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Makenzie Lystrup stepping down as director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 12:00pm
Makenzie Lystrup will step down as head of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on Aug. 1. She'll be the second NASA center director to depart in just a two-month span.
Categories: Astronomy

Photograph the Perseids on August 12 with over $1000 off the Sony A7R V

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 12:00pm
The Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12 so be ready with the Sony A7R V, on sale for $3198 from Walmart.
Categories: Astronomy

Now is your last chance to watch the Marvel movies in order with over 40% off ahead of "Fantastic Four: First Steps"

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 11:21am
You can save over 40% on a range of Disney Plus subscriptions, which is perfect for catching up on Marvel content ahead of Fantastic Four's release.
Categories: Astronomy

Nearly 300 NASA scientists sign 'Voyager Declaration' to protest Trump space science budget cuts

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 11:00am
Nearly 300 current and former NASA employees — including astronauts, engineers and scientists — have signed the "Voyager Declaration," a formal statement raising alarm over recent actions and steep budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.
Categories: Astronomy

New 'Predator: Badlands' trailer confirms an unexpected alliance with ties to the 'Alien' universe

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 10:30am
The second Predator: Badlands trailer is full of alien beasts, gorgeous sci-fi vistas, and a Yautja hero who finds an unlikely ally in a synthetic.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches NASA's TRACERS mission to protect Earth from space weather (video)

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 10:16am
NASA's TRACERS mission blasted off July 23 on a Falcon 9 rocket with three other small agency satellites that will act as technology demonstrators to monitor space weather.
Categories: Astronomy

Europe tests largest-ever Mars parachute in the stratosphere above the Arctic (video)

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 10:00am
A giant parachute built for the beleaguered European ExoMars mission has aced a drop test in the Arctic stratosphere.
Categories: Astronomy

Crypto billionaire Justin Sun will fly on Blue Origin's next space tourism launch

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 9:00am
Justin Sun, the billionaire founder of the blockchain platform Tron, is one of the six people who will fly to suborbital space on Blue Origin's next tourist mission.
Categories: Astronomy

Night sky glows purple above Vera Rubin Observatory | Space photo of the day for July 22, 2025

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 8:30am
The Vera Rubin Observatory in the Atacama Desert recalibrated under a purple night sky.
Categories: Astronomy

Hubble spots interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS for the first time

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 6:00am
The long-serving space telescope saw the third interloper to enter the solar system from beyond its limits late on Monday morning (July 21).
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX aborts satellite launch 11 seconds before liftoff (video)

Mon, 07/21/2025 - 7:21pm
SpaceX aborted the planned launch of two of SES' O3b mPOWER communications satellites just before liftoff on Monday evening (July 21). The company will try again tomorrow (July 22).
Categories: Astronomy

'Chaos' reigns beneath the ice of Jupiter moon Europa, James Webb Space Telescope reveals

Mon, 07/21/2025 - 6:00pm
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are painting a new picture of Jupiter's moon Europa and revealing the hidden chemistry of the icy moon's interior.
Categories: Astronomy

Eclipse chasers share insider tips, travel advice and skywatching secrets for the 2026 total solar eclipse

Mon, 07/21/2025 - 5:00pm
Our expert travel guide to the 2026 total solar eclipse in Greenland, Iceland and Spain is packed with insider tips, travel advice and skywatching secrets from seasoned eclipse chasers.
Categories: Astronomy

This new 'CosmoCube' moon orbiter could eavesdrop on whispers from the early universe

Mon, 07/21/2025 - 4:00pm
U.K. scientists plan to send a small spacecraft to the moon's far side to detect faint radio signals emitted shortly after the Big Bang.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet rolls out for its 1st test drive (video)

Mon, 07/21/2025 - 3:00pm
NASA recently took its new X-59 "quiet' supersonic jet for a drive during taxi tests, one of the final hurdles between the aircraft and its first flight.
Categories: Astronomy

These 3 popular skywatching star clusters may be branches of the same family tree

Mon, 07/21/2025 - 2:00pm
The Orion Nebula, the Pleiades and the Hyades open clusters could represent the different phases of star clusters: baby, adolescent and elderly.
Categories: Astronomy

When did our solar system's planets form? Discovery of tiny meteorite may challenge the timeline

Mon, 07/21/2025 - 1:00pm
Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same time, challenging current models of our solar system’s evolution.
Categories: Astronomy

'Most impressive!' Darth Vader's screen-used 'Star Wars' lightsaber could fetch $3 million in September auction

Mon, 07/21/2025 - 12:00pm
Propstore will also trot out this rare relic for a 3-city press tour this August
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers crack 1,000-year-old Betelgeuse mystery with 1st-ever sighting of secret companion (photo, video)

Mon, 07/21/2025 - 11:00am
Astronomers have finally imaged the long theorized companion star of Betelgeuse, solving a mystery regarding its dimming that has persisted for millennia.
Categories: Astronomy

ESA selects 5 rocket companies for European Launcher Challenge

Mon, 07/21/2025 - 10:42am
Germany's Isar and RFA, France's Maiaspace, Spain's PLD Space, and UK-based Orbex have been pre-selected for ESA's €169 million launcher initiative.
Categories: Astronomy