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- April 30
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- Cyclones on Jupiter and a moon with flowing magma: NASA Juno probe's latest discoveries are awesome
- A thousand stars are fleeing home in a hurry, and scientists don't know why
- New Horizons' new map of the galaxy | Space photo of the day for April 30, 2025
- NASA has used the US military for astronaut rescue for decades. So why ask private companies for help now?
- These are the sharpest images yet of planets being born around distant stars
- These ARE the Lego Star Wars deals you're looking for
- You really need to check out 'Moonrise', Netflix's awesome new sci-fi anime from the director of 'Attack on Titan'
- Amateur astrophotographer captures gorgeous view of Bode's galaxy from Death Valley
- John Lithgow to launch into life of Apollo 11 astronaut in new podcast 'BUZZ'
- How to see a celestial 'gazelle' cross the night sky close to the Big Dipper this week
- Capture May's full moon and the Eta Aquarid meteor shower with the best DSLR for astrophotography, now $600 off
- What can ripples in spacetime reveal about black holes? Quite a bit, it turns out
- China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months aboard Tiangong space station (video, photos)
- April 29
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- See photos snapped in space by Europe's 1st private reentry capsule
- NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who led carbon dioxide fix on Apollo 13, dies at 95
- Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket fails during launch, falls into the sea near Antarctica
- SpaceX's next private astronaut mission to ISS, Ax-4, to launch May 29 for Axiom Space
- New record! 6 rockets launch in less than 24 hours
- Amateur astronomer captures detailed photos of Croc's Eye and Whirlpool galaxies from backyard observatory
- Senate committee advances Trump's nomination of Jared Isaacman for NASA Chief forward
- Tank for 1st Artemis touchdown on the moon | Space photo of the day for April 29, 2025
- We got a trio of new 'Alien: Earth' trailers last week, and one hints at alien 'monsters' that aren't the xenomorphs (video)
- US Army launches hypersonic missile from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
- AI designs 50 gravitational wave detectors that could outperform human-made ones
- The pursuit of truths: A letter on the boy who cried aliens (op-ed)
- See a wafer-thin crescent moon leapfrog Jupiter this week
- 40-year-old spy satellite photos are helping find forgotten land mines in Cambodia
- Brand-new Falcon 9 rocket sends 23 Starlink satellites to orbit on SpaceX's 2nd launch of the day (video)
- April 28
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- Amazon launches 27 satellites to begin building huge 'Project Kuiper' internet constellation (video)
- Vega-C rocket launches European forest-monitoring 'Biomass' satellite to orbit (video)
- Pine Barrens ablaze as seen from orbit | Space photo of the day for April 28, 2025
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 1st of 2 planned Starlink launches in 2 days, lands booster at sea (video)
- 'I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good': NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains why he seemed so unwell after landing (video)
- China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts take control of Tiangong space station (video)
- The Outer Worlds 2: Release window, trailers, story details & everything else we know
- Scientists find giant, hidden gas cloud only 300 light-years away: 'This cloud is literally glowing in the dark'
- NYT bestselling author Daniel Wilson's next book is 'Hole in the Sky,' an alien first contact story on a Cherokee reservation, and it's already been picked up by Netflix (interview)
- A failed Soviet Venus lander will fall back to Earth after being stranded for 53 years
- What happens inside neutron stars, the universe's densest known objects?
- Astronomers gaze into 'dark nebula' 60 times the size of the solar system (video)
- Lego Marvel Rocket & Baby Groot Minifigure set is now 20% cheaper in this Amazon Sci-Fi deal
- March 2025 featured fires, floods and record-setting warmth in the US
- Satellite images reveal how Earth's surface moved during deadly Myanmar earthquake
- Newly launched NASA satellites open eyes to start studying 'auroral electrojets' in Earth's atmosphere
- Scientists use the JWST to study an extremely ancient galaxy piercing through the Cosmic Dark Ages
- SpaceX launches 250th Starlink satellite mission, lands rocket at sea (video, photos)
- April 27
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- Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star this month — and NASA caught the rare event
- 20 years ago, 'Star Wars: Republic Commando' made us care about the clones long before 'The Clone Wars' and 'The Bad Batch'
- Trump administration cancels lease for NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies lab in New York City
- Faint Neptune joins Venus and Saturn to form a planetary triangle in the pre-dawn sky on April 28
- April 26
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- Meet the 'Doctor Who' actors who brought the retrofuturistic robots to life for season 2's 'The Robot Revolution' (interview)
- NASA's Dragonfly nuclear-powered helicopter clears key hurdle ahead of 2028 launch toward huge Saturn moon Titan
- The new 'Doctor Who' episode 'The Well' is actually a sequel to a David Tennant classic
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 158 — Hubble's 35th Birthday
- 'We learned so much that we didn't know': Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander mission was full of surprises
- April 25
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- Senators press Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief, on his ties to Elon Musk
- 'This character is noble, and he's beautiful': James Gunn explains how he cracked Superman in new behind-the-scenes footage (video)
- Hubble helps explore the wreckage of a supernova star explosion in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way (image)
- How the Hubble Telescope became the 'Energizer bunny of spacecraft,' according to one of its astronaut visitors
- The sun might be spitting out particles that create water on the moon
- Stuck on Strands? Here are the constellations you need to know for today's star-themed puzzle
- Lost in space: Why some meteorites look less 'shocked' than others
- 'Pacific Rim' TV show is coming to Prime Video, and it's going to be a prequel to the movies
- SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts put things into perspective | Space photo of the day for April 24, 2025
- The brightest star in the night sky shows off this spring: How to see a scintillating Sirius
- Why are meteor showers so unpredictable? The sun may be to blame
- Amateur astrophotographer captures a stunning galaxy 24 million light-years from Earth (photo)
- New moon of April 2025 sees Venus and Saturn join up in the sky this weekend
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites, aces droneship booster landing (video, photos)
- April 24
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- Hubble Telescope snaps stunning portraits of Mars, a celestial moth and more in spectacular 35th anniversary photos
- Mars is covered in evidence of ancient lakes, rain and snow — but scientists aren't sure how that's possible
- Planning on rewatching 'Revenge of the Sith' for its 20th anniversary? Here's why 'The Clone Wars' finale makes it a better movie
- Mars orbiter snaps 1st image of Curiosity rover driving on the Red Planet (photo)
- Hubble Space Telescope at 35 | Space photo of the day for April 24, 2025
- See a cosmic 'smiley face' in the early morning sky as the moon greets Saturn and Venus tomorrow
- Scientists discover super-Earth exoplanets are more common in the universe than we thought
- China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts arrive at Tiangong space station (video)
- The 1st 'Predator: Badlands' trailer looks amazing, but it's the 'Alien' universe teases that have us most excited (video)
- James Webb Space Telescope finds a wild black hole growth spurt in galaxies at 'cosmic noon'
- Fan-favorite Clone Wars character returns for 'Star Wars Outlaws' DLC in May, plus we're getting a Nintendo Switch 2 port
- Could astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope again?
- Climate change is officially the leading threat to imperiled species in the United States
- World's largest solar telescope gains powerful new 'eye' to study the sun's secrets
- Happy 35th birthday, Hubble Telescope! 10 times the iconic observatory blew astronomers' minds (photos)
- Aging gracefully: The Hubble Telescope is in 'excellent technical condition' on its 35th birthday, its chief scientist says
- April 23
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- Rocket Lab introduces line of customizable solar arrays for satellites
- China launches Shenzhou 20 astronauts to Tiangong space station (video)
- Can Hubble still hang? How the space telescope compares to its successors after 35 years of cosmic adventures
- South Korea sends 4th spy satellite to orbit on SpaceX rideshare launch
- Don't miss a 'mini planet parade' early on April 24 as the moon, Venus and Saturn line up in the morning sky
- African Space Agency celebrates official inauguration, joining global push for space innovation
- Watch season two of "Star Wars: Andor" with Disney's biggest bundle discount, including Hulu and Celebrate Star Wars Day — May the Fourth Be With You
- Star Wars anime fans rejoice! 'Star Wars: Visions' returns for Volume 3, and 'The Ninth Jedi' is getting its own spin-off series
- China reveals Shenzhou 20 astronaut crew launching to Tiangong space station
- NASA's SPHEREx team rings bell at New York Stock Exchange | Space picture of the day for April 23, 2025
- Incredible photo catches the sun rising behind the world's largest telescope
- SpaceX launches 3 rockets from 3 pads in less than 37 hours (photos)
- Last chance! This Apple TV+ offer is one of the best streaming deals we've ever seen – but hurry, there's only one day left to grab 70% off
- Lyrid meteor shower 2025 delights stargazers with the help of a dramatic fireball display (photos)
- The Hubble Space Telescope turns 35 as NASA budget cuts loom. How many more birthdays will it have?
- Gorgeous deep space photo captures the Andromeda Galaxy surrounded by glowing gas
- Astronomers discover dark matter 'bridge' linking colliding galaxies: 'This is the missing piece we've been looking for.'
- April 22
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- Fixing the Hubble Space Telescope: A timeline of NASA's shuttle servicing missions
- Happy Earth Day 2025! Write your name in NASA satellite images and celebrate our planet (video)
- ELVIS in orbit: New 3D microscope arrives at the ISS to study microbes in space
- There's liquid on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. But something's missing and scientists are confused
- It's alive! It's alive! Orion throws back its cover | Space picture of the day for April 22, 2025
- Yousa in big doo-doo now, as Darth Jar Jar makes his way to Fortnite in the new Star Wars collaboration (video)
- Has the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a 'missing' supermassive black hole? (video)
- NASA's Lucy probe captures 1st close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing 'strikingly complicated geology'
- We took a guided tour of the solar system in Elite Dangerous, and now you can too (interview)
- Don't miss the Lyrid meteor shower peak tonight: Here's what to expect
- Marvel's screw-ups get their chance at redemption in the final 'Thunderbolts' trailer (video)
- US Space Force now has a framework for fighting a war in space
- Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest's worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tail
- Amateur astronomers capture groundbreaking photos of sun's corona during partial solar eclipse
- Italian Space Agency mourns death of Pope Francis
- Our galactic neighbor Andromeda has a bunch of satellite galaxies — and they're weirdly pointing at us
- SpaceX CRS-32 Dragon cargo capsule arrives at the ISS with 6,700 pounds of supplies (video)
- SpaceX launches European reentry capsule on 'Bandwagon-3' rideshare mission (video)
- April 21
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- SpaceX rocket launch creates a 'nebula' in the sky | Space picture of the day for April 21, 2025
- Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut at 70, arrives in Houston after 7-month space mission (photo)
- Amazon's Kuiper 1 internet satellites get new April 28 launch date on Atlas V rocket after delay
- Did we actually find signs of alien life on K2-18b? 'We should expect some false alarms and this may be one'
- Blue Skies Space to build satellite fleet around the moon to map the ancient universe
- 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' trailer shown at CinemaCon now arrives for us all (video)
- Twinkling star reveals the secrets of turbulent plasma in our cosmic neighborhood
- Colorful Eagle Nebula glows in stunning new image from Hubble Telescope
- How did this ancient black hole get so big?
- NASA's Curiosity rover finds major clue that Mars was once habitable
- Ultralight dark matter may have helped monstrous black holes form in the early universe
- SpaceX launches its 32nd Dragon cargo mission to the ISS for NASA (video)
- April 20
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- SpaceX launching Dragon cargo capsule to ISS early April 21: Watch it live
- SpaceX launches 10th batch of 'proliferated architecture' spy satellites for US government (video)
- When is the best time to see the Lyrid meteor shower 2025?
- Gamma-ray bursts reveal largest structure in the universe is bigger and closer to Earth than we knew: 'The jury is still out on what it all means.'
- NASA's oldest active astronaut lands with space station crewmates on his 70th birthday
- April 19
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- NASA's Lucy probe flies by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday
- 'Star Wars: Zero Company' is a new X-COM-style strategy video game set during the Clone Wars, and it's coming in 2026 (video)
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 157 — Space Force!
- Watch NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth today
- April 18
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- Could Mars volcanoes have supported ancient life on the Red Planet? Well, maybe
- Bahamas puts SpaceX rocket landings on hold pending review: report
- 'Take care of our station. It's our everything.' Russian cosmonaut hands control of ISS over to Japanese astronaut (video)
- NASA's sun-studying PUNCH mission captures its 1st-light images. Everything looks great so far
- Star Wars Celebration reveals new footage about Sigourney Weaver's 'The Mandalorian & Grogu' character
- Ghostly galaxy without dark matter baffles astronomers
- Cosmic party streamer for Hubble's 35th | Space picture of the day for April 18, 2025
- 'Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord' is the next animated series from a galaxy far, far away coming to Disney Plus
- Explosion destroys building at Northrop Grumman rocket test site in Utah
- 2 private satellites undock after pioneering life-extension mission
- It's always a pleasure to meet a new Lego Star Wars set, as Jango Fett’s Firespray-Class Starship drops in for Star Wars Day
- Ryan Gosling's new 'Star Wars' movie 'Starfighter' is coming in 2027, and it has nothing to do with the Starfighter games
- 'It's very pro-commercial space right now': An industry insider's off-Earth status report
- 'I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream' celebrates 30 years with a console port, ready to traumatise a whole new generation with its tales of a mad AI god
- Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong's gold Omega moonwatch sells for record $2.2M at auction
- April 17
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- NASA developing 1st-ever space-based quantum sensor for gravity measurements
- Haircut on high: Getting a trim in space | Space picture of the day for April 17, 2025
- Moon-orbiting Gateway space station's habitat module arrives in the US (photos)
- Iconic Sombrero Galaxy shines in reprocessed Hubble Telescope view (image)
- Possible signs of alien life found on nearby exoplanet, study reports
- The original 'Star Wars' theatrical cut (where Han shoots first) is coming back to theaters... well, one theater... for one night only
- 'Murderbot': Release date, plot, cast, and everything we know about Apple's upcoming dark sci-fi comedy
- China rolls out rocket for Shenzhou 20 astronaut launch to its Tiangong space station (video)
- Where did this extremely magnetic, dense and dead star come from? Scientists aren't quite sure
- A hidden solar cycle is awakening, but more extreme space weather over the next 50 years may not be a bad thing
- I cover deals and streaming content for a living and I recommend this Apple TV Plus deal, now $2.99 a month, this Easter
- How AI is helping scientists unlock some of the sun's deepest secrets
- Rare 'cannibal' solar eruption sparks severe geomagnetic storm and stunning auroras (photos)
- Where to see the Lyrid meteor shower 2025: Top viewing tips
- Vast swarms of hidden galaxies may be secretly bathing the universe in a soft glow
- April 16
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- US and UK militaries pick Rocket Lab's HASTE launcher to help test hypersonic tech
- Minotaur 4 rocket, repurposed from intercontinental ballistic missile, launches secret US spy satellites to orbit from California (video)
- Bipartisan US Planetary Science Caucus 'alarmed' by Trump's possible plans to slash NASA budget and block Mars Sample Return
- NASA continues stacking its giant Artemis 2 SLS moon rocket (photos)
- Glitch forces Japan's asteroid-sampling Hayabusa2 probe into protective 'safe mode' in deep space
- A gateway to the Gateway around the moon | Space picture of the day for April 16, 2025
- Scientists discover bizarre double-star system with exoplanet on a sideways orbit (video)
- A 'cosmic car radio' could help scientists tune in to dark matter within the next 15 years
- Every 'Black Mirror' Season 7 episode, ranked from worst to best
- NASA's Perseverance rover hits the Mars rock gold mine: 'It has been all we had hoped for and more'
- 'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response plan
- James Webb Space Telescope discovers most distant and earliest Milky Way 'twin' ever seen. Meet dragon-galaxy Zhúlóng (image)
- The Lyrids are back: How to catch this year's spring meteor shower
- Germany's military wants its own Starlink-like satellite constellation
- The best value VR headset, the Meta Quest 3, is now at its lowest-ever price, perfect if you want a bargain or to explore the world of virtual reality for less
- How artificial intelligence is helping scientists hunt for alien Earths
- April 15
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- Matter-spewing 'singularities' could eliminate the need for dark energy and dark matter
- New photos from European Mars orbiter show dynamic, volcanic Red Planet terrain
- Aisha Bowe becomes 1st Bahamian woman to reach space, remembers Alan Shepard’s landmark flight: 'He landed in Grand Bahama' (video)
- Aurora alert! Powerful geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois and Oregon tonight
- Katy Perry just became the 1st pop star to sing in space — but Lance Bass, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Sarah Brightman and Justin Bieber had their chance
- Star's swan song captured by Hubble Telescope | Space picture of the day for April 15, 2025
- NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts will return to Earth on April 19
- 'I've never been more proud of my friend than today,' Oprah Winfrey says as she watches Gayle King launch on Blue Origin rocket (video)
- Alien life could exist on Saturn's big moon Titan — but finding it will be tough
- Bungie's next sci-fi shooter 'Marathon' has been revealed with a trio of action-packed trailers, a release date, and a closed alpha (video)
- Pulsar Fusion unveils vision for ‘Sunbird’ nuclear rocket to reach Mars in half the time (video)
- James Webb Space Telescope sees a celestial Venn diagram around a dying star
- April 14
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- Gayle King just conquered her fears with Blue Origin's all-female space launch. Here's how she did it.
- 100th person to fly only a suborbital spaceflight | Space picture of the day for April 14, 2025
- ‘It is the highest high’: Here's what Katy Perry and the 5 other women of Blue Origin's historic all-female flight felt after liftoff (videos)
- Amanda Nguyen becomes 1st Vietnamese woman to fly to space: 'This journey really is about healing' (video)
- 'I feel super connected to love': Katy Perry reflects on her historic space launch with Blue Origin (video)
- Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 is this weekend, and here are 5 things we want to see from the year's biggest Star Wars event
- View the wonders of the night sky with one of the best star projectors around — now at one of its cheapest-ever prices
- Pop star Katy Perry and crew's Blue Origin spaceflight souvenirs
- Some dark matter haloes could roll through the universe like hollow cosmic Easter Eggs
- Hurry! Only eight days left to get 70% off Apple TV+ meaning you can watch all episodes of "Severance" and much more for just $2.99 a month
- Katy Perry and Gayle King launch to space with 4 others on historic all-female Blue Origin rocket flight
- Rare double solar blast unleashes 2 CMEs towards Earth — auroras possible April 16
- We finally have a release date for ‘The Alters’, the sci-fi survival game where you team up with your clones to survive a planet on fire (video)
- April's Full Pink Moon captivates skywatchers worldwide with dazzling 'micromoon' show (photos)
- Axiom Space to launch its 1st orbiting data centers this year
- 3 big hunks of space junk crash to Earth every day — and it's only going to get worse
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites to orbit on record-breaking 27th flight (video, photos)
- April 13
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- Katy Perry and Blue Origin's all-female rocket crew get Monse designer flight suits
- I’m headed to STARMUS La Palma 2025, where curious minds will gather under one of the darkest skies on Earth
- Not just Katy Perry: Here are the celebrities Blue Origin has launched to space
- Blue Origin set to launch all-female spaceflight with Katy Perry today
- SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket, lands booster on ship at sea (video)
- April 12
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- 'The Dream is [still] Alive': First IMAX film shot in space at 40 years
- 'I'm really excited about the engineering of it all.' Katy Perry is psyched for her Blue Origin launch on April 14
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 156 — Rocket Blast
- SpaceX launches 9th batch of 'proliferated architecture' spy satellites for US government (video)
- You don't need to like every episode of 'Doctor Who' — in fact, it's probably a good thing if you don't
- How to watch Blue Origin launch Katy Perry and crew to space on a historic all-female spaceflight today
- Easter is coming late in 2025, astronomically speaking. Here's why
- April 11
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- The newest GOES weather satellite in NOAA's fleet is now fully operational (video)
- Auroras could spice up April's Full Pink 'micromoon' this weekend
- Trump administration could slash NASA science budget by 50%, reports suggest
- Elon Musk's DOGE team given 'alarming degree' of access to NASA systems, House Democrats say
- The Fantastic Four suit up in awesome spacesuits in this sneak peek at 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps'
- 'The Empire can not win' — A pair of explosive 'Andor' Season 2 teasers drop ahead of April 22 release (video)
- Private Astroscale probe will refuel Space Force satellites high above Earth on landmark 2026 mission
- How to watch 'Doctor Who' season 2 online and from anywhere
- A gravitational war next door: The Large Magellanic Cloud is gradually destroying the Small Magellanic Cloud
- The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon
- What time is Blue Origin's New Shepard launch with Katy Perry and Gayle King today?
- Watch April's Full Pink 'micromoon' rise this weekend with a free telescope livestream
- Texas senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston
- What to expect from the newfound Comet Swan: An observer's guide
- NASA spacecraft spots monster black hole bursting with X-rays 'releasing a hundred times more energy than we have seen elsewhere'
- Save a massive 30% on the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ, a top-tier beginner telescope
- Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight urges women to shoot for the stars — but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional
- April 10
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- China to 3D-print bricks on the moon using lunar dirt in 2028 to pave way for future base (video)
- 'Love, Death + Robots' Season 4 teaser is a maelstrom of explosions, aliens, dinosaurs, and... well robots (video)
- NASA's Juno probe at Jupiter hits 'safe mode' glitch, but bounces back just fine
- See gorgeous green auroras dance over Earth in dazzling ISS astronaut video
- This star burped after eating a planet — but the planet was really asking for it
- Hubble Telescope snaps 1st images of clashing star clusters at the hearts of dwarf galaxies
- 'Murderbot' declares 'humans are idiots' in 1st tantalizing trailer for Apple TV's upcoming sci-fi series
- Rookie NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch to the ISS on a Russian rocket later this year
- Watch Predators take on samurai, ninjas and WWII pilots in the trailer for 'Predator: Killer of Killers' (video)
- Curiosity rover rolls past 'Devil's Gate' on Mars: Space picture of the day
- NASA's Deep Space Network is getting a new dish to help distant spacecraft phone home
- Meet the crew for Blue Origin's upcoming all-female spaceflight with Katy Perry
- Senator grills Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief, about Elon Musk's involvement in his job interview (video)
- Trump administration's NOAA layoffs affected the space weather service that tracks solar storms
- April's Full Pink Moon will rise as a 'micromoon' this weekend — what to expect from the smallest full moon of 2025
- Launch of Amazon's 1st Kuiper internet satellites delayed by bad weather
- April 9
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- SpaceX to launch new Intuitive Machines moon lander, lunar satellites in 2027
- SpaceX's next Dragon cargo ship launch for NASA will lift off on April 21
- Keeping space safe is the 'ultimate team sport', and the US Space Force has a new playbook
- China and Pakistan agree to fly 1st foreign astronaut to Chinese space station
- Trump's pick for NASA chief tells Senate he's aiming for the Red Planet. 'We will prioritize sending American astronauts to Mars'
- The epic total solar eclipse of 2024 caused some birds to stop singing
- Best small telescopes 2025: Portable, lightweight models to travel with
- Conservationists raise alarm over Air Force plan to land SpaceX Starships on bird sanctuary atoll
- That's no space station, it's a student-led drone show: Space photo of the day
- China's Chang'e 6 lunar samples suggest our moon is debris from an ancient Earth impact
- Nearby exoplanet could offer clues about atmospheres around hot, rocky alien worlds
- Capture the Lyrid meteor shower with our best camera for astrophotography, now $600 cheaper
- 'Predator: Badlands' trailer unveiled at CinemaCon shows the hunter becoming the hunted, but the rest of us will have to wait to see it
- Lunar Outpost unveils sleek new 'Eagle' moon rover (photos)
- Voyager, Sputnik and more: New collectible pins celebrate humanity's robotic space explorers
- How science gets tested on alien worlds: 'We quickly realize how much there is yet to discover'
- Watch Atlas V rocket launch 1st big batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites today afer delay
- Newly discovered Comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN) captured in stunning photo blazing across UK skies
- How Trump's tariffs could shake up the global space industry
- April 8
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- We now know the shape of notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 that dominated headlines recently — it's probably 'suburban,' too
- How to watch Jared Isaacman's NASA chief confirmation hearing in the Senate today
- Could we use black holes to power future human civilizations? 'There is no limitation to extracting the enormous energy from a rotating black hole'
- NASA's in a 'weird period' right now, acting chief Janet Petro says
- This baby galaxy cluster is powering extreme star formation with a hidden fuel tank
- US needs 'orbital interceptors' to win a war in space, Space Command chief says
- Bangladesh becomes 54th nation to join NASA's Artemis Accords for 'peaceful exploration of deep space'
- A flower's point of view of a rocket launch: Space photo of the day
- Record-breaking 'dead' galaxy discovered by JWST lived fast and died young in the early universe
- Want to see a lightcycle cut a cop car in half? Check out the 1st 'Tron: Ares' teaser trailer (video)
- Save a massive $160 on the Ruko F11Pro 2 drone, a drone with a 6K camera and it's now one of the lowest prices we've seen
- Russia and China are threatening SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation, new report finds
- The Void revealed as the big bad guy for Marvel Studios' 'Thunderbolts* in new teaser trailer (video)
- Lunar Quilts capture crafters, astronaut's take on return to the moon
- Scientists spice up old Hubble Telescope image to shine light on spectacular star cluster
- South Korea is converting an abandoned coal mine into a moon exploration testing ground
- 1 year since the Great North American Eclipse — Here's how the 2026 total eclipse will compare
- NASA's Jonny Kim and 2 cosmonauts arrive at ISS aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft (video)
- What is dark matter made of? New study bolsters case for 'primordial' black holes
- Navy SEAL doctor-astronaut launches with cosmonauts on Russian Soyuz to ISS (video)
- April 7
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- SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on brand-new Falcon 9 rocket, aces Pacific Ocean landing (video)
- A day on Uranus is actually longer than we thought, Hubble Telescope reveals
- Indian experiment module falls from space and crashes into ocean, but it's all according to plan
- US Space Force awards $13.7 billion in launch contracts to SpaceX, ULA and Blue Origin
- Nearby star photobombs portrait of a distant galaxy in new Hubble Telescope image
- Scientists find rare double-star spiral doomed for supernova explosion
- The new 'Superman' trailer first shown at CinemaCon is finally available for the rest of us (video)
- Moon mission patch beamed onto rocket assembly building: Space photo of the day
- SpaceX's Fram2 mission captures 1st human X-ray in Earth orbit
- How rare are inhabited worlds in the universe? The 'LIFE' space telescope fleet could find out
- 'Major disruption' has caused Arctic polar vortex to slide off North Pole, scientists say
- The most powerful explosions in the universe could reveal where gold comes from
- New comet SWAN25F is turning heads — and telescopes — toward the morning sky
- Watch Soyuz rocket launch new US-Russian crew to the ISS early April 8
- Satellite jamming is a real and growing threat. How can we protect our space infrastructure?
- April 6
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- North America is 'dripping' down into Earth's mantle, scientists discover
- 'Doctor Who' Season 2 premieres this week with a robot revolution and AI terrors
- Lyrid meteor shower 2025 peaks this month: Could we be in for a surprise outburst this year?
- NASA website removes 'First Woman' graphic novel — but here's where you can still find it
- Blue Origin faces backlash ahead of historic all-female spaceflight with Katy Perry
- How bacteria could help build and maintain cities on the moon
- SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast (video, photos)
- April 5
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- The Wildgate reveal trailer looks like Sea of Thieves in space, with more interesting progression (video)
- Fram2 astronaut mission's West Coast splashdown opens new era for SpaceX
- Celebrate 'Star Trek' and help feed the hungry for First Contact Day today
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 155 — Space News You Can Use
- The moon joins Mars and Jupiter in a 'mini planet parade' tonight. Here's how to see it
- Meet 'Nighthawk': Mars helicopter mission could be big leap for exploration
- April 4
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- Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief, to get Senate confirmation hearing on April 9
- NASA's Perseverance rover watches as 2 Mars dust devils merge into 1 (video)
- How to see Venus light the sky as the bright 'morning star' through fall 2025
- Scientists are using stellar 'quakes' to peer inside stars
- The Lego Marvel Spider-Man Daily Bugle set is one of the largest Lego sets in the Lego Marvel range — now at one of the lowest prices we've seen in years
- SpaceX's private Fram2 astronauts splash down on Earth, ending historic polar orbit expedition
- Astronaut's new NASA portrait is a blast from the past: Space photo of the day
- Rare colorful lightning caught on camera by ISS astronaut. 'OK, this is kind of out there'
- 'Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions' brings co-op space adventures to Nintendo Switch 2 (and other platforms) in 2026 (video)
- Watch 'potentially hazardous' asteroid fly near Earth this weekend in this free livestream
- Vanguard 1 is the oldest satellite orbiting Earth. Scientists want to bring it home after 67 years
- Scientists may have just found the driving force behind Venus' volcanos
- JWST finds spiral galaxy about 5 times more massive than Milky Way — scientists call it 'Big Wheel'
- Watch SpaceX's history-making Fram2 astronaut mission return to Earth today
- SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California
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- SpinLaunch wants to send 250 broadband 'microsatellites' to orbit with a single launch
- I'm going to a huge astronomy expo to see the latest telescope tech this weekend. I won't be alone.
- NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts reveal moon mission patch to honor 'AII'
- SpaceX fires up used Super Heavy booster ahead of 9th Starship test flight (photos, videos)
- True Anomaly to launch 1st deep-space security missions with autonomous Jackal satellites in 2026
- Doom: The Dark Ages — Release date, trailers & everything we know
- SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see their Florida launch site from space as historic pole-orbiting mission nears its end (video)
- Major storms on Jupiter can leave a fingerprint in the planet's atmosphere
- Captain Pike and his crew explore a lost Starfleet vessel in a new 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' novel coming later this month
- New 'Black Mirror' Season 7 trailer teases an epic space battle for the USS Callister (video)
- Extreme magnetic fields near our galaxy's black hole are preventing stars from being born, JWST discovers
- The utterly beautiful destruction of a planet: Space photo of the day
- Moon dust may help astronauts power sustainable lunar cities. Here's how.
- How a 'mudball' meteorite survived space to land in the jungles of Central America
- Powerful solar winds squish Jupiter's magnetic field 'like a giant squash ball'
- NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface
- What's the difference between a young exoplanet and an old one?
- Secretive Russian military satellites release mystery object into orbit
- April 2
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- 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 3 teaser trailer promises more gimmicky hijinks in the final frontier (video)
- Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon's 1st big batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites on April 9
- 'Red Planet,' 'Top Gun' and 'Batman Forever' star Val Kilmer dies at 65
- 25 years on, Vin Diesel's 'Pitch Black' still outshines every other Riddick film — and we think we know why
- Remember that asteroid everyone was worried about 2 months ago? The JWST just got a clear view of it
- Europe's life-hunting ExoMars rover gets new landing platform to replace canceled Russian craft
- Familiar faces return in 'Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld', which hits Disney+ on May the 4th (video)
- SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see 'pure white' Antarctica from polar orbit: Space photo of the day
- ESA's new documentary paints worrying picture of Earth's orbital junk problem
- US Space Force picks Rocket Lab and Stoke Space to compete for national security launches
- Space miso is nuttier than Earth miso — but it's still miso
- You can still get 73% Starz for three months and watch some Marvel content following the Avengers: Doomsday cast announcement
- Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space
- Drone pilot who flew over Vandenberg Space Force Base sentenced to 4 months in jail
- Plush polar bear with penguin art floats as Fram2 zero-g indicator in polar orbit
- Northern Lights in Mexico? Low-latitudes may be more vulnerable than expected to geomagnetic storms
- April 1
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- NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope takes its 1st cosmic images: 'The instrument team nailed it'
- New alien abduction film 'Watch the Skies' is giving us Swedish Spielberg vibes (video)
- 'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)
- Rare 'double sunrise' captured in Canada by intrepid solar eclipse chasers (photos)
- Déjà vu: President Trump nominates Greg Autry again to be NASA's financial chief
- Cryptocurrency billionaire watches SpaceX rocket launch on the way to his own SpaceX rocket launch
- DARPA accidentally detects SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket reentry by listening to Earth's atmosphere
- Floating blue-eyed robot keeps watch on the ISS: Space photo of the day
- Million-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun's greatest mysteries (video)
- Watch chilling 1st views of Earth's poles seen by SpaceX Fram2 astronauts (video)
- NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet aces key 'cruise control' test ahead of 1st flight
- Scientists used JWST instruments 'wrong' on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets
- Sun unleashes powerful M5.6 solar flare and Earth is in the firing line — are auroras incoming?
- Changing seasons on Uranus tracked across 20 years by Hubble Space Telescope
- SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles
