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Lyrid meteor shower 2025 delights stargazers with the help of a dramatic fireball display (photos)

Lyrid meteor shower 2025 delights stargazers with ...

1 week ago 8

The Hubble Space Telescope turns 35 as NASA budget cuts loom. How many more birthdays will it have?

The Hubble Space Telescope turns 35 as NASA budget...

1 week ago 11

The guardian’s rifle: why mission-essential space support cannot be outsourced

The guardian’s rifle: why mission-essential space ...

1 week ago 13

Gorgeous deep space photo captures the Andromeda Galaxy surrounded by glowing gas

Gorgeous deep space photo captures the Andromeda G...

1 week ago 12

Astronomers discover dark matter 'bridge' linking colliding galaxies: 'This is the missing piece we've been looking for.'

Astronomers discover dark matter 'bridge' linking ...

1 week ago 13

Atmos Space Cargo declares first test flight a success despite reentry uncertainty

Atmos Space Cargo declares first test flight a suc...

1 week ago 12

Astra targets cargo delivery with Rocket 4 in Pentagon-backed plan

Astra targets cargo delivery with Rocket 4 in Pent...

1 week ago 15

Iridium shields supply chain as higher tariffs loom

Iridium shields supply chain as higher tariffs loo...

1 week ago 14

Northwood raises $30 million to establish ground station network

Northwood raises $30 million to establish ground s...

1 week ago 18

SAIC wins $55 million Space Development Agency contract for satellite network integration

SAIC wins $55 million Space Development Agency con...

1 week ago 16

Fixing the Hubble Space Telescope: A timeline of NASA's shuttle servicing missions

Fixing the Hubble Space Telescope: A timeline of N...

1 week ago 14

Happy Earth Day 2025! Write your name in NASA satellite images and celebrate our planet (video)

Happy Earth Day 2025! Write your name in NASA sate...

1 week ago 10

ELVIS in orbit: New 3D microscope arrives at the ISS to study microbes in space

ELVIS in orbit: New 3D microscope arrives at the I...

1 week ago 11

Scientists confused by missing coastal features on Titan, Saturn's largest moon

Scientists confused by missing coastal features on...

1 week ago 14

It's alive! It's alive! Orion throws back its cover | Space picture of the day for April 22, 2025

It's alive! It's alive! Orion throws back its cove...

1 week ago 13

Yousa in big doo-doo now, as Darth Jar Jar makes his way to Fortnite in the new Star Wars collaboration (video)

Yousa in big doo-doo now, as Darth Jar Jar makes h...

1 week ago 11

Has the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a 'missing' supermassive black hole? (video)

Has the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a 'm...

1 week ago 16

NASA's Lucy probe captures 1st close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing 'strikingly complicated geology'

NASA's Lucy probe captures 1st close-up images of ...

1 week ago 31

We took a guided tour of the solar system in Elite Dangerous, and now you can too (interview)

We took a guided tour of the solar system in Elite...

1 week ago 13

Don't miss the Lyrid meteor shower peak tonight: Here's what to expect

Don't miss the Lyrid meteor shower peak tonight: H...

1 week ago 28

Marvel's screw-ups get their chance at redemption in the final 'Thunderbolts' trailer (video)

Marvel's screw-ups get their chance at redemption ...

1 week ago 15

US Space Force now has a framework for fighting a war in space

US Space Force now has a framework for fighting a ...

1 week ago 19

Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest's worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tail

Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Moun...

1 week ago 14

Amateur astronomers capture groundbreaking photos of sun's corona during partial solar eclipse

Amateur astronomers capture groundbreaking photos ...

1 week ago 13

Italian Space Agency mourns death of Pope Francis

Italian Space Agency mourns death of Pope Francis

1 week ago 17

SpaceX launches third mid-inclination rideshare mission

SpaceX launches third mid-inclination rideshare mi...

1 week ago 12

Our galactic neighbor Andromeda has a bunch of satellite galaxies — and they're weirdly pointing at us

Our galactic neighbor Andromeda has a bunch of sat...

1 week ago 17

Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrive at the ISS today

Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule arrive at the IS...

1 week ago 16

SpaceX launches European reentry capsule on 'Bandwagon-3' rideshare mission

SpaceX launches European reentry capsule on 'Bandw...

1 week ago 18

OMB suggests NOAA scale back plans for geostationary satellites

OMB suggests NOAA scale back plans for geostationa...

1 week ago 16

SpaceX launch creates a 'nebula' | Space picture of the day for April 21, 2025

SpaceX launch creates a 'nebula' | Space picture o...

1 week ago 15

Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut at 70, arrives in Houston after 7-month space mission (photo)

Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut at 70, ...

1 week ago 17

Amazon's Kuiper 1 internet satellites get new April 28 launch date on Atlas V rocket after delay

Amazon's Kuiper 1 internet satellites get new Apri...

1 week ago 20

Did we actually find signs of alien life on K2-18b? 'We should expect some false alarms and this may be one'

Did we actually find signs of alien life on K2-18b...

1 week ago 27

Blue Skies Space to build satellite fleet around the moon to map the ancient universe

Blue Skies Space to build satellite fleet around t...

1 week ago 15

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' trailer shown at CinemaCon now arrives for us all (video)

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' trailer shown at...

1 week ago 13

Twinkling star reveals the secrets of turbulent plasma in our cosmic neighborhood

Twinkling star reveals the secrets of turbulent pl...

1 week ago 15

Colorful Eagle Nebula glows in stunning new image from Hubble Telescope

Colorful Eagle Nebula glows in stunning new image ...

1 week ago 15

DARPA requests proposals for water-prospecting lunar orbiter

DARPA requests proposals for water-prospecting lun...

1 week ago 18

Taking the Ground Out of Ground Systems

Taking the Ground Out of Ground Systems

1 week ago 20

How did this ancient black hole get so big?

How did this ancient black hole get so big?

1 week ago 21

Taking ‘remote care’ to new heights — how space can shape the future of healthcare

Taking ‘remote care’ to new heights — how space ca...

1 week ago 16

NASA's Curiosity rover finds major clue that Mars was once habitable

NASA's Curiosity rover finds major clue that Mars ...

1 week ago 23

SpaceX launches cargo Dragon to ISS with additional crew supplies

SpaceX launches cargo Dragon to ISS with additiona...

1 week ago 17

Ultralight dark matter may have helped monstrous black holes form in the early universe

Ultralight dark matter may have helped monstrous b...

1 week ago 28

SpaceX launches its 32nd Dragon cargo mission to the ISS for NASA

SpaceX launches its 32nd Dragon cargo mission to t...

1 week ago 20

Chinese orbital logistics startup InfinAstro raises angel round funding

Chinese orbital logistics startup InfinAstro raise...

1 week ago 15

SpaceX launching Dragon cargo capsule to ISS early April 21: Watch it live

SpaceX launching Dragon cargo capsule to ISS early...

1 week ago 27

NRO reaches milestone with over 200 satellites deployed in two years

NRO reaches milestone with over 200 satellites dep...

1 week ago 20

SpaceX launches 10th batch of 'proliferated architecture' spy satellites for US government (video)

SpaceX launches 10th batch of 'proliferated archit...

1 week ago 20