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See the moon meet up with elusive Mercury in a conjunction today

The moon will meet up with Mercury, the solar system's smallest planet and the closest to the sun, in the evening sky on Wednesday, May 17.

Space · May 17, 2023

Axiom Space's Ax-2: What to know about the 2nd private astronaut mission to the space station

Here's what you need to know about the four-person Ax-2 mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled to launch on May 21.

Space · May 17, 2023

Weird New Study Claims Aliens Could Pick Up Earth Cell Phone Signals

The study looks at the amount of radio waves leaking into space, and figures that planets within a few light years could detect us based on those signals.

Inverse · May 17, 2023

Private servicing mission could extend life of NASA's Chandra space telescope

As space companies target possible servicing missions to the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, the long-running Chandra observatory is also on the list for a tune-up.

Space · May 16, 2023

See Jupiter hide behind the moon during a lunar occultation early on May 17

Early in the morning on Wednesday, May 17, gas giant Jupiter and its four bright Galilean moons will pass behind a very thin crescent moon.

Space · May 16, 2023

Cosmic monsters found lurking at heart of ancient star clusters by the James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that supermassive stars may lurk at the heart of globular clusters born shortly after the Big Bang.

Space · May 16, 2023

Bold proposal aims to bring NASA's deep-space Spitzer telescope back to life

A division of the U.S. Space Force wants to bring NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope back, three years after the observatory was shut down to help free up resources for the James Webb Space Telescope.

Space · May 16, 2023

The Milky Way galaxy may be a different shape than we thought

New measurements suggest that the traditional view of the Milky Way as a galaxy with four major spiral arms extending out from a thick centralized bulge of stars could be wrong.

Space · May 16, 2023

Elon's Turkey censorship: Tip of iceberg

Musk attacked for censoring Turkish opposition — but that's just one example of Twitter’s deference to government

Salon · May 16, 2023

Space regulator says Scotland 'to be right at the heart' of UK future space ambitions

THE UK’s space regulator has said Scotland is “poised to be right at the heart of the UK’s future space ambitions”.

The National (Scotland) · May 16, 2023