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SpaceX wraps up Starlink launches for May
SpaceX's fifth and final Starlink launch for the month took flight from California at 6:02 UTC on May 31, 2023. Watch a recorded livestream and learn more here.
May 31, 2023
Searching for habitable exoplanets in the soot zone
Astronomers say that habitable exoplanets could form in the soot zone around young stars. They could be rich in volatile carbon compounds, different from Earth.
May 31, 2023
Sun activity archive for May 2023
Sun activity archive for May 2023. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.
May 31, 2023
News from Enceladus via Webb: A huge water plume!
NASA's Webb Space Telescope has observed the largest water plume on Enceladus ever seen. Details about the analysis results will be published in a new paper.
May 30, 2023
Ancient ocean on Mars? Chinese rover finds marine sediments
Scientists in China say that the Zhurong rover has found new evidence for an ancient ocean on Mars, sedimentary rocks formed in a shallow marine environment.
May 30, 2023
Watch 1,000 Lego astronauts soar to the edge of space
A high-altitude balloon carried a mini space-shuttle with 1,000 Lego astronauts to the edge of space. Watch the fun video here.
May 29, 2023
Hubble’s hunt for an intermediate-mass black hole
Scientists using the Hubble space telescope have found evidence for an intermediate-mass black hole in the closest globular cluster to Earth, M4.
May 28, 2023
Frank Drake, SETI visionary, born on this date
May 28, 2023, would be the 93rd birthday of Frank Drake. He formulated the famous Drake equation in 1961, as a tool for contemplating alien civilizations.
May 28, 2023
What’s a safe distance from a supernova for Earth?
What's a safe distance from a supernova? To survive a supernova, recent data says Earth would have to be at least 160 light-years away from the exploding star.
May 26, 2023
New supernova! M101 explosion is closest in a decade
An amateur astronomer discovered a new supernova in M101 (the Pinwheel Galaxy) on May 19, 2023. See stunning images of the explosion here.
May 26, 2023
