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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Rare 'double sunrise' captured in Canada by intrepid solar eclipse chasers (photos)

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 2:00pm
Cloud-dodging eclipse chasers in New Brunswick and Québec, Canada, captured the solar horns, reflections and all kinds of weird views as the sun rose partially eclipsed.
Categories: Astronomy

Déjà vu: President Trump nominates Greg Autry again to be NASA's financial chief

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 1:39pm
President Trump has nominated space policy expert Greg Autry to be NASA's chief financial officer, as he did back in 2020 to no avail.
Categories: Astronomy

Cryptocurrency billionaire watches SpaceX rocket launch on the way to his own SpaceX rocket launch

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 1:05pm
Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang and his Fram2 private astronaut crew got a two-for-one deal when they watched a rocket launch ahead of their own launch on March 31.
Categories: Astronomy

DARPA accidentally detects SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket reentry by listening to Earth's atmosphere

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 1:00pm
Researchers with the U.S. military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully used Earth's atmosphere as a sensor to detect a distant disturbance.
Categories: Astronomy

Floating blue-eyed robot keeps watch on the ISS: Space photo of the day

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 12:20pm
Looking like a soccer ball with glowing blue eyes, the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera-2 is put to test aboard the International Space Station.
Categories: Astronomy

Million-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun's greatest mysteries (video)

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 11:00am
Europe's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has chronicled the development of the magnetic escape of plasma driven out by a powerful magnetic reconnection event.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch chilling 1st views of Earth's poles seen by SpaceX Fram2 astronauts (video)

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 10:31am
The first images of Earth's poles from the Fram2 Crew Dragon have been uploaded from the orbiting spacecraft, and the views are breathtaking.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet aces key 'cruise control' test ahead of 1st flight

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 10:00am
NASA's "quiet" new supersonic jet, the X-59, just passed a key engine test, bringing it closer to its first flight later this year.
Categories: Astronomy

Scientists used JWST instruments 'wrong' on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 9:00am
The JWST was used in a creative way to capture direct images of distant worlds.
Categories: Astronomy

Sun unleashes powerful M5.6 solar flare and Earth is in the firing line — are auroras incoming?

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 7:50am
After last week's explosive X-flare, sunspot AR4046 is at it again! Could this latest eruption bring stormy space weather to Earth?
Categories: Astronomy

Changing seasons on Uranus tracked across 20 years by Hubble Space Telescope

Tue, 04/01/2025 - 6:00am
An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex atmospheric changes on Uranus, including the effects of the sun's radiation on its seasonal shifts.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 10:10pm
SpaceX launched the Fram2 astronaut mission today (March 31), the first-ever crewed spaceflight to orbit Earth over its poles.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch a private German rocket explode during 1st orbital launch attempt from European soil (video)

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 6:44pm
A dramatic video shows Isar Aerospace's first orbital launch attempt, which ended with a fiery crash into the frigid sea about 30 seconds after liftoff.
Categories: Astronomy

FAA closes investigation into SpaceX Starship Flight 7 explosion

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 5:00pm
The FAA has closed its investigation into the SpaceX Starship Flight 7 mishap, accepting the company's findings and verifying its corrective actions.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st half of spaceflight doubleheader (video, photos)

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 4:15pm
SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Monday (March 31), on the first of the company's two planned liftoffs for the day.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA launches rockets into auroras, creating breathtaking lights in Alaskan skies (photos)

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 4:00pm
Two NASA rockets launched into auroras over Alaska last week, and the results were gorgeous.
Categories: Astronomy

What it was like to experience the sunrise solar eclipse in New Brunswick

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 3:00pm
The clouds were cruel on the Bay of Fundy coast, but a memorable experience was had.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX Fram2 1st polar astronaut mission: Live updates

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 2:23pm
Find out the latest about SpaceX's private Fram2 polar astronaut mission for cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA practices recovering its next moon astronauts: Space photo of the day

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 1:51pm
NASA's Orion crew module test article is framed by the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Somerset as teams practice Artemis 2 recovery ops.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA officially adds SpaceX's giant Starship megarocket to its launch roster

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 1:45pm
SpaceX is building Starship as a full reusable heavy-lift rocket to fly astronauts to the moon and Mars.
Categories: Astronomy