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The 1st full live-action 'Lilo and Stitch' trailer just dropped and fine, we admit it: it looks fantastic (video)

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 3:00pm
This nostalgic remake of the 2002 animated classic arrives on May 23, 2025.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch moon dust fly as private Blue Ghost lunar lander touches down (video)

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 2:00pm
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander just beamed home up-close video of its epic March 2 touchdown, showing how its thrusters kicked up plumes of lunar dust.
Categories: Astronomy

ESA's Hera probe trains its cameras at Mars' moon Deimos | Space photo of the day March 13, 2025

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 1:30pm
During a flyby of Mars on Wednesday (March 12), ESA's Hera spacecraft inaugurated use of its science instruments to image the smaller of the planet's two moons, Deimos.
Categories: Astronomy

Capri Sun takes a swing at an eclipse with limited 'Moon Punch' drink

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 1:00pm
Capri Sun now shares another thing in common with NASA. The juice brand and space agency are already using the same foil for their drink packages. Now both are moon-bound.
Categories: Astronomy

Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 12:29pm
Europe's HERA mission has taken a good look at Mars and its moon Deimos on its way to explore the aftermath of the DART impact in the Didymos–Dimorphos asteroid system.
Categories: Astronomy

How to spot fake images of the 'Blood Worm Moon' total lunar eclipse

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 12:00pm
The moon will turn blood red overnight on Thursday and Friday during the 'Blood Moon' total lunar eclipse. How can you tell what images of this event are the real deal?
Categories: Astronomy

Saturn officially has 128 more moons

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 10:09am
The grand total of Saturnian moons is now 274.
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'Blood Worm Moon' US weather forecast: Best places to see tonight's total lunar eclipse

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 9:30am
Here are the weather conditions that can be expected during the the total "Blood Moon" lunar eclipse thought the United States on March 13, 2025.
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Dead Athena moon lander seen inside its crater grave from lunar orbit (photos)

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 9:00am
Intuitive Machines' Athena lander died inside a small crater near the moon's south pole, photos by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter show.
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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 8:00am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 Starlink internet satellites, 13 of which have direct-to-cell capability, to orbit on Wednesday night (March 12).
Categories: Astronomy

A total lunar eclipse comes to North America tonight: Here's everything you need to know about the 'Blood Worm Moon'

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 6:00am
The moon will put on quite the show tonight; we've got everything to make sure you don't miss all the total lunar eclipse action.
Categories: Astronomy

Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope discovery might blow your mind

Thu, 03/13/2025 - 5:00am
The James Webb Space Telescope has found perhaps its most profound discovery to date. The uncovered preferred direction for galaxies supports the idea that the universe was born in a black hole.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX calls off Crew-10 astronaut launch for NASA due to hydraulics issue (video)

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 7:45pm
SpaceX scrubbed today's (March 12) planned launch of the Crew-10 astronaut mission for NASA due to a ground-system hydraulics issue.
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SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts depart for launch pad ahead of liftoff (video, photos)

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 4:41pm
The SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts have departed NASA's checkout facility at Kennedy Space Center and are bound for the launch pad ahead of their imminent liftoff.
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We found 6 Easter eggs in the 'Alien: Earth' shorts revealed at SXSW 2025... at least we hope they're just Easter eggs

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 2:00pm
From malevolent computers to Arcturian shore leave, here are all the callbacks and references we spotted in these short clips.
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What do lunar eclipses teach us about Earth?

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 1:00pm
For starters, they taught us that Earth is round
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Water in the universe may have formed closer to the Big Bang than previously thought

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 12:48pm
"We were surprised that water could actually form so early on — even before the birth of the first galaxies."
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Who is Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds? Exploring the big bad guy for Marvel's 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps'

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 12:00pm
Here's a planet-draining primer on Galactus, the new 'Fantastic Four' movie's larger-than-life villain.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's SPHEREx science probe heads to orbit | Space photo of the day March 12, 2025

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 11:42am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two NASA science probes on March 11, 2025 in a spectacular nighttime liftoff from California after multiple delays.
Categories: Astronomy

Wispy comet photobombs 'rare' planetary parade above Chile's Atacama Desert (photos)

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 10:00am
The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 are all visible at once in breathtaking new photos from the European Southern Observatory.
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