'Transformers One' 1st trailer unveils Optimus Prime and Megatron's shared history (video)

Space News - 18 April, 2024 - 22:00
The Transformers are returning to cinemas in 2024 with their first animated movie in nearly 40 years. This is the beginning of Cybertron's end.

China rolls out rocket for next astronaut mission to Tiangong space station (photos)

Space News - 18 April, 2024 - 21:00
CMSA said Shenzhou 18 will be launched at an appropriate time in the near future. However, airspace closure notices indicate launch is currently set for around 9:00 a.m. EDT on April 25 (1300 GMT, or 9:00 p.m. Beijing time).

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on company's 40th mission of 2024 (video)

Space News - 18 April, 2024 - 19:59
SpaceX launched its 40th mission of 2024 this evening (April 18), sending yet another batch of the company's Starlink internet satellites skyward.

Sorry, little green men: Alien life might actually be purple

Space News - 18 April, 2024 - 18:00
The search for alien life can now include purple bacteria, thanks to a new catalog of chemical makeup of the lavender-hued organisms.

Zack Snyder on sticking the landing for the 2nd half of Netflix's 'Rebel Moon' (exclusive)

Space News - 18 April, 2024 - 18:00
An exclusive interview with Zack Snyder about "Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver."

Russia launches new Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket on 4th orbital test mission (photos)

Space News - 18 April, 2024 - 17:00
Russia's Angara A5 rocket lifted off on April 11, marking the fourth launch of the first rocket developed by Russia since the fall of the USSR in 1991.

Will 'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks survive its close encounter with the sun?

Space News - 18 April, 2024 - 16:30
'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks is hurtling toward the sun where it will make its closest approach on April 21. We take a look at whether this celestial vagabond will survive.

'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 4 uses time travel to remember the past 5 seasons

Space News - 18 April, 2024 - 16:00
Tragically, in an attempt to make the actual plot work, we're drowned in absurd amounts of technobabble. Once you get past that, it's actually all right.

Jupiter's violent moon Io has been the solar system's most volcanic body for around 4.5 billion years

Space News - 18 April, 2024 - 15:00
Jupiter's moon Io is the solar system's most volcanic body thanks to a gravitational tug of war that rages below its surface. But now scientists know the violent moon has always been this way.

Sweden becomes 38th country to sign NASA's Artemis Accords for moon exploration

Space News - 18 April, 2024 - 00:00
Sweden is the latest nation to sign onto NASA's Artemis Accords on April 16, following Switzerland's signing earlier this week.

Ingenuity team says goodbye to pioneering Mars helicopter

Space News - 17 April, 2024 - 23:00
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter team met one last time on Tuesday (April 16) to oversee a transmission from the little rotorcraft.

Boom's XB-1 test plane gets FAA green light for supersonic flight

Space News - 17 April, 2024 - 22:00
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 experimental jet has been cleared for supersonic flight by the FAA.

Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet's powerful pull

Space News - 17 April, 2024 - 20:59
The discovery of vast subsurface seas on Saturn's tiny moon Mimas has redefined our view of what an ocean world can be. We may now know how this buried ocean was formed, revealing it is shockingly young.

Mysterious dark matter may leave clues in 'strings of pearls' trailing our galaxy

Space News - 17 April, 2024 - 19:59
Starting in late 2025, the Vera C. Rubin observatory will image the outskirts of our galaxy in search of dark matter clues.

James Webb Space Telescope's 'shocking' discovery may hint at hidden exomoon around 'failed star'

Space News - 17 April, 2024 - 17:01
JWST's surprise discovery of methane emissions and likely aurorae over a distant brown dwarf could indicate this "failed star" is orbited by an active moon.

'I really like these suits.' Boeing's snazzy (and flexible) Starliner spacesuits have astronauts buzzing (exclusive)

Space News - 17 April, 2024 - 15:59
Starliner will make its first trip to space with astronauts no earlier than May 6. The historic flight also marks the crewed debut of a new generation of Boeing blue spacesuits.

Eyes hurt after the eclipse? Signs of retinal damage, explained

Space News - 17 April, 2024 - 15:00
The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York's Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, creating a wondrous and memorable totality.

SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. 'And we never have'

Space News - 17 April, 2024 - 13:59
For the chief leader of the SETI Institute, established to search for and understand life beyond Earth, there's a need to step back and cuddle up to a cup of cosmic reality.

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (photo, video)

Space News - 17 April, 2024 - 12:00
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast this evening (April 17), and landed its rocket on a ship at sea.

What's left of the 2024 solar eclipse lives in our hearts

Space News - 17 April, 2024 - 00:00
The 2024 solar eclipse, as seen from Indianapolis, connected strangers across a famous racetrack.

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