'

Space News - 26 October, 2024 - 00:00
IDW Publishing just delivered a zany new 'choose your own 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' adventure book, the series' first "interactive graphic novel."

James Webb Space Telescope finds 1st 'failed star' candidates beyond the Milky Way

Space News - 25 October, 2024 - 23:00
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have potentially discovered the first brown dwarfs beyond the borders of the Milky Way galaxy.

See Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS eject a tail of gas and dust as it flies past the sun (photos)

Space News - 25 October, 2024 - 22:00
Watch comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS light up the sky thanks to a free livestream on Monday, Oct. 21.

'Alien: Romulus' sequel in the works, new 'Alien vs. Predator' will 'probably' happen

Space News - 25 October, 2024 - 21:00
Hot on the heels of Alien: Romulus' success at the global box office, Disney and 20th Century Studios are fast-tracking a direct sequel.

NASA's Robonaut-2 reunited with its ride into space at Smithsonian

Space News - 25 October, 2024 - 17:00
NASA's space shuttle Discovery has been reunited with one of its last crew members. The National Air and Space Museum debuted Robonaut-2 (R2), NASA's first dexterous humanoid robot flown into space.

NASA's solar-sailing spacecraft has a bent boom in Earth orbit (photo)

Space News - 25 October, 2024 - 16:26
The technology-demonstrating Advanced Composite Solar Sail System has a bent boom in Earth orbit, but NASA says it shouldn't be a big deal.

A meteorite 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing asteroid helped life on Earth flourish

Space News - 25 October, 2024 - 16:00
The destructive power of asteroids is undeniable — just ask the dinosaurs. New research suggests a huge space rock that struck Earth over 3 billion years ago may have benefitted early life.

Listen to haunting sounds of Earth's magnetic field flipping 41,000 years ago in eerie new animation

Space News - 25 October, 2024 - 15:00
A new video shows how Earth's magnetic field weakened and warped before temporarily flipping during a recent "polar reversal event."

'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 5 episodes 1 and 2: Green Orions vs. Blue Orions, what's the difference?

Space News - 25 October, 2024 - 14:00
D'Vana Tendi gets back to her Orion roots in "Star Trek: Lower Decks" season 5's opening episodes — and her species has a very long history in "Star Trek."

Massive, bustling Perseus galaxy cluster dazzles in new telescope image

Space News - 25 October, 2024 - 12:00
Deep in the heart of the massive Perseus cluster, giant galaxies stir, stars are torn from their homes and hot gas radiates at more than 1 million degrees Celsius.

Crew-8 astronauts splash down on SpaceX Dragon Endeavour after weather delays (video)

Space News - 25 October, 2024 - 09:55
Crew-8 is back on Earth after an extended mission and a wait for the weather to clear. Matt Dominick, Mike Barratt, Jeanette Epps and Alexander Grebenkin splashed down on Dragon Endeavour.

Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace plans to start launching space tourists in 2027

Space News - 24 October, 2024 - 23:00
Chinese company Deep Blue Aerospace plans to start launching customers to suborbital space and back in 2027, for a price of about $210,000 per seat.

Watch sun erupt in 1st images from NOAA's groundbreaking new satellite (photos)

Space News - 24 October, 2024 - 22:00
NOAA shared new images taken by the world's first operational space-based coronagraph, CCOR-1, captured during a solar storm outburst.

Breakthrough coming? Iceland could get solar power from space in 2030

Space News - 24 October, 2024 - 16:00
A British startup plans to supply solar power from space to Icelanders by 2030, in what could be the world's first demonstration of the novel renewable energy source.

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