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Northern lights and glowing noctilucent clouds collide in a rare night sky show over Alberta (photo)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

The surprise display was captured on June 9 by aurora chaser Harlan Thomas.

Stargazing
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Nat Geo documentary 'SALLY,' about the 1st US woman in space, now streaming on Disney+ & Hulu

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

You can now watch the award-winning documentary "SALLY" about the first American woman in space, Sally Ride, on Disney+ and Hulu.

Human Spaceflight
a column of smoke rises up from a flat desert landscape, topped by the spew of fire from a small object flying upward.

China's next-gen astronaut capsule for moon missions aces crucial pad-abort test (video)

By Josh Dinner published

China's human spaceflight agency just conducted a crucial pad abort test for its Mengzhou spacecraft as it continues toward its goal of putting boots on the moon before 2030.

The moon
Woman using a solar telescope to look at the sun safely

Best solar telescopes 2025: Safely observe sun spots and solar eclipses

By Chris McMullen last updated

The best solar telescopes suitable for the next solar eclipse.

Skywatching Kit
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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season five will be the show's final frontier on Paramount+

By Jeff Spry published

Paramount announced that the show's five-season mission is coming to an end last week with a heartfelt 'thank you' from the showrunners.

Space Movies & Shows
A woman in a field looking through a telescope at the stars.

Best small telescopes 2025: Portable, lightweight models to travel with

By Tantse Walter last updated

These are the best small telescopes you can buy in every category.

Skywatching Kit
A illustration shows a strange signal on the horizon of Antarctic

Mysterious radio pulses detected high above Antarctica may be evidence of an exotic new particle, scientists say

By Robert Lea published

A mystery signal detected high in the sky above Antarctica defies current models of physics and could represent a new particle, scientists say.

Black Holes
(Main) an artist's illustration of a protoplanetary disks. (Inset) illustrations of three such disks observed in the AGE-PRO program from ALMA

How do baby planets grow? Study of 30 stellar nurseries sheds new light

By Robert Lea published

Astronomers have used the ALMA radio telescope to investigate how planets grow in protoplanetary disks of gas and dust around young stars.

Astronomy
red mars above and blue regulus below shine brightly on a graphic of a laptop screen with a background of stars

Watch the stunning Mars and Regulus conjunction today with this free livestream

By Samantha Mathewson published

Stargazing
(Main) A simulated observation from NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope with an overlay of its Wide Field Instrument’s field of view. More than 20 gravitational lenses, with examples shown at left and right, are expected to pop out in every one of Roman’s vast observations. (Inset) an illustration of Roman in space

Roman Space Telescope will use a century-old idea from Einstein to probe the nature of mysterious dark matter

By Robert Lea published

Get ready for a new Roman Empire: A NASA space telescope will detect a staggering wealth of intricate gravitational lenses that could help unlock the mysteries of dark matter.

Astronomy
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