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The ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket and Starliner spacecraft launches on June 5 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Human Spaceflight

Boeing Starliner launches NASA astronauts on mission to the ISS

Exoplanets, Science

Hubble finds signature of water vapor in exoplanet GJ 9827d’s atmosphere

This artist impression of a Moon base shows olar arrays for energy generation, greenhouses for food production, and habitats shielded with regolith. Credit ESA.

The Moon is a prime spot for astronomy. It might not always be.

The Orion Arm hangs in the sky over the Okie-Tex Star Party in this two-minute exposure taken at ISO 3200. All images were shot with an astromodified Canon EOS 6D and 16–35mm f/2.8 zoom lens unless otherwise noted. Credit: Adrian Bradley

Astrophotography

Chasing nightscapes: Tips for taking wide-field shots of the land and sky

Alien Life, Science

Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on what life is like on Earth?

The Prague astronomical clock. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Science, Uncategorized

The secrets and scandal of the Prague astronomical clock

Saturn and moons, as images by Hubble

Sky This Month: June 2024

Now far from the Sun in the outer solar system, the strange interstellar object known as ‘Oumuamua is depicted here as it’s approached by a questing spacecraft. Project Lyra is hoping to launch such a craft to explore our first known visitor from another solar system and provide the detailed study scientists desperately seek.

Exotic Objects, Space Exploration

‘Oumuamua: Can we catch an interstellar interloper?

Jupiter moon Io, imaged by SHARK-VIS on Jan. 10, 2024. The image combines three spectral bands — infrared, red and yellow — to highlight the reddish ring around the volcano Pele (below and to the right of the moon's center) and the white ring around Pillan Patera, to the right of Pele. Credit: INAF/Large Binocular Telescope Observatory/Georgia State University; IRV-band observations by SHARK-VIS/F. Pedichini; processing by D. Hope, S. Jefferies, G. Li Causi.

Science, Solar System

Volcanic moon Io gets close-up look from Earth observatory

Albert Einstein was already a recognized physicist when he published his theory of general relativity, or gravitation, in 1916. Three years later, he catapulted into an international celebrity when relativity’s first experimental proof came from a solar eclipse. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

How we can understand our universe through math

Planets in the morning sky

Observing, Upcoming Events

Look up to see the parade of planets in June’s pre-dawn sky (and bring binoculars)

The Gravity of Math: How Geometry Rules the Universe is available from Basic Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

The Gravity of Math: How Geometry Rules the Universe