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The end of the universe as we know it will not come with a bang. Most stars will slowly fizzle as their temperatures fade to zero.

The Perseids meteor shower is one of the most spectacular annual meteor showers. Made of debris from comet Swift-Tuttle they have been observed by sky-watchers for thousands of years and this year the LIC1 camera of the ...

Ganymede’s surface is a bit of a puzzle for planetary scientists. About two-thirds of its surface is covered in lighter terrain, while the remainder is darker. Both types of terrain are ancient, with the lighter portio...

A team of planetary scientists has proposed a hypothetical life cycle that could allow microbes to survive on Venus by migrating between different atmospheric layers.

The Expedition 63 crew members are getting a Japanese spaceship ready for departure next week. In the meantime, the International Space Station trio was busy today with science, video communications and orbital plumbing....

Space RCO Director Mike Roberts: "What we do is classified for a reason." SpaceNews

Researchers are investigating an alien version of water inside the strange, icy interiors of Uranus and Neptune.

Betelgeuse's odd recent dimming was caused by a huge cloud of material that the supergiant star blasted into space, a new study suggests.

Eleven years after the launch of the first H-II Transfer cargo vehicle (HTV) to the International Space Station, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA's) HTV-9 will depart the orbital laboratory Tuesday, Aug. 18...

Recent observations of Betelgeuse have revealed that the star's unexpected and significant dimming periods in late 2019 and early 2020 were most likely caused by the ejection and cooling of dense hot gases, and that the ...

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter received a checkout and recharge of its power system on Friday, Aug. 7, one week into its near seven-month journey to Mars with the Perseverance rover. This marks the first time the helic...

A star orbiting the black hole in the center of our galaxy is moving so fast it can only be described relativistically. The post Fastest Star Ever Seen is Moving at 8% the Speed of Light appeared first on Universe Today.

Hubble Space Telescope News:

A new experiment increases the distance between two communicating parties from 62 miles (100 km) to 756 miles (1,200 km.)

Students across the United Kingdom grew seeds that spent six months in space to learn how they would grow once back on Earth.

Virgin Galactic has announced a partnership with engine-maker Rolls Royce to develop a supersonic jetliner that will be even faster than the Concorde The post Virgin Galactic Wants to Build a Supersonic Jetliner That’l...

NASA's Aqua satellite obtained visible imagery of Hurricane Elida in the Eastern Pacific as it continued to weaken. Imagery revealed that Elida's eye had become covered as the storm embarks on a weakening trend over cool...

(ESA/Hubble Information Centre) New observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest that the unexpected dimming of the supergiant star Betelgeuse was most likely caused by an immense amount of hot material ej...

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are showing that the unexpected dimming of the supergiant star Betelgeuse was most likely caused by an immense amount of hot material eject...

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) For several weeks in summer 2020, NASA's STEREO had the solar system's best view of the star Betelgeuse, revealing more unexpected dimming by the star.

Scientists determined that "lava world" exoplanets don't derive their brightness from molten rock, but possibly from reflective, metallic clouds. Christopher Intagliata reports. --

New FCC regulations will go into effect next week intended to make it easier for small satellites to get licenses for commercial operations. SpaceNews