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NASA's mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds
By Douglas Vakoch published
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will carry a laser-etched message that celebrates humanity’s connection to water.

Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I'm leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes
By Amy Lien published
Swift is a multiwavelength space telescope that scientists are using to find out more about these mysterious gamma-ray flashes from the universe.

James Webb Space Telescope documentary returns to IMAX theaters this week for Earth Day. Watch exclusive clips here (video)
By Jeff Spry published
New James Webb Space Telescope documentary, "Deep Sky," returns to IMAX screens for Earth Day. Watch two exclusive clips here at Space.com.

Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus is able to support life − my research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells there
By Fabian Klenner published
As a planetary scientist and astrobiologist who studies ice grains from Enceladus, I'm interested in whether there is life on this or other icy moons. I also want to understand how scientists like me could detect it.

My dogs and I watched the 2017 total solar eclipse, but we won't travel for this one
By Jeff Spry published
An account of the 2017 "Great American Eclipse" as viewed from Oregon — with my dogs.

Why NASA jets will chase the April 8 total solar eclipse (video)
By Jeff Spry published
NASA scientists will study the April 8 total solar eclipse using special jet airplanes.

Get a sneak peak at Universal Epic Universe's Celestial Park, coming in 2025 (images)
By Jeff Spry published
See newly released concept art for Celestial Park, one of the five "worlds" of the Universal Epic Universe theme park, coming in 2025.

The Chandra X-ray spacecraft may soon go dark, threatening a great deal of astronomy
By Monisha Ravisetti published
NASA's recent budget request doesn't offer hope for a leading X-ray astronomy spacecraft. Scientists are pretty worried.
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