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Wild solar weather is causing satellites to plummet from orbit. It's only going to get worse.

In late 2021, operators of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Swarm constellation noticed something worrying: The satellites, which measure the magnetic field around Earth, started sinking toward the atmosphere at an unusually fast rate — up to 10 times ...

NASA applauds Artemis 1 moon rocket's fueling milestone, mulls readiness for launch

And with a new moonshot comes a new moon rocket. SLS has never flown, and the recent wet dress rehearsal was supposed to be its last hurdle. But whether or not Artemis 1 is actually ready to fly now is not yet clear.

Controversy Grows Over whether Mars Samples Endanger Earth

Scientific American

Scientific American

Then there's the design and testing of the Mars Ascent Vehicle for lifting those retrieved samples into orbit for subsequent ferrying to Earth is proceeding apace. But one crucial aspect of the project remains troublingly unresolved: How exactly ...

Hubble Space Telescope catches dead star in the act of cosmic cannibalism

The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted evidence of a white dwarf star devouring rocky and icy material from its own system, suggesting that water and other volatiles might be common in the outer reaches of planetary systems.

The human sensory experience is limited. Journey into the world that animals know

NPR

NPR

There's a vast world around us that animals can perceive — but humans can't. Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Ed Yong uses the example of a dark room: Though it might seem that there would be little to detect in the darkness, a bird in the room ...

NASA Mars Rover Snaps Flaky, Funky 'Scientifically Fascinating' Landscape

Curiosity's mast-mounted camera snapped a landscape view of the sulfate-bearing region of the Gale Crater on May 2, 2022. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.

Wild blue spiral in New Zealand sky likely made by SpaceX rocket (photo)

A New Zealand resident spotted a "bizarre but very cool" blue spiral above her house following a SpaceX launch on Sunday (June 19). Clare Rehill photographed the spiral in the sky above Queenstown, a town on New Zealand's South Island.

Popular Science

I ate the lobster, but suspected the squeamish had it right. It's hard to look into the eyes of your food and not wonder what it might be like to end in a pot of boiling water.

Five planets are lining up in the sky in June. Here's how to see it.

CBS News

CBS News

Five planets are moving into a rare alignment, which will be visible from Earth this week. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are lining up — in that order — for the first time since December 2004. On Friday, June 24, the phenomenon will be the ...

Hubble Spots Glittering 'Sea of Sequins' Crammed With Stars

Here's your moment of space beauty for the day. The Hubble Space Telescope stared at the constellation Sagittarius and spotted a luminous collection of stars. NASA highlighted the view of Terzan 9, a globular cluster, on Wednesday.