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1 week until the 1st solar eclipse of 2025. Here's what you need to know about the March 2025 partial solar eclipse

Sat, 03/22/2025 - 6:00am
We don't have long to wait to see the moon take a "bite" out of the sun, we're ready… are you?
Categories: Astronomy

Is Netflix's 'The Electric State' a sci-fi retelling of 'The Wizard of Oz'?

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 6:00pm
Both "The Electric State" and "The Wizard of Oz" latch onto the themes of family, home, tolerance, identity and the interconnectedness of the individuals we share our lives with.
Categories: Astronomy

China now has a 'kill mesh' in orbit, Space Force vice chief says

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 5:00pm
"That capability gap is significantly narrowed, and we've got to change the way we're looking at space, or that capability gap may reverse and not be in our favor anymore."
Categories: Astronomy

How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 4:00pm
A new model that incorporates data gathered by the JWST could help scientists understand the composition and mass of objects in the distant Kuiper Belt and beyond.
Categories: Astronomy

Into the deep (field) with ESA's Euclid 'dark universe' telescope: Space photo of the day

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 3:55pm
Many galaxies are visible in this deep field exposure, and its just a part of a larger mosaic, zoomed in 16 times.
Categories: Astronomy

Why I'm going to New Brunswick, Canada, to see next week's 'sunrise' solar eclipse

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 3:00pm
Home to the world's highest tides and biggest lobsters, New Brunswick will experience a partial solar eclipse at sunrise on March 29, 2025. For one eclipse-chaser, it's the ultimate moon-shot.
Categories: Astronomy

This solar filter attaches to your telescope, camera lens or spotting scope for safe eclipse viewing. With a 15% discount, grab it now in time for this month's solar event

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 2:12pm
Celestron EclipSmart Safe Solar Eclipse filter is ideal for viewing the eclipse safely with a telescope or DLSR camera
Categories: Astronomy

Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 2:00pm
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon travel by asteroid Donaldjohanson, which formed roughly 150 million years ago.
Categories: Astronomy

New research on 'Death Star' that looks like a cosmic pinwheel reduces gamma-ray burst threat to Earth

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 1:00pm
The cosmic pinwheel that astronomers feared could one day shower Earth with lethal gamma rays may not be as dangerous as once thought.
Categories: Astronomy

Saturn's rings will 'disappear' this weekend. Here's why this phenomenon happens in cycles

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 12:00pm
Saturn's iconic rings will seemingly "disappear" from view this weekend as they align edge-on with Earth for the first time since 2009.
Categories: Astronomy

Upcoming Marvel Phase 6 movies & TV shows: The Fantastic Four, Avengers: Doomsday & more

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 11:00am
Marvel's Thunderbolts will close out phase 5, but the MCU will continue into late 2025 and beyond with these highly-anticipated movies and shows.
Categories: Astronomy

Apollo 10, Soyuz capsule among artifacts moving to new space gallery in London

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 10:00am
The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Soyuz that brought the first UK astronaut back to Earth and the only Apollo capsule to be on display outside the U.S. will soon be on the move.
Categories: Astronomy

Get your monthly sci-fi hit with our Watch This Space entertainment newsletter

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 9:30am
We are far too proud of the name of this one.
Categories: Astronomy

Stellar nursery sparkles at the edge of our galaxy in gorgeous Hubble Telescope image

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 9:00am
The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, much like the environment of the early universe.
Categories: Astronomy

What happened to all the water on Mars? Here's why the debate continues

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 6:00am
The Mars water debate continues. A team of scientists suggests vast oceans of water may not be locked within the Red Planet's crust, despite InSight lander data.
Categories: Astronomy

Cosmic 'tornadoes' rage around the heart of the Milky Way and its supermassive black hole

Fri, 03/21/2025 - 5:00am
Astronomers have discovered filaments of matter swirling tornado-like around the heart of the Milky Way, home to the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.
Categories: Astronomy

Which is better for astrophotography? Sony, Canon or Nikon?

Thu, 03/20/2025 - 5:00pm
Three giants in the camera industry — but which one has the best astrophotography features for you?
Categories: Astronomy

When space meets sea, Crew-9 Dragon meets dolphins: Space photo of the day

Thu, 03/20/2025 - 4:56pm
A pod of bottlenose dolphins seemingly took interest in the capsule that dropped out of the sky, circling and surfacing as SpaceX team members worked to recover their spacecraft.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX sets new rocket-reuse record on launch of US spy satellites (video)

Thu, 03/20/2025 - 4:01pm
SpaceX set a new rocket-reuse record early Friday morning (March 21) when it launched a batch of spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers discover exotic atmosphere on scorching hot exoplanet Cuancoá. 'Like finding a snowball that hasn't melted in a fire'

Thu, 03/20/2025 - 3:00pm
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water vapor and thick clouds on LTT 9779 b, an ultra-hot Neptune locked in a blistering 19-hour orbit.
Categories: Astronomy