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Celebrities in space quiz: Do you know the stars among the stars?

Tue, 08/05/2025 - 10:02am
From movie stars to moguls, test your knowledge of which celebrities have gone to the final frontier.
Categories: Astronomy

The Perseid meteor shower 2025 peaks Aug. 12-13: Here's what to expect from the dazzling cosmic light show

Tue, 08/05/2025 - 10:00am
The Perseids are one of the most visually spectacular meteor showers of the year and are known for spawning impressive fireballs that light up the night sky.
Categories: Astronomy

'Alien: Earth' is an intelligent and thought-provoking bloodbath, and everything we ever wanted from an 'Alien' show (review)

Tue, 08/05/2025 - 9:00am
Noah Hawley's daring exploration of the Alien universe makes for a great sci-fi TV show that asks big questions without neglecting the fun factor.
Categories: Astronomy

Extremely Large Telescope gets a roof | Space photo of the day for August 5, 2025

Tue, 08/05/2025 - 8:00am
The world's largest optical telescope is still under construction but is raising the roof on its progress.
Categories: Astronomy

Solar farms could help find dangerous asteroids, scientist says

Tue, 08/05/2025 - 6:00am
By transforming idle heliostats into asteroid detectors, scientists aim to develop a cost-effective method for spotting faint, fast-moving space rocks.
Categories: Astronomy

We gave this star projector five stars in our review, and now it's at its joint-lowest price ever on Amazon

Tue, 08/05/2025 - 5:48am
You can save 20% on the Hommkiety Galaxy Projector on Amazon, which we praised for its build quality and high-end projections.
Categories: Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope revisits a classic Hubble image of over 2,500 galaxies

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 5:00pm
The image reveals over 2,500 galaxies, many of which are seen as they were during the first billion years of cosmic history.
Categories: Astronomy

'Predator: Badlands' looks like it's taking inspiration from an unlikely ancestor — a divisive 20-year-old video game

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 4:00pm
A brutal alien planet isn't quite the same as future Earth, but Predator: Concrete Jungle has more than a few things in common with Predator: Badlands.
Categories: Astronomy

You can design the wheels for NASA's next moon vehicle with the 'Rock and Roll Challenge

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 3:00pm
NASA is calling on the public to help shape the future of lunar exploration by designing the next generation of wheels capable of navigating the moon's harsh terrain.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's Europa Clipper radar passes key test during Mars flyby

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 2:00pm
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully tested its ice-penetrating radar system during a close flyby of Mars earlier this year.
Categories: Astronomy

Moonquakes could pose threat to future lunar bases, scientists say

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 1:00pm
New research suggests moonquakes rooted in ancient fault systems could threaten modern moon missions.
Categories: Astronomy

3 powerful solar flares erupt in less than 24 hours, ending weeks of calm on the sun (video)

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:07pm
Space weather forecasters are watching for faint CMEs that could reach Earth later this week.
Categories: Astronomy

Best space flight simulation games, ranked

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 12:00pm
Explore the space between the stars from the safety of a virtual cockpit with the best space flight simulation games.
Categories: Astronomy

Binary star systems are complex astronomical objects − a new AI approach could pin down their properties quickly

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 11:00am
Measuring binary star systems' basic properties has proved exceedingly difficult.
Categories: Astronomy

Sunrise hits SpaceX's Crew-11 rocket on the pad | Space photo of the day for August 4, 2025

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 10:00am
The day seemed particularly promising on July 31, 2025.
Categories: Astronomy

Space hurricanes are real — and they wreak more havoc than we thought

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 9:00am
Space hurricanes can shake Earth's magnetic field and scramble satellites without a solar storm in sight.
Categories: Astronomy

Rocket Lab launches private Japanese radar satellite to orbit from New Zealand (video)

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 8:00am
Rocket Lab launched its fifth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS early Tuesday morning (Aug. 5), sending a synthetic aperture radar satellite to orbit.
Categories: Astronomy

Mysterious boost to Earth's spin will make today one of the shortest days on record

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 6:00am
A strange shift in Earth's rotation is making our days milliseconds shorter — and scientists are racing to understand why.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea (video)

Mon, 08/04/2025 - 4:07am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast early Monday morning (Aug. 4), then came back to Earth for a landing on a ship at sea.
Categories: Astronomy

Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies

Sun, 08/03/2025 - 11:00am
Space weather imposes threats on everything from electrical grids to GPS navigation.
Categories: Astronomy