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Creality CR-M4 review: Industrial size, quality, and price
SPACE.com - 6 Jun 2023 13:55
If you need high-quality, large-scale printing at home, the enormous Creality CR-M4 is the printer you've been searching for.
NASA's Psyche asteroid probe on track for October launch after 1-year delay
SPACE.com - 6 Jun 2023 14:00
NASA's Psyche asteroid mission is on track to hit its new launch target of October 2023, a year later than originally planned, an independent review has found.
Should future Mars missions have all-female crews?
SPACE.com - 6 Jun 2023 12:00
Statistics show that women are better astronauts than men, but gender diversity is key to a successful Mars mission, experts say.
NASA's new detectors could improve views of gamma-ray events
Phys.org - 6 Jun 2023 23:15
Using technology similar to that found in smartphone cameras, NASA scientists are developing upgraded sensors to reveal more details about black hole outbursts and exploding stars--all while being less power hungry and e...
JWST Sees Organic Molecules Ludicrously Far Away
Universe Today - 6 Jun 2023 22:54
When astronomers used the JWST to look at a galaxy more than 12 billion light years away, they were also looking back in time. And when they found organic molecules in that distant galaxy, they found them in the early Un...
Not your average space explosion: Very long baseline array finds classical novae are anything but simple
Phys.org - 6 Jun 2023 22:10
While studying classical novae using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), a graduate researcher uncovered evidence showing that the objects may have been erroneously typecast as sim...
Space Force opens new office to foster ties with private sector
Space News - 6 Jun 2023 21:30
The Space Systems Command on June 6 opened a new office and conference center dedicated for doing business with the commercial space industry. The post Space Force opens new office to foster ties with private sector appe...
Study models geomagnetic field shielding over the last 100,000 years
Phys.org - 6 Jun 2023 21:06
New models of how the geomagnetic field that shields the Earth's atmosphere from cosmic rays has changed over tens of thousands of years can help us understand how the climate has changed over a similar timescale.
1st-ever private Venus mission delayed until at least 2025
SPACE.com - 6 Jun 2023 21:00
The Rocket Lab's pioneering private mission to Venus, which had been set to launch last month, has been delayed until at least 2025.
Satellites watch floods ravage Ukraine following dam collapse (photos)
SPACE.com - 6 Jun 2023 20:14
Satellites watched as floodwaters ravaged southern Ukraine following the mysterious collapse of a major dam on Tuesday (June 6).
NASA Names Winners of 2023 Student Rocket Launch Competition
NASA Breaking news - 6 Jun 2023 20:10Gravitational waves may come from 'cocoons' of debris around dying stars (video)
SPACE.com - 6 Jun 2023 20:00
Astronomers have created the first model for how debris around exploding stars could emit gravitational waves powerful enough to be detected by instruments on Earth.
First Livestream From Mars Was Charmingly Low-Key
Discover - 6 Jun 2023 19:20
The European Space Agency used a wildly underpowered camera to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Mars Express craft. Watch the first livestream from Mars.
Rivada seeks Ex-Im financing for satellite constellation
Space News - 6 Jun 2023 18:51
Rivada Space Networks is hoping to secure support from the U.S. Ex-Im Bank to finance a multibillion-dollar satellite constellation whose future also depends on an impending decision by international regulators. The post...
What's the (dark) matter with Euclid?
Phys.org - 6 Jun 2023 18:51
Currently about halfway through the Euclid simulations campaign, the key focus in the Main Control Room is the Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) and spacecraft commissioning.
NASA-JPL Psyche launch on track with 'outstanding' progress, review board confirms
Phys.org - 6 Jun 2023 18:46
Steps taken by NASA, the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, and Caltech, to put the Psyche mission on track for an October 2023 launch have been outstanding, according to an independently ap...
Loud launches: Researchers study how rocket noise affects endangered wildlife
SPACE.com - 6 Jun 2023 18:00
A new study will monitor the short- and long-term impacts of rocket launches on endangered wildlife near California's Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Betelgeuse is almost 50% brighter than normal. What's going on?
Phys.org - 6 Jun 2023 17:39
Whenever something happens with Betelgeuse, speculations about it exploding as a supernova proliferate. It would be cool if it did. We're far enough away to suffer no consequences, so it's fun to imagine the sky lighting...
Watch Space.com experience moon gravity at 30,000 feet in new mini-documentary out June 7
SPACE.com - 6 Jun 2023 17:39
Space.com's reporter Tereza Pultarova takes part in a research flight simulating lunar gravity in this original documentary.
10 Things You Didn't Know About the Periodic Table
Discover - 6 Jun 2023 17:00
Unlock the secrets of the Periodic Table of Elements with these surprising facts and deepen your understanding of the building blocks of our universe.
Virtual Nightmare is the anti-Matrix movie you've never seen
SPACE.com - 6 Jun 2023 17:00
Everyone remembers The Matrix but there's another, lesser known movie that delved into the murky world of artificial reality. And it deserves better than to be forgotten.
First detection of secondary supermassive black hole in a well-known binary system
Phys.org - 6 Jun 2023 16:47
Supermassive black holes that weigh several billion times the mass of our sun are present at the centers of active galaxies. Astronomers observe them as bright galactic cores where the galaxy's supermassive black hole de...