Today marks the 45th anniversary of “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,” which was released in theaters by 20th Century Fox on May 21, 1980, and has been aptly christened
Today marks the 45th anniversary of “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,” which was released in theaters by 20th Century Fox on May 21, 1980, and has been aptly christened
As a new era of space exploration and development unfolds — one with far more private-sector investment and leadership — the potential for rapid growth is promising. National security, deep
A streak shot of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it soared away from Florida’s Space Coast. The launch of the Starlink 12-21 mission was captured next to a riverboat
The Hubble Space Telescope is a masterwork of engineering and human ingenuity. Hubble is comparable in size and weight to a large school bus, but its contributions to science and
A huge family of newborn stars seem to now be going their separate ways: Over 1,000 stars are hurriedly fleeing their nest in record time, leading to something of a
The night sky offered lucky skywatchers an unexpected double feature on May 17 — a surprise geomagnetic storm and a mysterious white plume slicing through the auroras. The moderate (G2
The 2025 Manhattanhenge season is almost upon us! Here’s everything you need to know about the solar phenomenon before it graces the New York City streets on May 28 and
Mass of surface water in the collapsed state as a function of the stellar flux S∗ and the background surface pressure pdry (A), and a function of S∗ and the
NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) This artist’s concept illustration, released on May 14, 2025, shows a Sun-like star encircled by a disk of dusty debris containing crystalline water ice.
HELSINKI — China is set to launch its second Tianwen deep space exploration mission late May, targeting both a near Earth asteroid and a main belt comet. The Tianwen-2 spacecraft