The sun is an amazing celestial object. It is not only at the heart of our solar system and our local star, but it is fascinating and its appearance changes…
Category: Astronomy
DJI Mini 4 Pro review
One of DJI’s more unexpected launches late in 2023, considering the DJI Mini 3 Pro was only launched in spring 2022, was the DJI Mini 4 Pro, which has become…
Boeing’s 1st Starliner astronaut launch delayed again, to May 6
The first crewed launch of Boeing’s new Starliner capsule has been delayed by an additional five days, to May 6. NASA and Boeing had been targeting May 1 for the…
Stars, planets and more will be visible during the total solar eclipse on April 8. Here’s where to look
An observer in or near the path of totality for the April 8 solar eclipse, can make useful observations of the appearance of the moon’s shadow projected on the Earth’s…
The 2024 total solar eclipse is 1 week away. Here’s what you need to know.
There’s only one week left until the total solar eclipse 2024 is visible across North America! Are you ready? Memories will be made when the moon crosses in front of…
Life on Enceladus? Europe eyes astrobiology mission to Saturn ocean moon
Europe could be heading to the Saturn moon Enceladus in search of life, according to a new report from planetary scientists who are masterminding a future large-class mission to the…
1st Boeing Starliner astronauts are ready to launch to the ISS for NASA (exclusive)
HOUSTON — Two former U.S. Navy test pilots, now NASA astronauts, can’t wait to finally get their hands on a new spacecraft. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams told Space.com and…
NASA’s Lucy asteroid-hopping spacecraft pins down ages of 1st asteroid targets
Last November, when NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew past its first official asteroid target named Dinkinesh, it found the space rock was not one, not two but three rocks huddled together.…
A flight out of this world
Rovers have roamed its alien terrain, scooping up rock samples and searching for signs of microbial life in basins once awash with water. An illustration of the Mars Aerial Ground…
‘Mother of Dragons’ Comet Visible in the Night Sky
Comets are ancient cosmic icebergs. They are roughly 4.6 billion years old and formed at the same time as the Sun, Earth and the other planets. Gravitational interactions fling them towards…
