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The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon

11 April, 2025 - 17:00
The sun was caught bursting out a huge quantity of helium-3, an isotope that's scarce in our solar system.

5 Simon Stålenhag art books to check out after you've watched 'The Electric State' on Netflix

11 April, 2025 - 17:00
Behold the visionary creator’s catalog of sad dreams and technological nightmares.

What time is Blue Origin's New Shepard launch with Katy Perry and Gayle King on April 14?

11 April, 2025 - 16:00
Blue Origin is set to launch its star-studded, all-female NS-31 mission to suborbital space on April 14. Here's how to watch it live.

Watch April's Full Pink 'micromoon' rise this weekend with a free telescope livestream

11 April, 2025 - 15:00
The Full Pink Moon rises Saturday (April 12), marking the farthest, smallest and faintest full moon of the year, and you can watch it live online.

Texas senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston

11 April, 2025 - 14:00
Space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display at Space Center Houston, if two senators from Texas get their way.

What to expect from the newfound Comet Swan: An observer's guide

11 April, 2025 - 14:00
Here's an observers' guide to the newly discovered Comet 2025 F2 (SWAN), which is visible in northern skies right now.

NASA spacecraft spots monster black hole bursting with X-rays 'releasing a hundred times more energy than we have seen elsewhere'

11 April, 2025 - 11:00
Astronomers have used space-based telescopes, including NASA's Swift X-ray observatory, to watch a monster black hole spring to life with powerful X-ray eruptions.

Save a massive 30% on the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ, a top-tier beginner telescope

11 April, 2025 - 10:41
Get a huge discount on a great beginner telescope in time for the upcoming Lyrid meteor shower, full moon and other night sky events.

Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight urges women to shoot for the stars — but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

11 April, 2025 - 02:00
For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will fly with only women aboard. Blue Origin’s all-female crew includes pop star Katy Perry.

China to 3D-print bricks on the moon using lunar dirt in 2028 to pave way for future base (video)

11 April, 2025 - 00:00
China is getting ready to 3D-print bricks on the moon using lunar soil, in what could be a huge step toward building a base on the lunar surface.

'Love, Death + Robots' Season 4 teaser is a maelstrom of explosions, aliens, dinosaurs, and... well robots (video)

10 April, 2025 - 23:00
Netflix's edgy animated anthology makes a provocative comeback on May 15.

NASA's Juno probe at Jupiter hits 'safe mode' glitch, but bounces back just fine

10 April, 2025 - 22:43
NASA's Juno spacecraft went into safe mode twice on April 4, but everything's okay again.

See gorgeous green auroras dance over Earth in dazzling ISS astronaut video

10 April, 2025 - 22:24
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured two amazing videos of the auroras from his unique perch above Earth last week.

This star burped after eating a planet — but the planet was really asking for it

10 April, 2025 - 22:20
The James Webb Space Telescope has revisited a star that swallowed a planet and found that instead of the star subsuming the planet, it was the planet that crashed into the star.

Hubble Telescope snaps 1st images of clashing star clusters at the hearts of dwarf galaxies

10 April, 2025 - 22:00
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have, for the first time, directly detected the merger of star clusters at the heart of dwarf galaxies.

'Murderbot' declares 'humans are idiots' in 1st tantalizing trailer for Apple TV's upcoming sci-fi series

10 April, 2025 - 20:00
Alexander Skarsgård's rogue security unit will be unleashed on May 16, 2025, exclusively on Apple TV+.

Rookie NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch to the ISS on a Russian rocket later this year

10 April, 2025 - 19:00
NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch on his first mission to the International Space Station, on a Russian Soyuz rocket with two cosmonaut colleagues, as early as November.

Watch Predators take on samurai, ninjas and WWII pilots in the trailer for 'Predator: Killer of Killers' (video)

10 April, 2025 - 17:00
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

10 April, 2025 - 16:55
While ascending Mount Sharp, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has had to swing around a small ridgeline dubbed "Devil’s Gate."

NASA's Deep Space Network is getting a new dish to help distant spacecraft phone home

10 April, 2025 - 16:00
NASA's Deep Space Network is getting a new dish. This one will be at the DSN facility in Canberra, Australia.

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