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Perseverance rover observes a ‘googly eye’ solar eclipse on Mars (video)
Perseverance rover watches ‘googly eye’ solar eclipse from Mars (video) (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover was treated to a “googly eye” solar eclipse as the planet’s moon Phobos passed in front of the sun. Phobos — one of Mars’ two moons, along with the even tinier Deimos — traveled between the Red Planet […]
The Webb and Hubble telescopes offer a glimpse into galactic consumption
Webb and Hubble telescopes provide a preview to galactic cannibalism (Image Credit: Mashable) Two spiral galaxies are on the precipice of a messy scuffle — a type of merger known as “galactic cannibalism,” with the larger galaxy stripping stars off the smaller one. The galaxies, IC 2163 on the left and NGC 2207, are about 114 […]
Astranis collaborates with Xona Space for a backup GPS initiative for the U
Astranis partners with Xona Space for U.S. military GPS backup program (Image Credit: Space News) Join our newsletter to get the latest military space newsevery Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. WASHINGTON — Satellite manufacturer Astranis announced Nov. 1 it is teaming up with navigation startup Xona Space Systems to compete for a U.S. […]
Earth certainly appears eerie in these ‘hyperspectral’ images captured by Europe’s Hera asteroid probe.
Earth sure looks spooky in these ‘hyperspectral’ images from Europe’s Hera asteroid probe (Image Credit: Space.com) A strange Earth shines in new imagery captured by a European asteroid mission. The Hera spacecraft, which launched this month to study a binary asteroid system up close. turned its gaze back at our planet to capture spooky views […]
Boeing can bounce back from its issues with the Starliner, but it cannot afford any other setbacks.
Boeing can recover from its Starliner troubles, but it can’t afford any other misfires (Image Credit: Space.com) This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Loizos Heracleous is a Professor of Strategy at the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. SpaceX has launched […]
Hubble and Webb Collaborate to Uncover ‘Bloody Eyes’ Staring at Earth
Hubble and Webb Team Up to Reveal ‘Bloody Eyes’ Glaring at Earth (Image Credit: Gizmodo-com) NASA’s space telescopes have captured a tale of cosmic horror in the making, two galaxies slowly creeping on each other before violently devouring one another in a cannibalistic merger. The Webb and Hubble space telescopes joined forces to deliver the […]
Happy Dark Matter Day! Encounter both the familiar and the unexpected characters in this cosmic enigma.
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 could exist in a thick mist surrounding stellar remnants.
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 […]
The Dark Wolf Nebula presents a stunning sight in a fantastic Halloween image (video).
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 […]