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Happy Dark Matter Day! Meet the usual — and unusual — suspects in this cosmic mystery (Image Credit: Space.com) Though Halloween will undoubtedly take the spotlight today, there’s another spooky event worth celebrating. Thursday (Oct. 31) marks this year’s Dark Matter Day as well, a time during which scientists celebrate the hunt for the universe’s […]
Dark matter might live in a dense haze around stellar corpses (Image Credit: Space.com) Scientists think it’s possible that shrouds of hypothetical particles called “axions” could surround extreme, dead stars called “neutron stars.” If true, this could bring us one step closer to solving the mystery of dark matter. That’s the conclusion reached by a […]
Dark Wolf Nebula shows off a howling good view in awesome Halloween image (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) The patrons of the Slaughtered Lamb, the traditional Yorkshire pub with some striking decor in John Landis’ American Werewolf in London, may want to keep their werewolf on the down low, but the European Southern Observatory (ESO) saw […]
India targets 2028 for Chandrayaan-4 sample-return mission to moon’s south pole (Image Credit: Space.com) India is eyeing a 2028 launch for its Chandrayaan-4 moon sample-return mission, followed by an uncrewed lander and rover in collaboration with Japan. S. Somanath, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), discussed the upcoming missions during an invited […]
North Korea launches intercontinental ballistic missile to space, reaches record altitude (Image Credit: Space.com) North Korea reportedly reached space on Wednesday with its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched in nearly a year. The ICBM‘s launch on Oct. 30, just days before the U.S. federal election on Nov. 5, was likely not coincidental, according to […]
Stare into the ‘blood-soaked eyes’ of 2 spooky galaxies in new Hubble, JWST images (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) Two of the world’s most powerful space telescopes have spied a “spooky pair” of galaxies in deep space, staring out like a pair of “blood-soaked” eyes — and just in time for Halloween. The James Webb Space […]
Decrepit Voyager 1 Probe Runs Into Trouble Again (Image Credit: futurism-com) But it keeps on ticking. Radio Silence The Voyager 1 probe refuses to die. But ye olde spacecraft has had some scares during the more recent portions of its 47-and-counting year journey, and NASA engineers are constantly checking in to make sure it doesn’t […]
Halloween is today! Don’t miss these 7 hidden gem horror films — and their cosmic counterparts (Image Credit: Space.com) Halloween is approaching quickly, meaning many of us have turned our minds to the more ghoulish and macabre elements of life. So, settle in. It’s time to revel in tales of horror and suspense — both […]
Will China return Mars samples to Earth before the US does? (Image Credit: Space.com) It appears that China has moved up its agenda for bringing Mars samples to Earth, and aims to do so before the U.S. achieves this same goal. NASA’s Mars sample return plan, a joint effort with the European Space Agency (ESA), […]
The creepiest skulls ever seen in space (Image Credit: Mashable) The universe is rife with mystery. Ambitious space missions, like the James Webb Space Telescope and Martian rovers, are helping scientists grasp what’s out there: Could any of the rocky, Earth-sized planets in the TRAPPIST solar system host life? How did galaxies teeming with stars […]
