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Artemis 1 is Launching in February

By sjohnston - October 30, 2021 06:04 PM UTC | Missions

New Idea: Use the Starship HLS to Create a Lunar Base!

By Matthew Williams - October 30, 2021 03:31 PM UTC | Space Exploration

An international team presented a new idea for a lunar base at 2021 IAC this week: use the Starship HLS to create the habitat!

Quick Action Let Hubble Watch the Earliest Stages of an Unfolding Supernova Detonation

By Evan Gough - October 29, 2021 04:32 PM UTC | Observing

The Sun Blasted Out a Huge Flare and CME; We Could See Auroras on Halloween

By Nancy Atkinson - October 29, 2021 01:51 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Lightweight, Flexible Lens Could be the Future of Space Telescopes

By Andy Tomaswick - October 29, 2021 01:04 AM UTC | Telescopes

"Mechazilla" is Getting its Arms. Now it can Catch Starships!

By Matthew Williams - October 28, 2021 12:59 PM UTC | Space Exploration

The "Mechazilla" Launch Tower at SpaceX's Boca Chica Launch Facility in south Texas just got a pair of "chopstick" arms!

Proposed Centaur Mission Could Catch Comets in the Act of Formation

By David Dickinson - October 28, 2021 09:41 AM UTC | Missions

A recent plan would send a Centaur mission to Jupiter's orbit and follow a comet through formation.

A Mars Colony Could be a Hydrogen Factory, Providing Propellant for the Inner Solar System

By Andy Tomaswick - October 28, 2021 02:54 AM UTC | Space Exploration

Early Earth was Pummeled 10x More Than Previously Estimated

By Andy Tomaswick - October 28, 2021 02:31 AM UTC | Planetary Science

Researchers Use Ancient Literature to Track 3,000 Years of Auroras

By Evan Gough - October 27, 2021 07:07 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

The Radio Signal From Proxima Centauri Came From Earth After All

By mcimone - October 27, 2021 05:09 PM UTC | Exoplanets

This is How You Get Moons. An Earth-Sized World Just got Pummeled by Something Huge.

By Evan Gough - October 27, 2021 03:35 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Apparently, This Nebula Looks Like Godzilla. Do you see it?

By Nancy Atkinson - October 27, 2021 02:31 PM UTC | Extragalactic

Artemis 1 Comes Together as the Orion Capsule is Stacked on Top of the Space Launch System

By Matthew Williams - October 26, 2021 10:31 PM UTC | Missions

The Artemis I rocket has been fully stacked is ready for the final tests before launch!

A new Climate Model Suggests That Venus Never had Oceans

By Matthew Williams - October 25, 2021 11:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study has cast doubt on whether or not Venus ever had oceans, challenging the notion that it was once a potentially-habitable world.

Primordial Gravitational Waves Continue to Elude Astronomers

By Brian Koberlein - October 23, 2021 12:30 PM UTC | Cosmology

New observations put further constraints on primordial gravitational waves, but still haven't found them yet.

The Early Solar System Had a Gap Where the Asteroid Belt is Today

By Evan Gough - October 22, 2021 07:01 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A map of River Beds on Titan for Dragonfly to Explore

By Andy Tomaswick - October 21, 2021 10:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science

I Could Look at James Webb Unboxing Pictures all Day

By Matthew Williams - October 21, 2021 05:21 PM UTC | Telescopes

Crews at the Guyanese Space Center recently "unboxed" the James Webb Space Telescope and are now getting it ready for launch on Dec. 18th!

Uh oh, one of Lucy's Solar Arrays Hasn't Latched Properly

By Andy Tomaswick - October 21, 2021 11:22 AM UTC | Missions