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Total lunar eclipse March 2025 livestreams: Where to watch the 'Blood Moon' online for free tonight

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 9:00am
Here's how to watch all the total lunar eclipse action unfold live and online so you don't miss a second of the dramatic "Blood Moon" on March 13.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch a SpaceX rocket launch Crew-10 relief mission tonight for NASA astronauts on ISS after delay (video)

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 8:00am
SpaceX plans to launch the Crew-10 mission to relieve the current astronauts aboard the ISS on Friday (March 14), and you can watch the action live.
Categories: Astronomy

Meet the SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts launching to the ISS on March 12

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 7:00am
SpaceX's Crew-10 mission will send two NASA astronauts, a Japanese spaceflyer and a cosmonaut to the International Space Station.
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers crack the case of a mysterious deep space radio signal that repeats every 2 hours

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 6:00am
Astronomers have traced a starnge blast of radiowaves that repeats every 2 hours back to a dead star white dwarf magnetically slamming its stellar companion.
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Scientists discover smallest galaxy ever seen: 'It's like having a perfectly functional human being that's the size of a grain of rice'

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 5:00am
Astronomers have discovered the smallest dwarf galaxy ever seen. It is a mystery how the satellite galaxy of Andromeda survived the blistering conditions of the early universe.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX rocket launches NASA SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes (video)

Wed, 03/12/2025 - 12:14am
The duo launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 11 at 11:10 p.m. EST (0209 March 12 GMT).
Categories: Astronomy

World's largest iceberg runs aground in South Atlantic after 1,200-mile journey (satellite photos)

Tue, 03/11/2025 - 4:00pm
Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of South Georgia Island, a common rendezvous spot for big bergs, new satellite images show.
Categories: Astronomy

Life on Mars? It probably looks like something you'd find in your stomach

Tue, 03/11/2025 - 3:00pm
Organisms known as extremophiles have been found inhabiting a range of extreme conditions on Earth, including inside our bodies. Could they be on Mars, too?
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX Dragon meets sunrise at launch pad for Crew-10 flight | Space photo of the day March 11, 2025

Tue, 03/11/2025 - 2:25pm
The Dragon capsule will launch atop a SpaceX rocket to carry 4 astronauts to space on March 12.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch sparks fly as Blue Ghost lander drills into the moon (video)

Tue, 03/11/2025 - 1:00pm
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has beamed back video of its ongoing lunar science operations, including drilling into the surface of the moon.
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The best sci-fi TV shows of the 1960s

Tue, 03/11/2025 - 12:00pm
Return to the glory days of 'Star Trek' and 'The Outer Limits' in our special voyage down small screen's memory lane.
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The next ice age is coming in 10,000 years — unless climate change prevents it

Tue, 03/11/2025 - 11:00am
Natural cycles in Earth's rotational axis and its orbit around the sun drive climatic changes, and now researchers have matched up specific points in those cycles to the timing of ice ages.
Categories: Astronomy

Private mini rover aboard sideways Athena moon lander was ready to roll — but it couldn't get out

Tue, 03/11/2025 - 10:00am
Data sent to Earth by its MAPP moon rover on Intuitive Machines' ill-fated IM-2 mission will help Colorado company Lunar Outpost prepare for future lunar voyages.
Categories: Astronomy

Astronaut turned to AI to inspire design of SpaceX Crew-10 mission patch

Tue, 03/11/2025 - 9:00am
In what might be a first in spaceflight history, the next crew to launch to the International Space Station has adopted a mission patch that began with ideas put forth by an AI.
Categories: Astronomy

Does exoplanet K2-18b host alien life or not? Here's why the debate continues

Tue, 03/11/2025 - 6:00am
A paper published in 2023 spurred discussion about whether life exists on an exoplanet named K2-18b. Two years later, the puzzle continues — and some scientists are expressing doubt.
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What time is the 'Blood Moon' total lunar eclipse tonight?

Tue, 03/11/2025 - 5:00am
A dramatic total lunar eclipse will turn the moon blood red for millions across North America overnight on March 13-14. Here are the best times to watch the show unfold.
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet flew in front of the sun so NASA could take this incredible shock wave photo

Mon, 03/10/2025 - 5:00pm
NASA and Boom Supersonic released an incredible photo capturing the shock waves of the supersonic XB-1 aircraft while it traveled in front of the sun during a Feb. 10 test flight.
Categories: Astronomy

There's a total lunar eclipse coming. How will these 2 solar-powered moon probes survive the darkness?

Mon, 03/10/2025 - 4:00pm
The total lunar eclipse on March 13-14 will plunge moon missions into darkness. What will happen to the lunar spacecraft?
Categories: Astronomy

NASA cutting programs, workforce to comply with Trump order

Mon, 03/10/2025 - 3:00pm
NASA will close several offices and reduce its workforce to comply with an anti-DEI executive order from President Trump.
Categories: Astronomy