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May 19
- Dark streaks on Mars may not come from water after all, scientists say
- 14,000 years ago, the most powerful solar storm ever recorded hit Earth. 'This event establishes a new worst-case scenario'
- The moon reaches its half-lit final quarter phase this week: Here's what to expect
- Mysterious white streak spotted over US skies during surprise aurora storm. What was it? (photos)
- All about the abandoned Apollo capsule in 'The Last of Us' (Season 2, Episode 6)
May 18
- Venus Aerospace debuts potentially revolutionary rocket engine with landmark 1st flight (video)
- Not-so-clean rooms: Scientists discover 26 new microbe species in NASA spacecraft facility
- National Air and Space Museum to reveal more renovated galleries on July 28
- Amateur astrophotographer catches a cosmic sunflower in bloom
- Indian rocket launch fails, Earth-observation satellite lost (video)
May 17
- Who is the mysterious woman in the Doctor's 'The Interstellar Song Contest' visions?
- Every episode of Netflix's 'Love, Death + Robots' Volume 4, ranked
- The space doctors are in! Season 2 of Prime Video's 'The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy' gets a wacky new teaser and release date (video)
- Can we actually build a thriving economy on and around the moon?
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 161 — The TWiS Comedy Hour!
- Watch India launch its 2nd space mission of the year tonight
May 16
- Black hole dance illuminates hidden math of the universe
- US Representatives worry Trump's NASA budget plan will make it harder to track dangerous asteroids
- Rocket Lab launches private Japanese Earth-observing satellite
- 'It's funny science fiction, but it's not parody' — 'Murderbot' creators talk nailing the tone for Apple TV+’s latest sci-fi series (exclusive)
- NASA continues building next-gen Roman Space Telescope despite budget worries
- From Leaping Leo to the Big Dipper: Here's how to see the bright stars of spring rising in the east this season
- ‘Exodus: The Archimedes Engine’ author Peter F. Hamilton talks building a brand-new sci-fi video game universe for Exodus (exclusive)
- Perseverance watches moonrise on Mars | Space photo of the day for May 16, 2025
- SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video)
- NASA picks Rocket Lab to launch shoebox-sized Aspera space telescope in 2026
- Giant young star is growing by 2 Jupiter masses every year, new study shows
- This has to be the ultimate sci-fi streaming bundle for 2025 – Save 43% on a Disney Plus subscription bundle in this huge streaming deal
- Best model rocket deals 2025: Discounts on Estes, Revell and more
- US and China need a space hotline for orbital emergencies, experts say
- Solar storms and cyberattacks can both cause blackouts. Knowing the difference could save billions of dollars
- Why scientists are so excited about the highest-energy 'ghost particle' ever seen
May 15
- Launch of Australia's 1st homegrown orbital rocket delayed indefinitely due to payload fairing issue
- Norway becomes 55th nation to sign NASA Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration
- NASA resurrects Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft's thrusters after 20 years: 'These thrusters were considered dead'
- Eight feet keep PACE | Space photo of the day for May 15, 2025
- 'Why not a dolphin Jesus?' — 'Love, Death + Robots' creators talk us through this season's sci-fi episodes (exclusive)
- We finally have a premiere date for 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 3
- Is NASA ready for the Red Planet? US senator's 'Mission to MARS Act' aims to modernize Johnson Space Center
- Trump's proposed 2026 NASA budget cuts will cede our space 'position of leadership to other nations', top scientists say
- US Mint begins sales of $1 coin honoring innovative NASA space shuttle
- Amateur astronomer captures Cigar Galaxy and Bode's Galaxy swimming in a spectral nebula (photo)
- SpaceX's next private astronaut launch to ISS, Ax-4, delayed to June 8
- Perseverance Mars rover becomes 1st spacecraft to spot auroras from the surface of another world
- The latest 'Superman' trailer looks fantastic, but beware if spoilers are your kryptonite (video)
- NASA's PUNCH spacecraft see a cosmic rainbow in the zodiacal light
- Scientists calculate when the universe will end — it's sooner than expected
May 14
- Save 14% on Obi-Wan's Dark Series Force FX lightsaber, now at its lowest price this year
- Here's why the private Athena lunar lander toppled over on the moon
- Venus' crust is surprisingly thin. Could this explain why it's so geologically active?
- That's a hat trick! Varda successfully returns 3rd space capsule from orbit
- 'Alien: Earth' is almost ready to burst out, as FX reveals the release date, plot details, and shows off the cast
- Mars Sample Return now! (op-ed)
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, lands at sea (video)
- SpaceX will launch Starship's 9th test flight next week, Elon Musk says
- Astronaut sees 'Flower Moon' from orbit | Space photo of the day for May 13, 2025
- Volcanoes shaped the moon from the inside out, scientists find: 'Our team was genuinely puzzled'
- James Webb Space Telescope captures ghostly images of clouds on Saturn's largest moon Titan
- China is sharing priceless moon samples with international partners, but NASA can't be a part of it
- Australia's first ever home-grown orbital rocket set for debut launch May 15 after delay
- Strongest solar flare of 2025 erupts from sun, sparking radio blackouts across Europe, Asia and the Middle East (video)
- A spaceship moving near the speed of light would appear rotated, special relativity experiment proves
- After the Arecibo collapse in 2020, a lone NASA radar dish in the Mojave desert stepped up as a leading asteroid hunter
May 13
- SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft again ahead of 9th test flight (video, photos)
- NASA's Europa Clipper probe snaps ghostly thermal portrait of Mars en route to Jupiter
- A tiny glass bead from the moon offers clues to its hidden interior
- Lanterns: Release window, plot, cast & everything we know about DC Studios' Green Lantern show
- He's the 17-time WWE world champion, but John Cena still can't get into the Justice League in the 'Peacemaker' season 2 trailer (video)
- China launches trio of Yaogan remote-sensing satellites to orbit (video)
- Live 4K video from space! See 24/7 views of Earth from the ISS via Sen cameras
- Watch the sun unleash 600,000-mile-long eruption in fiery outburst (video)
- Hubble captures 'candyfloss' clouds | Space photo of the day for May 13, 2025
- Watch red supergiant star Antares shine close to the near-full moon on May 13
- Modern-day alchemy! Scientists turn lead into gold at the Large Hadron Collider
- May's full Flower Moon delights skywatchers worldwide with stunning lunar display (photos)
- Trump's 2026 budget plan would cancel NASA's Mars Sample Return mission. Experts say that's a 'major step back'
- SpaceX launches 26 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video)
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on record-breaking 28th flight (video)
May 12
- Europe's Proba-3 satellites ace landmark formation-flying test (video)
- NASA turns the screams of a dying star into music
- Sensors designed to detect nuclear detonations can help track space debris falling to Earth
- 'Battlefield Earth' is Hollywood's most infamous sci-fi flick, but 25 years on, director Roger Christian remains proud of his work with Travolta (exclusive)
- 'Alien: Rogue Incursion' set to burst onto PS5 and PC this fall with non-VR 'Evolved Edition' (video)
- 'Marsquakes' reveal clues about a hidden body of water on Mars
- Watch flower-like antenna of European forest-watching satellite 'bloom' in space (video)
- Every 'Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld' episode, ranked from worst to best
- Vertical view of a very large telescope | Space photo of the day for May 12, 2025
- James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning images of bright auroras on Jupiter (video)
- Ancient zircon crystals shed light on 1 billion-year-old meteorite strike in Scotland
- Sci-fi cult classic 'Event Horizon' scares up a prequel comic series later this year and we can't wait
- NASA celebrated this employee's story of resilience, then tried to scrub it from the internet. Then fired her.
- The 2025 full Flower Moon rises tonight: Here's what to expect
May 11
- How do you keep reusable spacecraft cool during reentry? Make them 'sweat'
- Calling citizen scientists! Help NASA's Galaxy Zoo classify galaxies seen by James Webb Space Telescope
- 'Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld' producer talks bringing back Asajj Ventress and Cad Bane for Disney+ series (exclusive)
- Playmobil, ESA partner on toy starter pack for a space mission on the moon
- New Mexico's Spaceport America looks up and into the future
- I went to STARMUS La Palma for science and music — I came back in love
May 10
- The face looks familiar, but who's the other Time Lord in 'Doctor Who: The Story & the Engine'?
- Need for speed? Watch this thrilling video from historic Stratolaunch Talon-A2 hypersonic flight (video)
- Amateur astronomer reveals a colorful portrait of Earth's closest star-forming neighbor (photo)
- Failed Soviet Venus lander Kosmos 482 crashes to Earth after 53 years in orbit
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 160 — The Amazing Dr. Goddard
- It's been one year since the most intense solar storm in decades created worldwide auroras. What have we learned?
- SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video)
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from California, lands on ship at sea (video)
May 9
- AI-dubbed Swedish sci-fi movie 'Watch the Skies' came about after the director had coffee and tarts with a local UFO chaser group (interview)
- President Trump nominates former Air Force colonel Matt Anderson to be NASA's deputy chief
- Doomed star circling supermassive black hole could be ripped apart in less than 6 years
- US military taps Rocket Lab’s new Neutron launcher for ‘point to point’ cargo test flight in 2026
- We finally have a release date for 'Foundation' season 3 on Apple TV+, thanks to this first-look trailer (video)
- Face to face with a galaxy | Space photo of the day for May 9, 2025
- Full 'Flower Moon' 2025 blooms on May 12: Here's where to look
- Hubble Telescope sees wandering black hole slurping up stellar spaghetti
- The US isn't prepared for a big solar storm, exercise finds
- Best solar telescopes 2025: Safely observe sun spots and solar eclipses
- See the world's largest iceberg stranded in the South Atlantic (satellite photo)
- Watch the moon and bright star Spica meet in a celestial dance on May 9
- Cosmic imposter bathes distant nebula in fiery red glow: 'This star should not be here'
- Failed Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 482 is expected to fall to Earth tonight, but when and where? Here's what we know
May 8
- China uses 'gravity slingshot' to rescue pair of wayward moon satellites
- A failed Soviet Venus probe is falling to Earth, and an astronomer will attempt to catch it on camera on May 9
- What will happen to VIPER? NASA shifts into reverse on canceled moon rover
- What the Soviet Venus Probe's fiery fall to Earth might look like: These past space junk crashes offer clues
- US Space Force test fires thrusters for moon surveillance spacecraft
- Satellites show 28 US cities are sinking, including NYC and Chicago: 'Infrastructure can be silently compromised'
- Astronaut Scott Kelly joins 'Mission Dry', stars in Goodnites underwear campaign film
- Planet hunter Plato gets its eyes | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2025
- Teenage drama is interrupted by extraterrestrial phenomena in this exclusive clip for 'Watch the Skies' (video)
- A stadium-sized asteroid will fly past Earth on May 9, and you can watch it live (video)
- Europe's space agency weighs fallout from proposed NASA budget cuts that could threaten joint missions
- Earth's skies pulse in sync with the sun's solar flares
- 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' returns to theaters later this year for 50th anniversary of Transylvanian aliens landing on Earth
- India delays 1st Gaganyaan astronaut launch to 2027
- Our moon may have once been as hellish as Jupiter's super volcanic moon Io
May 7
- 'Eventually, all life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun': Elon Musk explains his drive to colonize Mars
- Hours before a solar eclipse, spruce trees 'talk' to each other
- NASA diagnoses fracture in a 'huge cosmic bone' using X-ray observatory
- Laurie Leshin stepping down as director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab
- 'Destiny 2' is getting four new expansions, including a 'Star Wars' crossover that adds lightsabers and blasters (video)
- James Webb Space Telescope finds water in the air of exotic 'sub-Neptune' exoplanet
- NASA gets keys to Orion spacecraft | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2025
- Old Soviet Kosmos 482 Venus lander's fall to Earth will be no ordinary space junk crash. Here's why
- Sun unleashes jaw-dropping filament eruption — but Earth dodges the blast (photo)
- 3D-print a realistic supernova remnant with NASA's new models of Chandra X-ray images
- Get closer to the Flower Moon with 27% off these SkyMaster 12x60 binoculars from Celestron
- Lunar laser: China makes 1st daytime laser-ranging measurement from Earth to the moon
- Belgian artist of 'Fallen Astronaut' figurine on the moon dies at 99
- Venus, Saturn and Neptune align in the predawn sky this week: Here's how to spot them
- 'Gears of War: Reloaded' chainsaws its way onto Xbox, PS5, and PC this summer, and everyone will be playing together
- Japan's Resilience moon lander arrives in lunar orbit ahead of June 5 touchdown
- Where does the universe's gold come from? Giant flares from extreme magnetic stars offer a clue
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)
May 6
- SpaceX gets FAA approval for 25 Starship launches per year
- Stratolaunch's Talon-A2 prototype goes hypersonic after dropping from world's largest airplane (photos)
- See what it's like to witness Earth's poles from space in this stunning 4-hour SpaceX video
- NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to lift off May 15 as Lego Icons model
- Asteroid Vesta could be a fragment of a solar system planet, but which one?
- Rooms and a view | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2025
- Lego and Lunar Outpost to roll out 'Moon Rover Space Vehicle' in August
- Yellowstone holds potentially untapped cache of 'carbon-free' helium for rockets, reactors and superconductors
- Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2025 delights stargazers around the world with dramatic shooting stars (photos)
- Going fast, this child-friendly Celestron Firstscope 76mm is under $58
- 'Right now, we are in what has to be a Golden Age of asteroid exploration.' Scientists celebrate NASA's latest space rock flyby
May 5
- NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket gets 2nd stage even as Trump tries to scrap Space Launch System (photos)
- 20 years ago, 'Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith' hit theaters... but 2 weeks earlier, the tie-in game had already spoiled the ending
- New US Space Force documentary 'Always Above' lands in planetariums
- Hubble spies a skewed spiral galaxy | Space photo of the day for May 5, 2025
- A giant crater on the moon may hold remnants of an ancient magma ocean. Artemis astronauts could bring home samples of it
- The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks tonight: Here's how to see fragments of Halley's comet burn up in the atmosphere
- What time is it on the moon? US House space committee wants a standard lunar clock
- Scientists chased a falling spacecraft with a plane to understand satellite air pollution
May 4
- 10 must-have 'Star Wars' books and novels coming soon to your galaxy
- This iconic 'Star Wars' Rebel pilot helmet from the Battle of Hoth could fetch $400K at auction
- 'Falcon' flies on Star Wars Day: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Florida (video, photos)
- What would it be like living on Tatooine from 'Star Wars'? This exoplanet orbiting twin suns could tell us
- For Star Wars Day, May the 4th, you'll have to use all your Jedi powers to grab this Lego set — Jango Fett's Starship WILL sell out fast
- Get everybody's favorite droid at its lowest-ever price for Star Wars Day!
May 3
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 159 — AI in Space!
- Astrophotographer captures the moon and Jupiter suspended above one of Europe's oldest lakes (photo)
- A whole 'population' of minimoons may be lurking near Earth, researchers say
May 2
- James Webb Space Telescope finds coldest exoplanet ever seen, and it orbits a dead star
- SpaceX's Starbase becomes a new Texas city after landslide election
- Reshaping our return to the moon: Trump's 2026 budget gives Artemis a major facelift
- Experts alarmed as White House proposes 'largest single-year cut to NASA in American history'
- 'Borderlands 4' shows off new planet Kairos in gameplay deep dive, and it's coming a week earlier than we expected (video)
- Look up! How to see the Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2025 peak overnight on May 5-6
- Trump administration proposes slashing NASA budget by 24%
- Gaze at a cluster of glowing galaxies | Space photo of the day for May 2, 2025
- SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 9th test flight (photo)
- New JWST observations of 'trans-Neptunian objects' could help reveal our solar system's past
- DARPA wants a spacecraft to search for water on the moon
- New images of Soviet Venus lander falling to Earth suggest its parachute may be out
- NASA just got the Orion spacecraft that will fly astronauts around the moon on Artemis 2 in 2026
- See the moon and Mars buzz a cosmic Beehive this weekend
- This strange bacteria aligns to Earth's magnetic field and needs friends to survive
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (photos)
May 1
- NASA still trying to revive silent Lunar Trailblazer moon orbiter
- NASA astronauts prep ISS for new solar arrays on 5th-ever all-female spacewalk
- FAA grounds Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket until failure investigation is complete
- Psyche spacecraft's sci-fi thrusters suffer glitch on way to metal-rich asteroid
- These 5000-year-old Egyptian coffins depict the Milky Way galaxy, astrophysicist says
- International Space Station fires thrusters to avoid Chinese rocket debris
- See Saturn and Venus flank ghostly Neptune in the pre-dawn sky on May 2
- ISS astronaut shares recipe for a 'ranger' burger | Space photo of the day for May 1, 2025
- Evidence of controversial Planet 9 uncovered in sky surveys taken 23 years apart
- Asteroid Vesta is at its brightest this week. Here's how to find it in the night sky
- James Webb Space Telescope captures thousands of galaxies in a cosmic 'feast' (image)
- The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks May 6. Here's what to expect from the 'crumbs' of Halley's Comet
- Doubts over signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b are rising: 'This is evidence of the scientific process at work'
- Watch 2 NASA astronauts perform the 5th-ever all-female spacewalk today