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Lyrid meteor shower When: 16 to 25 April Peak: April 22 Comet of origin: C/1861 G1 Thatcher (Comet Thatcher) Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR): 18 (The number of meteors a single

Germany’s armed forces are planning to build their own constellation of satellites, to avoid becoming reliant on SpaceX’s Starlink or other orbiting communications networks. Germany’s military, or Bundeswehr, is looking

A new model of the cosmos does away with the universe’s two most troubling and mysterious elements, dark energy and dark matter, collectively referred to as the dark universe. Here’s

The European Space Agency (ESA) just released some new snapshots from its Mars Express orbiter that detail the dynamic terrain of the Red Planet’s Acheron Fossae region. One of the

In high school, Aisha Bowe’s guidance counselor told her she wasn’t suited for a career in aerospace engineering, and that she should try cosmetology instead. On Monday (April 14), Bowe

Aurora chasers, get ready! The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has issued a geomagnetic storm warning due to an incoming one-two punch from the

The first pop star in space has landed, and her name is Katy Perry. The “Firework” superstar launched on a suborbital trip with five celebrity women on Blue Origin’s New

Vast clouds of ionized atoms ejected from a dying star form the painting-like visage of a planetary nebula named Kohoutek 4-55, as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit:

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday night (April 19), if all goes to plan. The journey

Oprah Winfrey was on hand Monday (April 14) to witness the launch of Blue Origin’s historic NS-31 mission, which carried her friend of nearly 50 years, journalist Gayle King, to