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Scientists may have just found the driving force behind Venus' volcanos

Fri, 04/04/2025 - 8:00am
Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.
Categories: Astronomy

JWST finds spiral galaxy about 5 times more massive than Milky Way — scientists call it 'Big Wheel'

Fri, 04/04/2025 - 6:00am
Scientists have uncovered a massive galaxy that existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang. But how did this colossal "Big Wheel" form so early in the universe? The answer could change everything we know about galaxy growth.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch SpaceX's history-making Fram2 astronaut mission return to Earth today

Fri, 04/04/2025 - 5:00am
SpaceX's Fram2, the first crewed mission ever to orbit Earth over its poles, will splash down today (April 4), and you can watch the action live.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 9:14pm
SpaceX sent 27 of its Starlink internet satellites toward low Earth orbit from California this evening (April 3).
Categories: Astronomy

SpinLaunch wants to send 250 broadband 'microsatellites' to orbit with a single launch

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 6:00pm
SpinLaunch has unveiled its plans for a new broadband satellite constellation known as Meridian Space.
Categories: Astronomy

I'm going to a huge astronomy expo to see the latest telescope tech this weekend. I won't be alone.

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 5:45pm
Billed as the "World's Largest Astronomy & Space Expo," NEAF 2025 draws thousands of stargazers each year, with astronauts and exoplanet hunters speaking this year.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts reveal moon mission patch to honor 'AII'

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 5:00pm
The next astronauts to fly to the moon now have a mission patch to represent their journey. NASA debuted the official Artemis 2 insignia, its first emblem for a moon-bound crew in more than 50 years.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX fires up used Super Heavy booster ahead of 9th Starship test flight (photos, videos)

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 4:13pm
SpaceX is gearing up for the ninth test flight of its Starship megarocket, which will be the first to reuse the vehicle's Super Heavy first stage.
Categories: Astronomy

True Anomaly to launch 1st deep-space security missions with autonomous Jackal satellites in 2026

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 4:00pm
Colorado-based startup True Anomaly plans to begin launching its autonomous Jackal satellites to geosynchronous orbit and Earth-moon space in 2026.
Categories: Astronomy

Doom: The Dark Ages — Release date, trailers & everything we know

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 3:00pm
More than five years after Doom Eternal, we’re once again ready to rip and tear through demons in Doom: The Dark Ages.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see their Florida launch site from space as historic pole-orbiting mission nears its end (video)

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 2:30pm
SpaceX's Fram2 astronauts are sharing incredible views from the first human spaceflight to orbit Earth's poles, as their mission nears a conclusion.
Categories: Astronomy

Major storms on Jupiter can leave a fingerprint in the planet's atmosphere

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 2:00pm
Big storms can strip some parts of Jupiter's atmosphere of ammonia, while leaving buried reservoirs of the gas elsewhere.
Categories: Astronomy

Captain Pike and his crew explore a lost Starfleet vessel in a new 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' novel coming later this month

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 1:00pm
'Strange New Worlds' Season 3 is coming soon, so why not crack open this thrilling new 'Star Trek' book to set the mood?
Categories: Astronomy

New 'Black Mirror' Season 7 trailer teases an epic space battle for the USS Callister (video)

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 1:00pm
Alongside this exciting teaser for 'Black Mirror 'Season 7, which launches on April 10, we also have details on this week’s 'USS Callister: Into Infinity' virtual watch party on April 8.
Categories: Astronomy

Extreme magnetic fields near our galaxy's black hole are preventing stars from being born, JWST discovers

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 12:36pm
New James Webb Space Telescope images of the stellar nursery Sgr C, near the galactic center, reveal why it contains fewer stars than expected.
Categories: Astronomy

The utterly beautiful destruction of a planet: Space photo of the day

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 12:36pm
The Helix nebula may point to the ultimate fate of our sun — and Earth.
Categories: Astronomy

Moon dust may help astronauts power sustainable lunar cities. Here's how.

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 11:00am
Constructing solar arrays out of moon dust would reduce launch costs and make lunar bases more plausible, according to a new study.
Categories: Astronomy

How a 'mudball' meteorite survived space to land in the jungles of Central America

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 10:16am
A fall of rare meteorites in Costa Rica has revealed new details about a similar space rock that fell in Australia 50 years earlier.
Categories: Astronomy

Powerful solar winds squish Jupiter's magnetic field 'like a giant squash ball'

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 9:00am
A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 8:00am
New NASA shielding technology that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed a trial run on the moon, marking an important milestone in the agency's lunar aspirations.
Categories: Astronomy