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All About Artemis – The Brilliance of Artemis 2 – YouTube Watch On On Episode 205 of This Week In…
A night-time view of Earth, capturing human activity of the planet through the emissions of artificial light. Derived from satellite…
A solar eclipse from beyond the moon! Artemis 2 astronauts gearing up for unique skywatching treat
By Vidya Saras
The Artemis 2 astronauts will get a rare skywatching treat on Monday (April 6).The quartet will see a total solar…
Comet PanSTARRS exhibits a striking, blue-green coma from fluorescing diatomic carbon and at least two gas tails. The longer one…
Darth Maul was originally going to be the villain of the ‘Star Wars’ sequels; here’s why that would have been a bad idea
By Vidya Saras
Can you imagine a world without the Star Wars sequel trilogy? Creator George Lucas could, which is why he declared…
FRIDAY, MARCH 27 ■ Cassiopeia, that signature fall-and-winter constellation of the northern sky, now retreats down after dark. Look for…
A car-sized asteroid is heading toward Earth for a flyby later tonight — Here’s what you need to know
By Vidya Saras
A car-sized asteroid will buzz Earth at a little over half the Earth-moon distance late tonight (March 24), just three…
The Rubin Observatory is making new discoveries — and generating new puzzles — even before its scientific mission begins. In…
Chinese astronaut conducts record-tying 6th spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)
By Vidya Saras
A pair of Chinese astronauts ventured outside the Tiangong space station on Monday (March 16) — and one of them…
FRIDAY, MARCH 13 ■ Jupiter shines in central Gemini. It’s still between the hip stars of the stick-figure twins, as…