Why Saturn has another new moon (www.bbc.com)
Astronomers recently announced that they had discovered 62 new moons around the ringed planet Saturn and more are being added to the list. So, how have they lain hidden for so long?
Our infant solar system may have survived a nearby supernova explosion (www.space.com)
Radioactive isotopes in meteorites suggest that a supernova erupted in the vicinity of the solar system as it was forming.
Buck Moon: July supermoon to appear brighter than usual in the sky this week (www.bbc.com)
July's supermoon will appear full for up to three days, according to NASA. Known as a Buck Moon, it will be closer than normal in its orbit around the Earth. This is because the Moon's orbit is not a perfect circle due to the Earth's gravitational pull; instead it is elliptical, like an elongated circle or oval. Because of this,...
The first supermoon of the year will light up the night sky Monday evening (www.npr.org)
Weather satellite captures lightning spectacle across Earth (www.bbc.co.uk)
A new high-speed weather camera above Europe and Africa records the daily frenzy of lightning storms. Space-adjacent, so I thought it might fit here
Parker Solar Probe Finds Magnetic Energy Near Sun’s Surface Enables Solar Wind To Reach Gravity-Defying Speeds (scitechdaily.com)
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Identifies Mechanism Driving the Sun’s Fast Wind Parker Solar Probe data has helped researchers understand how the sun's wind can reach speeds exceeding 1 million miles per hour. This could assist in predicting large solar eruptions, enhance our understanding of cosmic winds.
NASA chief to visit Blue Origin for summit recognizing Seattle’s place in space (www.geekwire.com)
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will visit Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture to get a firsthand look at the Seattle area's space industry.
Europe’s Euclid telescope launched to study the dark Universe (arstechnica.com)
SpaceX is filling in for ESA as European rockets face delays.
Upgrades to Kennedy Ground Systems Near Completion for Artemis II (www.nasa.gov)
Upgrades to Kennedy Ground Systems near completion for Artemis II.
Astronomers Find a Supermassive Black Hole That Pits Stars Against Each Other (www.inverse.com)
Observers described it as an almost demolition derby-like collision of stellar remnants and stars in the chaotic neighborhood of the galaxy's central supermassive black hole. The source of the GRB flash lay just 100 light-years away from the heart of the galaxy. It turned out to be in very close proximity to the central...
SpaceX rocket launches Euclid space telescope on a six year mission to map the 'dark universe' like never before [Video] (cdn.jwplayer.com)
Watch the European satellite, called Euclid, soar to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Florida's Space Coast. The launch took place today, July 1, at 11:11 a.m EDT.
SpaceX rocket launches the Euclid Space Telescope on a six year mission to map the 'dark universe' like never before [Video] (www.space.com)
The European satellite, called Euclid, soared to space today aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:11 a.m. EDT (1511 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Florida's Space Coast
Largest map of the universe I could find (kbin.social)
The Euclid telescope, just launched today, will be able to observe galaxies out to 10 billion light-years. Here's the largest map I could find (1 billion light years) that includes the Milky Way, Laniakea, the Shapley supercluster, the Perseus–Pisces supercluster, and the South Pole Wall....
New ‘Tatooine’ Found: Second Star System Where Planets Orbit Two Suns (www.forbes.com)
Artist's concept illustrating Kepler-16b, the first directly detected circumbinary planet, which is a planet that orbits two stars.
The Hubble Space Telescope checks in on our highly irregular galactic neighbor 11 million light-years away - here's the galaxy ESO 174-1 (media.kbin.social)
The James Webb Space Telescope captures image of Saturn and its rings in all their shiny glory (media.kbin.social)
Private Spacecraft Lost in Accident After SpaceX Launch (futurism.com)
"A space tug that launched on a SpaceX rideshare mission on June 12 started spinning uncontrollably after being deployed."...
The first ever neutrino image of the Milky Way galaxy captured by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory (media.kbin.social)
First 'ghost particle' image of Milky Way galaxy captured by scientists: Neutrinos detected by IceCube (phys.org)
"Now, for the first time, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory has produced an image of the Milky Way using neutrinos—tiny, ghostlike astronomical messengers. In an article to be published in the journal Science, the IceCube Collaboration, an international group of over 350 scientists, presents evidence of high-energy neutrino...
Virgin Galactic launches rocketplane on first commercial sub-orbital flight to space (www.cbsnews.com)
Four-and-a-half years after an initial sub-orbital test flight, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is finally beginning commercial operations with the launch Thursday of a six-man crew, including three Italian researchers, on an up-and-down flight to the edge of space aboard the company's winged spaceplane. The flight is Virgin's...
We might have accidentally killed the only life we ever found on Mars nearly 50 years ago (bigthink.com)
In one experiment, the Viking landers added water to Martian soil samples. That might have been a very bad idea.
Watch dark matter-hunting Euclid probe launch on SpaceX rocket on July 1 (www.space.com)
Euclid, a dark matter and dark energy hunter, is set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 1 at 11:11 a.m. EDT (1511 GMT). A live webcast from NASA Television will be carried here at Space.com for free starting at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT) in the player above.
A close-in giant planet escapes engulfment by its star - Nature (www.nature.com)
The giant planet 8 Ursae Minoris b seems to have avoided engulfment by its giant host star through a stellar merger that either affected the evolution of the host star or produced 8 Ursae Minoris b as a second-generation planet.
Scientists have finally 'heard' the chorus of gravitational waves that ripple through the universe (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have observed for the first time the faint ripples caused by the motion of black holes that are gently stretching and squeezing everything in the universe....