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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 201 — Born to Explore

On Episode 201 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Jay Gallentine to talk about former Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manager John Casani.

5 hours ago

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 201 — Born to Explore

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Get cleaner photos of the night sky by using these tips to clean your camera lens without scratching it

Follow these tips for cleaning the different parts of your camera lens, without risking damage.

6 hours ago

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Get cleaner photos of the night sky by using these tips to clean your camera lens without scratching it

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Boys from the Dwarf: Looking back at 'Red Dwarf', the sci-fi show that had a huge impact on my childhood

Red Dwarf's scouse technician Dave Lister was the last human alive, a down-on-his-luck slobbish space-hero long before Peter Quill guarded the galaxy.

7 hours ago

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Boys from the Dwarf: Looking back at 'Red Dwarf', the sci-fi show that had a huge impact on my childhood

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Why are some stars always visible while others come and go with the seasons?

So, why is it that Orion is not always visible in the night sky, and certainly not in the same location month after month, while the Big Dipper always is?

8 hours ago

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Why are some stars always visible while others come and go with the seasons?

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Galaxy season: Spring brings deep space wonder to the northern hemisphere night sky

Spring skies reveal some of the best galaxies visible to backyard telescopes.

9 hours ago

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Galaxy season: Spring brings deep space wonder to the northern hemisphere night sky

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Arizona's Meteor Crater is still revealing new secrets 50,000 years later

Arizona's Meteor Crater remains 'the perfect natural laboratory' for studying what happens when meteors strike Earth, scientists say.

11 hours ago

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Arizona's Meteor Crater is still revealing new secrets 50,000 years later

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NASA

Volunteers Find Oddly High Solar Flare Rates

Patches of the Sun’s surface often show strong magnetic fields. These fields can emerge within a matter of hours, and can decay slowly or quickly, sometimes over days, weeks, or even months. Thanks to a new study about these long-lived active regions, we now know much more about the patches where these ...

23 hours ago

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Volunteers Find Oddly High Solar Flare Rates

NASA

Extra Extra! Extra Data Stream Added to the Daily Minor Planet!

The Daily Minor Planet citizen science project is expanding! In addition to data received nightly from the Catalina Sky Survey’s Mt. Lemmon telescope in Arizona, the project’s science team is now processing images from the Bok 2.3-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The Bok is a mighty ...

23 hours ago

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Extra Extra! Extra Data Stream Added to the Daily Minor Planet!

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NASA Selects Finalists in Student Aircraft Maintenance Competition

NASA has selected eight student teams as finalists in the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, giving them the resources to help address a critical challenge for U.S. aviation: maintenance. Challenges facing the commercial aviation industry include a shortage of qualified maintenance workers and ...

1 day ago

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NASA Selects Finalists in Student Aircraft Maintenance Competition

NASA

NASA Volunteers Study Biofilm Adaptability in Space

Biofilms are communities of microorganisms that stick to one another and also adhere to a nearby surface. They are intricately associated with life on Earth, enabling functions essential to human and plant systems.

1 day ago

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NASA Volunteers Study Biofilm Adaptability in Space

NASA

Good Morning, Moon

Early morning sunlight illuminates the western wall of this unnamed crater, leaving deep shadows on the ground and in the interior. The image was taken on August 30, 2023, by LROC (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera). LROC is a system of three cameras and one of the seven instruments aboard NASA’s ...

1 day ago

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Good Morning, Moon

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Agenda diaria de la misión a la Luna de Artemis II de la NASA

Read this web article in English here. Unos ocho minutos después del despegue de Artemis II, la nave espacial Orion y su tripulación —los astronautas de la NASA Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover y Christina Koch, junto con el astronauta de la CSA (Agencia Espacial Canadiense) Jeremy Hansen— llegarán ...

1 day ago

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Agenda diaria de la misión a la Luna de Artemis II de la NASA

NASA Space Station

Week Wraps with Space Biology, Spacewalk Preps, and Space Station Reboost

Science hardware maintenance filled the day for the Expedition 74 crew following the release of two cargo spacecraft in less than a week at the International Space Station. The orbital residents also continued more reviews for next week’s spacewalk, kept up their ongoing human research program, and ...

1 day ago

NASA Space Station

Week Wraps with Space Biology, Spacewalk Preps, and Space Station Reboost

NASA Space Station

Canadarm2 Releases Cygnus XL Spacecraft Ending Cargo Mission

At 7 a.m. EDT, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft was released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm, which earlier detached the cargo spacecraft from the Earth‑facing port of the International Space Station’s Unity module. At the time of release, the station was flying about 260 miles over ______.

2 days ago

NASA Space Station

Canadarm2 Releases Cygnus XL Spacecraft Ending Cargo Mission

NASA Space Station

Cygnus XL Spacecraft Departing Station Soon Live on NASA+

Live coverage of the departure of the Northrop Grumman’s uncrewed Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. The spacecraft’s release from the robotic arm is scheduled for 7 a.m. EDT.

2 days ago

NASA Space Station

Cygnus XL Spacecraft Departing Station Soon Live on NASA+

New York Times Space

NASA Says Artemis II Moon Launch Is On Track for April 1

After postponing launch opportunities in February and March, the agency determined that four astronauts could proceed toward the first crewed lunar journey in more than 50 years.

1 day ago

New York Times Space

NASA Says Artemis II Moon Launch Is On Track for April 1

New York Times Space

Space Jam: NASA’s MADCAP Team Directs Traffic at the Moon

A “red alert” involving the private Blue Ghost mission in lunar orbit a year ago highlights a growing number of incidents above Earth’s neighbor.

1 day ago

New York Times Space

Space Jam: NASA’s MADCAP Team Directs Traffic at the Moon