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Super Flower Blood Moon 2021: Where, when and how to see the supermoon lunar eclipse

On the night of May 25-27, observers in Oceania, Hawaii, eastern Asia and Antarctica will see a lunar eclipse that coincides with the moon's closest approach to Earth — making it a "supermoon" eclipse that will turn the moon reddish — also known as a "blood ...

Watch an Atlas V rocket launch US Space Force missile-warning satellite today

Designated Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight 5 (SBIRS Geo-5), the mission marks ULA's first launch so far this year. However, the company has a busy summer planned, including the launch of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule to ...

Solar Orbiter captures its 1st video of eruption on the sun

Solar Orbiter, a mission jointly run by the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, launched in February 2020 and made its first close approach of our star a year later, on Feb. 10. Scientists are still digging through that data before the spacecraft begins its ...

Atlas V rocket launch carrying Space Force missile-warning satellite delayed to Tuesday

ULA is targeting its planned backup attempt of Tuesday afternoon (May 18), with liftoff now scheduled for 1:31 p.m. EDT (1731 GMT). The two-stage rocket was ...

Milky Way lights up Guiana spaceport in stunning timelapse video

The European Space Agency (ESA) recently released a timelapse video capturing the pristine night sky above Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where preparations are underway for the arrival and integration of Europe's latest launcher, Ariane 6.

China's newly landed Mars rover Zhurong likely to roll into action this weekend

We haven't seen any photos taken by Zhurong yet, but those are likely coming soon as well. The rover's traveling companion, the Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter, had been circling the Red Planet every 48 hours.

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Solar Orbiter mission spots eruption from the sun

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(CNN) A happy accident has resulted in the Solar Orbiter mission spying eruptions from the sun. These eruptions, called coronal mass ejections, blast out solar particles across the solar system and have the potential to disrupt technology if they reach Earth.

European startup builds oxygen-making machine for 2025 moon mission

A European startup is perfecting technology that will be sent to the moon to make oxygen from lunar soil as part of a 2025 European Space Agency (ESA) demonstration mission. Belgium-based Space Applications Services is building three experimental ...

Study shows erosion of ant genome tied to loss of functional, behavioral and social traits in 3 inquiline species

Ants are renowned in the insect world for their complex social structure and behaviors. Workers and foragers support the queen, faithfully carrying out their social roles for the overall health of the colony. This complex "superorganism" —-as scientists have ...

Life in the deep freeze: The revolution that changed our view of glaciers forever

Just like people, glacier microbes modify their homes. When I first saw the melting fringes of Greenland's vast ice sheet, it looked as if a dust storm had scattered a vast blanket of dirt on the ice. Our team later discovered the dirt included extensive mats of glacier ...