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NASA still mulling options for Boeing's troubled Starliner astronaut capsule

19 March, 2025 - 21:00
NASA and Boeing are still working on the problems that cropped up during Starliner's first crewed flight, which launched more than nine months ago.

Large alien planets may be born in chaos, NASA's retired exoplanet-hunter finds

19 March, 2025 - 21:00
Using the now-retired Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered that larger planets grow up in more turbulent homes than smaller worlds.

What were Stephen Hawking's greatest contributions to science?

19 March, 2025 - 20:00
Famed physicist Stephen Hawking took gravity to its ultimate limits. In doing so, he made a number of significant advancements in our understanding of black holes, cosmology and quantum gravity.

Solar viewing deals 2025: safely observe the sun for less

19 March, 2025 - 18:01
Save money and protect your eyes with these solar viewing deals.

Hubble Telescope spies star-forming cocoons in neighboring galaxy (photo)

19 March, 2025 - 17:00
Young stars enveloped in a transformative cocoon of gas shine brightly in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Starliner and Crew-9 astronauts arrive home in Houston: Space photo of the day

19 March, 2025 - 16:26
After splashing down off the coast of Florida, the latest crew to return from the International Space Station arrived by jet in Houston.

Save 28% in this early Amazon Spring Deal Days Lego Star Wars deal as Ahsoka Tano's T-6 Jedi Shuttle is heavily discounted

19 March, 2025 - 16:12
The 599-piece Lego Star Wars Ahsoka Tano T-6 Jedi Shuttle is 28% off and all but its lowest-ever price, just ahead of Amazon's Spring Deal Days event.

How do spiral galaxies get 'feathers'? All it takes is a little gravity

19 March, 2025 - 16:00
For over a century, astronomers have marveled at the beauty and complexity of spiral galaxies, which feature arms covered in a multitude of small-scale features known as feathers.

Borderlands 4: Release date, trailers & everything we know

19 March, 2025 - 15:00
The Pandora saga might be over, but Borderlands is just evolving. Launching in 2025, this is everything we know about Borderlands 4.

'Microlightning' between water droplets could have sparked life on Earth. Here's how

19 March, 2025 - 14:00
The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets.

Mars madness! Perfect NCAA tournament bracket wins you a trip to the Red Planet on SpaceX's Starship

19 March, 2025 - 13:00
If you have an otherworldly knack for picking the winners of college basketball games, you could get a free ride to Mars on SpaceX's Starship megarocket.

Euclid space telescope's 1st results reveal 'a goldmine of data' in search for dark matter and dark energy (images, video)

19 March, 2025 - 12:00
The Euclid space telescope has dropped its first data and deep field observations showing millions of galaxies in great detail as it hunts for dark matter and dark energy clues.

Dolphins welcome SpaceX's Crew-9 astronauts home after splashdown (video)

19 March, 2025 - 10:00
A pod of dolphins gave the four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-9 mission a warm welcome after their capsule splashed down in the ocean on Tuesday afternoon (March 18).

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast (video, photos)

19 March, 2025 - 00:05
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink internet satellites, 13 of which have direct-to-cell capability, from Florida this afternoon (March 18).

Never-'stuck’ Starliner astronauts return to Earth at last with Crew-9 duo in SpaceX Dragon splashdown

18 March, 2025 - 23:55
The first astronauts to fly on two different commercial spacecraft during a single mission, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, returned to Earth with ISS crewmates Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov.

Watch the sun set over the moon in epic video from private Blue Ghost lunar lander

18 March, 2025 - 22:00
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander captured amazing views of the lunar sunset shortly before shutting down on Sunday (March 16).

Watch how SpaceX makes 15,000 Starlink satellite internet kits a day (video)

18 March, 2025 - 20:00
SpaceX released a video that offers a glimpse at how Starlink satellite kits are made in the company's factory outside of Austin, Texas.

Astronaut takes a mind-bending trip over Earth beneath star trails: Space photo of the day

18 March, 2025 - 18:09
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the International Space Station.

New cosmic 'baby pictures' reveal our universe taking its 1st steps towards stars and galaxies

18 March, 2025 - 17:01
The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe’s infancy from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope show the first steps toward the first stars and galaxies.

Punch it! 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 4 starts filming before Season 3 even airs

18 March, 2025 - 17:00
Paramount celebrates with a USS Enterprise bridge photo and new Season 3 character posters

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