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November Meteors: Taurids, Leonids and a Surprise Monocerotids Outburst
For the northern hemisphere observers, November is fireball season. This month, keep an eye out for two sure-fire annual meteor…
SpaceX Launches Another 60 Starlink Satellites
In May of 2019, Elon Musk began delivering on his promise to create a constellation of satellites (named Starlink) that…
Watch a Simulation of a Galaxy, From the Big Bang Until the Present Day
The large-scale and highly-detailed TNG50 simulation has allowed scientists to shed new light on the evolution of the cosmos and…
TESS Has Now Captured Almost the Entire Southern Sky. Here’s a Mosaic Made of 15,347 Photographs
NASA has just released a beautiful panoramic image of the southern sky, which is composed of images taken by the…
This Artificial Leaf Turns Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel
Researchers from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, have developed an "artificial leaf" that has the potential to turn carbon emissions…
NASA is Testing a Coating to Help Astronauts and Their Equipment Shed Dangerous Lunar Dust
NASA is developing an advanced new coating that could protect everything from spacecraft systems to astronauts from harmful lunar dust.
The First Stars Formed Very Quickly
Based on a new study, it is possible that the first stars in our Universe formed about 1 billion years…
Boeing’s Starliner Performed its Abort Test Today. One Parachute Failed to Deploy
For years, NASA has been working to restore domestic launch capability to the US and send astronauts to the Moon…
NASA Has a New Method For Cooling Down Electronics Crammed Together in a Spacecraft
Engineers at NASA Goddard have completed flight tests on their revolutionary new cooling system, which has the potential to lead…
Our Guide to the November 11th, 2019 Transit of Mercury Across the Sun
One of the finest spectacles in astronomy is to witness the passage of one object in front of another. This…