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10 Exhibitions Not to Miss During L.A. Art Week

New York Observer | 2026-02-24, 17:29

Last year, Los Angeles Art Week unfolded in the wake of the devastating wildfires, and the mood was sober, introspective and distinctly community-focused, with the resilience of L.A.’s artistic ecosystem front and center. This year, the city of stars has

Uranus' auroras are strange. James Webb telescope reveals how they form

News Herald - Panama City | 2026-02-24, 17:14

If you think auroras on Earth are a strange and mesmerizing sight, that's nothing like what occurs on the perplexing world of Uranus. Our solar system's ice giant is famed for how it spins sideways. Naturally, Uranus' tilted rotation has a part to play in how

NASA’s PACE Satellite Provides New Pollution Measuring Product

NASA | 2026-02-24, 16:50

NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite, known for measuring tiny organisms in the ocean and particles in the atmosphere, has a new NASA home page

The Legal Void of the Asteroid Gold Rush

Universe Today | 2026-02-24, 16:29

Asteroid mining companies are finally getting off the ground, and

See the half-lit first quarter moon tonight: Look for the shadows of mountains on the ...

Space | 2026-02-24, 16:27

The moon will rise with its right half lit tonight, creating dramatic shadows on the lunar surface. ...

Huge Plume of Pollution Linked to Something That Will Not Make Elon Musk Happy

Futurism | 2026-02-24, 16:21

Just over a year ago, the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket plummeted back to the ground after delivering 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. It was a routine mission, one out of that have delivered just shy of 10,000 broadband-beaming satellites

A Massive, Unseen Object May Lurk Deep Inside The Kuiper Belt

IFL Science | 2026-02-24, 16:20

Something big appears to be warping the orbital plane of the Kuiper Belt. We can’t see it, but if some unobserved beast is responsible, it’s potentially bigger than the planet Mercury, and astronomers may have just detected its influence for the first time.The

Artemis II Astronauts Will Bring 10-Year-Old DSLRs With Them to the Moon

PetaPixel | 2026-02-24, 16:09

The four Artemis II astronauts set to make history by traveling further away from Earth than any human in history will be taking 10-year-old DSLR cameras with them -- rather than modern mirrorless. [Read More] ...

Newly-Discovered Cosmic ‘Jellyfish’ Is Offering a Rare Glimpse Into the Universe’s Past

The Miami Herald | 2026-02-24, 16:07

Scientists discovered a distant jellyfish galaxy with star-forming “tails” stretching back 8.5 billion years. ...

Hubble Telescope Just Found a ‘Dark Galaxy’ That’s 99% Invisible. Here’s How

The Miami Herald | 2026-02-24, 16:07

A newly discovered ghostly galaxy contains almost no stars — and 99% of its mass is dark matter. ...

Starlab Space Announces LambdaVision as Latest Customer for its On-Orbit Science Park

Pharmiweb | 2026-02-24, 15:51

LambdaVision will extend its research and production activities to Starlab as they advance toward space-based commercial manufacturing of protein-based artificial retinas. HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Starlab Space LLC, the commercial space station developer

Webb Maps Uranus’ Upper Atmosphere

NASA | 2026-02-24, 15:37

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope provided the first vertical view of Uranus’s ionosphere in this image released on Feb. 19, 2026, revealing auroras shaped by NASA home page

Lego Creator 3-in-1 Space Exploration Telescope review

Space | 2026-02-24, 15:32

The Lego Creator Space Exploration Telescope is a fantastic model, but the alternative builds of this 3-in-1 are a little disappointing. ...

Obstacle Avoidance: What is it, how to use it effectively and when it might fail

Space | 2026-02-24, 15:32

An outline of what drone Obstacle Avoidance is, how it works and how to use it effectively for your drone flights. ...

Two stars carve egg-shaped nebula | Space photo of the day Feb. 24, 2026

Space | 2026-02-24, 15:32

Two aging stars in the binary system AFGL 4106 sculpt a glowing, egg-shaped nebula as they approach the end of their lives. ...

I have built hundreds of Lego sets, and I think the mid-sized Star Wars ships ...

Space | 2026-02-24, 15:32

Forget spending $1,000 on a UCS Death Star — the best Lego Star Wars sets are as cheap as $50. ...

Technology Originally Developed for Space Missions Now Integral to Everyday Life

NASA | 2026-02-24, 14:43

Groundbreaking “camera-on-a-chip” technology that was originally developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for use in space missions is currently employed in billions of devices like cell phones that are used daily by people worldwide. NASA home page

New ‘Jellyfish Galaxy’ Discovered With Star-Birthing ‘Tentacles’ Trailing Behind It

Kansas City Star | 2026-02-24, 14:34

A rare jellyfish galaxy discovered by JWST is offering clues about how galaxies died in the early universe. ...

Hubble Just Revealed a ‘Dark Galaxy’ Hiding in Plain Sight. Here’s What We Know

Kansas City Star | 2026-02-24, 14:34

Astronomers discovered a hidden galaxy made mostly of dark matter — and it was nearly impossible to detect. ...

SpaceX Crew-12 restores full crew to ISS after medical evacuation

Ocala Star Banner | 2026-02-24, 14:26

More than a week has gone by since SpaceX helped restore a full crew of astronauts at the International Space Station. For about a month, a skeleton crew of three – including just one American – helped keep the orbital outpost up and running on their own after

Feb. 24, 1968: Discovery of pulsars is announced

Astronomy | 2026-02-24, 14:23

In July 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a “bit of scruff”

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex plans new 'Project Aero' attraction

The Daytona Beach News Journal | 2026-02-24, 14:20

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex officials plan to build a 55,000-square-foot attraction facility featuring show and ride spaces on 2.9 acres immediately south of the space shuttle Atlantis building, permitting records show. The mystery attraction is

'Some of the cracks had penetrated through': Chinese astronauts reveal new details about spacecraft that ...

Space | 2026-02-24, 14:20

Crew members of China's Shenzhou-20 mission recently detailed their reactions upon finding cracks in their spacecraft's viewport during the nation's first spaceflight emergency. ...

Starlight warped in the fabric of spacetime could help us find hidden black holes dancing together

Space | 2026-02-24, 13:26

Flashes of gravitationally lensed starlight could act as cosmic lighthouses revealing the presence of binary supermassive black holes in close orbit. ...