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Why I'm going to New Brunswick, Canada, to see next week's 'sunrise' solar eclipse

21 March, 2025 - 20:00
Home to the world's highest tides and biggest lobsters, New Brunswick will experience a partial solar eclipse at sunrise on March 29, 2025. For one eclipse-chaser, it's the ultimate moon-shot.

This solar filter attaches to your telescope, camera lens or spotting scope for safe eclipse viewing. With a 15% discount, grab it now in time for this month's solar event

21 March, 2025 - 19:12
Celestron EclipSmart Safe Solar Eclipse filter is ideal for viewing the eclipse safely with a telescope or DLSR camera

Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello

21 March, 2025 - 19:00
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon travel by asteroid Donaldjohanson, which formed roughly 150 million years ago.

New research on 'Death Star' that looks like a cosmic pinwheel reduces gamma-ray burst threat to Earth

21 March, 2025 - 18:00
The cosmic pinwheel that astronomers feared could one day shower Earth with lethal gamma rays may not be as dangerous as once thought.

Saturn's iconic rings will 'disappear' this weekend. Here's why

21 March, 2025 - 17:00
Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly "disappear" from view this weekend as they align edge-on with Earth for the first time since 2009.

Upcoming Marvel Phase 6 movies & TV shows: The Fantastic Four, Avengers: Doomsday & more

21 March, 2025 - 16:00
Marvel's Thunderbolts will close out phase 5, but the MCU will continue into late 2025 and beyond with these highly-anticipated movies and shows.

Apollo 10, Soyuz capsule among artifacts moving to new space gallery in London

21 March, 2025 - 15:00
The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Soyuz that brought the first UK astronaut back to Earth and the only Apollo capsule to be on display outside the U.S. will soon be on the move.

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21 March, 2025 - 14:30
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Stellar nursery sparkles at the edge of our galaxy in gorgeous Hubble Telescope image

21 March, 2025 - 14:00
The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, much like the environment of the early universe.

What happened to all the water on Mars? Here's why the debate continues

21 March, 2025 - 11:00
The Mars water debate continues. A team of scientists suggests vast oceans of water may not be locked within the Red Planet's crust, despite InSight lander data.

Cosmic 'tornadoes' rage around the heart of the Milky Way and its supermassive black hole

21 March, 2025 - 10:00
Astronomers have discovered filaments of matter swirling tornado-like around the heart of the Milky Way, home to the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.

Which is better for astrophotography? Sony, Canon or Nikon?

20 March, 2025 - 22:00
Three giants in the camera industry — but which one has the best astrophotography features for you?

When space meets sea, Crew-9 Dragon meets dolphins: Space photo of the day

20 March, 2025 - 21:56
A pod of bottlenose dolphins seemingly took interest in the capsule that dropped out of the sky, circling and surfacing as SpaceX team members worked to recover their spacecraft.

SpaceX sets new rocket-reuse record on launch of US spy satellites (video)

20 March, 2025 - 21:01
SpaceX set a new rocket-reuse record early Friday morning (March 21) when it launched a batch of spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

Astronomers discover exotic atmosphere on scorching hot exoplanet Cuancoá. 'Like finding a snowball that hasn't melted in a fire'

20 March, 2025 - 20:00
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water vapor and thick clouds on LTT 9779 b, an ultra-hot Neptune locked in a blistering 19-hour orbit.

Massive star explosions may have triggered two mass extinctions in Earth's past: 'It would be terrifying.'

20 March, 2025 - 19:00
Two nearby explosive massive star deaths, or supernovas, may have triggered mass extinction events in Earth's distant past, new research suggests.

The March 29 partial solar eclipse is fast approaching — Amazon is selling these certified and safe solar viewing glasses for under $10

20 March, 2025 - 18:27
Grab a pair of cheap solar eclipse glasses with this excellent deal on Amazon perfect for safe observation of the sun.

The 10 best space RPGs of all time: Explore the galaxy in these stellar role-playing games

20 March, 2025 - 18:00
Plenty of video games take us to outer space, but only the best space RPGs let you chart your own odyssey through the stars.

This new telescope lens could be a game-changer for space imagery

20 March, 2025 - 17:00
The dream of a flat, lightweight telescope lens, where microscopic etchings precisely refract different wavelengths of light, is here.

'Shocking' nova explosion of dead star was 100 times brighter than the sun

20 March, 2025 - 16:00
Astronomers have used near-infrared light to explore the extreme forces behind the eruption of LMC68, a recurrent nova in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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