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NASA and Google test AI medical assistant for astronaut missions to the moon and Mars

Sun, 08/17/2025 - 6:00am
Google and NASA are trialing an AI-powered medical assistant that could help astronauts care for themselves when mission control is out of reach.
Categories: Astronomy

Moon quiz: For all lunatics

Sat, 08/16/2025 - 12:00pm
Think you know Earth's moon? Test your knowledge in a lunar quiz!
Categories: Astronomy

Scientists just recreated the universe's first ever molecules — and the results challenge our understanding of the early cosmos

Sat, 08/16/2025 - 11:00am
In a first, scientists have recreated the formation of the first ever molecules in the universe to learn more about early star formation.
Categories: Astronomy

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 173 — The Return of the Malik

Sat, 08/16/2025 - 10:11am
On Episode 173 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik look back at the week in space news.
Categories: Astronomy

If everyone in the world turned on the lights at the same time, what would happen?

Sat, 08/16/2025 - 10:00am
Beyond powering lights, it's also important to think about where all that light would go.
Categories: Astronomy

Titan darkens Saturn in rare shadow transit on Aug. 19: Here's how to see it

Sat, 08/16/2025 - 9:00am
The second largest moon in the solar system will cast its shadow over Saturn on Aug. 19.
Categories: Astronomy

Tiny devices propelled by sunlight could explore a mysterious region of Earth's atmosphere

Sat, 08/16/2025 - 8:00am
"Being able to send something out there would enable us to take a lot more precise data than we currently can."
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX aims to launch Starship Flight 10 test flight on Aug. 24

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 5:55pm
SpaceX is targeting Aug. 24 for the 10th Flight Test for its Starship rocket, following delays from a pad accident and May's failed mission.
Categories: Astronomy

Blue Origin's 2nd New Glenn rocket launch will fly twin NASA Mars probes to space on Sep. 29

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 5:00pm
Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket will launch NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission no earlier than (NET) Sep. 29.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA wants new spacecraft to fly to hard-to-reach orbits around Earth and in deep space

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 4:00pm
NASA has awarded $1.4 million to six companies, to further their ideas about how to get vehicles farther into space cheaply and efficiently.
Categories: Astronomy

Russia to launch 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies on Aug. 20 to study spaceflight effects

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 3:00pm
Russia is readying its Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite for a planned Aug. 20 launch. The mission will send 75 mice and other specimens on a monthlong mission to Earth orbit.
Categories: Astronomy

X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 2:00pm
Unexpected X-ray polarization challenges long-held ideas about how black holes behave.
Categories: Astronomy

Canada's NordSpace begins construction on orbital spaceport. When will it open for launches?

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 1:00pm
NordSpace begins building its new orbital spaceport on the Canada's east coast, as the company prepares for its first suborbital rocket launch.
Categories: Astronomy

Every original 'Star Trek' character who has appeared in 'Strange New Worlds'

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 12:00pm
Going boldly where someone has gone before! The "Star Trek" prequel series is overflowing with characters who debuted in the 1960s.
Categories: Astronomy

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 172 — Earth on Mars

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 11:44am
On Episode 172 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Rick Jenet are joined by Erika Alden DeBenedictis to discuss how terraforming Mars might work.
Categories: Astronomy

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 171 — What's an UNOOSA?

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 11:38am
On Episode 171 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest host Isaac Arthur are joined by Rick Jenet to discuss the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).
Categories: Astronomy

Astronaut trades meditation for starry sky views in orbit | On the International Space Station Aug. 11-15, 2025

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 11:28am
The members of Expedition 73-"B" settle in and get busy conducting science research on board the International Space Station.
Categories: Astronomy

Whose moon is it anyway? A matching space quiz

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 11:00am
In this quiz, you’ll test your cosmic knowledge by matching each moon to the planet it calls home.
Categories: Astronomy

Meet 'lite intermediate black holes,' the supermassive black hole's smaller, much more mysterious cousin

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 10:00am
There's a gap in black hole masses, and experts believe here is where 'lite intermediate black holes' reside.
Categories: Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope uncovers 300 mysteriously luminous objects. Are they galaxies or something else?

Fri, 08/15/2025 - 9:00am
Deep-field images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed 300 unusually energetic early galaxy candidates, offering new insights into how the universe formed and evolved over 13 billion years ago.
Categories: Astronomy