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These Minecraft space mods and builds will help you build the universe right on your gaming console or PC. Minecraft allows you to build up mountains, rivers, buildings and other elements of living on Earth, and with a few special…
Everyone’s favorite Klingon is putting together a “Star Trek” dream team. As a pivotal component of IDW Publishing’s efforts to build out their expanding world of “Star Trek” comic books starting with a new flagship “Star Trek” series coming later…
Atoms are the basis of the elements. There are 118 known elements in the Periodic Table, 92 of which occur naturally, and each is based on a different atom. The word “atom” comes from the Greek “atomos”, meaning something that…
This article was originally published at The Conversation (opens in new tab). The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Carolyn Devereux (opens in new tab) is a senior lecturer in astrophysics at the Centre for Astrophysics Research…
It’s not everyday that you can peek through a keyhole in the cosmos, but Hubble did just that — and it didn’t even realize it. A new photo of the reflection nebula NGC 1999 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope…
If you’re looking for a way to get into astronomy or looking for something to inspire a budding stargazer, grabbing $70 off the Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ telescope (opens in new tab) could be exactly what you’re looking for. The $70…
A massive dust storm on Mars that threatened a NASA lander is finally fading away. In late September, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter sounded an alarm for missions studying the Red Planet: a dust storm was brewing. Such storms have a…
With more than 20 missions aiming to land on the moon by 2026, a new NASA study has found that the protection and preservation of the historic Apollo landing sites remains a concern. The report, however, recommends that “extreme restraint”…
A powerful weather satellite is all set to launch early Tuesday morning (Nov. 1) — provided the weather cooperates. The Joint Polar Satellite System-2 satellite, or JPSS-2 for short, and its United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket passed their launch…
A new crowdsourcing science project called “Spritacular” is asking skywatchers to use their digital cameras to try to capture images of unusual electrical discharges above thunderstorms. These discharges, known as Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), better known as sprites, remain mysterious…
