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Super Harvest Moon lunar eclipse: How to watch online for free on Sept. 17

13 September, 2024 - 22:59
A partial lunar eclipse of the Super Harvest Moon is coming on Sept. 17, 2024. Here's how you can watch it online for free.

'We just ran out of time': Boeing Starliner astronauts on why their spaceship returned to Earth without them

13 September, 2024 - 22:09
The decision to send Boeing's Starliner capsule home uncrewed from the ISS was driven in part by time constraints, according to NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore.

The best 70s sci-fi movies

13 September, 2024 - 21:00
Sci-fi in the 1970s was weird, wonderful, and where franchises were born.

Watch space aliens invade in wild new 'Venom: The Last Dance' trailer (video)

13 September, 2024 - 20:59
Sony Pictures released a final launch trailer for "Venom: The Last Dance," which premieres on Oct. 25, 2024.

SpaceX Super Heavy rocket gets supersonic wind tunnel test for NASA's Artemis moon missions (photos)

13 September, 2024 - 20:00
A 1.2% scale model of SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy rocket underwent NASA wind tunnel testing, during which high-speed forced air simulated varying flight conditions.

'Star Wars Outlaws' finally lets fans play as the scoundrel (review)

13 September, 2024 - 19:06
The first open-word game from the galaxy far, far away feels like the Han Solo simulator we've been waiting for.

Apollo 11 moonwalk footprint featured on Sprayground's latest backpack

13 September, 2024 - 17:59
Follow in the footsteps of Apollo astronauts with a new space-themed backpack that aims to inspire a sense of exploration and transport wearers to the lunar surface.

Iron winds and molten metal rains ravage a hellish hot Jupiter exoplanet

13 September, 2024 - 16:59
"Iron Winds and Metal Rain." Not the title of a heavy metal album but an accurate weather prediction for a hellish exoplanet called WASP-76b.

SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base, lands rocket (video)

13 September, 2024 - 16:03
SpaceX's latest Starlink satellite launch lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sept. 12, adding to a constellation of more than 6,300 operational satellites.

ESA's JUICE spacecraft confirmed Earth is habitable. Here's why

13 September, 2024 - 15:59
JUICE successfully identified water and the building blocks of life in Earth's atmosphere. In doing so, the probe headed for Jupiter's moons confirmed that its instruments are working properly.

SpaceX's Starship won't be licensed to fly again until late November, FAA says

12 September, 2024 - 21:30
SpaceX's Starship likely won't be able to fly again until late November at the earliest, because the FAA and partner agencies need more time for licensing reviews.

Sun fires off X-class solar flare, increasing aurora viewing chances into weekend

12 September, 2024 - 19:03
The sun unleashed an X1.3-class solar flare on Thursday (Sept. 12), increasing the likelihood of widespread auroras this weekend.

SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts talk US flag and kids' books from orbit on historic spaceflight (videos)

12 September, 2024 - 18:30
The Polaris Dawn crew called down to Earth to honor the anniversary of 9/11, and to do a book-reading event to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Polaris Dawn: World's 1st commercial spacewalk was history's 20th stand-up EVA

12 September, 2024 - 17:00
Two private astronauts conducting the first commercial spacewalk did not so much float out of their spacecraft as they did "stand up."

Satellites watch Hurricane Francine make landfall as a Category 2 storm in Louisiana (video)

12 September, 2024 - 16:08
Hurricane Francine, the sixth storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall on the Louisiana coast late afternoon on Wednesday.

New 'Firefly' comics unveil the untold origins of Captain Mal and Zoë

12 September, 2024 - 16:00
A preview of two new "Firefly" comics from Boom! Studios that delve into the origins of Captain Mal and Zoë Alleyne

Tiny NASA satellite detects its 1st massive gamma ray burst

12 September, 2024 - 15:00
A NASA satellite designed to search for the universe's most powerful and violent explosions has successfully scouted its first burst, space agency officials announced earlier this week.

'International Observe the Moon Night' is Sept. 14. Here's how to participate

12 September, 2024 - 14:00
Saturday Sept. 14 marks NASA's annual Observe the Moon Night, a worldwide event to promote lunar science and astronomy, celebrate cultural connections to the moon, and promote amateur lunar observations.

SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic 1st private spacewalk in orbit (video)

12 September, 2024 - 13:39
Two Polaris Dawn astronauts completed the world's first all-private spacewalk in their new SpaceX extravehicular activity suits, on Day 3 of the groundbreaking mission.

The bubbling surface of a distant star was captured on video for the 1st time ever

12 September, 2024 - 12:00
Astronomers have gotten the first-ever detailed views of turbulent activity on a star other than our own sun.

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