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Building Telescopes on the Moon Could Transform Astronomy—and It’s Becoming an Achievable Goal

Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organized by multiple space agencies—and increasingly by commercial companies—are set to visit the moon by...

The Cosmic Majest of Edge-On Galaxy NGC 891

There’s a certain magic to the sight of an edge-on galaxy. Even though the famous Sombrero galaxy (Messier 104) earned its name buy its...

Extreme stars share unique properties that may provide a link to mysterious sources

Nov 23, 2023 (Nanowerk News) An international research team led by Michael Kramer and Kuo Liu from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in...

New telecoms satellites will degrade our view of the cosmos – Physics World

Astronomers are becoming increasingly concerned about the growing number of satellites that are lighting up the night sky by reflecting sunlight...

CNBC Explores How Starlink Is Generating Billions for SpaceX

SpaceX, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk in...

First Color Images from the Euclid Space Telescope #SpaceSaturday

The James Webb Space Telescope has gotten all of the flowers lately for its astonishing images. But there are other space telescopes. The European...

Ask me anything: Sally Oey – ‘Understanding the universe just a little bit better is the whole reason why I’m doing this’ – Physics...

Sally Oey is a professor of astronomy at the University of Michigan, US, where she studies massive stars and their effects...

How the World’s Biggest Optical Telescope Could Crack Some of the Greatest Puzzles in Science

Astronomers get to ask some of the most fundamental questions there are, ranging from whether we’re alone in the cosmos to what the nature...

She Decodes Quakes From Undersea Volcanoes (and Taylor Swift) | Quanta Magazine

IntroductionWe often think of volcanoes as skyscraping marvels, but these portals to the geologic underworld also reside underwater. Unfortunately, submarine volcanoes are trickier to...

EU finalizing contract with SpaceX for Galileo launches

WASHINGTON — The European Union is in the final stages of completing a deal with SpaceX to launch four Galileo navigation satellites in 2024....

Moiya McTier: from scientist to science communicator – Physics World

Moiya McTier describes her journey from academic research in astrophysics, to setting up her own science communication business As...

SpaceRake wins $1.8 million in SDA funding for optical communications terminals

SAN FRANCISCO – The Space Development Agency awarded SpaceRake, a Cambridge, Massachusetts startup, $1.8 million to develop miniature laser communications terminals. It was the...

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