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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

Mission Control 'members only': NASA flight directors don new jacket

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 12:00pm
NASA's flight directors have taken a page from the astronauts they support, if not also the Masters, Hells Angels and Saturday Night Live's Five-Timers Club. There is now a flight director's jacket.
Categories: Astronomy

Hubble Telescope captures gorgeous new view of Milky Way's star-packed galactic neighbor (photo)

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 12:00pm
The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back a gorgeous new view of one of our nearest galactic neighbors, which is full of bright, colorful stars.
Categories: Astronomy

US Space Force wants a new 'orbital carrier' to be a satellite launch pad in space

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 11:00am
The U.S. Space Force is funding the development of a new "Orbital Carrier" spacecraft that can deploy multiple satellites when needed.
Categories: Astronomy

This sulfur-based space molecule could tell us about the emergence of life on Earth

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 10:00am
Researchers have created a "fingerprint" of a sulfur-based molecule found in space that may offer new clues about the formation of life on Earth.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX's private Fram2 launch over Earth's poles will send astronauts where no one has gone before

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 9:00am
SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission is set to launch toward a polar orbit on March 31, which will be a first for human spaceflight. Why has this never been done before?
Categories: Astronomy

Watch SpaceX launch historic Fram2 astronaut mission over Earth's poles tonight (video)

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 8:00am
SpaceX plans to launch the Fram2 astronaut mission over Earth's poles tonight (March 31), and you can watch the action live.
Categories: Astronomy

Solar eclipse shines over Stonehenge in stunning photo from Astrophotographer Josh Dury

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 7:37am
'Capturing the partial solar eclipse from the iconic landmark at Stonehenge was awe-inspiring in more ways than one'
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Cosmic rays may be the elusive spark for lightning here on Earth

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 6:00am
Cosmic rays may play a role in triggering lightning, a new study suggests, offering an out-of-this-world answer to a long-standing mystery.
Categories: Astronomy

This newly found super-Earth might have blown off its own atmosphere

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 5:00am
A newly found super-Earth could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets twice the diameter of Earth.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX rolls out rocket for historic Fram2 astronaut flight over Earth's poles (photos)

Sun, 03/30/2025 - 12:00pm
SpaceX has rolled out the rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that will launch the Fram2 astronaut mission on Monday night (March 31).
Categories: Astronomy