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Apply now to the brand new ESA Junior Professional Programme!
ESA - 24 Nov 2021 12:00
Positions are now open for Junior Professionals! Do you have a strong interest in space? Do you aspire to channel your knowledge, interest and experience into a career in the space sector? Open to Master's degree graduat...
Image: Hubble spots swirls of dust in the flame Nebula
Phys.org - 24 Nov 2021 10:26
The Flame Nebula, also called NGC 2024, is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth. It's a portion of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, which includes such fam...
NASA launches DART asteroid mission to destroy a spacecraft to (potentially) save planet Earth
SPACE.com - 24 Nov 2021 09:18
NASA has launched its DART mission to practice what the agency might do if planet Earth were threatened by a wayward asteroid.
OneWeb mulls debris-removal service for failed satellite
Space News - 24 Nov 2021 22:59
OneWeb is considering options to remove one of its broadband satellites from low Earth orbit after it failed following a software issue last year. SpaceNews
This Lego Star Wars Poe Dameron's X-Wing Fighter is 20% off for Black Friday
SPACE.com - 24 Nov 2021 22:38
The spaceship is dropping in price weeks before new "Star Wars" content comes to Disney Plus.
Lego Creator 3-in-1 Space Mining Mech building kit is 20% off for Black Friday
SPACE.com - 24 Nov 2021 22:36
This buildable figure not only mines strange new worlds, but also fights interplanetary battles.
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 22 November, 2021 - Advanced Robotic Maneuvers Today Using the Astrobee
SpaceRef - 24 Nov 2021 21:39
Two astronauts are checking out their gear today ahead of a spacewalk planned for the end of the month....
Virgin Galactic announces winner of free trip to suborbital space
SPACE.com - 24 Nov 2021 21:34
Keisha S., a health and energy coach from the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda, just won a free trip to suborbital space with Virgin Galactic.
Target's National Geographic science kit deals are heating up with 30% off this Black Friday
SPACE.com - 24 Nov 2021 21:30
Both National Geographic science kits include an erupting volcano.
Hubble telescope sees a space 'snowman' thousands of light-years away
SPACE.com - 24 Nov 2021 20:51
A new release from the Hubble telescope's vast archive shares an incredible space "snowman" filled with glowing gas.
Black Friday space board game deals: Save up to 66% on space and sci-fi board games
SPACE.com - 24 Nov 2021 20:36
Several retailers are offering Black Friday space board game deals.
Caribbean mom wins two tickets to space in Virgin Galactic raffle
Phys.org - 24 Nov 2021 20:30
A health coach from the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda has won two tickets worth almost $1 million to be among Virgin Galactic's first space tourists, the company said Wednesday.
Hubble spots a swift stellar jet in Running Man Nebula
Phys.org - 24 Nov 2021 20:10
A jet from a newly formed star flares into the shining depths of reflection nebula NGC 1977 in this Hubble image. The jet (the orange object at the bottom center of the image) is being emitted by the young star Parengo 2...
Astronomers discover ancient brown dwarf with lithium deposits intact
Phys.org - 24 Nov 2021 20:03
Brown dwarfs, also known as "coffee colored dwarfs" or "failed stars" are the natural link between stars and planets. They are more massive than Jupiter but now sufficiently to burn hydrogen, which is the fuel the stars ...
NASA's Aviation Tech to Roll Out to Airports, Save Time for Passengers
NASA Breaking news - 24 Nov 2021 19:41Black Friday laptop deal: Save big on Macbook Air and Dell XPS 13 - both ideal of editing your astrophotography snaps
SPACE.com - 24 Nov 2021 18:52
Save $150 on the Macbook Air and $320 on the Dell XPS 13 in the Black Friday sales - two amazing photo editing laptops.
Early Black Friday deal: save over 50% on Celestron's 114AZ-SR telescope
SPACE.com - 24 Nov 2021 18:51
Celestron's beginner-friendly 114AZ-SR model has been reduced to just $84.99.
Extending cryptocurrency networks via satellite
Space News - 24 Nov 2021 17:50
As cryptocurrencies gain adherents on Earth, companies and universities are conducting tests to figure out how to perform cryptocurrency transactions in space and share data via satellite. SpaceNews
Comet A1 Leonard Brightens in December
Universe Today - 24 Nov 2021 16:41
Now is the time to start tracking Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard, as it starts its dawn dive sunward. The post Comet A1 Leonard Brightens in December appeared first on Universe Today.
New findings about ions around comets
Phys.org - 24 Nov 2021 16:20
Sofia Bergman, Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) and UmeƄ University, will defend her doctoral thesis on low-energy ions around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 26 November. Observing low energy ions is notorio...
Mapping lithium evolution of giant stars with LAMOST-Kepler data
Phys.org - 24 Nov 2021 16:10
Based on LAMOST and Kepler data, a new study led by astronomers from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) has revealed evolutionary features of lithium for evolved stars, which update...
Gaia reveals that most Milky Way companion galaxies are newcomers to our corner of space
ESA - 24 Nov 2021 16:00
Data from ESA's Gaia mission is re-writing the history of our galaxy, the Milky Way. What had traditionally been thought of as satellite galaxies to the Milky Way are now revealed to be mostly newcomers to our galactic e...