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Axiom Space develops commercial spacesuits and a space station
Axiom Space is a privately funded company busy with commercial space flight plans, including a crew to ISS in 2022, spacesuits, and even a space station.
January 9, 2022
Black hole eruption the size of 16 full moons
Scientists used the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope to take the most detailed image yet of the black hole eruption inside galaxy Centaurus A.
January 9, 2022
Venus passages compared: 2017 to 2022
Venus will sweep near the sun in our sky (inferior conjunction) on January 8-9. Astronomer Guy Ottewell uses his great skill at illustration to compare this with past Venus passages.
January 7, 2022
Lunar libration: January 7 moon maximum for 2022
One side of the moon always faces Earth. Even so, over time, it's possible to see as much as 59% of the moon's surface, due to lunar libration.
January 6, 2022
Earlier tsunami warnings via magnetic fields
Scientists analyzed tsunamis from 2009 and 2010. They showed the magnetic fields of these great waves can help create earlier tsunami warnings.
January 5, 2022
The 1st known exoplanet magnetic field
An international team of astronomers has discovered a magnetic field on exoplanet HAT-P-11b, a Neptune-sized world 123 light-years away.
January 5, 2022
Crescent moon, crescent Venus
As Venus nears its passage between the Earth and sun on January 8-9, it appears in our sky as a very thin crescent. Photos and insights here.
January 5, 2022
Ice on Earth-like worlds might be rare
Ice on Earth-like worlds orbiting other stars may be fairly rare at the planets' poles, according to a new study from researchers in the U.S. and Switzerland.
January 4, 2022
Rogue planets nearly double in number with new discovery
Astronomers have nearly doubled the number of known rogue planets with a recent discovery using archive images from the Upper Scorpius region.
January 3, 2022
10 months of Perseverance: New Mars discoveries
NASA announced exciting new results from the first 10 months of Perseverance exploring an ancient lakebed on Mars, from magma to organics.
January 3, 2022
