<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Astronomy  - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Astronomy  news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-uk</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:04:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[This Week In Space podcast: Episode 227 — Trekmania]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Episode 227 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Michael Okuda, who with wife and others have been central to the look, feel, and substance of the Star Trek universe.Hold onto your phasers, but it's been 60 years since Star Trek's debut, and the franchise is still going strong.From the LCARS computer graphical system to alien languages to the designs and color schemes, and even the digital effects remastering of the original series, Mike has been the Cardinal of Canon]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/this-week-in-space-podcast-episode-227-trekmania/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/this-week-in-space-podcast-episode-227-trekmania/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best 'Star Trek' spaceships: 14 classic vessels from the Federation and beyond]]></title><description><![CDATA[Raise shields and charge phasers, because we're running down the best "Star Trek" spaceships from across the galaxy.When Matt Jefferies started designing the original USS Enterprise, "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry told him he didn't want to see rockets or jets propelling the ship. "I bought whatever I could find on 'Buck Rogers' and 'Flash Gordon' and pinned it up on the wall," Jefferies explained. "I said, 'That we will not do.'"It's fair to say the artist came up with a truly brilliant s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/the-best-star-trek-spaceships-14-classic-vessels-from-the-federation-and-beyond/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/the-best-star-trek-spaceships-14-classic-vessels-from-the-federation-and-beyond/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perseid meteors meet mesmerizing star trails over Egypt's Western Desert]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astrophotographer Osama Fathi created this incredible view of Perseid meteors streaking through circling star trails above Egypt's Western Desert on Aug. 13-14, the night following the shower's peak under dark new-moon skies.Fathi imaged the star trails in 240 consecutive 25-second exposures, which captured the apparent motion of the stars in Earth's sky as they seemed to circle the celestial north pole and the North Star Polaris.The length of each trail reveals how far the stars appeared to mov]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/perseid-meteors-meet-mesmerizing-star-trails-over-egypts-western-desert/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/perseid-meteors-meet-mesmerizing-star-trails-over-egypts-western-desert/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASA, IBM launch new AI model for studying the moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've been studying the moon for a long time. NASA has gathered mountains of data over decades of lunar missions and studies. The data collected by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) alone, for example, exceeds that of all NASA's other planetary missions combined. Analyzing all this information takes lots of time and effort from researchers. So, NASA and IBM have developed an AI model to help sift through the moon data &mdash; an advance the agency announced on Thursday (Sept. 10). The open-]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/nasa-ibm-launch-new-ai-model-for-studying-the-moon/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/nasa-ibm-launch-new-ai-model-for-studying-the-moon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rocket Lab protests NASA's decision to award Blue Origin $700 million Mars orbiter contract]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rocket Lab still holds out hope that it can build NASA's next Mars orbiter.The agency picked Blue Origin for that job earlier this month, awarding Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company $700 million to develop, launch and operate the Mars Telecommunications Network (MTN).Today (Sept. 11), however, Rocket Lab announced that it has challenged that decision, filing a formal protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO).Rocket Lab has filed a formal protest with the Government Accountability Offi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/rocket-lab-protests-nasas-decision-to-award-blue-origin-700-million-mars-orbiter-contract/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/rocket-lab-protests-nasas-decision-to-award-blue-origin-700-million-mars-orbiter-contract/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've chased the 'false dawn' for years &mdash; this is the week to find and photograph it]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some stargazing feels like you know exactly what you are looking for, but you're still slightly unsure whether you are actually seeing it. Zodiacal light &mdash; meaning "light from the circle of animals" &mdash; is often like that.I have chased this so-called "false dawn" for years, and the first few minutes are always the same. I stare toward the horizon and wonder whether the sky is genuinely brighter there, or whether I am simply seeing distant light pollution, the first hint of morning twil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/ive-chased-the-false-dawn-for-years-mdash-this-is-the-week-to-find-and-photograph-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/ive-chased-the-false-dawn-for-years-mdash-this-is-the-week-to-find-and-photograph-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A star is exploding 45 million light-years away &mdash; here's how you can see it]]></title><description><![CDATA[An extraordinary exploding star has been spotted in a distant galaxy, and astrophotographers are racing to capture it before it fades from view.The supernova, called SN 2026aaiv, was first seen by the ATLAS survey on Sept. 1 in NGC 7331 (also known as Caldwell 30), a spiral galaxy about 45 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus, visible in the Northern Hemisphere and at mid-latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere.That makes this supernova a prime target for amateur astrophotographers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/a-star-is-exploding-45-million-light-years-away-mdash-heres-how-you-can-see-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/a-star-is-exploding-45-million-light-years-away-mdash-heres-how-you-can-see-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite to orbit for secret customer (photo)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rocket Lab just launched a mystery mission to orbit.An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site on Thursday (Sept. 10) at 11:28 p.m. EDT (0328 GMT and 3:28 p.m. local New Zealand time on Sept. 11).The launched kicked off a mission the company called "Happily Ever Faster," which we know little about.'Happily Ever Faster' to orbit &#127756;&#10024; Today we launched our 95th Electron at 3:28 pm NZST and deployed a single Earth observation satellite to a 500km LEO for a confide]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/rocket-lab-launches-mystery-satellite-to-orbit-for-secret-customer-photo/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/rocket-lab-launches-mystery-satellite-to-orbit-for-secret-customer-photo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stream every single Star Trek show from anywhere, and save up to 75% with this VPN deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Star Trek franchise has hit the ripe old age of 60 this week. September 8 is the official 'Star Trek Day' and marks the anniversary of the 'Original Series', which first broadcast in 1966. For fans of all things Star Trek, Paramount+ is the place to be with all seasons of the 'Original Series', plus the new series 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds', which is currently in Season 4 and hits its exciting finale on September 24.If you travel regularly, a regional lock can cut off your Paramount+ su]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/stream-every-single-star-trek-show-from-anywhere-and-save-up-to-75-with-this-vpn-deal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/stream-every-single-star-trek-show-from-anywhere-and-save-up-to-75-with-this-vpn-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun may once have swallowed a super-Earth planet and could still be hiding the evidence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our star and primary energy source that makes life on this planet possible may also be a cosmic cannibal. That's according to new research that suggests the sun may have swallowed a super-Earth planet billions of years ago in its early history. And our star may still be hiding the evidence.The scientists behind this research think that the fingerprints of this violent consumption of a planet may still exist within the solar interior. Super-Earths are common occupants of other planetary systems,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/the-sun-may-once-have-swallowed-a-super-earth-planet-and-could-still-be-hiding-the-evidence/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/the-sun-may-once-have-swallowed-a-super-earth-planet-and-could-still-be-hiding-the-evidence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[60 years of Star Trek uniforms: Looking back at the everchanging wardrobe of Starfleet]]></title><description><![CDATA[To boldly dress as no one has dressed before&hellip; In another universe, that could have been the "Star Trek" mission statement. Sure, the veteran franchise has spent much of its 60-year lifetime seeking out new life and new civilisations, but it's also been preoccupied with keeping crews fashionable as they explore the final frontier. It seems that nobody wants to make first contact sporting last year's jumpsuit. The sheer volume of uniforms worn on Federation duty is mind-boggling, as Starfle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/60-years-of-star-trek-uniforms-looking-back-at-the-everchanging-wardrobe-of-starfleet/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/60-years-of-star-trek-uniforms-looking-back-at-the-everchanging-wardrobe-of-starfleet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wavy alien dune fields stretch across Mars | Space photo of the day for Sept. 11, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[A dune field on Mars, as seen by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)Are those purple, wavy, alien thumbprints? Or perhaps an otherworldly ocean? Nope! It's actually a dune field on Mars, colored purple.What is it?Across the Martian surface are all sorts of unique features in the rocky, dusty surface material. In this false-color image, snapped by the HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/wavy-alien-dune-fields-stretch-across-mars-space-photo-of-the-day-for-sept-11-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/wavy-alien-dune-fields-stretch-across-mars-space-photo-of-the-day-for-sept-11-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On this day in space! Sept. 11, 1985: The International Cometary Explorer makes 1st comet flyby in history for NASA and Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Sept. 11, 1985, the International Cometary Explorer, or "ICE," became the first spacecraft to fly by a comet. Originally launched as the International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 in 1978, ICE was one of three spacecraft built for the International Sun-Earth Explorer (ISEE) program, a joint effort by NASA, the European Space Research Organization and the European Space Agency. The program's purpose was to study space weather, or the interaction between the Earth's magnetic field and the solar wind. A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/on-this-day-in-space-sept-11-1985-the-international-cometary-explorer-makes-1st-comet-flyby-in-history-for-nasa-and-europe/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/on-this-day-in-space-sept-11-1985-the-international-cometary-explorer-makes-1st-comet-flyby-in-history-for-nasa-and-europe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 private spacecraft zoom within 650 feet of each other to showcase 'advanced capabilities' in orbit (photos)]]></title><description><![CDATA[A pair of private spacecraft just showed off some impressive maneuverability high above Earth.The two probes &mdash; Mira satellites operated by the California startup Impulse Space &mdash; zoomed within 650 feet (200 meters) of each other in low Earth orbit (LEO) recently. The rendezvous demonstrated skills that could be useful to a variety of customers down the road, according to the company."These types of dynamic, agile maneuvers are how we unlock full access to space after launch and create]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/2-private-spacecraft-zoom-within-650-feet-of-each-other-to-showcase-advanced-capabilities-in-orbit-photos/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/2-private-spacecraft-zoom-within-650-feet-of-each-other-to-showcase-advanced-capabilities-in-orbit-photos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[25 years ago, a NASA astronaut witnessed the tragic 9/11 attacks from space. Here's what he saw.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Frank Culbertson had a birds-eye view of one of the most memorable and tragic events in American history.The NASA astronaut was the only American off of Earth on Sept. 11, 2001. He was circling the planet aboard the International Space Station (ISS) when terrorists flew commercial jets into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing more than 2,700 people.The ISS passed over New York shortly after the attacks took place, so Culbertson saw the devastation from an eerie re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/25-years-ago-a-nasa-astronaut-witnessed-the-tragic-911-attacks-from-space-heres-what-he-saw/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/25-years-ago-a-nasa-astronaut-witnessed-the-tragic-911-attacks-from-space-heres-what-he-saw/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I take the compact Nikon Stabilized 12x25 binoculars with me everywhere' &mdash; they now have $73 off, the best we've seen this year]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jase Parnell-Brookes has reviewed a huge range of skywatching optics, including the best telescopes, binoculars and image-stabilized binoculars. As our trusted authority and expert tester, when they recommend a product and you're in the market for it, their opinions and recommendations are worth paying attention to.In their Nikon Stabilized 12x25 binoculars review, Jase reckoned they were without doubt the best compact image-stabilized (IS) binoculars they had ever tested. Right now they have $7]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/i-take-the-compact-nikon-stabilized-12x25-binoculars-with-me-everywhere-mdash-they-now-have-73-off-the-best-weve-seen-this-year/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/i-take-the-compact-nikon-stabilized-12x25-binoculars-with-me-everywhere-mdash-they-now-have-73-off-the-best-weve-seen-this-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists discover mysterious new X-ray objects 'unlike any they have seen before']]></title><description><![CDATA[NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a brand new type of an otherwise familiar object &ndash; compact binary systems that steal gas from other stars, but which do so while emitting very low-energy X-rays but copious amounts of ultraviolet.Chandra spotted 84 suspicious object emitting very low-energy X-rays in six galaxies &ndash; four evolved ellipticals and two spirals, namely our near-neighbor the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)."We've never encountered a group of o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/scientists-discover-mysterious-new-x-ray-objects-unlike-any-they-have-seen-before/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/scientists-discover-mysterious-new-x-ray-objects-unlike-any-they-have-seen-before/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Summer Triangle — 3 stars, 1 seasonal mystery]]></title><description><![CDATA[On clear September evenings, I often find myself looking up just after dusk, expecting the sky to feel a little less like summer. Yet there, still commanding the overhead darkness, are Vega, Altair, and Deneb &mdash; the three brilliant stars of the famous Summer Triangle. Their familiar pattern can make the season feel as though it is lingering above us, even as cooler nights and earlier sunsets suggest otherwise. In fact, even as late as mid-November, the Triangle is still nearly overhead soon]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/the-summer-triangle-3-stars-1-seasonal-mystery/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/the-summer-triangle-3-stars-1-seasonal-mystery/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Sep 2026 (20 minutes away): Uranus enters retrograde motion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/10-sep-2026-20-minutes-away-uranus-enters-retrograde-motion/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 21:08:43 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/10-sep-2026-20-minutes-away-uranus-enters-retrograde-motion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 Sep 2026 (8 hours away): New Moon]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/11-sep-2026-8-hours-away-new-moon/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:44:44 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/astronomy/11-sep-2026-8-hours-away-new-moon/</guid></item></channel></rss>