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Was ancient Mars habitable? NASA's Perseverance rover is grinding into a 'weird, uncooperative' rock to find out

Mon, 06/30/2025 - 3:00pm
NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose material that could hold clues to the planet's ancient environment and habitability.
Categories: Astronomy

'The sun is dying!' Ryan Gosling tries to save a doomed Earth in 1st trailer for 'Project Hail Mary' (video)

Mon, 06/30/2025 - 1:07pm
"Project Hail Mary" is the upcoming outer space odyssey, based on Andy Weir's 2021 novel, that offers a stirring story of alien first contact.
Categories: Astronomy

'Apollo 13' turns 30: How NASA legend Gerry Griffin helped director Ron Howard 'get it right'

Mon, 06/30/2025 - 1:00pm
As 'Apollo 13' turns 30, we talk to legendary NASA flight director Gerry Griffin who helped make the film as realistic as possible.
Categories: Astronomy

Get ready to photograph the Buck moon on July 10 with the Nikon Z6 II, now $600 cheaper on this pre-Prime Day deal!

Mon, 06/30/2025 - 12:30pm
Ahead of Amazon Prime Day on July 8-11, this limited-time deal gets you $600 off a Nikon Z6 II bundle with a 24-70mm lens included.
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers discover 'raw materials for life' can form in planetary systems even before stars

Mon, 06/30/2025 - 12:00pm
"Each new detection brings us closer to understanding the origins of complex organic chemistry in the universe — and perhaps, the origins of the building blocks of life themselves."
Categories: Astronomy

Hurry! Today is your last chance to get 60% off Disney Plus for four months

Mon, 06/30/2025 - 11:07am
Today is the last day you can get 60% off Disney Plus, which is the perfect pre-Prime Day streaming deal and in time for Fantastic Four's upcoming release.
Categories: Astronomy

Satellites trace a triangle above Gemini North Telescope | Space photo of the day for June 30, 2025

Mon, 06/30/2025 - 11:00am
The satellites were seen in the night skies near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
Categories: Astronomy

World Asteroid Day 2025: Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30

Mon, 06/30/2025 - 9:33am
World Asteroid Day 2025: Watch live views of near-Earth asteroids for free online on June 30
Categories: Astronomy

'Apollo 13' at 30: The space movie where scientists have the right stuff too

Mon, 06/30/2025 - 9:00am
Ron Howard's classic celebrates the mission control geniuses who got the astronauts home.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft and citizen scientists discover a cool new alien world

Mon, 06/30/2025 - 9:00am
With the aid of NASA's exoplanet-hunter TESS, citizen scientists have discovered a new gas giant that is cool, literally and figuratively.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA budget cuts threaten Europe's already troubled flagship Mars rover

Mon, 06/30/2025 - 6:00am
NASA was to supply some critical technologies for the mission, which Europe may not be able to readily replace.
Categories: Astronomy

'War of the Worlds' at 20: Steven Spielberg made three-quarters of an apocalyptic classic

Sun, 06/29/2025 - 12:00pm
Spielberg's contemporary spin on H. G. Wells would be up there with his best if only he could have nailed the ending.
Categories: Astronomy

Blue Origin launches 6 tourists on suborbital trip from Texas, including 750th person ever to fly into space

Sun, 06/29/2025 - 11:11am
Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its 13th crewed New Shepard rocket on a successful suborbital spaceflight on Sunday, June 29, 2025.
Categories: Astronomy

New satellite constellation will scan the entire Earth every 20 minutes to find wildfires

Sun, 06/29/2025 - 11:00am
Muon Space released the first images from its new wildfire detection satellite, FireSat.
Categories: Astronomy

How do hurricanes and tropical storms get their names?

Sun, 06/29/2025 - 10:00am
The World Meteorological Organization maintains a list of 21 hurricane names for each year. In especially busy years, a supplemental list is used.
Categories: Astronomy

Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet

Sun, 06/29/2025 - 9:00am
Parisian astronomer Camille Flammarion brought used science fiction to bring Mars to life
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Is the US forfeiting its Red Planet leadership to China's Mars Sample Return plan?

Sun, 06/29/2025 - 6:00am
"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure the US does not cede leadership in deep space to other nations, such as China."
Categories: Astronomy

Did you ever hear the tragedy of 'Star Wars: Underworld', George Lucas' cancelled Star Wars TV show?

Sat, 06/28/2025 - 11:00am
George Lucas had big plans for a live-action TV series before he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 — so what happened?
Categories: Astronomy

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 167 — An Outpost on the Moon

Sat, 06/28/2025 - 10:32am
On Episode 167 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by AJ Gemer of Lunar Outpost, a fast-moving company innovating in cislunar technology.
Categories: Astronomy

Is the bar higher for scientific claims of alien life?

Sat, 06/28/2025 - 10:00am
The skepticism and debate around the question of "are we alone in the universe" makes the field of astrobiology more cautious
Categories: Astronomy