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Building blocks: How China plans to make bricks on the moon for lunar habitats

Andrew Jones published 3 December 24

Chinese scientists are developing the capability to build a moon base made of bricks formed from lunar soil.

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Tiny asteroid detected hours before hitting Earth to become 4th 'imminent impactor' of 2024

Brett Tingley published 3 December 24

A tiny asteroid measuring some 27 inches (70 cm) wide was detected on a collision course with Earth above Siberia. It is expected to burn up harmlessly on the morning of Dec. 3, 2024.

Against a black background, hazy blue spikes stick out around a glowing green hue, covering a lemon-shaped object with some slight striping internally of yellow, red, and blue greens.

The shape of light: Scientists reveal image of an individual photon for 1st time ever

Victoria Atkinson published 3 December 24

Active volcanoes were erupting on the far side of the moon 2.8 billion years ago, the first lunar samples returned from the far side reveal. 1

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' episodes 1 & 2: What's the secret of At Attin?

Fran Ruiz published 3 December 24

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew explores the New Republic era from a new, innocent perspective, but there's more than meets the eye...

The metal embedded in the handles of SpacePep's knives comes from the production process of Ariane 5 rockets.

Handle on history: Knives embedded with rocket parts honor 45 years of Ariane launches

Robert Z. Pearlman published 3 December 24

A company that crafts knife handles from leftover rocket metal and the wood from trees surrounding the launch pad has created a limited piece celebrating the anniversary of Europe's venerable Ariane.

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Mysterious fast radio bursts could be caused by asteroids slamming into dead stars

Robert Lea published 3 December 24

An asteroid hitting a neutron star could release enough energy to power humanity for 100 million years, more than enough to explain fast radio bursts!

An illustration shows a potential second Big Bang, a "dark Big Bang." — Could dark matter have been forged in a second 'Dark Big Bang?' The Big Bang may not have been the origin of the universe's most mysterious matter. Instead, dark matter could have been created in a second creation event, a "Dark Big Bang."

The night sky over Kyiv, Ukraine in 2020. — Cosmic rays could help assess hidden war damage in Ukraine Energetic particles that arise when cosmic rays hit Earth’s atmosphere could help assess hidden damage to buildings in Ukraine after the war.

An illustration shows an asteriod slamming into a neutron star releasing a Fast Radio Burst — Mysterious fast radio bursts could be caused by asteroids slamming into dead stars Asteroids colliding with neutron stars could account for mysterious blasts of energy called fast radio bursts by releasing enough energy to supply humanity's power needs for one hundred million years.

a grey crater-marked planet on an empty black background — BepiColombo probe captures haunting Mercury image on 5th of 6 gravity assist flybys (photo) The European-Japanese BepiColombo probe made a close flyby of Mercury on Dec. 1, 2024 and captured an image of the planet.

side by side images show a splotch of green and blue in a black canvas with a red center, and a red yellow canvas on the right, with dark granules scattered around. — World's 2nd fastest supercomputer runs largest-ever simulation of the universe A new frontier has been reached in simulations of the universe, with the powerful exascale supercomputer called "Frontier" performing the most detailed simulation yet of the cosmos.

An animation of a nova. — Where's the Blaze Star? Why the overdue 'new star' T Coronae Borealis has yet to light up the night sky Astronomers explain why the highly-anticipated "guest star" has not appeared in the night sky yet.

an image of the sun showing a bright white arc of light extending from its left side — Broken water pipe knocks out data processing for NASA sun-studying spacecraft Data processing for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and IRIS probe are down for a while, thanks to a burst water pipe in a server room used by the missions.

Tech

The bulbous blue orb of Earth hangs from above. On its face, on the left, a giant white swirl of this cloud, a hurricane. On the bottom right, within the sliver of black space beneath the Earth, a white spacecraft is partially seen.

Near Space Labs launches fleet of AI-powered balloon robots to track Earth climate risks

By Sharmila Kuthunur published 27 November 24

New York-based Near Space Labs has launched a new fleet of balloon-borne zero-emission robots to keep a supersharp eye on Earth.

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NASA awards $11.5 million to help design the aircraft of tomorrow

By Samantha Mathewson published 23 November 24

NASA has awarded $11.5 million to five organizations that will contribute to the study of new design concepts for more sustainable aircraft.

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The shape of light: Scientists reveal image of an individual photon for 1st time ever
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'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' episodes 1 & 2: What's the secret of At Attin?
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Handle on history: Knives embedded with rocket parts honor 45 years of Ariane launches
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Mysterious fast radio bursts could be caused by asteroids slamming into dead stars

Spaceflight

Two astronauts float in the busy white interior of a space station, holding equipment, wearing ppo masks.

Fruit flies in space! Chinese astronauts show off experiment on Tiangong space station (video)

By Andrew Jones published 2 December 24

China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts have some winged companions to oversee aboard the country's Tiangong space station — fruit flies, which arrived on a cargo ship on Nov. 15.

Human Spaceflight

Project Mercury: America's 1st crewed space program

By Elizabeth Howell last updated 28 November 24

Project Mercury was NASA's program that launched the first American astronauts into space, completing a total of six crewed spaceflights.

Human Spaceflight

Science & Astronomy

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2024

By Tariq Malik last updated 3 December 24

Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024.

An image of Venus's surface created using data from the Pioneer, Venera, and Magellan missions

Did Venus ever have oceans to support life, or was it 'born hot'?

By Robert Lea published 2 December 24

New research suggests that Venus may never have possessed liquid water oceans. That would mean "Earth's evil twin" was always hostile to life.

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Search For Life

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Communicating with aliens one day could be much easier if we study the way AI agents speak with each other

By Olaf Lipinski published 30 November 24

Decoding emergent languages in AI can have many benefits.

Search for Life

An alien megastructure like a Dyson sphere doesn’t seem to be causing the weird dimming of one of the weirdest stars in our galaxy, Tabby's star.

The fastest-moving stars in the galaxy may be piloted by intelligent aliens, new paper suggests

By Paul Sutter published 28 November 24

To explore the galaxy and hunt for resources, intelligent aliens might need to turn their home stars into natural spaceships, a new paper suggests. A few known star systems might fit the bill.

Search for Life

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Japan's priceless asteroid Ryugu sample got 'rapidly colonized' by Earth bacteria

By Robert Lea published 27 November 24

A sample of the asteroid Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 mission was rapidly colonized by terrestrial microorganisms, new research has revealed.

Search for Life

Skywatching

The last Cyber Monday 2024 deals you can buy: Telescope deals, binocular discounts, camera deals after Black Friday week

By Jase Parnell-Brookes last updated 3 December 24

Deals We've scoured the net for the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals on space-related gear, from telescopes to cameras and more.

Aurora forecast: Will the northern lights be visible tonight?

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 3 December 24

The latest aurora forecast for tonight help you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.

Aurora Borealis

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Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky

By Jamie Carter last updated 3 December 24

Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

Entertainment

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'Star Trek:' History & effect on space technology

By Ian Stokes last updated 2 December 24

Ever since we were invited to explore the "final frontier" on the USS Enterprise, "Star Trek" technologies have also made their way into our everyday lives.

Space Movies & Shows

A soldier in green armor holding two submachine guns, with a yellow-tinted cityscape behind him.

'Halo 2' 20 years later: The sequel that changed gaming forever

By Fran Ruiz published 2 December 24

Two decades on, Halo 2 remains one of the best video game sequels of all time. Here's how it became a monument to Xbox and sci-fi shooters.

Space Games & Toys

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The best camera deals we've spotted so far: Cyber Monday 2024

By Alexander Cox last updated 2 December 24

Deals Here's our roundup of the biggest savings and discounts on cameras as we approach Cyber Monday 2024.

References

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2024

By Tariq Malik last updated 3 December 24

Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024.

U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) Star Trek The Next Generation (1987)_Paramount Pictures

'Star Trek:' History & effect on space technology

By Ian Stokes last updated 2 December 24

Ever since we were invited to explore the "final frontier" on the USS Enterprise, "Star Trek" technologies have also made their way into our everyday lives.

Space Movies & Shows

a silhouette of a person looking up through a telescope under a starry night sky

The brightest planets in December's night sky: How to see them (and when)

By Joe Rao last updated 2 December 24

Reference December is certainly a great month for planet watchers. Venus finally becomes the preeminent evening star, by climbing well up into the southwest evening sky during this month.

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