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A child wearing an astronaut costume observes the Annular Solar Eclipse with using safety glasses at the facilities of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City, Mexico on October 14, 2023

How to organize an eclipse event for kids: 9 things to do before, during and after the total solar eclipse 2024

By Jamie Carter last updated

From a space-themed buffet to learning about the solar system, here's how to organize an eclipse event for kids.

Eclipses
dark energy depicted as wispy clouds of energy and material

A dynamic form of dark energy may explain strange radiation signal from the early universe

By Paul Sutter published

We may have already found evidence of an evolving, dynamic kind of dark energy, in the form of the radiation emitted when the first stars appeared in the universe.

The Universe
Artist's illustration of Space Perspective's balloon-borne Spaceship Neptune high above Earth.

Space Perspective wants to take tourists on balloon rides to the stratosphere

By Mike Wall last updated

Space Perspective aims to send paying customers and payloads to the stratosphere in its Spaceship Neptune, a balloon-borne capsule that's scheduled to make its first test flights early next year.

Human Spaceflight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a twice-flown first stage launches the Beresheet lunar lander and two other spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Feb. 21, 2019.

SpaceX to Fly Falcon 9 Rocket Stage for Record-Setting 4th Time

By Mike Wall published

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that just launched an Israeli moon lander will make some more history soon, if all goes according to plan.

Launches & Spacecraft