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Dark streaks on Mars may not come from water after all, scientists say

Mon, 05/19/2025 - 11:00am
Satellite images of the Red Planet suggest scientists were wrong about these strange Martian features.
Categories: Astronomy

14,000 years ago, the most powerful solar storm ever recorded hit Earth. 'This event establishes a new worst-case scenario'

Mon, 05/19/2025 - 10:00am
Scientists have found evidence of the most powerful storm in history, which hit Earth in 14,300 years ago. It would cause mayhem in today's technology-dependent world.
Categories: Astronomy

The moon reaches its half-lit final quarter phase this week: Here's what to expect

Mon, 05/19/2025 - 9:00am
Time for a trip to Tycho Crater.
Categories: Astronomy

Mysterious white streak spotted over US skies during surprise aurora storm. What was it? (photos)

Mon, 05/19/2025 - 7:50am
Skywatchers were left surprised, puzzled and awestruck by a mysterious streak of light slicing through the night sky.
Categories: Astronomy

All about the abandoned Apollo capsule in 'The Last of Us' (Season 2, Episode 6)

Sun, 05/18/2025 - 10:01pm
Whether you are a fan of space exploration history or of the game on which the series is based, "The Last of Us" has just delivered a real blast from the past.
Categories: Astronomy

Venus Aerospace debuts potentially revolutionary rocket engine with landmark 1st flight (video)

Sun, 05/18/2025 - 10:00am
Houston-based startup Venus Aerospace just launched the first successful test flight of a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) test from U.S. soil.
Categories: Astronomy

Not-so-clean rooms: Scientists discover 26 new microbe species in NASA spacecraft facility

Sun, 05/18/2025 - 9:00am
Scientists have discovered 26 previously unknown bacterial species in the clean rooms that were used to prep NASA's Phoenix Mars lander for its 2007 launch.
Categories: Astronomy

National Air and Space Museum to reveal more renovated galleries on July 28

Sun, 05/18/2025 - 8:00am
Hundreds of space artifacts are set to return to or debut on display with the opening of five reimagined galleries at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. this summer.
Categories: Astronomy

Canon RF 24mm f/1.4L VCM lens review

Sun, 05/18/2025 - 7:00am
The Canon RF 24mm f/1.4L is a high-quality wide-angle prime lens with a fast maximum aperture making it ideal for landscape, cityscape and astrophotography.
Categories: Astronomy

Amateur astrophotographer catches a cosmic sunflower in bloom

Sun, 05/18/2025 - 6:00am
The spiral galaxy shines with the light of countless newly-born stars.
Categories: Astronomy

Indian rocket launch fails, Earth-observation satellite lost (video)

Sat, 05/17/2025 - 9:55pm
India attempted to launch an Earth-observing radar satellite on Saturday (May 17) but a problem with the mission's rocket resulted in a failure.
Categories: Astronomy

Who is the mysterious woman in the Doctor's 'The Interstellar Song Contest' visions?

Sat, 05/17/2025 - 3:00pm
A familiar face from ancient "Doctor Who" history makes an unexpected return.
Categories: Astronomy

Every episode of Netflix's 'Love, Death + Robots' Volume 4, ranked

Sat, 05/17/2025 - 11:00am
The Emmy-winning animated anthology returns, and we've scored every exceptional short from bottom to top.
Categories: Astronomy

The space doctors are in! Season 2 of Prime Video's 'The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy' gets a wacky new teaser and release date (video)

Sat, 05/17/2025 - 10:00am
'This hospital is a good hospital. And I always forget that it's kind of alive!'
Categories: Astronomy

Can we actually build a thriving economy on and around the moon?

Sat, 05/17/2025 - 9:00am
Building a sustainable economy on the moon won't be easy, but we at least have some ideas about how to get started.
Categories: Astronomy

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 161 — The TWiS Comedy Hour!

Sat, 05/17/2025 - 8:23am
On Episode 161 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik catch up on headlines ... and space dad jokes!
Categories: Astronomy

Watch India launch its 2nd space mission of the year tonight

Sat, 05/17/2025 - 8:00am
India will launch an Earth-observing radar satellite tonight (May 17) on the nation's second mission of 2025, and you can watch the action live.
Categories: Astronomy

Black hole dance illuminates hidden math of the universe

Fri, 05/16/2025 - 6:00pm
Scientists have made the most accurate predictions yet of the gravitational waves produced when two black holes fly past each other.
Categories: Astronomy

US Representatives worry Trump's NASA budget plan will make it harder to track dangerous asteroids

Fri, 05/16/2025 - 5:01pm
During a House Committee on Space, Science and Technology hearing, experts discussed the state of NASA's planetary defense capabilities.
Categories: Astronomy

Rocket Lab launches private Japanese Earth-observing satellite

Fri, 05/16/2025 - 5:00pm
Rocket Lab launched an Earth-observing satellite for the Japanese company iQPS early Saturday morning (May 17).
Categories: Astronomy