Space

The European Space Agency (ESA) has completed the service module for NASA’s Orion spaceship, which is meant to take the nearly cancelled Artemis 4 mission to the moon. The module, which is supposed to be shipped to NASA this week, was nearly not needed after the Trump administration revealed plans to discontinue Orion and its rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), after the Artemis 3 mission…

Not to be confused with the numerically similar Canon EOS R50 or R50 V, which, like this Nikon, squeezes an APS-C sensor into a compact chassis, the Z50 II updates and revitalizes its brand’s entry-level mirrorless camera. With an eye on hitting an affordable price point, it doesn’t come with a mains charger for its removable battery, just a USB lead without a mains plug. However, the body is…

Check out the ripples from the coronal wave lifting off during the X5.1 solar flare. (Image credit: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center) The sun erupted in spectacular fashion this morning (Nov. 11), unleashing a major X5.1-class solar flare, the strongest of 2025 so far and the most intense since October 2024. The eruption peaked at 5 a.m. EST (1000 GMT) from sunspot AR4274, which has been…

If the skies are clear these next few nights, take a few moments to look up. You just might be lucky and catch a glimpse of a spectacularly bright meteor — a Taurid meteor streaking across the sky. While most meteor shower displays last about a week, the Taurids have perhaps the longest duration of overall visibility. Meteors from this particular stream begin appearing in mid-October and…