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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'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.
Categories: Astronomy

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.
Categories: Astronomy

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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