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Friday, December 29, 2023

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches X-37B space plane (finally)

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The best places in the US for the April 2024 solar eclipse

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On April 8, 2024, the U.S. will experience its second total solar eclipse in seven years, but only parts of 15 U.S. states will experience totality. Here are our picks for the cream of the crop using a wide variety of criteria for great viewing.

Full Story: Space (12/28)

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches X-37B space plane (finally)

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The U.S. military's X-37B space plane has embarked on its latest clandestine mission at last after weeks of delays. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the X-37B to an undisclosed orbit, with two rocket boosters returning to Earth. Here's what we know.

Full Story: Space (12/28)

10 exhilarating spaceflight missions to watch in 2024

(Space.com / Josh Dinner)

From long-awaited rocket launches and lunar landers to crewed flights around the moon, here are a few exciting spaceflight missions to look forward to in 2024.

Full Story: Space (12/28)

Space Deal of the Day

Camera gift guide 2023: Capture the cosmos

(Getty, Nikon, Sigma, Peak Design, Benro, Sandisk, LaCie, COOWOO, BioLite, K&F Concept, Anker, JJC)

You'll find an affordable sub-$20 option, which is great if you're looking for a cheap stocking filler or you're buying a Secret Santa gift and don't have much knowledge about cameras and photography. Then there's a sub-$100 price tier for great quality gifts that don't break the bank, and finally, a $100+ category for if you really want to splurge.

Full Story: Space (12/14)

Best telescopes for kids: Astronomy for the family

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If you're looking for the best telescopes for kids to prep for 2024, you're in luck as we've got a selection of them in this handy guide.

Full Story: Space (3/22)

Best binoculars 2023: Top picks for stargazing and more

(Rebecca Greenaway)

We've discovered the best binoculars on the market and compiled this in-depth guide so you can pick the right pair.

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Spaceflight

Japan's SLIM lander beams 1st moon images home

(JAXA)

After arriving in orbit around the moon on Christmas Day, Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) moon lander has beamed back its first images of the lunar surface. Check them out here and prepare for an epic moon landing on Jan. 19!

Full Story: Space (12/27)

Science & Astronomy

JWST has broken cosmology. Can it be fixed?

(Alamy)

Something is awry in our expanding cosmos. A new finding by the James Webb Space Telescope has only entrenched the mystery. On the second anniversary of its launch, Webb has cemented the discrepancy with stunningly precise new observations that threaten to upend the standard model of cosmology.

Full Story: Space (12/27)

SpaceX

SpaceX launches 23 Starlinks in last flight of 2023

(SpaceX)

SpaceX launched its latest batch of satellites on Dec. 28 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, wrapping 2023 with more than 90 missions (but just falling short of a nice round 100). Here's how it happened.

Full Story: Space (12/28)

Technology

NASA's wild plan for burrowing 'cryobots' on icy moons

(NASA/JPL-Caltech)

NASA is building a roadmap for robots that could visit ocean worlds through future space missions and crack the worlds' thick, icy shells to explore subsurface seas in search of life. The ice-melting robots could melt their way through the ice moons of Jupiter, Saturn and beyond.

Full Story: Space (12/27)

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Thursday, December 28, 2023

Watch SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch the mysterious X-37B space plane tonight!

Watch SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch the X-37B space plane | Weird particle physics stories that blew our minds in 2023 | 2023: The year UFOs descended on Washington

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December 28, 2023

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Watch SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch the X-37B space plane

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After weeks of delays, liftoff of the Falcon Heavy with the Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane is scheduled to occur from Launch Complex-39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during a 10-minute window that opens tonight at 8:07 p.m. EST (0107 GMT Dec. 29). Here's how you can watch it live.

Full Story: Space (12/11)

Weird particle physics stories that blew our minds in 2023

(Yuya Makino, IceCube/NSF)

The past year was a big win for particle physics, as experiments and nature conspired to produce some truly stunning results. Here are the biggest stories about the smallest particles from 2023.

Full Story: Space (12/28)

2023: The year UFOs descended on Washington

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For those who follow news related to anomalous flying objects, 2023 will be remembered as the year UFOs came to Washington, D.C. Not in the way we'd all like, though. No, there were no Tic-Tac-shaped UFOs landing on the White House lawn or big black triangles hovering silently in the air above it. Instead, there were hearings. Lots of hearings.

Full Story: Space (12/27)

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Best telescopes for kids 2023: Astronomy for all the family

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If you're looking for the best telescopes for kids to gaze at the night sky with in the 2024, you're in luck as we've got a selection of them in this handy guide.

Full Story: Space (3/22)

Star projector gift guide 2023: Bring space home

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Some star projectors are more toys or night lights than science instruments, suitable for children with an interest in space to help soothe them at bedtime. But other star projectors are great tools for adults, acting either as a relaxation tool with in-built Bluetooth to synchronize with music, podcasts or audiobooks, or a powerful scientific device that can turn your living room into a home planetarium.

Full Story: Space (12/13)

Telescopes gift guide 2023: Best for all budgets

(Celestron, Unistellar, Future)

This guide aims to ensure that the telescope you choose meets the requirements of the astronomer in your life, with the instrument not being too difficult or simple to use while ensuring that the buyer -- that's you -- doesn't have to break the bank in order to tick a telescope off your list.

Full Story: Space (12/20)

Skywatching

December's Full Cold Moon shines in amazing photos

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With the full moon on Dec. 26, skywatchers and astrophotographers weren't going to let obstacles like Christmas Day hangovers — or frigid temperatures of a cold December night — stop them from capturing some truly awe-inspiring images of the Cold Moon from around the globe.

Full Story: Space (12/27)

Spaceflight

Dream Chaser space plane enters final testing

(Sierra Space)

Dream Chaser, Sierra Space's shuttle-shaped spacecraft, is undergoing final testing in preparation for its very first taste of space. It's called Tenacity. Assembly of the spacecraft was completed in early November, and it's test flight on a ULA Vulcan rocket is set for 2024.

Full Story: Space (12/27)

Science & Astronomy

10 dramatic discoveries about Earth from 2023

(NASA)

2023 was another eventful year for our planet, delivering broken climate records, unprecedented weather disasters and worrisome studies. Here's a look back on the year that was on our planet.

Full Story: Space (12/28)

SpaceX

History-making SpaceX Falcon 9 booster topples over

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The first U.S. commercial rocket to launch astronauts into orbit has met its end after being destroyed during its latest post-flight recovery. "We are planning to salvage the engines and do life leader inspections on the remaining hardware. There is still quite a bit of value in this booster. We will not let it go to waste," a SpaceX officials says.

Full Story: Space (12/27)