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Washington state flooding
ESA - 18 Nov 2021 15:50
Image: The US State of Washington is under a state of emergency following days of severe wind and rain leading to extensive flooding in parts of the state. Different satellites in orbit carry different instruments that c...
Hubble takes a grand tour of the solar system
Phys.org - 18 Nov 2021 23:24
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has completed its annual grand tour of the outer Solar System. This is the realm of the giant planets--Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune--extending as far as 30 times the distance b...
The Best Way to Cook a Turkey, According to Science
Discover - 18 Nov 2021 23:00
This Thanksgiving, wow your family with the help of a little osmosis and diffusion.
Astronomers Team Up To Create A New Method To Understand Galaxy Evolution
SpaceRef - 18 Nov 2021 07:50
A husband-and-wife team of astronomers at The University of Toledo joined forces for the first time in their scientific careers during the pandemic to develop a new method to look back in time and change the way we under...
Virgin Orbit bullish on national security launch
Space News - 18 Nov 2021 02:59
Virgin Orbit is actively pursuing new business in the national security market, executives said Nov. 17 during an "Investors Day" event. SpaceNews
Maybe There's No Way to Tell if Habitable Planets Orbit Proxima Centauri... Yet!
Universe Today - 18 Nov 2021 00:36
In a new study, a team of astronomers come to the conclusion that Proxima b will ever be detected making transits in front of Proxima Centauri, which will make it harder to characterize. The post Maybe There’s No Way t...
Commercial spaceports seen as the future for European launch
Space News - 18 Nov 2021 00:23
Actors engaged in the emerging European commercial launch sector are looking to European commercial spaceports to be established rather than shipping rockets farther afield. SpaceNews
Moon lighting: partial lunar eclipse to be longest since 1440
Phys.org - 18 Nov 2021 23:29
The longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years, which will bathe the Moon in red, will be visible Thursday and Friday for a big slice of humanity.
Astra aims to reach orbit for 1st time with early Friday launch: Watch it live
SPACE.com - 18 Nov 2021 22:49
Astra aims to reach orbit for the first time early Friday morning (Nov. 19), and you can watch the action live.
NASA Invites Media to SpaceX's 24th Cargo Launch to Space Station
NASA Breaking news - 18 Nov 2021 22:23We've picked the winners of the 2021 SpaceNews Awards
Space News - 18 Nov 2021 21:55
The SpaceNews Awards are held each year to recognize achievements in space commerce, exploration and stewardship. SpaceNews
NASA's Perseverance captures challenging flight by Mars helicopter
Phys.org - 18 Nov 2021 21:53
Video footage from NASA's Perseverance Mars rover of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's 13th flight on Sept. 4 provides the most detailed look yet of the rotorcraft in action.
The 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 4 premiere is not one of its strongest starts (review)
SPACE.com - 18 Nov 2021 21:43
Season 4 of "Star Trek: Discovery" is back on Paramount Plus and its premiere episode is a little uneven to say the least.
Eggshell Planets Have a Thin Brittle Crust and No Mountains or Tectonics
Universe Today - 18 Nov 2021 20:14
Planets without plate tectonics are unlikely to be habitable. But currently, we’ve never seen the surface of an exoplanet to determine if plate tectonics are active. Scientists piece together their likely surface struc...
Hubble's Grand Tour of the Outer Solar System
PTTU - 18 Nov 2021 20:00
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:
Ultrahot 'superionic' ice is a new state of matter
SPACE.com - 18 Nov 2021 19:53
To create the ice, the scientists had to squeeze a water droplet to 3.5 million times Earth's atmospheric pressure and heat it hotter than the sun.
Wormholes may be viable shortcuts through space-time after all, new study suggests
SPACE.com - 18 Nov 2021 19:49
Wormholes may be stable after all, a new theory suggests, contradicting previous predictions that these hypothetical shortcuts through space-time would instantly collapse.
Russia's anti-satellite missile test could have easily obliterated the International Space Station
SPACE.com - 18 Nov 2021 19:47
What's the worst that could happen from the Russian missile test that blasted more than 1,500 pieces of space debris into Earth orbit?
New report calls for U.S. strategy to boost space economy
Space News - 18 Nov 2021 19:28
U.S. national security space organizations released a report Nov. 18 proposing ways to boost the nation's space economy and technology base. SpaceNews
NASA: Space station remains at risk from weapons test debris
Phys.org - 18 Nov 2021 19:03
The International Space Station remains at increased risk from orbiting debris following this week's Russian weapons test, NASA said Thursday.
LightSail 2 has Been Flying for 30 Months now, Paving the way for Future Solar Sail Missions
Universe Today - 18 Nov 2021 18:45
Even after 30 months in space, The Planetary Society's LightSail 2 mission continues to successfully "sail on sunbeams" demonstrating solar sail technology in Earth orbit. The mission is providing hard data for future mi...
Minerva's plan to revolutionize space domain awareness with NFTs
Space News - 18 Nov 2021 17:46
After securing a $150 million credit facility, Minerva intends to create an ecosystem where information on space objects can be collected, compared and verified with non-fungible, meaning unique, digital tokens. SpaceNew...