As 2024 kicks into gear, ESA releases a list of launches and EOs in the coming 12 months.

Cosmic alignment: Mercury, Venus and Mars to meet Moon on January 9 morning

Set your alarm clocks. A very thin crescent moon will appear low in the sky next to Mercury, Mars and Venus before the sun comes up Tuesday.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Exactly three months from today (Monday, January 8), the city of Rochester and the surrounding area will be plunged into total darkness, smack in the middle of the day.For the first time since 1925, Rochester and Monroe County are in the pat…

Read more https://www.kxan.com/weather/eclipse/which-texas-cities-could-see-nearly-500k-tourists-during-the-total-eclipse/With three months until a total sol...

Astronomers from Georgia State University's CHARA Array have captured the first close-up images of a massive star known as RW Cephei that recently experienced a strange fading event. The images are providing new clues about what's happening around the massive…

Massive rings in space known as odd radio circles may be sculpted by a shock wave of screaming winds created by the explosions of stars, according to a new study.

Some researchers say we've seen a fall in disruptive new discoveries. But we may be entering a golden age of applied science. From a report: 2023 had barely begun when scientists got some jolting news. On Jan. 4, a paper appeared in Nature claiming that disru…

Massive rings in space known as odd radio circles may be sculpted by a shock wave of screaming winds created by the explosions of stars, according to a new study.

JPL laid off 100 contractors last week because of potential sharp budget cuts to Mars Sample Return (MSR) and warned that more layoffs could come.

New research suggests that the Green Monster -- a curious structure first spotted in Webb data in April 2023 -- came from that blast wave slamming into material surrounding the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant.

Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities did their calculations they never knew how many or what kind.

Astrophysicists, studying images from the James Webb Space Telescope, discover that newly formed galaxies in the early universe have unconventional shapes, challenging our understanding of galaxy formation.

An international team of researchers led by Dr. Mungo Frost from the SLAC research center in California has gained new insights into the formation of diamond rain on icy planets such as Neptune and Uranus, using the X-ray laser European XFEL in Schenefeld. Th…

More than 20% of the filets of Atlantic salmon may have unattractive black and red spots, which are often >1 cm and create substantial financial losses. The spots are far more abundant in reared than in wild salmon, and their causes are poorly understood.

Researchers explore the potential of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as a noninvasive tool to measure brain activity.

Astrobotic Technology's Peregrine moon lander has successfully launched into space on a brand-new rocket and will attempt to touch down on the lunar surface in February. But the lander's payload includes human remains, which leaders of the Navajo Nation claim…

On January 8, 2022, the James Webb Telescope unfurled its mirror for the first time. Two years on, it has shown us things in the universe we've never seen before.

The number of relatives that an individual has is expected to decrease by more than 35% in the near future. At the same time, the structure of families will change. The number of cousins, nieces, nephews and grandchildren will decline sharply, while the numbe…

Images taken a year apart are the first evidence of fin regeneration in silky sharks.

Universe Today has examined the potential for sending humans to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, the planet Venus, and Saturn's largest moon, Titan, all despite their respective harsh environments and vast distances. These conversations with planetary science expe…

Criticality is a state that optimizes thinking and information processing by balancing order and chaos in neural activity.

With three months until a total solar eclipse passes over Texas on April 8th, many people are making final preparations. Between 931,000 and 3,725,000 are expected to travel to see the eclipse within the United States, according to GreatAmericanEclipse.com.

The exotic chemistry of planetary and interstellar space produces a bouquet of unusual aromas — if only there were air in space in which to smell them.