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Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning red view of the Soul Nebula A spectacular new image shows the Soul Nebula infused with red light, highlighting a tadpole-like dense region of gas.
01/29/23
Watch SpaceX launch 49 Starlink internet satellites to orbit Sunday SpaceX plans to launch another set of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit on Sunday (Jan. 29), and you can watch the action live.
01/29/23
What are gluons? Discover how gluons bind quarks together to form protons and neutrons and explore the form weird form of matter in which they existed just after the Big Bang.
01/29/23
I drove 10 hours to watch a 9-minute Rocket Lab launch from Virginia and it was glorious It's not every day you watch a rocket streak into space over Virginia's Eastern Shore, acing its first-ever liftoff from American soil.
01/29/23
Almost anyone can become an amateur astronomer. What will you find? Want to become a published astronomer? All it takes is a spare telescope, or at least a decent internet connection, and plenty of patience.
01/29/23
UAE lunar rover will test 1st artificial intelligence on the moon with Canada Canadian company Mission Control Space Services has an interplanetary test forthcoming: Proving its artificial intelligence on a moon rover mission.
01/28/23
NASA astronaut Sally Ride statue to be unveiled in Los Angeles on July 4 The first U.S. woman in space will be honored with a monument outside the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum. The same team made another Ride statue in 2022.
01/28/23
Watch the 1st half-lit first quarter moon of 2023 rise tonight On Saturday, Jan. 28, skywatchers will be able to see the year's 1st first quarter moon, when the moon appears to be half-lit from the perspective of Earth.
01/28/23
European Space Agency seeks more use of logo, mission patches on merchandise The European Space Agency wants to see its logo on your t-shirt, cap or collectible. The intergovernmental organization has now made it easier to gain permission to use the ESA brand.
01/28/23
Watch the moon eclipse Uranus tonight On Saturday (Jan. 28), the moon will cover Uranus in the night sky during a lunar occultation for some regions of Earth. In other places, the two bodies will share a close approach to one another.
01/28/23
Return to the Rocinante with a new 12-issue comic series, 'The Expanse: Dragon Tooth' Boom! Studios is set to release "The Expanse: Dragon Tooth" comic series in April.
01/28/23
Private Peregrine moon lander completes testing ahead of landmark lunar launch Astrobotic's Peregrine moon lander wrapped up testing to prepare for spaceflight and is now waiting to be shipped to its Florida launch site.
01/27/23
2 big pieces of space junk nearly collide in orbital 'bad neighborhood' Satellite monitoring and collision detection firm LeoLabs spotted a near-miss between a defunct Soviet rocket body and dead spy satellite that passed within about 20 feet (6 meters) of one another.
01/27/23
'Dead Space' returns to haunt your dreams with new next-generation remake Motive Studio and Electronic Arts releases the new remastered edition of "Dead Space" today
01/27/23
Watch an SUV-size asteroid zoom by Earth in close shave flyby in this time-lapse video Watch asteroid 2023 BU make a close flyby of Earth in images shared by the Virtual Telescope Project taken when the rock was just 13,670 miles (22,000 kilometers) from the surface.
01/27/23
Watch NASA test potentially revolutionary 3D-printed rocket engine (video) This futuristic engine could save lots of propellant on interplanetary journeys, perhaps allowing NASA to explore the solar system more efficiently.
01/27/23
Scientists spot 1st gamma-ray eclipses from strange 'spider' star systems
01/27/23
Europe's JUICE mission to Jupiter's moons preparing for April 14 launch Europe's mission to explore three icy moons of Jupiter is all set to begin its voyage to the outer solar system.
01/27/23
China wants to launch over 200 spacecraft in 2023 China last year performed 64 orbital rocket launches and finished building its own space station, but the country is planning an even busier year for 2023.
01/27/23
Galactic collisions act as a 'cosmic delivery service' for hungry monster black holes Astronomers may finally know what delivers the gas that feeds the powerful phenomena surrounding active black holes.