Venus reaches its point of greatest western elongation on June 1, at which time the dazzling ‘morning star’ will be at its most distant point from the sun in Earth‘s…
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Satellite megaconstellations threaten radio astronomy observations, expert warns
Satellite mega constellations could place “radio quiet” in jeopardy. Credit: NOIRLab/NSF For years, the commercial space sector has been abuzz about the prospect of satellite “super constellations” in Earth orbit.…
Elon Musk says SpaceX will launch its biggest Starship yet by year’s end, but Mars in 2026 is ’50/50′
SpaceX is still shooting for Mars next year with its giant Starship rocket, despite some recent explosive hiccups with the megarocket. That was one of the takeaways from a new…
Simulation tracks complete journey of gravitational wave through black hole spacetime
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a new Physical Review Letters study, researchers have successfully followed a gravitational wave’s complete journey from the infinite past to the infinite future as it…
China’s Tianwen-2 is off to collect an asteroid sample
Credit: Universe Today Asteroids are the ancient remnants of our solar system’s birth, rocky fragments that never formed into planets. Most of these celestial wanderers inhabit the asteroid belt between…
Scientists capture sharpest ever views of sun’s corona (video)
The sun’s outer atmosphere — the corona — has long intrigued scientists due to its extreme temperatures, violent eruptions and towering prominences — vast filaments of plasma extending out from…
China launches space probe seeking asteroid samples
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain China on Thursday launched a space probe on the country’s first mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid and bring them home for research, the Xinhua…
Watch Rocket Lab launch private Earth-observing satellite to orbit tonight
Rocket Lab plans to launch an Earth-observing satellite for the company BlackSky tonight (May 28), and you can watch the action live. An Electron rocket is scheduled to lift off…
What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?
The sun sets as seen between buildings along 42nd Street in New York, May 30, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, file Twice a year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated…
NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global temperatures. How is that possible?
Antarctica has gained ice in recent years, despite increasing average global temperatures and climate change, a new study finds. Using data from NASA satellites, researchers from Tongji University in Shanghai…
