The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

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April full moon has us tickled pink in these gorgeous photos

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 12:00pm
The Full Pink Moon rose on April 23, 2024, putting a damper on chances of catching any Lyrid meteors but providing a gorgeous target for cameras around the globe.
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China reveals Shenzhou 18 astronauts ahead of April 25 launch to Tiangong space station (video)

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 11:33am
China has unveiled the three-person crew for its Shenzhou 18 mission, which is set to launch toward the Tiangong space station on Thursday (April 25).
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Private moon mission to carry NASA electric moon dust shield in 2024

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 11:00am
NASA is sending a technology demonstrator to the moon on the upcoming private Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 in order to test how to repel and remove lunar dust using electricity.
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Pre-Star Wars Day Lego deal: 20% off the Emperor's Throne Room

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 10:19am
Never underestimate the power of the Dark Side again and Save 20% on the Lego Emperor's Throne Room Diorama ahead of Star Wars Day, May 4.
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Citizen scientists spot more than 1,000 new asteroids in old Hubble Telescope photos

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 10:00am
Citizen scientists poring over old Hubble Telescope photos discovered a thousand previously unknown asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Mirrors in space could boost solar power production on Earth. Here's how.

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 6:00am
Reflect Orbital plans to launch a constellation of orbiting mirrors to beam sunlight to solar power plants on Earth after dark.
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NASA ends CloudSat Earth-observing mission after 18 years

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 5:00pm
NASA's pioneering CloudSat weather and climate mission has come to an end after nearly 18 productive years in Earth orbit.
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Earth's weird 'quasi-moon' Kamo'oalewa is a fragment blasted out of big moon crater

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 4:00pm
Scientists turned into cosmic crime scene investigators to reconstruct the impact that sent Earth's "quasi-moon" Kamo'oalewa rocketing from the lunar surface millions of years ago.
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Fortnite launches to the moon in new 'Lunar Horizons' simulation game

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 3:00pm
A preview of Fortnite's new free-to-play "Lunar Horizons" mission experience on the moon.
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NASA astronauts enter quarantine for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner launch on May 6

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 1:59pm
Veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are in quarantine at agency facilities before the 1st Boeing Starliner launch. They are expected to fly on May 6.
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Building rockets and looking for life on Venus: Q&A with Rocket Lab's Peter Beck

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 1:00pm
Space.com caught up with Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck recently to talk about the company's ambitious plans for the future, which include a private life-hunting mission to Venus.
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Watch 4 solar flares erupt from the sun at nearly the same time in extremely rare event (video)

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 11:08am
The quadruple eruption was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
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Slovenia signs NASA's Artemis Accords for cooperative space exploration

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 10:21am
Slovenia signed NASA's Artemis Accords on April 19, becoming the 39th country to affirm their cooperation in future space endeavors to the moon and beyond.
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Solar eclipse 2024: Live updates

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 10:05am
Stay up-to-date with the latest news on the upcoming solar eclipses, including the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024.
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ESA graduates the 'Hoppers': Europeans, Australian pass astronaut basic training

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 10:00am
The "Hoppers" — five European astronauts and the first astronaut from the Australian Space Agency — are now ready to "hop" into their first flight assignments, having completed basic training.
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Watch the Full Pink Moon 2024 bloom in the night sky tonight

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 9:00am
The Full Pink Moon of April 2024 steals the show tonight as it crosses the nighttime sky from dusk until dawn.
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Watch Rocket Lab launch new NASA solar sail tech to orbit today

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 8:00am
Rocket Lab will launch a South Korean Earth-observation satellite and new NASA solar-sailing tech this evening (April 23), and you can watch it live.
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SpaceX launching 23 Starlink satellites from Florida this evening

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 8:00am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will send 23 more of the company's Starlink internet satellites skyward today (April 23), if all goes according to plan.
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Pluto's heart-shaped scar may offer clues to the frozen world's history

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 6:00am
How Pluto's Sputnik Planitia formed remains unknown, but researchers have imagined a body about the size of Switzerland crashing into Pluto at a shallow angle.
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Cosmic fountain is polluting intergalactic space with 50 million suns' worth of material

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 5:00pm
Astronomers have mapped a 20,000-light-year-long fountain of gas blasting from a nearby galaxy and polluting intergalactic space at 450 times the top speed of a jet fighter.
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