A NASA spacecraft is about to give astronomers an epic early Christmas present with the closest ever flyby of the sun on Dec. 24, but if you’re wondering exactly when…
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NASA cameras to capture interaction between Blue Ghost lander, moon’s surface
One of the SCALPSS cameras is visible here mounted to the Blue Ghost lander. Credit: Firefly Say cheese again, moon. We’re coming in for another close-up. For the second time…
The moon might be older than scientists previously thought; a new study shines light on its history
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A physicist, a chemist and a mathematician walk into a bar. It sounds like the start of a bad joke, but in my case, it was…
‘Clone Wars’ Anakin leaps to live-action in BTS clip for new ‘Ahsoka’ 4K Steelbook (exclusive)
Just in time for Old St. Nick’s annual trek across the sky and straight down your chimney, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, which now handles all of Disney’s physical media production…
Dreaming of a white Christmas? Snow is likely in these US states according to NOAA climate data
The countdown to the holidays is on, and if you’re dreaming of a white Christmas, NOAA has a list of the locations most likely to have one. The National Oceanic…
Report analyzes long history of NASA support for commercial space
The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov approaches the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above Ontario, Canada, near James…
Clever trick to cook young stars detected for first time—astronomers highlight magnetic fields as the missing ingredient
Astronomers have found evidence of magnetic fields associated with a disc of gas and dust a few hundred light-years across deep inside a system of two merging galaxies known as…
NASA space telescopes give Christmas Tree Cluster a festive makeover (photos)
We’ve all looked for shapes in Earth’s clouds. But what about shapes in space clouds? If you glance at NGC 2264, you’ll see very quickly why this cluster of stars…
Distant blazar discovery supports rapid black hole formation in the early universe
Artist’s impression of the bright, very early active galactic nucleus that was found by Bañados and his colleagues, which has fundamental implications for black hole growth in the earliest billion…
Private Japanese rocket explodes after liftoff in its 2nd launch failure of 2024 (photos)
Japanese startup Space One lost another rocket today (Dec. 18) when its Kairos 2 launch vehicle failed shortly after liftoff. Space One was aiming to be the first private Japanese…
