An Indian Space Research Organisation rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft lifts off on July 14, 2023. India readied Wednesday to become the first nation to land a spacecraft on the…
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Clearspace-1 space debris cleanup target struck by space debris
The target for a space debris cleanup mission is apparently in pieces. A leftover rocket adapter, expected to be removed from low Earth orbit in 2026, has new pieces of…
Chicago stargazers find more light pollution and wildfires are obscuring the skies
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Some of Drew Carhart’s earliest memories remind him of his love of nature. Not just trees, flowers or birds—but the stars, planets and galaxies visible in…
Scientists introduce the design and application prospect of China’s Tiangong space station
Configuration diagram of Tiangong space station. Credit: Space: Science & Technology China’s manned space project was approved in 1992 with a three-step strategic plan, and building a space station is…
Hundred-Year Storms? That’s How Long They Last on Saturn
The largest storm in the solar system, a 10,000-mile-wide anticyclone called the Great Red Spot, has decorated Jupiter’s surface for hundreds of years. A huge storm dominates the rather featureless…
One giant step: Moon race heats up
Only Russia, the US and China have landed safely on the Moon’s surface. The crash landing on the Moon of Russia’s Luna-25 probe is the latest twist in an international…
Celestron EclipSmart 12x50mm porro solar binoculars review
With two solar eclipses coming up in North America everyone’s focusing on getting the best view, but do you need the kind of magnification offered by the Celestron EclipSmart 12x50mm…
Image: Hubble captures cosmic cluster
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, H. Ebeling. The massive cluster Abell 3322 is featured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in which the galaxy 2MASX J05101744-4519179 basks in…
Both Artemis mobile launchers see action
Credit: CC0 Public Domain NASA’s Artemis program has one tower standing and one just getting started. Mobile launcher 1 (ML-1), which endured some significant damage after its use on the…
