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This NASA image shows the deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope's secondary mirror out in front of its main mirror assembly.

Paint it black: behind the James Webb Space Telescope's signature color

By Chelsea Gohd published

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has to stay super cool to observe the cosmos. How does it beat the heat? Black paint.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity captured this image of its own shadow using its navigation camera on Feb. 8, 2022, during the chopper’s 19th Red Planet flight.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 19th flight after historic Red Planet weather delay

By Mike Wall published

Ingenuity aced a 100-second sortie on Tuesday (Feb. 8), its 19th Red Planet flight overall but its first since Dec. 15. A dust storm pushed the liftoff date back by more than a month.

An artist's depiction of a rocket launching Mars samples off the planet's surface for the journey to Earth.

NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build rocket to carry Mars samples back to Earth

By Mike Wall published

Lockheed Martin will build the Mars Ascent Vehicle, a small rocket that will launch pristine Red Planet samples back toward Earth a decade or so from now.

The problem of "space junk" continues to grow.

US Space Force's 'Orbital Prime' project aims to attack space debris by recycling or removing junk

By Elizabeth Howell published

A new U.S. Space Force video "demands action" on space debris and asks the private sector for their help cleaning up the growing space mess.

helicopter mars

Why Mars helicopters like Ingenuity could glow in the dark

By Elizabeth Howell published

You can blame dust in the wind.

The South African array of the Square Kilometer Array Observatory will consists of nearly 200 dish antennas carefully arranged over a remote desert region.

Megaconstellations like SpaceX's Starlink may interfere with search for life by world's largest radio telescope

By Tereza Pultarova published

The search for traces of life on distant planets will be more difficult for the world's largest radio telescope because of interference from megaconstellation satellites.

Large observatories such as the Square Kilometer Array require a lot of electricity to peer into the distant universe.

The mission to reduce the carbon footprint of astronomy

By Tereza Pultarova published

Astronomy is one of the most power-hungry science disciplines, but astronomers are committed to curb their large carbon footprint to survive in the climate-anxious future.

Artist's illustration of Astroscale's ELSA-d mission, which in August 2021 released and successfully captured an experimental piece of space junk for the first time.

Spacecraft anomaly stalls Astroscale space debris cleanup test

By Mike Wall published

Astroscale has suspended its ELSA-d demonstration mission in Earth orbit after detecting "anomalous spacecraft conditions," the Japanese startup announced on Twitter Wednesday (Jan. 26).

Best telescopes for skywatching

Best telescopes 2022: Top picks for viewing planets, galaxies, stars and more

By Gemma Lavender published

Buying Guide Our selection of the best telescopes will suit all budgets and needs — whether you're observing planets, stars, the moon or anything else in the night sky.

Buying Guide
Lights, camera, main engine ignition! Is Tom Cruise set to become the James Cameron of space movies?

Axiom Space plans to build a movie studio module for the International Space Station by 2024

By Scott Snowden published

Film crosses the final frontier as movies set in space could be filmed in orbit by 2024.

AnyCubic Photon Mono X 6K review

AnyCubic Photon Mono X 6K review

By Ian Stokes published

The AnyCubic Photon Mono X 6K offers a large print bed, without sacrificing on print quality.

Images acquired Jan. 9, 2022, from the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter were combined to create this view showing the presence of a regional dust storm obscuring the location of Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter (white circle).

Historic Mars weather delay pushes Ingenuity helicopter's next flight to Sunday

By Mike Wall published

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has notched yet another milestone — the first weather-related flight delay on another planet.

Artist's illustration of Radian Aerospace's planned Radian One space plane in orbit.

Radian Aerospace raises $27.5 million for new orbital space plane

By Mike Wall published

Washington-based Radian Aerospace announced today (Jan. 19) that it has raised $27.5 million to aid the development of Radian One, its crew-carrying single-stage-to-orbit space plane.

Metal 3d printing parts

How is metal 3D printing transforming space travel?

By Ailsa Harvey published

Reference Metal 3D printing can produce the most intricate rocket parts, using combustion-resistant material

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HTC Vive Cosmos Elite VR headset

HTC VR headsets are on sale in the UK until the end of January

By Alexander Cox published

Save up to £250 on some of the best VR headsets on the market right now.

The 2-foot chamber in China will recreate lunar gravity here on Earth.

China builds 'artificial moon' for gravity experiment

By Ben Turner published

The test chamber will enable scientists to test technologies and structures on Earth before sending them to the moon.

Roswell's 'UFO crash site' at the ranch in New Mexico

Roswell Incident: The truth behind the 'flying saucer' crash

By David Crookes, All About Space magazine published

reference Did a UFO really crash land at Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, only to be hushed up by the government?

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China's "artificial sun," the Tokamak reactor, has reached plasma temperatures five times hotter than the sun in a new record.

China's $1 trillion 'artificial sun' fusion reactor just got five times hotter than the sun

By Ben Turner published

China's "artificial sun" has set a new world record after reaching temperatures five times hotter than the sun.

Holy Stone HS720

Drone discount: Save $52 on the Holy Stone HS720 on Amazon

By Alexander Cox published

Get a great saving on a high quality drone when you get it from Amazon with this Holy Stone HS720 deal.

An artist's illustration of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fully unfolded. There is more work ahead after the observatory's deployment before it begins studying the universe.

The James Webb Space Telescope is fully deployed. So what's next for the biggest observatory off Earth?

By Elizabeth Howell published

Work for the James Webb Space Telescope is just beginning after was successfully deployed on Jan. 8.

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