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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast (video, photos)

Tue, 03/18/2025 - 7:05pm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink internet satellites, 13 of which have direct-to-cell capability, from Florida this afternoon (March 18).
Categories: Astronomy

Never-'stuck’ Starliner astronauts return to Earth at last with Crew-9 duo in SpaceX Dragon splashdown

Tue, 03/18/2025 - 6:55pm
The first astronauts to fly on two different commercial spacecraft during a single mission, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, returned to Earth with ISS crewmates Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch the sun set over the moon in epic video from private Blue Ghost lunar lander

Tue, 03/18/2025 - 5:00pm
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander captured amazing views of the lunar sunset shortly before shutting down on Sunday (March 16).
Categories: Astronomy

Watch how SpaceX makes 15,000 Starlink satellite internet kits a day (video)

Tue, 03/18/2025 - 3:00pm
SpaceX released a video that offers a glimpse at how Starlink satellite kits are made in the company's factory outside of Austin, Texas.
Categories: Astronomy

Astronaut takes a mind-bending trip over Earth beneath star trails: Space photo of the day

Tue, 03/18/2025 - 1:09pm
NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the International Space Station.
Categories: Astronomy

New cosmic 'baby pictures' reveal our universe taking its 1st steps towards stars and galaxies

Tue, 03/18/2025 - 12:01pm
The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe’s infancy from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope show the first steps toward the first stars and galaxies.
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Punch it! 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 4 starts filming before Season 3 even airs

Tue, 03/18/2025 - 12:00pm
Paramount celebrates with a USS Enterprise bridge photo and new Season 3 character posters
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Private Starlab space station moves into 'full-scale development' ahead of 2028 launch

Tue, 03/18/2025 - 11:00am
The Starlab commercial space station project is moving toward the production phase, having passed a key development milestone with NASA.
Categories: Astronomy

Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!

Tue, 03/18/2025 - 10:00am
Despite a brief panic, asteroid 2024 YR4 isn't likely to hit us anytime soon, but we can still study the asteroid up close to help us understand these space rocks.
Categories: Astronomy

'Apollo 1' director surprised by details of ill-fated mission in new documentary

Tue, 03/18/2025 - 9:00am
It was the opening scene of "Apollo 13" and was recreated for the Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man." It was also included in director Mark Craig's "Last Man on the Moon," inspiring "Apollo 1."
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The far side of the moon was once a vast magma ocean, Chinese lunar lander confirms

Tue, 03/18/2025 - 8:00am
New findings from China's Chang'e 6 lunar farside samples offer insights into the moon's volcanic past and mantle evolution.
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How NASA's Starliner mission went from 10 days to 9 months: A timeline

Tue, 03/18/2025 - 6:00am
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are on their way home from a nine-month space mission that was supposed to last just 10 days. Here's a rundown of their eventful time off Earth.
Categories: Astronomy

What time will NASA's Starliner astronauts land with SpaceX's Crew-9 today? How to watch live.

Tue, 03/18/2025 - 5:00am
SpaceX is poised to land its Crew Dragon Freedom with the two ISS crewmates who launched on it and two astronauts who arrived at the space station in June on Boeing's Starliner. Here's how to see it.
Categories: Astronomy

Feel the burn with this amazing video of a Varda space capsule's plunge through Earth's atmosphere

Mon, 03/17/2025 - 6:00pm
The final two minutes of the video show things really heating up.
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World's largest digital camera to help new Vera Rubin Observatory make a 'time-lapse record of the universe' (video)

Mon, 03/17/2025 - 4:00pm
A major milestone with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has been reached with the installation of the telescope's enormous eye — the world's largest digital camera.
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Farewell, Blue Ghost! Private moon lander goes dark to end record-breaking commercial lunar mission

Mon, 03/17/2025 - 3:00pm
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander went dark in the lunar night on Sunday (March 16) as expected, bringing an end to its historic mission.
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'Starship Troopers' big-screen reboot coming from 'District 9' director Neill Blomkamp — would you like to know more?

Mon, 03/17/2025 - 2:00pm
After a long wait and a bunch of disappointing straight-to-DVD sequels, Starship Troopers is still trying to live forever with a theatrical reboot now in development.
Categories: Astronomy

Space photo of the day: Brilliant comet shines at sunset over observatory in Chile

Mon, 03/17/2025 - 1:20pm
The stunning comet C/2024 G3 lights up the sunset sky over Chile's Very Large Telescope in this spectacular photo.
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7 excellent Irish sci-fi movies to leave Hollywood green with envy this St. Patrick's Day

Mon, 03/17/2025 - 1:00pm
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a spirited selection of sci-fi films born from the Emerald Isle.
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James Webb Space Telescope sees four giant alien planets circling nearby star (images)

Mon, 03/17/2025 - 12:59pm
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has directly imaged four planets orbiting the host star HR 8799 about 130 light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus.
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