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NASA’s Perseverance rover captured this short of a rock-strewn landscape inside Mars’ Jezero Crater. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS) NASA has released a new document that highlights planned programmatic paradigm shifts in Mars exploration over the next 20 years. This plan was prepared for the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s Mars Exploration Program (MEP). The report is titled […]

2024 Geminid Meteor shower: online observation – 13 Dec. 2024 – YouTube Watch On The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight (Dec. 13) but if you’re unable to catch the prolific shower in person, you can still enjoy this spectacular event from the comfort of your home. Astronomer Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project is

SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Dec. 13). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 22 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 4:55 p.m. EDT (2155 GMT; 1:55 p.m. local time in California). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth as

December’s full moon also coincides with the Geminid meteor shower. (Image credit: Jesus Merida/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) The final full moon of 2024 lights the skies this weekend to welcome in the holiday season. December’s full Cold Moon will rise overnight on Saturday (Dec. 14) and remain in the sky all night until setting

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 26, 2024. It was the 400th successful Falcon 9 mission. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX scrubbed the planned launch of the mysterious RRT-1 mission from Florida’s Space Coast on Friday (Dec. 13)_ due to high

The Space Store is located at 605 Chestnut Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Credit: Jim Allen/Firecrown Media Chattanooga, Tennessee is one of my favorite cities. Not only is it an incredibly beautiful place, with Moccasin Bend in the Tennessee River tucked near the city center, but breathtaking views of the entire region await from the plateaus of

Say hello to Steel Hunters. (Image credit: Wargaming Group) Jump to: Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Project: Robot Turok: Origins The Outer Worlds 2 Borderlands 4 Steel Hunters The Game Awards 2024 ceremony (Dec. 12) was one of the best in years, mixing tons of surprises with welcome updates on video games that we’ve all been

The Milky Way shines brightly over ESO’s La Silla Observatory on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert. Credit: ESO/José Francisco Salgado Universal manual Random penguin houseNew York, New York The beauty and science of space are combined in the book Smithsonian Space Atlas. This 400-page hardcover book, created by NASA Chief Historian Roger D. Launius,

SpaceX’s Starship upper stage stands ready for testing ahead of the megarocket’s seventh launch. (Image credit: SpaceX) The world’s most powerful rocket is nearing its next test flight. The seventh launch of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket is expected within the next month or so. After a recent static fire of the vehicle’s massive Super Heavy first-stage

(Image credit: NASA/Don Pettit) Astronauts are many things. They’re often scientists, engineers, or pilots. And in the case of NASA astronaut Don Pettit, he’s also an astrophotographer. Pettit is currently on his third stay on the International Space Station (ISS), and he’s continuing his long-running tradition of taking out-of-this-world photos (pun intended). His latest shot,