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Archive for October 31st, 2024

Comets, supermoon, northern lights, oh my! Amazing photos of the celestial Halloween treats of October 2024

October 31st, 2024 by

A geomagnetic storm, the largest supermoon of the year, a comet and an eerie fireball were among the skywatching treats that haunted the night sky of October 2024.

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Fight space ghosts as an astronaut cat in spooky Halloween 2024 Google Doodle

October 31st, 2024 by

Celebrate Halloween with a cosmic new Google Doodle, featuring an astronaut cat vanquishing creepy creatures across Earth’s atmosphere.

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Dark matter might live in a dense haze around stellar corpses

October 31st, 2024 by

The extreme qualities of neutron stars could mean these dead stellar remnants gather dense clouds of hypothetical particles called “axions” around them, potentially shedding light on dark matter.

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The Lego Black Panther building set is over $100 off pre-Black Friday

October 31st, 2024 by

The near-3000 piece Lego Black Panther building set is over $100 off ahead of Black Friday and is one of its lowest price this year on Amazon.

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Happy Dark Matter Day! Meet the usual — and unusual — suspects in this cosmic mystery

October 31st, 2024 by

Dark matter makes up 85% of the stuff in the cosmos, but scientists have no idea what it is. On Dark Matter Day (Oct. 31), Space.com invites you to interrogate the suspects.

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Will China return Mars samples to Earth before the US does?

October 31st, 2024 by

China has moved up its timeline for bringing Mars samples to Earth, aiming to do so as early as 2028 — long before the U.S. is slated to achieve this same ambitious goal.

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Can ‘failed stars’ have planets? James Webb Space Telescopes offers clues

October 31st, 2024 by

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered brown dwarfs at the heart of planet-forming disks in the Orion nebula. The discovery could help reveal if these “failed stars” can have planets.

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Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin endorses Trump for president

October 31st, 2024 by

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person ever to walk on the moon, endorsed Donald Trump in a statement released today (Oct. 30).

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