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Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft aced its test flight but still hasn't tested life support

The service module carries water the astronauts will need during the flight and generates breathable air by mixing oxygen and nitrogen that are stored in separate tanks.

Artemis 1 capsule beams back spectacular farewell views of the moon

Spaceflight Now

Spaceflight Now

Flying just 80 miles (130 kilometers) off the lunar surface, NASA's Orion capsule fired its main engine Monday to slingshot around the moon and set a course for splashdown Dec. 11 in the Pacific Ocean to complete the Artemis 1 test flight.

Mars takes center stage during this month's opposition

Astronomy Magazine

Astronomy Magazine

Naked-eye observers will be able to track the Red Planet as it moves between the horns of Taurus the Bull, becoming the primary beacon in an acute triangle with the reddish stars Betelgeuse and Aldebaran. What's more, the Full Moon will occult Mars the ...

NASA's Orion capsule makes farewell flyby of the moon

The historic Artemis I mission, which is sending an uncrewed spacecraft on an unprecedented trip around the moon, is now in the final stretch of its historic journey. Orion, as NASA's new space capsule is ...

Mars sports massive hidden plume of searing rock

A plume of searing hot rock as wide as the continental U.S. is rising up from near the core of Mars and might help explain recent volcanism and earthquakes seen at the Red Planet, scientists say. Most volcanism on Mars occurred during the first 1.5 ...

Giant mantle plume reveals Mars is more active than previously thought

In the current issue of Nature Astronomy, scientists from the University of Arizona challenge current views of Martian geodynamic evolution with a report on the discovery of an active mantle plume pushing the surface upward and causing earthquakes and ...

Telescopes Team Up to Forecast an Alien Storm on Titan

The New York Times

The New York Times

Saturn's largest moon came under the gaze of NASA's powerful Webb space observatory, allowing it and another telescope to capture clouds drifting through Titan's methane-rich atmosphere. Send any ...

Simulations predict the existence of black hole radio-wave hot spots

Black holes, regions in spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape from them, are among the most fascinating and widely studied cosmic phenomena. While there are now countless theories about their formation and underlying physics, ...

In Australia and South Africa, construction has started on the biggest radio observatory in Earth's history

I have been involved in the SKA and its precursor telescopes for the past ten years, and as the chief operations scientist of the Australian telescope since July. I am helping to build the team of scientists, ...

Dinosaur larger than T. rex couldn't swim well despite large fish being on the menu

The largest predatory dinosaur to ever walk on Earth sported a massive sail that rose from its back, but it turns out this imposing creature would have made for a very slow and awkward swimmer, according to new research.