At around 10:00 p.m. local time on Sunday (Nov. 9), if you look low toward the east-northeast sky, you will see a waning gibbous moon, 72 percent illuminated, and shining
EarthSky’s Kelly Kizer Whitt explains how to see Earth’s shadow and the Belt of Venus, in this video. We live in uncertain times. But things are always so much more
In the expansive realm of science fiction, few authors have managed to capture the imagination of readers quite like Andy Weir. With his latest offering, “Project Hail Mary,” Weir once
(NewsNation) — The Harvard astrophysicist who has openly wondered whether presumed comet 3I/ATLAS is an alien vessel is sharing some of his latest observations, including what he calls “non-gravitational acceleration” of
Using its high-resolution camera, China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter has successfully observed the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS at a distance of about 30 million kilometers, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
TAMPA, Fla. — AST SpaceMobile has registered plans with international regulators via Germany for a sovereign, space-based network that would provide broadband directly to devices across Europe, the U.S.-based satellite
NASA employees are once again taking to the streets to raise awareness about deep science cuts and layoffs at the space agency. A third “Save NASA” protest is set for
H2O photodissociation timescale and turbulent diffusion mixing timescale of the fiducial model using the chemical network. The 1, 10 and 100 year timescale contours are indicated in white in both
Multi-night ZTF stacks centered at the nominal ephemeris position of 3I of periods from UT 2024 June 15 to UT 2025 May 9. Each stack is smoothed by a 2′′-wide
Comet SWAN25B, not yet confirmed, is a new comet discovery that is already shining bright, though it is close to the sun. Image via E. Guido/ M. Rocchetto/ J. Ferguson/
experimental setup – Astrobiology via PubMed The gravity-dependent behavior of Paramecium biaurelia and Euglena gracilis have previously been studied on ground and in real microgravity. To validate whether high magnetic
Enceladus, one of Saturn’s small icy moons, spans just 300 miles (500 kilometers) — yet despite its modest size, it has become a star in the search for life beyond
The Sun blew out a coronal mass ejection along with part of a solar filament over a three-hour period on Feb. 24, 2015. Because this occurred way over near the
Honolulu is pictured here beside a calm sea in 2017. A JPL technology recently detected and confirmed a tsunami up to 45 minutes prior to detection by tide gauges in
The closest technological species to us in the Milky Way galaxy could be 33,000 light years away and their civilization would have to be at least 280,000 years, and possibly
Captain’s log, stardate -302123.44142127107… or November 16, 2020, 7:41 pm for those not in Starfleet just yet. Much of the world was in lockdown, shielding away from the COVID-19 pandemic,
