Super Harvest Moon lunar eclipse: How to watch online for free on Sept. 17
A partial lunar eclipse of the Super Harvest Moon is coming on Sept. 17, 2024. Here’s how you can watch it online for free.
Scientists Recreate Mars Spiders in the Lab
In 2003, strange features on Mars’s surface got scientists’ “spidey senses” tingling when they saw them. That’s when unusual “anareiform terrain” landforms appeared in images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.…
‘We just ran out of time’: Boeing Starliner astronauts on why their spaceship returned to Earth without them
The decision to send Boeing’s Starliner capsule home uncrewed from the ISS was driven in part by time constraints, according to NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore.
NASA Ames Selects Aeronautics and Exploration Support Contractor
Credit: NASA NASA has awarded the NASA Academic Mission Services 2 (NAMS-2) contract to Crown Consulting Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, to provide the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon…
Polaris Dawn is Away, Sending Another Crew Into Orbit to Perform the First Private Spacewalk
We’ve officially entered a new era of private spaceflight. Yesterday, the crew of Polaris Dawn, a privately funded mission managed by SpaceX, officially performed the first private extra-vehicular activity, commonly…
The Outer Reaches of the Milky Way are Full of Stars, and the JWST is Observing Them
The Milky Way’s outer reaches are coming into view thanks to the JWST. Astronomers pointed the powerful space telescope to a region over 58,000 light-years away called the Extreme Outer…
More Bodies Discovered in the Outer Solar System
The outer Solar System has been a treasure trove of discoveries in recent decades. Using ground-based telescopes, astronomers have identified eight large bodies since 2002 – Quouar, Sedna, Orcus, Haumea,…
NGA taps 10 firms for $290 million satellite data analytics contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency selected Earth observation satellite imagery providers and data analytics specialists to compete for orders under the Luno A program The post NGA taps 10 firms for…
The best 70s sci-fi movies
Sci-fi in the 1970s was weird, wonderful, and where franchises were born.
Watch space aliens invade in wild new ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ trailer (video)
Sony Pictures released a final launch trailer for “Venom: The Last Dance,” which premieres on Oct. 25, 2024.