Asteroid narrowly avoids Earth and leaves astronomers shocked – The Independent
Asteroid narrowly avoids Earth and leaves astronomers shocked The Independent2 asteroids safely buzzed by Earth this past week EarthSkyNear-Earth asteroid…
Rare supermoon illuminates sky over Jersey
Sky-watchers across Jersey were treated to a supermoon on Tuesday night. A supermoon appears brighter and larger than…
Magnetic ‘switchback’ detected near Earth for the first time
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, which consists of four spacecraft, is gathering information about magnetic reconnection around Earth. Credit:…
Robots on Mars have just seen the strange deep-space comet tracing across the Martian sky
What do you do when you want to observe something that’s on the other side of the Sun?…
‘Microlightning’ may spark glowing will-o’-the-wisps, study finds
Hovering blue flames that flicker over bogs and marshes have inspired ghostly folktales for centuries. Known as “will-o’-the-wisp,”…
The moon meets up with the Seven Sisters this week. Here’s how to see it
If you missed the moon passing in front of the Pleiades this past January, February and July, the…
Analyses of moon’s largest impact crater reveal unexpected insights into its tumultuous past
The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the moon formed in a southward impact (toward…
Last chance to see Jupiter’s moons for less! Our favorite astronomy binoculars are only $75 for Prime Day in October
The nights are drawing in, bringing more opportunities to observe the wonders of the night sky. If you…
Stoke Space raises $510 million
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Stoke Space, a company developing a fully reusable launch vehicle, has raised $510 million…
Blue Origin launches 6 ‘Space Nomads,’ including mystery passenger, on suborbital space tourist flight (video)
Blue Origin launched its 15th space tourism flight today (Oct. 8), sending six people on a brief trip…
Australian nanosatellite snaps 1st selfie in space before tracking cosmic gamma-ray bursts (photo)
Australia’s SpIRIT nanosatellite has snapped its first “selfie” from space, marking a successful start to its mission. SpIRIT…