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Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed an infant star 20 times larger than the sun setting interstellar clouds ablaze. The source of this cosmic conflagration is a stellar

A colossal coronal mass ejection (CME) has struck Earth, triggering severe (G4) geomagnetic storm conditions that could push the northern lights much farther south than usual tonight (Jan. 19–20). The

The Mandalorian and Grogu, Maul – Shadow Lord, and VisionQuest are just a few of the huge Star Wars and Marvel shows and movies dropping throughout 2026. With all of

SpaceX lit up the night sky over Vandenberg Space Force Base today (Jan. 22) with the launch of 25 more satellites for its Starlink broadband internet service. A Falcon 9

An unusual ratio of potassium isotopes, found in samples of basaltic rock brought back to Earth from the moon’s South Pole–Aitken Basin by China’s Chang’e 6 sample-return mission, has provided

Emissions from spacecraft landings on the moon can drift freely across its surface and may settle in — and contaminate — some scientifically precious real estate, according to new research.

NASA is progressing a little faster than originally predicted toward a critical fueling test of its Artemis 2 moon rocket. The agency had targeted no later than Feb. 2 to

SpaceX’s Starship megarocket will get off the ground again in mid-March, if all goes according to plan. The company plans to launch Starship’s next test flight in six weeks, Elon

After years of debate, NASA researchers have zeroed in on the thickness of the Europa’s ice shell. We first discovered that the Jupiter moon’s surface looked icy in 1979, when

What actually happens to a spacecraft during its fiery last moments? That’s the key question for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Destructive Reentry Assessment Container Object (Draco) mission. ESA has