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How to capture drone imagery at night

Sun, 06/22/2025 - 12:00pm
Learn how to capture drone photos and videos at night with our comprehensive guide.
Categories: Astronomy

Elon Musk promises more risky launches after sixth Starship failure

Sun, 06/22/2025 - 10:00am
Is this setting a new precedent for the future of spaceflight?
Categories: Astronomy

May 2024 solar storm cost $500 million in damages to farmers, new study reveals

Sun, 06/22/2025 - 9:00am
GPS positions were off by up to 230 feet during the Gannon Solar Storm in May 2024 in a disruption that lasted for up to two days, a new study has revealed.
Categories: Astronomy

Royal Observatory Greenwich: The birthplace of modern astronomy turns 350

Sun, 06/22/2025 - 8:00am
That's a lot of standard candles.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX’s Transporter 14 launch will carry more than 150 capsules of DNA, human remains

Sun, 06/22/2025 - 7:00am
Houston-based Celestis and The Exploration Company are teaming up to fly a memorial payload on SpaceX's Transporter 14 rideshare mission on Monday (June 23).
Categories: Astronomy

The 2025 Bootid meteor shower peaks June 27: Here's what to expect

Sun, 06/22/2025 - 6:00am
You'll need luck on your side to spot these shooting stars.
Categories: Astronomy

Hommkiety Galaxy Projector review

Sat, 06/21/2025 - 12:00pm
This no-name galaxy projector has blown us away with its projection quality and interchangeable disks.
Categories: Astronomy

'Cocoon' at 40: Ron Howard's sci-fi smash is proof they don't make them like they used to

Sat, 06/21/2025 - 11:00am
The beloved 'oldies and aliens' blockbuster is a movie out of sync with Hollywood norms.
Categories: Astronomy

World's 1st multimedia performance in microgravity will bring together Cirque du Soleil, National Geographic and NASA

Sat, 06/21/2025 - 10:00am
Miami-based multimedia superstar Natasha Tsakos discusses this historic fall flight aboard Zero-G's 'G-Force One' aircraft.
Categories: Astronomy

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 166 — Live From the Swamps, ISDC 2025

Sat, 06/21/2025 - 9:56am
On Episode 166 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik broadcast live from the National Space Society's International Space Development Conference in Orlando.
Categories: Astronomy

Nobel laureate concerned about AI-generated image of black hole at the center of our galaxy

Sat, 06/21/2025 - 9:00am
Researchers used an AI model to create a new image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, with some concern from experts.
Categories: Astronomy

A spinning universe could crack the mysteries of dark energy and our place in the multiverse

Sat, 06/21/2025 - 8:00am
The universe seems to be spinning, and that could explain what dark energy is and why it's weakening while revealing our place within the multiverse.
Categories: Astronomy

See the moon, Venus and the Pleiades make a celestial triangle in the predawn sky on June 22

Sat, 06/21/2025 - 6:00am
The Pleiades, a crescent moon and Venus  —  what more could an astrophotographer want?
Categories: Astronomy

NASA moon orbiter spies grave of crashed Japanese lunar lander (image)

Fri, 06/20/2025 - 5:00pm
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has imaged the crash site of Resilience, a moon lander built and operated by the Tokyo-based company ispace.
Categories: Astronomy

From 'Toy Story' to 'Elio', here's every space-themed Pixar movie and short so far

Fri, 06/20/2025 - 4:00pm
'Elio' isn't the legendary animation studio's first adventure on the final frontier. Here's every Pixar movie and short that explores space.
Categories: Astronomy

This galaxy cluster has mysterious cosmic tendrils over 200,000 light-years long (image)

Fri, 06/20/2025 - 3:00pm
Astronomers have taken an unprecedentedly detailed look at the tendrils and filaments that wrap around supermassive black hole-dominated galaxies of Abell 2255.
Categories: Astronomy

1st images from the Vera C Rubin Observatory will drop on June 23. Here's why that's such a big deal

Fri, 06/20/2025 - 2:00pm
The Rubin Observatory will reveal its first images on Monday. Space.com spoke to scientists who explained why this will be a monumental event for astronomy.
Categories: Astronomy

Get relaxed views of the universe for a fraction of the price with a huge $675 off the Unistellar Odyssey Pro

Fri, 06/20/2025 - 2:00pm
The Unistellar Father's Day sale ends in two days — grab the Odyssey Pro with $675 off
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX traces Starship test-stand explosion to failure of pressurized nitrogen tank

Fri, 06/20/2025 - 1:30pm
The giant explosion that destroyed a SpaceX Starship vehicle on the test stand this week was likely caused by the failure of a pressurized nitrogen tank, the company said.
Categories: Astronomy

Leak on International Space Station delays SpaceX launch of Axiom-4 astronauts

Fri, 06/20/2025 - 1:00pm
An ongoing leak aboard the International Space Station is once again delaying the launch of Axiom Space's next private astronaut mission.
Categories: Astronomy