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Amazon launches 27 satellites to begin building huge 'Project Kuiper' internet constellation

Amazon launches 27 satellites to begin building hu...

2 days ago 6

China and Malaysia to study international equatorial spaceport project

China and Malaysia to study international equatori...

2 days ago 5

Watch Vega-C rocket launch European forest-monitoring satellite to orbit on April 29

Watch Vega-C rocket launch European forest-monitor...

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Pine Barrens ablaze as seen from orbit | Space photo of the day for April 28, 2025

Pine Barrens ablaze as seen from orbit | Space pho...

2 days ago 5

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 1st of 2 planned Starlink launches in 2 days, lands booster at sea

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 1st of 2 planned S...

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'I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good': NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains why he seemed so unwell after landing (video)

'I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too ...

2 days ago 4

China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts take control of Tiangong space station (video)

China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts take control of Tia...

2 days ago 4

The Outer Worlds 2: Release window, trailers, story details & everything else we know

The Outer Worlds 2: Release window, trailers, stor...

2 days ago 7

Meta Quest 3S review: Fantastic VR performance at a budget price

Meta Quest 3S review: Fantastic VR performance at ...

2 days ago 7

Scientists find giant, hidden gas cloud only 300 light-years away: 'This cloud is literally glowing in the dark'

Scientists find giant, hidden gas cloud only 300 l...

2 days ago 5

Spire Global closes stalled $241 million maritime sale

Spire Global closes stalled $241 million maritime ...

2 days ago 1

NYT bestseller Daniel Wilson's next book is 'Hole in the Sky', an alien first contact story on a Cherokee reservation, and it's already been picked up by Netflix (interview)

NYT bestseller Daniel Wilson's next book is 'Hole ...

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A failed Soviet Venus lander will fall back to Earth after being stranded for 53 years

A failed Soviet Venus lander will fall back to Ear...

2 days ago 5

What happens inside neutron stars, the universe's densest known objects?

What happens inside neutron stars, the universe's ...

2 days ago 6

Astronomers gaze into 'dark nebula' 60 times the size of the solar system (video)

Astronomers gaze into 'dark nebula' 60 times the s...

2 days ago 5

Lego Marvel Rocket & Baby Groot Minifigure set is now 20% cheaper in this Amazon Sci-Fi deal

Lego Marvel Rocket & Baby Groot Minifigure set is ...

2 days ago 6

March 2025 featured fires, floods and record-setting warmth in the US

March 2025 featured fires, floods and record-setti...

2 days ago 5

Satellite images reveal how Earth's surface moved during deadly Myanmar earthquake

Satellite images reveal how Earth's surface moved ...

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Head of FAA’s commercial space office takes buyout

Head of FAA’s commercial space office takes buyout...

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Newly launched NASA satellites open eyes to start studying 'auroral electrojets' in Earth's atmosphere

Newly launched NASA satellites open eyes to start ...

2 days ago 6

Data architecture is paramount for Golden Dome success — and the Department of Defense is not ready

Data architecture is paramount for Golden Dome suc...

2 days ago 7

Scientists use the JWST to study an extremely ancient galaxy piercing through the Cosmic Dark Ages

Scientists use the JWST to study an extremely anci...

2 days ago 5

SpaceX launches 250th Starlink satellite mission, lands rocket at sea (photos)

SpaceX launches 250th Starlink satellite mission, ...

2 days ago 5

Armed services committees propose $150 billion funding boost for defense

Armed services committees propose $150 billion fun...

3 days ago 7

Long March 3B launches Tianlian-2 (05) satellite to boost space data relay network

Long March 3B launches Tianlian-2 (05) satellite t...

3 days ago 7

Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star this month — and NASA caught the rare event

Uranus passed between Earth and a distant star thi...

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20 years ago, 'Star Wars: Republic Commando' made us care about the clones long before 'The Clone Wars' and 'The Bad Batch'

20 years ago, 'Star Wars: Republic Commando' made ...

3 days ago 7

Astrotech wins $77.5 million contract to accelerate pre-launch satellite processing at Vandenberg

Astrotech wins $77.5 million contract to accelerat...

3 days ago 7

Trump administration cancels lease for NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies lab in New York City

Trump administration cancels lease for NASA's Godd...

3 days ago 7

Faint Neptune joins Venus and Saturn to form a planetary triangle in the pre-dawn sky on April 28

Faint Neptune joins Venus and Saturn to form a pla...

3 days ago 6

China to lend Chang’e-5 moon samples to U.S. universities

China to lend Chang’e-5 moon samples to U.S. unive...

4 days ago 9

Meet the 'Doctor Who' actors who brought the retrofuturistic robots to life for season 2's 'The Robot Revolution' (interview)

Meet the 'Doctor Who' actors who brought the retro...

4 days ago 11

NASA's Dragonfly nuclear-powered helicopter clears key hurdle ahead of 2028 launch toward huge Saturn moon Titan

NASA's Dragonfly nuclear-powered helicopter clears...

4 days ago 10

The new 'Doctor Who' episode 'The Well' is actually a sequel to a David Tennant classic

The new 'Doctor Who' episode 'The Well' is actuall...

4 days ago 11

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 158 — Hubble's 35th Birthday

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 158 — Hubble's...

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International Dark Sky Week 2025: See these 10 night sky sights to celebrate

International Dark Sky Week 2025: See these 10 nig...

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'We learned so much that we didn't know': Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander mission was full of surprises

'We learned so much that we didn't know': Firefly ...

4 days ago 12

L3Harris gains edge in race to build Golden Dome missile sensors

L3Harris gains edge in race to build Golden Dome m...

4 days ago 11

Senators press Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief, on his ties to Elon Musk

Senators press Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NA...

5 days ago 11

'This character is noble, and he's beautiful': James Gunn explains how he cracked Superman in new behind-the-scenes footage (video)

'This character is noble, and he's beautiful': Jam...

5 days ago 11

Axiom Space names new CEO

Axiom Space names new CEO

5 days ago 10

Hubble helps explore the wreckage of a supernova star explosion in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way (image)

Hubble helps explore the wreckage of a supernova s...

5 days ago 6

Lego Star Wars AT-AT Driver Helmet review

Lego Star Wars AT-AT Driver Helmet review

5 days ago 6

How the Hubble Telescope became the 'Energizer bunny of spacecraft,' according to one of its astronaut visitors

How the Hubble Telescope became the 'Energizer bun...

5 days ago 6

GPS disruption and satellite maneuvers now hallmarks of modern warfare

GPS disruption and satellite maneuvers now hallmar...

5 days ago 6

The sun might be spitting out particles that create water on the moon

The sun might be spitting out particles that creat...

5 days ago 11

Stuck on Strands? Here are the constellations you need to know for today's star-themed puzzle

Stuck on Strands? Here are the constellations you ...

5 days ago 14

Lost in space: Why some meteorites look less 'shocked' than others

Lost in space: Why some meteorites look less 'shoc...

5 days ago 8

'Pacific Rim' TV show is coming to Prime Video, and it's going to be a prequel to the movies

'Pacific Rim' TV show is coming to Prime Video, an...

5 days ago 9

SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts put things into perspective | Space photo of the day for April 24, 2025

SpaceX Crew-11 astronauts put things into perspect...

5 days ago 10