The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

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Step aside, Captain Kirk! Spock is Star Trek's real interstellar ladies' man

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 9:00am
Spock may be renowned for his impeccable logic, but "Strange New Worlds" has offered a glimpse of the Vulcan's surprisingly complicated love life
Categories: Astronomy

New world record! Weather satellites detect 515-mile-long lightning flash

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 8:00am
Meet the astonishing phenomenon of megaflash lightning.
Categories: Astronomy

Nearby super-Earth K2-18 b may be a water-rich ocean planet: 'This has certainly increased the chances of habitability'

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 6:00am
The search for life beyond the solar system is heating up. Though biosignatures around super-Earth K2-18b remain unconfirmed, the JWST has found the planet could be a water-rich ocean world.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch SpaceX launch Crew-11 astronauts to the ISS for NASA today after delay

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 12:01am
The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission are scheduled to launch toward the International Space Station Friday (Aug. 1), and you can watch the action live.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX, NASA say Crew-11 astronaut mission is 'go' for launch to ISS on July 31

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 6:11pm
Mission managers with NASA and SpaceX polled 'go' to proceed with a launch attempt of the Crew-11 astronaut mission to the ISS on Thursday (July 31).
Categories: Astronomy

JWST sees beauty in the death of a star, offers a preview of what's in store for our sun

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 6:00pm
The James Webb Space Telescope's investigations of the planetary nebula NGC 6072 suggest a second star played a hand in sculpting the death of the primary star.
Categories: Astronomy

'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' is a love letter to the Space Age we always dreamed of

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 5:00pm
From rocketships and exoplanets, to FTL and black holes, there's something for every space fan in Marvel's "The Fantastic Four: First Steps."
Categories: Astronomy

Artemis 2 astronauts stress importance of their moon mission as NASA faces budget, workforce cuts: 'We have to move the needle.'

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 4:00pm
NASA's next moon astronauts underscored the importance of their upcoming Artemis 2 mission despite a turbulent time for the space agency full of budget cuts and workforce reductions.
Categories: Astronomy

US Space Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane launching Aug. 21 to test quantum sensor and laser-communications tech

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 3:00pm
The U.S. Space Force plans to launch the eighth mission of its mysterious X-37B space plane on Aug. 21 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The flight will study experimental technology in orbit.
Categories: Astronomy

Kate Rubins, 1st astronaut to sequence DNA in space, leaves NASA

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 2:00pm
NASA astronaut Kathleen “Kate” Rubins has retired from the space agency after 16 years, two missions on the International Space Station, four spacewalks and 300 days in space.
Categories: Astronomy

Good news for Mars settlers? Red Planet glaciers are mostly pure water ice, study suggests

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Martian glaciers are mostly pure ice across the Red Planet, suggesting they might potentially be useful resources for any explorers that might land there one day, a new study finds.
Categories: Astronomy

Saturn's largest moon Titan casts a colossal shadow in breathtaking amateur portrait (photo)

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 12:02pm
Efrain Morales captured the image of Titan's shadow darkening Saturn on July 18, while the gas giant was over 800 million miles from Earth.
Categories: Astronomy

Collaboration or collapse: Why Earth observation must be a global mission

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 11:00am
Satellites don't stop at borders and neither should science.
Categories: Astronomy

Powerful NISAR Earth-observing satellite loaded up for launch in India | Space photo of the day for July 30, 2025

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 10:00am
The satellite will scan the Earth twice every 12 days.
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'The Smithsonian Institution owns the Discovery.' Museum resists Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' plan to move space shuttle to Houston

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 9:00am
The Smithsonian Institution says NASA relinquished full ownership of Space Shuttle Discovery, but Congress wants to force the vehicle's relocation.
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'The most sophisticated radar we've ever built': US-Indian NISAR satellite launches to track tiny changes on Earth's surface (video)

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 8:51am
The U.S. and India just launched NISAR, a powerful radar satellite that will be able to monitor changes in Earth's surface that are as small as a centimeter.
Categories: Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope finds giant, lonely exoplanets can build their own planetary friends without a parent star

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 8:00am
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have made the shock discovery that giant rogue exoplanets can grow their own planetary systems without needing a parent star.
Categories: Astronomy

Hubble Space Telescope spots rogue planet with a little help from Einstein: 'It was a lucky break'

Wed, 07/30/2025 - 6:00am
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new rogue planet that was orphaned from its home planetary system. The discovery was possible with a little luck and some help from Einstein.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida (video)

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 11:50pm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink satellites was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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Australia's 1st orbital rocket, Gilmour Space's Eris, fails on historic debut launch (video)

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 8:42pm
Gilmour Space made history today (July 29), conducting the first-ever orbital launch attempt with an Australian-built rocket. That vehicle, named Eris, didn't get very far.
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