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Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star this month — and NASA caught the rare event

27 April, 2025 - 16:00
NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, creating a "stellar occultation."

20 years ago, 'Star Wars: Republic Commando' made us care about the clones long before 'The Clone Wars' and 'The Bad Batch'

27 April, 2025 - 15:00
The 2005 cult classic was pivotal to giving the Grand Army of the Republic faces and voices before George Lucas and Dave Filoni went deeper.

Trump administration cancels lease for NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies lab in New York City

27 April, 2025 - 12:00
The Trump administration has canceled the New York City lease of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a leading NASA climate-studying organization.

Faint Neptune joins Venus and Saturn to form a planetary triangle in the pre-dawn sky on April 28

27 April, 2025 - 11:00
Venus, Saturn and dim Neptune will form a planetary triangle in the pre-dawn sky on April 28, with Mercury hovering on the periphery.

Meet the 'Doctor Who' actors who brought the retrofuturistic robots to life for season 2's 'The Robot Revolution' (interview)

26 April, 2025 - 18:00
Veteran creature artists Stephen Love and Rob Strange share the rigors of having zero vision and taking tumbles while playing retro robots.

NASA's Dragonfly nuclear-powered helicopter clears key hurdle ahead of 2028 launch toward huge Saturn moon Titan

26 April, 2025 - 17:00
NASA's pioneering Dragonfly mission has passed its critical design review, keeping it on track for a 2028 launch to the potentially life-hosting Saturn moon Titan.

The new 'Doctor Who' episode 'The Well' is actually a sequel to a David Tennant classic

26 April, 2025 - 16:00
The Doctor may not realise it at first, but he's been to Planet 6767 before…

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 158 — Hubble's 35th Birthday

26 April, 2025 - 15:36
On Episode 158 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by John Grunsfeld to talk about the Hubble Space Telescope on its 35th anniversary.

International Dark Sky Week 2025: See these 10 night sky sights to celebrate

26 April, 2025 - 12:00
Celebrate International Dark Sky Week by tracking down 10 astronomy targets.

'We learned so much that we didn't know': Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander mission was full of surprises

26 April, 2025 - 11:00
Firefly Aerospace's CEO Jason Kim says the company's successful Blue Ghost moon lander mission revealed 'so much that we didn't know' about the lunar surface.

Senators press Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief, on his ties to Elon Musk

26 April, 2025 - 00:00
Multiple Democratic senators have expressed concern about the business relationship between Jared Isaacman, President Trump's pick for NASA administrator, and SpaceX chief Elon Musk.

'This character is noble, and he's beautiful': James Gunn explains how he cracked Superman in new behind-the-scenes footage (video)

25 April, 2025 - 23:00
DC Studios reveals a superb look at the making of "Superman" for Superman Day.

Hubble helps explore the wreckage of a supernova star explosion in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way (image)

25 April, 2025 - 22:00
Using the Hubble Space Telescope and an array of other instruments, astronomers have probed supernova wreckage in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the galaxy next door.

Lego Star Wars AT-AT Driver Helmet review

25 April, 2025 - 21:00
After two years, Lego Star Wars helmets are back, and the AT-AT Driver might be our favorite yet.

How the Hubble Telescope became the 'Energizer bunny of spacecraft,' according to one of its astronaut visitors

25 April, 2025 - 21:00
How has the Hubble Telescope lasted so long? One of the astronauts who helped repair it explains.

The sun might be spitting out particles that create water on the moon

25 April, 2025 - 20:03
"With only lunar soil and a basic ingredient from the sun — which is always spitting out hydrogen — there's a possibility of creating water."

Stuck on Strands? Here are the constellations you need to know for today's star-themed puzzle

25 April, 2025 - 19:03
Look to the night sky for the answers that you seek.

Lost in space: Why some meteorites look less 'shocked' than others

25 April, 2025 - 19:00
Scientists have long wondered why carbon-rich meteorites appear less affected by violent impacts than those lacking the stuff. They may finally have an answer.

'Pacific Rim' TV show is coming to Prime Video, and it's going to be a prequel to the movies

25 April, 2025 - 18:00
Legendary Television and Amazon MGM Studios will unleash the monsters and mechs onto streaming, though it's still a ways off.

SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts put things into perspective | Space photo of the day for April 24, 2025

25 April, 2025 - 17:31
The next crew to launch to the International Space Station on a Dragon spacecraft pose inside SpaceX’s Hangar X at Kennedy Space Center.

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