Saturn at opposition: See the Lord of the Rings at its best this month By Joe Rao published 10 August 22 On Sunday night (August 14th), Saturn arrives at opposition, when it lies on the opposite side of the sky from the sun.
Save £400 on the Celestron Advanced VX 8 Edge HD telescope By Alexander Cox published 10 August 22 Deal This Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope is the complete night sky-viewing package and you can now save £400 on it.
On This Day In Space: Aug. 10, 1972: 'Great daylight fireball' zooms over North America By Hanneke Weitering published 10 August 22 On Aug. 10, 1972, an Earth-grazing fireball burst through the sky over North America.
Big new Chinese rocket lofts 6 experimental satellites on debut launch (video) By Andrew Jones published 10 August 22 The solid-fueled Lijian 1 rocket, also referred to as ZK-1A, lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on July 27, carrying six satellites into orbit on its debut flight.
Scientists spot baby alien planet that might be forming moons By Elizabeth Howell published 10 August 22 Scientists using a powerful telescope array spotted gas and a possible young exoplanet in a cloud of gas and dust surrounding a distant star.
Astronomers plan to fish an interstellar meteorite out of the ocean using a massive magnet By Jamie Carter published 10 August 22 Astronomers are planning a fishing trip to land an extraterrestrial interloper on Earth: a small meteorite from another star system that crashed into the Pacific Ocean in January 2014.
The James Webb Space Telescope makes stunning images thanks to these engineering solutions By Rebecca Sohn published 10 August 22 A group of engineers was tasked with designing a space telescope that would change the way we see our universe. Just one problem: much of the technology they would need didn't exist.
SpaceX launches 52 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea By Mike Wall published 10 August 22 SpaceX launched 52 of its Starlink internet satellites Tuesday night (Aug. 9) on a mission that also featured a rocket landing on a ship at sea.
SpaceX fires up Starship and Super Heavy Booster 7 ahead of test flight By Mike Wall published 10 August 22 SpaceX fired up a Super Heavy booster on the launch pad today (Aug. 9) for the first time ever, notching a big milestone in the development of its Starship deep-space transportation system.
Perseid meteor shower 2022 webcast: Watch the 'shooting stars' live online tonight! By Samantha Mathewson published 9 August 22 The annual Perseid meteor shower is approaching its peak, and you can enjoy the event live online.
The last supermoon of the year rises Thursday: Watch it online for free By Daisy Dobrijevic published 9 August 22 Watch the last supermoon of the year rise over Rome with the Virtual Telescope Project's free livestream, which starts on Aug. 12 at 1:30 a.m. ET.
'The Orville' Season 3 finale gives us Moclan mating rituals, Malloy's missing egg sandwich and more By Scott Snowden published 9 August 22 Other seasons of sci-fi shows come and go, but 'The Orville' will almost certainly be missed the most.
Northrop Grumman picks Firefly to replace Russian engines on Antares rocket By Tariq Malik published 9 August 22 Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket is about to get an all-American upgrade with the help of Firefly Aerospace.
President Biden signs CHIPS Act, approving International Space Station extension to 2030 By Mike Wall published 9 August 22 Today (Aug. 9), President Joe Biden signed into law the CHIPS Act, which includes a NASA authorization bill — the first one to pass Congress in five years.
Perseid meteor shower peaks this week, but don't expect much By Samantha Mathewson published 9 August 22 The peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower shares the sky with August's full moon this week, meaning it will be difficult to view the iconic shooting stars.
'Cosmic butterfly' wings shimmer in image of violently colliding galaxies By Robert Lea published 9 August 22 Astronomers have spotted the initial stages of a clash and merger between two spiral galaxies using the Gemini North telescope, offers a glimpse at the fate of our galaxy.
Senator who helped save Hubble donates space telescope collection By Robert Z. Pearlman published 9 August 22 A politician who helped save the Hubble Space Telescope has now donated her space souvenirs to the operations center that runs the observatory, the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Celebrate NASA's Artemis 1 mission by sharing your 'moon snaps' By Mike Wall published 9 August 22 NASA is asking people to share their "moon snaps" to celebrate Artemis 1, which is scheduled to launch on an uncrewed mission around the moon no earlier than Aug. 29.
Watch NASA's next-generation lunar Gateway space station build up in concept video By Elizabeth Howell published 9 August 22 A new NASA video shows how the Gateway space station will put together modules to support Artemis astronauts during their sorties on the lunar surface.
See James Webb Space Telescope's incredible reach into the universe (video) By Elizabeth Howell published 9 August 22 Zoom in to see the incredible Cartwheel Galaxy, which is 500 million light-years away from us.
