SpaceX’s Crew-8 astronaut mission begin the trip home to Earth Sunday morning (Oct. 13), and you can watch the action live. Crew-8’s Dragon capsule, named Endeavour, is scheduled to undock…
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Lightning storms play cosmic pinball with space weather
Visualization showing how magnetic field lines, thin cyan lines, circling Earth can trap charged particles, thin yellow lines. Credit: UCLA EPSS/NASA SVS When lightning strikes, the electrons come pouring down. In…
Astronomers find Webb data conflict with reionization models
Simulation of galaxies ionizing hydrogen gas (bright areas) during the epoch of Reionization. Credit: M. Alvarez, R. Kaehler, and T. Abel / European Southern Observatory (ESO). Reionization is a critical…
We have the satellite data to show climate change is real. Now what?
Space programs are often concerned with what’s happening “out there” in the universe, a large portion of what space agencies like NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) do is…
Scientists long urged NASA to search for signs of life near Jupiter; now it’s happening
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In 2015, Bill Nye was on Marine One with President Obama. The television personality and science advocate was officially there for an Earth Day event, but…
I have reviewed all of the best star projectors and these are the only Prime Day deals worth considering
As with every major sales event — Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and now ‘Amazon Big Deal Days’ — we often see discounts on star projectors. However, not…
Hera probe heads off to see aftermath of DART’s asteroid impact
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sends the European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft into space from its Florida launch pad. Credit: SpaceX The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft is on its…
4 futuristic space technologies — and when they might happen
World Space Week this year, which runs between Oct. 4 and Oct. 10,is celebrating how space technology is aiding us in our fight against climate change on Earth — but…
Curiosity rover provides new insights into how Mars became uninhabitable
This is an artist’s concept of an early Mars with liquid water (blue areas) on its surface. Ancient regions on Mars bear signs of abundant water – such as features…
