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Are we ready for the next big solar storm?

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Dream Chaser spaceplane completes tests at NASA’s Neil Armstrong facility

SpaceX’s newly unveiled extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuit will allow astronauts to conduct spacewalks during Polaris Dawn. Credit: SpaceX.

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

What Is Polaris Dawn? The upcoming SpaceX mission, explained

Astrophotography, Deep-Sky Objects

Astrophotography and the art of collaboration

An artist’s conception shows the orbits of both the star (in blue) and the black hole (in red), dubbed Gaia BH3, around their common center of mass. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada/Space Engine (spaceengine.org)

Exotic Objects, Milky Way, Science

Astronomers uncover ‘sleeping giant’ black hole Gaia BH3, the largest ever found in the Milky Way

This artist illustration shows WASP-69b, which sits about 163 light years from Earth, orbiting its host star. Credit: Gabriel Perez Diaz, SMM (IAC).

WASP-69b — and its weird tail — help us understand the cosmos

This is a color illustration of what exoplanet 55 Cancri e might look like. A rocky planet on the left and a portion of a much-larger star on the right. About three-quarters of the lit side of the planet is visible; the other quarter is in shadow. The surface of the planet has gray, orange, and yellow mottling. Most of the orange and yellow is in the region that is facing the star directly. The grayer portions are toward the poles and shadowed side of the planet. The edge of the disc of the planet appears to be glowing, suggesting a thin atmosphere. The star is bright orange-yellow, with a turbulent appearance similar to the Sun."

Exoplanets, Science

At last! JWST finds signs of a thick atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet

An illustration of what Venus might have looked like with large oceans. Credit: NASA.

What happened to all the water on Venus?

Observing, The Sun

These are the safe ways to look at the Sun (and you know you want to)

This artist’s concept shows what exoplanet K2-18b could look like based on science data. Credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmsted (STScI), Science: N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University).

Alien Life, Exoplanets

Possible hints of life found on exoplanet K2-18b – how excited should we be?

What happens if we detect alien life?

Boeing Starliner in space

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Why Boeing’s Starliner launch is an important milestone for commercial spaceflight