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Astronauts on NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway space station will wear smart undershirts to stay healthy

Smart undershirts and AI algorithms will keep astronauts healthy on NASA's planned Gateway moon-orbiting space station.

Dec 21, 2024

SpaceX launching 30 satellites on Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission early Dec. 21

SpaceX plans to launch 30 satellites on a rideshare mission called Bandwagon-2 early Saturday morning (Dec. 21).

Dec 20, 2024

Space2Sea Antarctica: A student journalist's expedition to bottom of the world begins

Space2Sea Antarctica: A student journalist's expedition to bottom of the world begins

Dec 20, 2024

Dreaming of a white Christmas? Snow is likely in these US states according to NOAA climate data

According to climate data from NOAA, you might not have to only dream about having a white Christmas this year in some parts of the United States.

Dec 20, 2024

Abort! SpaceX calls off launch of 'MicroGEO' satellites at last second

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignites each its engines just as an abort is called at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2024.

Dec 20, 2024

Axiom's private space station is coming sooner than we thought

Axiom Space has decided to change up the method for assembling its commercial space station, meaning the outpost could be free-flying as soon as 2028.

Dec 20, 2024

Watch NASA's Artemis Orion moon spacecraft blow its top during testing (video)

NASA's Orion spacecraft recently completed an 11-month test campaign, during which it was subjected to extreme conditions of a launch abort scenario and electromagnetic effects of lightning strikes.

Dec 20, 2024

NASA Mars probe spies dusty, retired Insight lander from orbit (photo)

Photos of the dormant InSight lander captured from Mars orbit are providing researchers new data on how dust accumulates and evolves over time on the Red Planet.

Dec 20, 2024

Rocket Lab scrubs Strix radar satellite launch for Synspective over 'sensor data'

A new exact launch date for the Strix satellite launch by Rocket Lab has yet to be announced.

Dec 20, 2024

Hubble's 'impossible' planet explained? Gas giants may have formed fast in early universe

An ancient exoplanet dated at 12.7 billion years old could have formed over a long period in a giant disk of gas, according to new JWST observations.

Dec 20, 2024

NASA's Hubble and Chandra telescopes discover a strange 'sideways' black hole in a cosmic crime scene (image)

Using the NASA space telescopes Hubble and Chandra astronomers have discovered a strange black hole that has been knocked on its side in a cosmic crime scene.

Dec 20, 2024

The Ursid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here's what to expect from the final 'shooting stars' of 2024

The last meteor shower of the year peaks in the early morning hours of Dec. 22.

Dec 20, 2024

US Space Force 5 years later: What has it accomplished so far, and where does it go from here?

As the U.S. Space Force celebrates its fifth anniversary, the service's leadership looked back on its accomplishments so far while looking ahead to the future.

Dec 20, 2024

Watch Rocket Lab launch a private Earth-imaging satellite

Rocket Lab plans to launch a radar satellite for the Earth-observation company Synspective, and you can watch it live when the time comes.

Dec 20, 2024

Russian cosmonauts install X-ray detector, jettison trash on spacewalk outside ISS

Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner installed an X-ray detector and jettisoned trash during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.

Dec 19, 2024

SpaceX inks deal with Vast to launch 2 astronaut missions to the ISS

California-based company Vast Space has booked two crewed flights to the ISS with SpaceX, though the missions still must be approved by NASA.

Dec 19, 2024

NASA space telescopes give Christmas Tree Cluster a festive makeover (photos)

The James Webb Space Telescope used a galaxy as a cosmic magnifying glass to find transient objects in the "Christmas Tree" cluster, a Winter Wonderland of even more galaxies.

Dec 19, 2024

Looking back at '2010', the criminally-underrated sequel to '2001: A Space Odyssey'

Forty years ago, this lesser-known sequel attempted to explain the mysteries of one of sci-fi's greatest movies.

Dec 19, 2024

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the 1st fantastic trailer for James Gunn's 'Superman!'

Krypto saves the day in this heroic look at the Man of Steel's new reboot from the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Trilogy director

Dec 19, 2024

BepiColombo spacecraft flies by Mercury, sees volcanic plain and impact craters

The BepiColombo spacecraft has captured the 1st mid-infrared portrait of Mercury.

Dec 19, 2024

SpaceX will launch Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander to the moon in mid-January with these 10 NASA payloads

NASA and SpaceX are targeting mid-January for the launch of Firefly Aerospace's Ghost Riders in the Sky mission to the lunar surface.

Dec 19, 2024

'Missing link' black hole found? Not so fast, new study says

A "missing link" black hole in Omega Centauri is still missing. What appeared to be an intermediate-mass black hole was a cluster of stellar-mass black holes.

Dec 19, 2024

Did the 'Lower Decks' finale just set up an exciting new 'Star Trek' spin-off?

'The New Next Generation' is the last-ever episode of 'Lower Decks', but it almost feels like a backdoor pilot for a new 'Star Trek' show.

Dec 19, 2024

Watch Russian cosmonauts install new X-ray detector during ISS spacewalk today (video)

Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner will perform a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk on Dec. 19 to install new equipment outside the ISS. Watch it live here, courtesy of NASA.

Dec 19, 2024

This baby exoplanet is made of different stuff than its birth cloud

Investigating a young exoplanet called PDS 70b in its cocoon of natal gas and dust has shown that planets don't always resemble the environments they form in.

Dec 19, 2024

Puffy white dwarfs could shed light on mysterious dark matter. Here's how.

Astronomers just took a big step toward a better understanding of white dwarfs, a discovery that could shed light on mysterious dark matter.

Dec 19, 2024

Double moon mission! SpaceX to launch 2 private lunar landers in January

Firefly Aerospace and Japanese company ispace are putting their moon landers on the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which is scheduled to lift off in January.

Dec 19, 2024

Private Japanese rocket explodes after liftoff in its 2nd launch failure of 2024 (photos)

Japanese startup Space One lost its second Kairos 2 rocket shortly after liftoff due to an unknown failure.

Dec 18, 2024

Space2Sea Voyage of Legends in Antarctica: Join William Shatner, Neil deGrasse Tyson, former NASA astronauts and more in free webinar on space and science

Tune into a live webinar on Dec. 19 as several cultural and scientific icons will answer questions about mysteries of the universe and space travel from an Antarctica-bound luxury expedition vessel.

Dec 18, 2024

James Webb Space Telescope catches monster black hole napping after 'overeating' in the early universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has caught a napping monster black hole in the early universe. The cosmic giant is slumbering after a massive meal like a reveller on Christmas Day.

Dec 18, 2024

Potentially habitable planet TRAPPIST-1b may have a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere

The innermost Earth-like planet in the famous TRAPPIST-1 system might be capable of supporting a thick atmosphere after all, according to new research.

Dec 18, 2024

'Exodus' looks like a next-gen Mass Effect, but with armored space bears (trailer)

Archetype Entertainment's Matthew McConaughey-led sci-fi RPG adventure is looking alright alright alright.

Dec 18, 2024

The Imperial Probe Droid is one of the best Lego Star Wars sets we have reviewed and you can now pick it up for a low price

This impressive Lego set would make a fantastic Christmas present for any Star Wars fan.

Dec 18, 2024

The moon may be 100 million years older than we thought

The moon may have received a volcanic facelift, making it more than 100 million years older than rocks collected from its surface might suggest, a new study finds.

Dec 18, 2024

Hubble trouble or Superbubble? Astronomers need to escape the 'supervoid' to solve cosmology crisis

The disagreement in the rate of expansion of the universe, the Hubble tension, could arise from the fact Earth sits in an under-dense supervoid region of space.

Dec 18, 2024

Watch the sun unleash 'extremely rare' solar storm in explosive eruption (video)

All three eruptions were not Earth-directed.

Dec 18, 2024

'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' episode 4: What happened on At Achrann?

Still from Star Wars: Skeleton Crew TV series. A disheveled girl with long hair is wearing a long-sleeved shirt and some shoulder armor. She is holding a T-shaped piece of metal.

Dec 18, 2024

China launches 1st set of spacecraft for planned 13,000-satellite broadband constellation (photo)

A Long March 5B rocket launched 10 big broadband satellites to orbit on Dec. 16, beginning the assembly of China's Guowang ("national network") megaconstellation.

Dec 18, 2024

Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking 9-hour spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)

Two Chinese astronauts spent more than nine hours outside the nation's Tiangong space station on Dec. 16 and Dec. 17, beating the old EVA duration record by 10 minutes.

Dec 18, 2024

Human artifacts abandoned on Mars should be cataloged to track our migration beyond Earth

Just as Homo sapiens once exploded out of Africa to colonize the Earth our influence is spreading in the solar system. New research says we must track the cosmic migration to Mars.

Dec 18, 2024

Boeing Starliner astronauts will return to Earth in March 2025 after new NASA, SpaceX delay

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will stay in space an extra month, until March 2025, giving SpaceX more time to complete a new Crew Dragon capsule.

Dec 18, 2024

SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 test flight gets FAA launch license. But when will it fly?

The FAA issued a launch license for SpaceX's upcoming Starship Flight 7, clearing the way for the company's next launch of the world's largest rocket from South Texas.

Dec 17, 2024

SpaceX wants Starbase to become an official city in Texas

SpaceX is hoping to officially make its Starbase launch site a new city in South Texas.

Dec 17, 2024

SpaceX test-fires Starship spacecraft again ahead of Flight 7 launch (video)

SpaceX test-fired the upper stage of its seventh Starship megarocket again recently, practicing an in-space engine burn.

Dec 17, 2024

You ain’t seen nothing yet! 'The Outer Worlds 2' gets wild new trailer at The Game Awards

A new trailer for Obsidian Entertainment's "The Outer Worlds 2" was released at TGA 2024

Dec 17, 2024

Webb mail: US Priority Mail stamps to again star deep space images in 2025

The universe of U.S. postage stamps featuring James Webb Space Telescope imagery is set to expand again in 2025. The U.S. Postal Service revealed its Priority Mail and Express flat rate stamps.

Dec 17, 2024

'Edge of Space': Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video)

A new trailer for "Edge of Space," a short film about a daring X-15 pilot flying the rocket-powered experimental plane higher than any other piloted winged vehicle other than the space shuttle.

Dec 17, 2024

Astronomers discover 1st binary stars orbiting supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way

Astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope to discover the first binary stars around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.

Dec 17, 2024

'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' featurette reveals the magic behind the massive stop-motion Mama Crab (video)

A pair of new behind-the-scenes videos for "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew"

Dec 17, 2024

SpaceX launches 2 mPOWER satellites from Florida on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader (video)

SpaceX launched two communication satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast today (Dec. 17) on the second leg of a spaceflight doubleheader.

Dec 17, 2024