A boom in satellites is brightening the night sky and hindering astronomers’ ability to study distant galaxies, sharpening ...

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Pulsating stars. Supernova explosions. Streaking asteroids. Far-off galaxies. Humankind recently saw the first stunning images of outer space taken by the world’s largest digital camera – and Florida ...

Scientists analyzing data from NASA's CODEX (Coronal Diagnostic Experiment) investigation have successfully evaluated the instrument's first images, revealing the speed and temperature of material ...

The planetary nebula is located 3,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco. Amateur astrophotographer Emil Andronic has captured a striking image of the Cat's Eye Nebula from his home in ...

The Red Spider Nebula gives us a possible preview of what might happen to our own Sun in about 5 billion years: as the Sun runs out of fuel, it may also swell into a red giant, shed its outer layers, ...

Full of extraordinary footage, Robert Stone's blissed-out mind-bender of a movie meditates on the possibilities of life in the universe. When I was four, my parents took me to a planetarium for the ...

Pop icon Katy Perry joined five other civilian women on a quick jaunt to the edge of space, making headlines. Meanwhile, another group of people at the United Nations was contemplating a critical ...

Wayne N White Jr consults with One Space Technologies Inc. He is a member and former Director of The National Space Society and an Associate Fellow of AIAA. Private citizens and companies may one day ...

Can international cooperation keep space peaceful? We examine the challenges and opportunities for safeguarding space security. The 1960s were a landmark decade for space exploration, featuring ...

Introductory remarks / Christian Brünner -- Fascination from the beginning of mankind / Alexander Soucek -- Reasons for space activities : some thoughts / Alexander Soucek -- A short chronology of ...