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May 31
- The ISS has a urine pump problem. Boeing's Starliner astronaut launch will flush it out.
- Russian Progress 88 cargo ship docks at ISS carrying tons of fresh supplies
- Peru and Slovakia sign the Artemis Accords for peaceful moon exploration
- Is 'Star Wars: The Acolyte' already canceled? Breaking down the rumors
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida in late-night liftoff (video)
- Lego wants you to vote on a new color for its astronaut minifigures
- Moon-mapping could level up for NASA's upcoming Artemis missions. Here's how
- 1st annual space piracy conference will examine threats of orbital crime and smuggling
- Powerful new NOAA weather satellite set for June launch atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy
- The cold lunar night may have finally swallowed Japan's SLIM moon lander
- Rocket Lab launches 2nd shoebox-sized climate satellite for NASA (video)
- Massive, magnetic stars beyond the Milky Way detected for the 1st time
- NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet passes key safety review ahead of 1st test flight
- China's Chang'e 6 probe to land on far side of the moon this weekend to return lunar samples to Earth
May 30
- Elusive medium-size black holes may form in dense 'birthing nests'
- How NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe survived its 1st close encounter with the sun
- James Webb Space Telescope spots the most distant galaxy ever seen (image)
- Boeing's Starliner rolls out to pad for June 1 astronaut launch (photos)
- Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe
- Solar Orbiter traces solar wind back to its mysterious source for 1st time
- Space debris from SpaceX Dragon capsule crashed in the North Carolina mountains. I had to go see it (video)
- See the moon and Saturn meet in the night sky early on May 31
- Astronaut's diary found among fallen Columbia space shuttle debris added to National Library of Israel
- James Webb Space Telescope finds a dusty skeleton in this starburst galaxy's closet
- The 'Star Trek: Discovery' series finale is a mixed bag (review)
- If the Big Bang created miniature black holes, where are they?
May 29
- Boeing Starliner capsule's 1st astronaut mission cleared for June 1 liftoff
- SpaceX fuels Starship megarocket again to prep for test flight (photos)
- Russian Soyuz rocket launches tons of supplies to ISS on Progress 88 cargo ship (video)
- Watch Chinese company launch 4 satellites to orbit from ship at sea (video)
- 'Star Trek #500' cover showcases a commanding collection of cosmic captains
- Watch 1st 'Star Wars: Hunters' gameplay trailer ahead of June 4 launch (video)
- Massive sunspot responsible for May's epic auroras unleashes major X-class solar flare (video)
- Boeing Starliner astronauts arrive at launch site for 1st flight test on June 1 (photos)
- Real-life 'Star Trek' planet was actually just an illusion caused by a 'jittery' star
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates
- Asteroid 'Dinky,' visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, birthed its own moon
- That giant sunspot that supercharged auroras on Earth? It's back and may amp up the northern lights with June solar storms.
- Doctor Who '73 Yards': Who exactly is that old woman following Ruby Sunday?
- Euclid space telescope finds 1.5 trillion orphan stars wandering the Perseus cluster (images)
- Bejeweled galaxy of 'Bernice's Hair' sparkles in new Hubble Telescope photo
- Is it time to put a dimmer switch on the push for space solar power?
May 28
- Robotic Russian cargo ship leaves the ISS, burns up in Earth's atmosphere (photo)
- How scientists shipped astronomy's largest camera from California to Chile
- Volcanoes on Venus might be erupting right now
- Netflix's new sci-fi flick 'Atlas' charms with old-school heroics and rousing mech fights (review)
- SpaceX launches Earth-observing EarthCARE satellite during rocket flight doubleheader (photos, video)
- Scientists pick their favorite Euclid 'dark universe' telescope images: 'The best is still to come'
- Does the Milky Way orbit anything?
- Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)
- Zero Debris Charter aims to boost international cooperation on cleaning up Earth's space junk problem
- Just keep swimming! Zebrafish doing fine in zero gravity on China's Tiangong space station (video)
- 'Star Trek Online' Season 32 arrives today, starring Denise Crosby as Romulan baddie Sela
- US condemns failed North Korean rocket launch as breach of international security: report
- The Milky Way's heart shines over construction site of world's largest telescope
- Colossal X-class solar flare suggests return of sunspot group that fueled May's epic auroras (video)
- Astronomy has a bullying and harassment issue: 'Results presented in this report are bleak'
May 27
- A new theory of quantum gravity could explain the biggest puzzle in cosmology, study suggests
- Alabama high school students win world's largest rocketry challenge
- Watch Jedi battle hand-to-hand in new clip for Disney+'s 'The Acolyte' (video)
- US economy to benefit from NASA investment in 3D-printable superalloy
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida on May 28
- 2024 hurricane season should be busy, NOAA says
- This telescope can observe stars, satellites and more during the day. But how?
May 26
- 'It has an 'Aliens'-like vibe:' 'Atlas' director Brad Peyton on channeling James Cameron (exclusive)
- Starmus 2024: Scientists and musicians unite in Bratislava to celebrate planet Earth
- The future is bright for astronomy, and very expensive (op-ed)
- NASA's 'Mohawk Guy' cameo in '3 Body Problem' explained (exclusive)
- Black hole singularities defy physics. New research could finally do away with them.
May 25
- Will a 'rare' lineup of planets be visible to the naked eye in the night sky on June 3?
- 'Alien' heard us all scream 45 years ago today. Here's what it was like on opening day
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 112 — Mars on Pause?
- Towel Day 2024: What's the deal with towels in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?'
- A billionaire hopes to upgrade the Hubble Telescope on a private SpaceX mission, but could it really happen?
May 24
- James Webb Space Telescope spots 3 of our universe's earliest galaxies
- 'It's so complicated:' Boeing Starliner teams diagnosing helium leak ahead of June 1 astronaut launch
- Massive new NASA exoplanet catalog unveils 126 extreme and exotic worlds
- Pakistani cubesat snaps images of the moon during China's lunar far side mission (photos)
- Sweden's Arctic spaceport moves one step closer to orbital launches
- Rocket Lab launches NASA cubesat to study heat lost from Earth's poles (video)
- The original 'Mr. Eclipse:' How a 19th-century astronomer calculated the dates of over 13,000 eclipses
- SpaceX targeting June 5 for 4th test flight of Starship megarocket
- Lost photos suggest Mars' mysterious moon Phobos may be a trapped comet in disguise
- Safety comes 1st for Artemis moon missions despite 'space race' with China, NASA chief says
- May full moon 2024: See the Flower Moon blossom in gorgeous photos from around the world
- Are stars vanishing into their own black holes? A bizarre binary system says 'yes'
- How can we protect satellites in Earth-moon space? This new software could help
- 'The first time I read the script ... I sobbed.' 'Atlas' stars Jennifer Lopez and Sterling K. Brown on AI paranoia and their film's emotional core' (exclusive)
- Asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft fires up ion thrusters, starts cruising through space
May 23
- We could float effortlessly in Pluto's subsurface ocean
- International Space Development Conference 2024 beams up Star Trek's William Shatner and more in Los Angeles
- China launches test satellite to very low Earth orbit (video)
- SpaceX Dragon joins Mercury and Apollo capsules on display in Chicago
- Satellite data reveals Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier is melting faster than we thought
- SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on 3rd mission in 2 days (video)
- NASA space telescope finds Earth-size exoplanet that's 'not a bad place' to hunt for life
- 'Death Star' black holes caught blasting powerful beams at multiple targets: Watch out Alderaan! (video)
- Space Force wants 7 new telescopes in Hawaii. Local residents say 'no'
- Where will the 2027 total solar eclipse on Aug. 2 be visible?
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 9 offers a tense but questionable cliffhanger
- Things are finally looking up for the Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft
- 1st astronaut launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule now targeted for June 1
- See May's Full Flower Moon blossom in the night sky tonight
- Telescope deal: Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 114AZ now under $200
- The Euclid 'dark universe detective' telescope has revealed new images of the cosmos — and they are remarkable
May 22
- Safety first: NASA pledges to use AI carefully and responsibly
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader (video)
- Satellites capture smoke pouring from hundreds of wildfires across North America (photos)
- Russian space weapon ban shot down by UN Security Council
- AI finds hidden galactic evolution clues in over 100 galaxies. Here's how
- Scientists find weird link between a solar mystery and feeding black holes
- Churning spacetime and destroyed stars help reveal how fast supermassive black holes spin
- Boeing Starliner's 1st astronaut launch delayed again, this time with no new flight date
- Space debris could be dealt with more cheaply than previously thought, new NASA report suggests
- How can space travel lead to medical breakthroughs? Veteran astronaut explains
- Amateur astronomer finds 5 fascinating new galaxies — and they're now named after him
- Euclid 'dark universe' telescope team will unveil new full-color images today (May 23): How to watch live
- Stellar telescope deal: Save $230 on the Celestron Astro Fi 130
May 21
- Space Force orders 'jetpack' to give 2 years of maneuverability to military satellite
- Dream Chaser space plane arrives in Florida ahead of 1st launch to ISS (photo)
- Doctor Who 'Boom': Who are the marines really fighting on Kastarion 3?
- China's Chang'e 6 mission gearing up for early June landing on moon's far side
- Observe the sun in detail and save 25% on Celestron's EclipSmart binoculars
- A comet approaching Earth could become brighter than the stars this fall
- SpaceX launches next-gen US spy satellites and sticks the landing (video)
- Plants signal NASA satellites with waning 'glow' ahead of flash drought
- Best binoculars for long distance viewing 2024
- Stars give tiny planets a gravitational 'squeeze' to strip away their atmospheres
- Young 'cotton candy' exoplanet the size of Jupiter may be shrinking into a super-Earth
- Black holes are mysterious, yet also deceptively simple − a new space mission may help physicists answer hairy questions about these astronomical objects
- Space mysteries: Do all planets have magnetic fields?
- Right again, Einstein! Scientists find where matter 'waterfalls' into black holes
- The James Webb Space Telescope may have solved a puffy planet mystery. Here's how
May 20
- Something strange is happening with Earth's magnetic field tail
- SpaceX fuels up Starship megarocket ahead of 4th test flight (photos)
- We may have just witnessed some of the strongest auroras in 500 years
- Perseverance rover's Mars rock sample may contain best evidence of possible ancient life
- 'This was a life-changing experience:' 1st Black astronaut candidate exults after suborbital launch (video)
- What did Noa see in the telescope in 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes?'
- How to watch bright red star Antares disappear behind the moon on May 23
- Solar storm frenzy of May 2024 was strong enough to affect the deep sea
- From tails to (umbilical) arms, the hidden details in Lego's new Artemis SLS rocket
- How do 'moving rulers shrink'? The strange physics behind special relativity
- The ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky and how I used modern astronomy to explore her link with the Milky Way
- Space Trash Signs project creates debris 'constellations' to highlight space junk problem (video)
- Enchanting new Hubble Telescope image reveals an infant star's sparkle
May 19
- Blue Origin launches 1st Black astronaut candidate, age 90, and 5 space tourists on New Shepard rocket (video)
- 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' at 25: Who are the angels on the moons of Iego?
- Everything we know about 'A Quiet Place: Day One'
- Bright green fireball lights up the skies over Portugal and Spain (photos)
- Why a giant 'cold spot' in the cosmic microwave background has long perplexed astronomers
- NASA-funded pulsed plasma rocket concept aims to send astronauts to Mars in 2 months
May 18
- NASA's PREFIRE mission is ready to unlock the mysteries of Earth's poles
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 111 — The Big Glass Wars
- Why we're one step closer to understanding how Earth got its oceans (op-ed)
- How to watch Blue Origin's NS-25 private space tourist mission online today
- James Webb Space Telescope sees Orion Nebula in a stunning new light (images)
- NASA astronauts practice 'moonwalking' in the Arizona desert (photos)
May 17
- Who is the 'Doctor Who' villain Maestro? And what's their relationship with the Toymaker?
- Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch delayed again, to May 25
- India's ambitious 2nd Mars mission to include a rover, helicopter, sky crane and a supersonic parachute
- Massive sunspot that brought widespread auroras to Earth now targets Mars
- Here we go again — new sunspot regions emerge, strong solar flare recorded
- US Space Force is launching more missions than ever. Lawmakers worry America's spaceports can't keep up
- China launches new mystery Shiyan satellite (video)
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites on record 21st flight (video)
- NASA, ESA join forces on life-hunting ExoMars rover
- What time is Blue Origin's private NS-25 astronaut launch on May 19?
- Scientists are mapping Earth's rivers from space before climate change devastates our planet
- Junk from a SpaceX Dragon 'trunk' may have crashed into a Canadian farmer's field (photos)
- 'That's part of space exploration': Artemis 2 astronauts unfazed by moon mission delays (exclusive)
- NASA's Mars sample return mission is in trouble. Could a single SLS megarocket be the answer?
- NASA's Juno probe captures fascinating high-resolution images of Jupiter's icy moon Europa
May 16
- Blue Origin will launch these 6 space tourists on May 19, its 1st crewed mission since 2022
- SpaceX stacks Starship megarocket ahead of 4th test flight (video, photos)
- Lithuania becomes 40th nation to sign Artemis Accords for moon exploration
- Doctor Who 'Space Babies': Why is The Doctor alone in the universe?
- Japanese-European spacecraft bound for Mercury weakened by thruster glitch
- Stephen Hawking Medal 2024 winners announced at star-studded Starmus VII festival
- India's space agency has been carefully watching our sun's solar tantrums
- Watch the 1st trailer for 'Dune: Prophecy' prequel series (video)
- A massive, icy Mars crater stares up at a Red Planet orbiter (image)
- Pentagon wants commercial 'space reserve' to support military satellites in orbit
- 'Fallout' season 2 is going to New Vegas. How might outer space tie in?
- Is dark matter's main rival theory dead? There's bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests
- James Webb Space Telescope spots most distant and oldest black hole collision ever seen (video)
- India makes breakthrough by test-firing new 3D-printed rocket engine (photo)
- In the Milky Way, 3 intruder stars are 'on the run' — in the wrong direction
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 8 'Labyrinths' is a fun, format-following installment
- Dusty galaxy looks like a cosmic net in gorgeous new Hubble Telescope photo
May 15
- Huge, solar flare-launching sunspot has rotated away from Earth. But will it return?
- How do you forecast a solar storm? Space weather experts explain
- Cosmic butterfly or interstellar burger? This planet-forming disk is the largest ever seen
- To better predict volcanic eruptions, you have to dig deep — very deep
- Where did Earth's water come from? This ancient asteroid family may help us find out
- Wow! Satellite views International Space Station from only 43 miles away (photo)
- Cotton candy exoplanet is 2nd lightest planet ever found
- Learn how to become an astrobiologist in new issue of NASA's graphic novel series
- Milky Way's halo is filled with 'magnetic donuts' as wide as 100,000 light-years
- Earth-size planet discovered around cool red dwarf star shares its name with a biscuit
- Supernova-filled galaxy dazzles in new Hubble Telescope image
- NASA details plan to build a levitating robot train on the moon
- How NASA's Ingenuity helicopter opened the Mars skies to exploration
- Artemis 2 astronauts simulated a day in the life on their moon mission. Here's what they learned (exclusive)
May 14
- Satellite images of Rafah illustrate Palestinians fleeing the city
- Big decision! Curiosity rover keeps following possible Mars river remnant
- Blue Origin targeting May 19 for 1st crewed spaceflight since 2022
- Car-size asteroid gives Earth a close shave in near-miss flyby (video, photo)
- Sun unleashes massive X8.7 solar flare, biggest of current cycle, from super-active monster sunspot (video)
- Jupiter's mysterious moon Amalthea spied crossing the Great Red Spot (photo)
- New York Times best-selling author revisits 1986 space shuttle tragedy in 'Challenger' (interview)
- Helium leak delays Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch to May 21
- Giant 'rogue waves' of invisible matter might be disrupting the orbits of stars, new study hints
- The summer of 2023 was Earth's hottest in 2,000 years, scientists find
- SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on 50th mission of the year (video)
- New book 'Challenger: A True Story of Heroism & Disaster on the Edge of Space' out today
- How SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts will attempt the 1st-ever 'all-civilian' spacewalk
- This time, we take it from no one: Why opening the High Frontier of space can be different (op-ed)
May 13
- 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' reinvigorates an aging 'Apes' franchise (review)
- SpaceX Starship's next launch 'probably 3 to 5 weeks' away, Elon Musk says
- AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilizations
- Space Force aims to launch 1st 'Foo Fighter' satellites in 2027 to track hypersonic threats
- NASA appoints 1st AI chief to keep agency on 'the cutting edge'
- SpaceX Starlink satellites doing just fine after weekend solar storm, company says
- 'A Quiet Place: Day One' trailer reveals why Earth went silent after alien invasion (video)
- Lego rolls out details about Apollo lunar rover model coming in August
- New algorithm slashes time to run most sophisticated climate models by 10-fold
- Stunning image shows atoms transforming into quantum waves — just as Schrödinger predicted
- The surface of this volcanic exoplanet is hotter than some stars
- How a giant sunspot unleashed solar storms that spawned global auroras that just dazzled us all
May 12
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video)
- Scientists could make blazing-fast 6G using curving light rays
- 'Extreme' solar storms cook up sweet Mother's Day auroras for Moms everywhere
May 11
- The stormy sun erupts with its biggest solar flare yet from a massive sunspot — and it's still crackling (video)
- Houston, we have an encore: ISS virtual reality experience 'The Infinite' returns
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 110 — Voyager 1's Brush with Silence
- DARPA's autonomous 'Manta Ray' drone can glide through ocean depths undetected
- 'World's purest silicon' could lead to 1st million-qubit quantum computing chips
- Jaw-dropping northern lights from massive solar flares amaze skywatchers around the world. 'We have a very rare event on our hands.' (photos)
- NASA's Chandra spacecraft spots supermassive black hole erupting in the Milky Way's heart
May 10
- Watch monster flare-spewing sunspot grow to be 15 times wider than Earth (video)
- Cracking! Some binary black holes may roll around each other in egg-shaped orbits
- NASA's Roman Space Telescope will hunt for the universe's 1st stars — or their shredded corpses, anyway
- Our neighboring galaxy's supermassive black hole would probably be a polite dinner guest
- How to watch new 'Doctor Who': Stream Ncuti Gatwa episodes from anywhere
- 'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis will come to Earth in 2029 — and it could meet some tiny spacecraft
- Asteroid that exploded over Berlin was fastest-spinning space rock ever recorded
- FAA to conduct new environmental review for SpaceX's Starship operations in Florida
- Science and music festival Starmus VII is about to rock Bratislava with a stellar lineup
- Behemoth sunspot AR3664 unleashes its biggest solar flare yet, sparking radio blackouts on Earth (video)
- Netflix's asteroid-impact series 'Goodbye Earth' is an insufferably slow disaster saga (review)
- Scientists use XRISM spacecraft to predict fate of matter around monster supermassive black hole
- China's Chang'e 6 probe to the moon's far side has a big lunar mystery to solve
May 9
- 4 large incoming solar bursts could supercharge the auroras this weekend
- Sierra Space's 1st Dream Chaser space plane aces key tests. Next stop: Florida launch site.
- NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will hunt for tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang
- 'Star Wars: Tales of the Empire' review: A gorgeous but ultimately uneven set of stories
- James Webb Space Telescope chief scientist Jane Rigby receives highest US civilian award
- Gargantuan sunspot 15-Earths wide erupts with another colossal X-class solar flare (video)
- Historic space-baked cookie lands in the Smithsonian
- China launches 4 satellites on 1st flight of new Long March 6C rocket (video)
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 7 'Eirgah' is the best yet of this final season
- 'Major lunar standstill' may reveal if Stonehenge is aligned with the moon
- 'I don't see any evidence of aliens.' SpaceX's Elon Musk says Starlink satellites have never dodged UFOs
- White dwarfs are 'heavy metal' zombie stars endlessly cannibalizing their dead planetary systems
- SpaceX fires up Starship rocket for upcoming 5th test flight (photos, video)
- Blinded by the light: How bad are satellite megaconstellations for astronomy?
May 8
- Boeing's Starliner rolled off launch pad to replace 'buzzing' rocket valve (photo)
- A failed star and an ammonia trail could reveal how some giant exoplanets form
- World's largest visible light telescope spies a galaxy cluster warping spacetime
- SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from California (video)
- Star Wars makes Darth Jar Jar official in 'Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy' mini-series (video)
- NASA's TESS spacecraft resumes exoplanet hunt after recovering from glitch
- Axiom Space eyes the moon while continuing to dream big in Earth orbit
- This diamond exoplanet lost its atmosphere — then it grew another
- China just sent a secret mini-rover to the far side of the moon on its Chang'e 6 sample-return probe
- Sun explodes in a flurry of powerful solar flares from hyperactive sunspots (video)
- China's Chang'e 6 mission to collect samples of the far side of the moon enters lunar orbit (video)
- Private lunar lander to carry 'memory disk' of 275 human languages to the moon in 2024
- SpaceX launches 23 satellites from Florida on 1st leg of Starlink doubleheader (video)
- Fall into a black hole in mind-bending NASA animation (video)
- 1st astronaut launch of Boeing's Starliner delayed to May 17 to replace 'buzzing' rocket valve
May 7
- Next-gen satellites will paint a clearer picture of a changing Earth
- Could alien life be hiding in the rings of Saturn or Jupiter?
- James Webb Space Telescope suggests supermassive black holes grew from heavy cosmic 'seeds'
- 'God's Hand' interstellar cloud reaches for the stars in new Dark Energy Camera image (video)
- The Force is strong with new 'Star Wars: The Acolyte' trailer (video)
- See the sun's corona revealed in all its glory during 2024 total solar eclipse (photo)
- See this galaxy's bright center? It's home to a voracious supermassive black hole
- Black hole collision 'alerts' could notify astronomers within 30 seconds of detection
- New moon of May 2024 tonight welcomes the stars of summer
- Should we seal DNA samples of Earth's endangered species in a moon crater?
- 'Warp drives' may actually be possible someday, new study suggests
- 'Buzzing' rocket valve pushes 1st astronaut launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule to May 10
- Boeing Starliner's historic 1st astronaut launch delayed by Atlas V rocket issue
- 'Sparkly' narwhal toy trades sea for space as Boeing Starliner zero-g indicator
May 6
- Watch 2 bus-size asteroids make close flybys of Earth this week (video)
- Spacecraft captures absolutely incredible video of plasma swirling on the sun
- Starliner's Mission Control team 'very excited' for capsule's 1st-ever astronaut launch (exclusive)
- SpaceX reveals new EVA suit for 1st private spacewalk on upcoming Polaris Dawn spaceflight (video)
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video)
- Boeing's Starliner launch will be the 1st astronaut flight on an Atlas V rocket. How did NASA and ULA get it ready for crews? (exclusive)
- Sun unleashes X-class solar flare, radio blackouts reported (video)
- The ISS may be more visible in the night sky throughout May. Here's how to see it
- 1st woman to command a US spacecraft Eileen Collins 'signs' patch to inspire girls
- Boeing Starliner brings astronaut launches back to Atlas rocket and Cape Canaveral
- How 'Earth's twin' Venus lost its water and became a hellish planet
- Euclid telescope: A scientist tells us of his quest to understand the nature of dark matter and dark energy
- Boeing's Starliner to join exclusive spacecraft club with 1st astronaut launch today
- 'Lost' satellite found after orbiting undetected for 25 years
- Boeing's Starliner is a 'big piece of America's overall strategy for access to low Earth orbit,' astronaut says
- Handle Mars with care: Guidelines needed for responsible Red Planet exploration, experts say
May 5
- NASA astronaut and director Ellen Ochoa awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Happy National Astronaut Day 2024! Holiday's founder talks importance of honoring America's spaceflyers (exclusive)
- After an 'emotional rollercoaster,' NASA astronauts are ready to fly on Boeing Starliner
- X-ray spacecraft reveals odd 'Cloverleaf' radio circle in new light (image)
- Where can I see the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024?
May 4
- Boeing Starliner rolls out to launch pad for 1st astronaut flight on May 6 (photos)
- Star Wars Day 2024: 'Star Wars: Tales of the Empire' premieres today on Disney+
- Free Comic Book Day 2024: Get Marvel Comics 'Star Wars #1' for free
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 109 — Music of the Spheres
- Darth Vader's vile Jedi-killers are on the hunt in Marvel Comics' 'Star Wars: Inquisitors'
- What's next for Boeing Starliner after its 1st crew flight test?
- What time is Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA on June 5?
- Their other vehicle is the Starliner: Boeing's 1st crew to ride Astrovan II to the launch pad
May 3
- Virgin Galactic to launch 7th commercial spaceflight on June 8
- Does a cosmic 'glitch' in gravity challenge Albert Einstein's greatest theory?
- Boeing Starliner spacecraft 'go' for 1st astronaut launch on May 6, NASA says
- Long ago, a lake on Mars might have been sprawling with microbes
- Celebrate Lego Star Wars Day with 20% off the Millennium Falcon
- The 2024 Humans to Mars Summit is happening now. Here's how to watch live.
- Did the James Webb Space Telescope really find life beyond Earth? Scientists aren't so sure
- Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak could spawn over 100 'shooting stars' per hour this weekend
- 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary today
- Citizen scientists find remarkable exoplanet, name it after Harry Potter character
- China launches Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to moon's far side (video)
- 2 colossal solar flares explode from the sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)
- Happy National Space Day 2024! Here's how 8 lucky kids can win a trip to Florida's Space Coast
- How the XRISM spacecraft can study the X-ray universe with only 36 pixels
- Boeing drone dressed as 'Star Wars' X-wing lands at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
- Boeing's Starliner is ready to fly astronauts after years of delay. Here's what took so long.
May 2
- Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler
- Astronauts on the moon could stay fit by running in a Wheel of Death
- Watch live: China launching Chang'e 6 mission to far side of the moon early May 3 (video)
- Watch ULA assemble Atlas V rocket ahead of Boeing Starliner astronaut test flight (video)
- NASA's Hubble Telescope is back in action — but its TESS exoplanet hunter may now be in trouble
- NASA selects Rocket Lab for back-to-back climate change research launches
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites in 2nd half of spaceflight doubleheader (video)
- Some planets 'death spiral' into their stars and scientists may now know why
- NASA inspector general finds Orion heat shield issues 'pose significant risks' to Artemis 2 crew safety
- Restored Atlas rocket erected on display as Mercury astronaut's ride to orbit
- NASA picks 9 companies to develop Mars 'commercial services' ideas
- AI discovers over 27,000 overlooked asteroids in old telescope images
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 6 goes old school and benefits because of it
- May the deals be with you in the Lego Star Wars Day 2024 sale
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 2 satellites on record-tying 20th flight (video)
- Somehow, Star Wars has returned to Fortnite for May the 4th (video)
- Here's what to expect during Boeing Starliner's 1st astronaut test flight on May 6
May 1
- SpaceX's Crew-8 astronauts move Dragon at the ISS to make way for Boeing's Starliner
- 'It almost feels unreal': NASA astronauts excited for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner launch May 6
- NASA prepares for intense sun storms on Mars during 'solar maximum'
- James Webb Space Telescope forecasts clouds of melted rock on this blisteringly hot exoplanet
- A Switzerland-size hole opened in Antarctica's sea ice in 2016-17. Now we know why
- Yellowstone Lake's weird resistance to climate change could be about to crack
- Best sci-fi movies with 90%+ on Rotten Tomatoes
- Astronomers close in on the mystery of the erupting Orion star system (video)
- Star Wars: Hunters launches in June for Nintendo Switch and mobile (video)
- Lego releases 7 new Star Wars sets ahead of 'Star Wars Day' on May 4
- Sun unleashes near X-class solar flare: M9.5 eruption sparks radio blackouts across the Pacific (video)
- Asteroid Ryugu holds secrets of our solar system's past, present and future
- 2 astronaut taxis: Why NASA wants both Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Dragon
- How to watch Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut test flight for NASA online