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Real-life 'Star Trek' planet was actually just an illusion caused by a 'jittery' star

New research shows that a planet spotted around the real-life star 40 Eridani A, famous for hosting Dr. Spock's fictional home world in 'Star Trek', may have been an optical illusion all along.

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How NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe survived its 1st close encounter with the sun

OSIRIS-APEX emerged unscathed from its first of six close brushes with the sun, thanks to some clever engineering.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope spots the most distant galaxy ever seen (image)

James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the two earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen. One, JADES-GS-z14-0, is a massive and bright galaxy that existed just 300 million years after the Big Bang.

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Boeing's Starliner rolls out to pad for June 1 astronaut launch (photos)

Boeing's Starliner capsule rolled out to the pad today (May 30) ahead of its first-ever astronaut launch, which is scheduled for June 1.

Space

Astrophotography in June 2024: what to shoot in the night sky this coming month

Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the night sky this month.

Digital Camera World

The universe’s biggest explosions made some of the elements we are composed of. But there’s another mystery source out there

After its “birth” in the Big Bang, the universe consisted mainly of hydrogen and a few helium atoms. These are the lightest elements in the periodic table. More-or-less all elements heavier than helium were produced in the 13.8 billion years between the Big Bang and the present day.

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Astronaut's diary found among fallen Columbia space shuttle debris added to National Library of Israel

The journal pages of Israel's first astronaut have been added to the country's national library, more than 20 years after they were found among the debris from the tragedy that claimed his life.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds a dusty skeleton in this starburst galaxy's closet

The James Webb Space Telescope caught the Magellanic-like galaxy NGC 4449 is undergoing an intense bout of star formation.

Space

Tonga’s volcanic eruption could cause unusual weather for the rest of the decade, new study shows

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (Hunga Tonga for short) erupted on January 15 2022 in the Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. It created a tsunami which triggered warnings across the entire Pacific basin, and sent sound waves around the globe multiple times.

The Conversation

Boeing Starliner capsule's 1st astronaut mission cleared for June 1 liftoff

The first-ever astronaut launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule, known as Crew Flight Test, is "go" for its planned June 1 launch, NASA announced today (May 29).

Space

SpaceX fuels Starship megarocket again to prep for test flight (photos)

SpaceX fueled up its Starship rocket again on Tuesday (May 28), continuing preparations for the giant vehicle's upcoming test flight.

Space

'Dinky' asteroid imaged by NASA has ultra-rare double moon, study confirms

Researchers have proposed a model for how a double moon named Selam formed around the tiny asteroid Dinkinesh. This is the first 'contact binary' moon ever discovered, scientists say.

LiveScience

Russian Soyuz rocket launches tons of supplies to ISS on Progress 88 cargo ship (video)

Russia launched the robotic Progress 88 freighter toward the International Space Station early on Thursday (May 30).

Space

Boeing Starliner astronauts arrive at launch site for 1st flight test on June 1 (photos)

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back near their launch site in Florida ahead of their Crew Flight Test launch on June 1. A key flight readiness review today will confirm if Boeing Starliner is ready to go, after a helium leak.

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Real-life 'Star Trek' planet was actually just an illusion caused by a 'jittery' star

Just like the fictional planet of Vulcan was wiped out in Star Trek, new research has destroyed the real-life version of Spock's homeworld, albeit in a less violent fashion.

Space

Asteroid 'Dinky,' visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, birthed its own moon

Dinkinesh, the asteroid visited by NSA’s Lucy mission in 2023, has a small moon that is made from two objects touching each other.

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Scientists recreate a Saturn moon in lab

Scientists in a life performed an important experiment on the question of life on a Saturn moon

The Conversation

I’m an astrophysicist mapping the universe with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory − clear, sharp photos help me study energetic black holes

When a star is born or dies, or when any other very energetic phenomenon occurs in the universe, it emits X-rays, which are high-energy light particles that aren’t visible to the naked eye. These X-rays are the same kind that doctors use to take pictures of broken bones inside the…

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37 Years Later, NASA Retires Its Famous Flying Laboratory

The modified DC-8 helped study the hole in the ozone layer and ice in Antarctica. So what’s next?

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The Euclid Space Telescope Has Released 5 Astonishingly Detailed New Images Of The Cosmos

While dark matter and dark energy are in center focus for the Euclid Space Telescope, 5 new images of the cosmos taken by it reveal astonishingly wide possibilities for science. The post The Euclid Space Telescope Has Released 5 Astonishingly Detailed New Images Of The Cosmos first appeared on Bored…

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Starless And Forever Alone: More 'Rogue' Planets Discovered

The Euclid space telescope has discovered seven more rogue planets, shining a light on the dark and lonely worlds floating freely through the universe untethered to any star.

Space

Robotic Russian cargo ship leaves the ISS, burns up in Earth's atmosphere (photo)

Russia's uncrewed Progress 86 cargo craft departed the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (May 28), ending a six-month orbital stay.

Space

Volcanoes on Venus might be erupting right now

Venus may be as geologically active as Earth, with volcanoes possibly spewing on its surface in the present day.

Inverse

This Solar Probe Just Helped To Trace The Origins Of Space Weather

The results helped confirm that sunspots and coronal holes spawn dramatic changes in the solar wind that eventually affects satellites around Earth.

Space

Scientists pick their favorite Euclid 'dark universe' telescope images: 'The best is still to come'

The European Space Agency has now released ten images from its dark universe detective spacecraft, Euclid. We asked scientists from various fields to pick their favorite Euclid image thus far.

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