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Partial solar eclipse delights skywatchers around the world (photos)

Sat, 03/29/2025 - 8:23am
The partial solar eclipse of March 2025 did not disappoint as observers turned their eyes and cameras to the sky.
Categories: Astronomy

X-rays, mushrooms and more: The science riding on SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission around Earth's poles

Sat, 03/29/2025 - 8:00am
Here's a rundown of the science experiments that SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission will conduct while orbiting Earth's poles.
Categories: Astronomy

A total solar eclipse from 2471 B.C. may have shaken Egypt's cult of the sun

Sat, 03/29/2025 - 6:00am
"It is always difficult to establish if the eclipses were seen in the ancient past as bad omens or good omens."
Categories: Astronomy

Doom games in order: Chronological and release date

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 5:00pm
With Doom: The Dark Ages around the corner, now is the perfect time to chainsaw your way through all the Doom games in order.
Categories: Astronomy

'Chappie' is 10 years old, and Blomkamp's flawed humanist take on robots and AI is more relevant than ever

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 4:00pm
Neill Blomkamp's Johannesburg-set riff on Short Circuit and RoboCop wasn't a winner by any means, but it's far from soulless.
Categories: Astronomy

Solar eclipse US weather forecast: Best places to see the moon 'bite' the sun tomorrow

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 3:00pm
A partial solar eclipse is coming this weekend, but weather could be an issue for many hoping to get a glimpse of the moon "taking a bite" out of the sun.
Categories: Astronomy

Surprise X-class solar flare from emerging sunspot triggers radio blackouts across the Americas

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 2:03pm
"Further strong activity is likely!"
Categories: Astronomy

NASA astronaut who gave up seat for Starliner crew takes command of SpaceX Crew-11 flight to ISS

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 1:00pm
Zena Cardman,who was removed from an ISS launch to facilitate the return to Earth of Starliner's first crew, will command SpaceX's upcoming Crew-11 mission to the station.
Categories: Astronomy

Last chance! 72% off Disney Plus, Hulu and ESPN Plus bundle means you can watch all Marvel movies and TV shows, including X-Men, for just $2.99 a month

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 12:21pm
Watch all Marvel content, including the Avengers movies and the X-Men movies from the 2000s, ahead of Avengers: Doomsday next year, with a 72% discount.
Categories: Astronomy

Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: 'It is astonishing'

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 12:00pm
New findings from the ALMA telescope have revealed that planets are born in much smaller protoplanetary disks than astronomers suspected, some of which would fit with the orbit of Earth.
Categories: Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 2 galaxies forming breathtaking 'cosmic lens': Space photo of the day

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 11:36am
The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.
Categories: Astronomy

This spacecraft swarm could spot interstellar visitors zipping through our solar system

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 11:00am
Hiroyasu Tsukamota has developed a deep-learning-based guidance and control framework called Neural-Rendezvous that could allow spacecraft to safely encounter interstellar objects.
Categories: Astronomy

Meet the astronauts of SpaceX's Fram2 mission, the 1st to fly over Earth's poles

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 10:00am
The crew of SpaceX's pioneering Fram2 mission includes a polar explorer, a marine technology scientist, a filmmaker and a bitcoin magnate.
Categories: Astronomy

Don't miss the partial solar eclipse today: Where, when and how to see it

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 8:16am
Here's everything you need to know to make the most of the partial solar eclipse on March 29, as the moon takes a 'bite' out of the sun.
Categories: Astronomy

Boeing's next Starliner launch for NASA could slip to early 2026 after fixes

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 6:00am
NASA and Boeing are still working on the thruster issues that Starliner experienced on its first crewed flight last year, so the capsule's next liftoff is a ways off yet.
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US Space Force certifies new Vulcan Centaur rocket to launch national security missions

Thu, 03/27/2025 - 6:00pm
The U.S. Space Force has certified ULA's new Vulcan Centaur rocket to launch national security missions, doubling the number of providers for such flights.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA cancels cargo launch to ISS due to damaged Cygnus spacecraft

Thu, 03/27/2025 - 5:00pm
NASA has canceled the planned June liftoff of a Cygnus ISS resupply mission due to damage the freighter incurred during transport to the launch site.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's daredevil solar spacecraft survives 2nd close flyby of our sun

Thu, 03/27/2025 - 4:26pm
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its second science-gathering flyby of the sun, the space agency announced earlier this week.
Categories: Astronomy

So long, Gaia: Europe officially retires prolific star-mapping space telescope

Thu, 03/27/2025 - 4:00pm
Europe's star-mapping Gaia space observatory has entered its retirement orbit, after gathering valuable cosmic data for more than a decade.
Categories: Astronomy

2 newly found exoplanets reignite an outstanding question about our solar system

Thu, 03/27/2025 - 3:00pm
Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but unlike any in our own solar system.
Categories: Astronomy