Space & Spaceflight

Celebrate Hubble’s 30th Birthday by Gazing Into This Shimmering Stellar Expanse

It was on this day in 1990 that the Space Shuttle Discovery deposited the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit. To commemorate this important anniversary, NASA and the European Space Agency have released this stunning Hubble image of two nearby nebulae—vast expanses of clouds and dust in which stars are born. Few telescopes in…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Graphic: United States Geological Survey

Incredible New Map of Moon Shows Its Every Nook and Cranny

Hot damn, look at the freakin’ Moon! Scientists led by the United States Geological Survey’s Corey Fortezzo have released what they call the “Unified Geologic Map of the Moon—an authoritative map of lunar geology. The map, built from six Apollo-era maps and updated with more recent satellite data, lists the names of features and includes…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Illustration: ESO/L. Calçada/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org

Astronomers Think They’ve Found a Whole Population of Rocks From Outside the Solar System

Astronomers think they’ve found an entire population of asteroids originating from outside our solar system, according to a new paper. The objects at the center of this investigation aren’t new discoveries. Called the Centaurs, they’re mysterious asteroids that orbit in the neighborhood of Jupiter and beyond. These objects take highly inclined orbits relative to the…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Vanishing Exoplanet Might Actually Be the Aftermath of a ‘Supercatastrophic’ Collision

A known exoplanet has disappeared from sight, prompting speculation among astronomers that it was never a planet in the first place and is instead the shattered remnants of a celestial smash-up. Now you see it, now you don’t. A nearby exoplanet known as Fomalhaut b has gradually faded from view, which is obviously something planets…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

To Celebrate Hubble’s 30th Anniversary, NASA’s Sharing What It Snapped on Your Birthday

Next week marks the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s launch, and NASA’s celebrating its birthday with another launch: a new search feature to find out what out-of-this-world photo Hubble captured on your birthday. Given that Hubble has been snapping pics 24 hours a day, seven days a week since 1990, it’s a fitting…

Space & Spaceflight Alyse Stanley

America’s First Crewed Space Launch in Nearly a Decade Set for May 27

Next month, NASA will launch its first astronaut mission from U.S. soil in almost a decade. This mission marks the final test for SpaceX before NASA begins regularly ferrying astronauts into orbit using the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. “BREAKING: On May 27, @NASA will once again launch American astronauts on American rockets from American soil!”…

Space & Spaceflight Alyse Stanley

Goodbye, Earth

Some of you probably wish you could be onboard BepiColombo right now, as the space probe whizzes far away from planet Earth. The spacecraft flew by the Earth last Friday as part of a maneuver to put it on course toward planet Mercury. Obviously, BepiColombo’s scientists used the flyby as an opportunity to snap lots…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Apollo 13 Is a Dramatic Reminder Why Rushing Back to the Moon Is a Mistake

The Apollo program was a stunning technological feat, but, on the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13, we’re reminded of the tremendous risks involved and why the U.S. shouldn’t return humans to the Moon in haste. Neil Armstrong’s giant leap for mankind remains a pinnacle achievement, but it came at a cost. On January 27, 1967,…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Astronomers See Glimmers of a Second World Circling the Nearest Star to the Sun

A team of astronomers shocked the world back in 2016 when they revealed evidence of an Earth-sized exoplanet in the habitable zone of our nearest stellar neighbor, a star called Proxima Centauri. Scientists are hunting for a second planet in this system—and maybe, maybe, they’ve found something. A team of researchers led by Raffaelle Gratton…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Potentially Habitable Earth-Sized Exoplanet Spotted in the Kepler Reject Pile

For years, a dedicated team of experts has manually sifted through troves of rejected Kepler data in hopes of finding something the computers had missed—an exercise that has resulted in the discovery of what is now arguably the most Earth-like planet known to astronomers. New research published yesterday in Astrophysical Journal Letters describes Kepler-1649c, a…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

NASA Funds Proposal to Build a Gigantic Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon

It looks like the Death Star’s laser cannon, but this proposed lunar telescope—built inside a natural crater on the Moon’s far side—could be used to peer back into the earliest days of the cosmos. Earlier this month, NASA awarded additional funding to a host of projects in its Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, in which…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Ridiculously Detailed Apollo 15 Simulator Could Help Us Return to the Moon

Scientists at the European Space Agency are using a powerful new simulator to relive the Apollo 15 mission in excruciating detail. By revisiting this and other missions, the researchers are seeing old data with new eyes, and the exercise will also help in the planning of future missions. Developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Oh Crap, a Really Promising Comet Just Fell to Pieces

Discovered late last year, C/2019 Y4 ATLAS was supposed to be the brightest comet to decorate the night sky in decades, but now it appears to have suffered a major collapse. C/2019 Y4 ATLAS has fragmented into three or four pieces, according to astronomer Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project 2.0, a group that…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

New Theory Explains How Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua Got Its Freaky Shape

In the three years since ‘Oumuamua visited our solar system, scientists have struggled to explain some of its more enigmatic features, including its cigar-like shape. State-of-the-art computer models are providing some tantalizing new clues, showing how the object likely formed and how it became an interstellar interloper. New research published today in Nature Astronomy suggests…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Astronomers Spot the Brightest Supernova Ever Recorded

Back in 2016, a telescope spotted a supernova flaring so brightly that it far outshone its own galaxy. The exploded star continued emitting radiation for more than 1,000 days, unleashing more energy than any supernova previously documented. But that’s only the start of the story. The supernova, named SN2016aps, was unlike any supernova on record,…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Trump to World: Keep Your Grubby Hands Off of Our Theoretical Moon Mines

For millennia, mankind has had one dream, one desire, one singular unifying purpose: to take its rightful place among the stars by destroying the fucking Moon. On Monday, Donald Trump advanced that goal by signing an executive order telling the world that the U.S. won’t let any other countries interfere with our Moon-ravaging operations. In…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay

Image: J.Y. Kim, Boston University Blazar program, and the EHT Collaboration.

Earth-Spanning Telescope Takes Unprecedented Image of Black Hole Spewing Radiation

A worldwide network of telescopes has produced an image of a jet of radio waves appearing to blast out from the center of a supermassive black hole at over 15 times the speed of light. One year ago, scientists at observatories around the world teamed up to produce the first-ever image of a black hole’s…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Boeing Says It Will Redo Critical Unmanned CST-100 Starliner Test It Borked Last Year

Boeing is calling a mulligan on the failure of its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to reach proper orbit in an unmanned test for NASA last year and will conduct another before it tries to use it to launch astronauts, the Washington Post reported Monday. Alongside competitor SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, the long-delayed Starliner is part of NASA’s…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay

Discovery of Living Microbes Deep Beneath the Seafloor Offers Hope for Life on Mars

Surprising quantities of bacteria have been found living in clay-rich rocks under the Pacific seafloor. The discovery raises the possibility of equally resilient microbes living deep beneath the surface of Mars. Ancient volcanic rocks beneath the Pacific seafloor provide a habitat for dense clusters of microbial communities, according to a new paper published this week…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Interstellar Comet Borisov Just Lost a Chunk

Recent images of the second interstellar comet known to have visited the solar system appear to reveal a fragment or fragments falling off of its core. Comet 2I/Borisov arrived with much fanfare late last summer when scientists realized that had a hyperbolic orbit—implying that it was a visitor from outside the solar system. But unlike…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Celebrate Hubble’s 30th Birthday by Gazing Into This Shimmering Stellar Expanse

Incredible New Map of Moon Shows Its Every Nook and Cranny

Astronomers Think They’ve Found a Whole Population of Rocks From Outside the Solar System

Vanishing Exoplanet Might Actually Be the Aftermath of a ‘Supercatastrophic’ Collision

To Celebrate Hubble’s 30th Anniversary, NASA’s Sharing What It Snapped on Your Birthday

America’s First Crewed Space Launch in Nearly a Decade Set for May 27

Goodbye, Earth

Apollo 13 Is a Dramatic Reminder Why Rushing Back to the Moon Is a Mistake

Astronomers See Glimmers of a Second World Circling the Nearest Star to the Sun

Potentially Habitable Earth-Sized Exoplanet Spotted in the Kepler Reject Pile

NASA Funds Proposal to Build a Gigantic Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon

Ridiculously Detailed Apollo 15 Simulator Could Help Us Return to the Moon

Oh Crap, a Really Promising Comet Just Fell to Pieces

New Theory Explains How Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua Got Its Freaky Shape

Astronomers Spot the Brightest Supernova Ever Recorded

Trump to World: Keep Your Grubby Hands Off of Our Theoretical Moon Mines

Earth-Spanning Telescope Takes Unprecedented Image of Black Hole Spewing Radiation

Boeing Says It Will Redo Critical Unmanned CST-100 Starliner Test It Borked Last Year

Discovery of Living Microbes Deep Beneath the Seafloor Offers Hope for Life on Mars

Interstellar Comet Borisov Just Lost a Chunk

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