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Watch 2 gorgeous supernova remnants evolve over 20 years (timelapse video)

26 April, 2024 - 22:00
These supernova remnants are moving at extraordinary speeds only visible to us in long-term timelapses.

US Space Force picks Rocket Lab for 2025 Victus Haze space domain awareness mission

26 April, 2024 - 21:00
A recent $32 million contract between the U.S. Space Force and Rocket Lab will lead to the creation of a spacecraft to enhance national security supporting space domain awareness.

Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I'm leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes

26 April, 2024 - 20:00
Space telescopes detect on average one gamma-ray burst per day, adding to thousands of bursts detected throughout the years, and a community of volunteers are making research into these bursts possible.

Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit

26 April, 2024 - 19:30
The private ADRAS-J probe snapped an epic, up-close image of its rendezvous target, a Japanese rocket stage that's been circling Earth since 2009.

Laser on NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away

26 April, 2024 - 19:00
NASA's DSOC experiment passed yet another milestone, interfacing with the Psyche spacecraft and beaming data back to Earth from 140 million miles away.

Satellites spot clusters of 'spiders' sprawled across Mars' Inca City (photo)

26 April, 2024 - 18:00
Seasonal spider-like features were spotted sprouting up through surface cracks near Mars’ Inca City region.

Early Star Wars Day Lego deal: $130 off UCS Razor Crest

26 April, 2024 - 17:10
This is the way to celebrate Star Wars Day in style, with the 6187-piece Lego Ultimate Collector Series Razor Crest, now $130 off

5 sci-fi movies that weren't great but still deserve a sequel

26 April, 2024 - 17:00
We're constantly talking about good movies that deserve a sequel, but what about the divisive ones that, while not great, had cool ideas worth building upon?

NASA begins delivering 1st Artemis Moon Trees to be planted across United States

26 April, 2024 - 16:30
The first woman slated to launch to the moon has delivered one of the first trees grown from seeds recently flown there. NASA astronaut Christina Koch presented an "Artemis 1 Moon Tree."

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is 'go' for May 6 astronaut launch

25 April, 2024 - 23:50
Boeing's Starliner capsule has been cleared for its first-ever crewed launch, a test flight scheduled to send two astronauts toward the International Space Station on May 6.

Russian cosmonauts make quick work of space station spacewalk

25 April, 2024 - 22:30
Two Russian cosmonauts completed a spacewalk at the International Space Station on April 25, wrapping up all of their tasks with time to spare, including the deployment of a radar that they began last year.

Curiosity rover may be 'burping' methane out of Mars' subsurface

25 April, 2024 - 22:00
A new theory suggests that NASA's Curiosity rover is "burping" the surface of the Red Planet, releasing methane trapped beneath a salty crust.

Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates

25 April, 2024 - 21:07
Boeing will launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA as early as May 6, 2024

Lego reveals NASA Artemis rocket, Milky Way galaxy sets coming in May

25 April, 2024 - 21:00
Get ready space fans, Lego is about to launch two sets that can take you from the moon to edge of our cosmic neighborhood: Lego Icons NASA Artemis Space Launch System and Lego Art Milky Way Galaxy.

Ice-penetrating radar will help JUICE and other spacecraft find water beyond Earth

25 April, 2024 - 20:00
When it arrives at Jupiter and the planet's moons in 2031, the JUICE spacecraft will use ice-penetrating radar to see beneath determine habitability.

'Rocket cam' takes you aboard final launch of ULA's Delta IV Heavy (video)

25 April, 2024 - 19:00
After 64 years, the United Launch Alliance launched the final flight of its Delta IV Heavy rocket on April 9th, and stunning rocket cam footage captured the fiery finale.

'I'm sure we'll find things out': NASA astronauts fly to launch site for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner mission to ISS on May 6 (photos)

25 April, 2024 - 18:20
Veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams expect to face the unexpected in space with Boeing Starliner, but told reporters on April 25 that the team is ready for the unexpected.

NASA's Fermi space telescope finds a strange supernova with missing gamma rays

25 April, 2024 - 18:00
NASA's Fermi Space Telescope has failed to see gamma rays from a nearby supernova that should be created when it generates the high-energy cosmic rays that bombard Earth in their trillions.

Stellar detectives find suspect for incredibly powerful 'superflares'

25 April, 2024 - 17:00
Some stars erupt with 'superflares' 10,000 times as powerful as solar flares from the sun. A team of "stellar detectives" are on the case and may now know why some stars are so violent.

Buried in the Cat's Paw Nebula lies one of the largest space molecules ever seen

25 April, 2024 - 00:00
Scientists have discovered one of the largest molecules ever seen in space in the Cat's Paw nebula. The discovery hints at how chemical complexity emerges as stars form.

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