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Spacewalks: How they work and major milestones

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) spend most of their days in the relatively safe environment of the orbiting spacecraft. But occasionally, astronauts must face the deadly rapture of space for hours, with only the thin protection of their ...

A huge Delta IV Heavy rocket will launch a new US spy satellite overnight. Here's how to watch.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — United Launch Alliance (ULA) is gearing up to launch its mightiest candle in the fleet of rockets: the Delta IV Heavy. The behemoth is set to blast off on Thursday (Aug. 27) at 2:12 a.m. EDT (0612 GMT), carrying with it a satellite for ...

Satellite megaconstellations could have 'extreme' impact on astronomy, report finds

Huge constellations of internet satellites could fundamentally change how astronomers study the night sky and how the rest of us experience it, a new report finds. The potential impacts of megaconstellations in low Earth orbit (LEO), such as SpaceX's Starlink ...

The Planetary Society

Your Guide to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

The Planetary Society

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, also known as Webb or JWST, is a multipurpose observatory launching in 2021 that will build on the legacy of the Hubble Space Telescope. Like Hubble, Webb is expected to revolutionize our understanding of the ...

Are there more rogue planets than stars in our galaxy?

EarthSky

EarthSky

A new study suggests there are more rogue, free-floating planets – unconnected to any star – than stars in our Milky Way galaxy. NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to begin finding hundreds of them. Sharing is caring! Tweet.

Cosmic rays may soon stymie quantum computing

Natural radiation may interfere with both superconducting dark matter detectors (seen here) and superconducting qubits. Credit: Timothy Holland, PNNL. The practicality of quantum computing hangs on the integrity of the quantum bit, or qubit. Qubits, the logic ...

A future with tens of thousands of new satellites could 'fundamentally change' astronomy: report

The Verge

The Verge

In the future, as astronomers make observations of the night sky, they might see more and more satellites pass overhead that ruin their work — and this problem is likely to get a lot worse, according to a new report from a working group of astronomers.

National Science Foundation awards $20M to launch artificial-intelligence institute

Harvard Gazette

Harvard Gazette

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $20 million grant to a team of scientists, including eight from Harvard, to create a new research institute aimed at exploring the use of artificial intelligence in fundamental physics. The AI Institute for ...

Mars ahead! UAE's Hope spacecraft spots Red Planet for 1st time

The United Arab Emirates' first-ever interplanetary mission is well on its way to Mars and has the photos to prove it. The UAE's Hope probe launched from Japan toward Mars on July 19, representing the first time an Arab nation has gone beyond Earth's orbit.

Study rules out dark matter destruction as origin of extra radiation in galaxy center

The detection more than a decade ago by the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope of an excess of high-energy radiation in the center of the Milky Way convinced some physicists that they were seeing evidence of the annihilation of dark matter particles, but a ...