SpaceX's next private astronaut launch to ISS, Ax-4, delayed to June 8.

We'll have a wait a bit longer to see the next private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) lift off. NASA announced on Wednesday (May 14) that the target launch date for Ax-4, the fourth crewed flight to the ISS by Houston-based company Axiom Space…

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Launch of Australia's 1st homegrown orbital rocket delayed indefinitely due to payload fairing issue.

We'll have to wait a bit longer for the first-ever launch of an Australian orbital rocket. Queensland-based company Gilmour Space had aimed to debut its Eris rocket today (May 15), but a problem with the vehicle's payload fairing scuttled that plan. Gilmour Space Tech…

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NASA resurrects Voyager 1 interstellar spacecraft's thrusters after 20 years.

NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters — components that hadn't been used since 2004 and were long considered fully defunct. This remarkable feat became necessary because the spacecraft's primary thrusters, w…

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Scientists calculate when the universe will end it's sooner than expected.

As the story of our cosmos moves forward, stars will slowly burn out, planets will freeze over, and black holes will devour light itself. Eventually, on timescales so long humanity will never witness them, the universe will fade into darkness. But if you've ever wondered…

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Norway becomes 55th nation to sign NASA Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration.

Fifty-five nations have now penned their commitment to NASA's Artemis Accords. NASA announced Norway's decision to join the Artemis Accords for a "safe, peaceful, and prosperous future in space" as the space agency's website phrases it. Norway is the th…

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SpaceX will launch Starship's 9th test flight next week.

SpaceX's Starship megarocket will fly again next week, if all goes according to plan. Elon Musk announced that timeline target in a Tuesday evening (May 13) X post, which also included another nugget of news that space fans will find interesting. "Just before the Sta…

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1 Astronaut, many cameras and 220 days of amazing images from space

Don Pettit, NASA’s oldest active astronaut, returned to Earth on April 20, the day he turned 70 years old. That concluded his fourth trip to space — a busy 220 days at the International Space Station. Like other crew members on the space station, Mr. Pettit conducted experim…

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Failed Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 482 is expected to fall to Earth tonight.

Update for 8:30 a.m. ET on May 10: Kosmos 482 has fallen harmlessly into the Indian Ocean west of Indonesia, according to according to Russia's space agency Roscosmos. In 1972, the Soviet Union launched the Kosmos 482 lander, a spacecraft designed to reach Venus and land…

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SpaceX gets FAA approval for 25 Starship launches per year.

SpaceX just got permission to ramp up launches of its Starship mega rocket from South Texas. On Tuesday (May 6), the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released its final environmental assessment (EA) of Starship operations at Starbase, the SpaceX facility near Brown…

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A stadium-sized asteroid will fly past Earth on May 09.

On May 9, a stadium-sized potentially hazardous asteroid will pass by Earth, and you can watch the flyby happen in real time courtesy of a livestream from The Virtual Telescope Project. The main belt asteroid 612356 2002 JX8 is estimated to have a diameter of 950 feet (290 m…

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NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope begins capturing entire sky.

After weeks of preparation, the space observatory has begun its science mission, taking about 3,600 unique images per day to create a map of the cosmos like no other. Launched on March 11, NASA’s SPHEREx space observatory has spent the last six weeks undergoing checkouts, ca…

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Watch 2 NASA astronauts perform the 5th-ever all-female spacewalk.

Two NASA astronauts will conduct the fifth all-female spacewalk in history today (May 1), and you can watch the action live. Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain will head outside the International Space Station (ISS) today at 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT), kicking off a spacewalk expecte…

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New moon of April 2025 sees Venus and Saturn join up in the sky this weekend.

The new moon occurs April 27, and a day later Venus and Saturn will make a close approach to each other (known as a conjunction) in the predawn sky. To make a new moon, you need to line up the sun, moon and Earth. From the earthbound observer's viewpoint, the sun and moo…

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China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts arrive at Tiangong space station.

China's latest astronaut crew has reached its orbital destination. The three-person Shenzhou 20 mission arrived at China's Tiangong space station today (April 24) at 11:49 a.m. EDT (1549 GMT), beginning a six-month stay aboard the outpost. Their off-Earth chase was br…

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Mars is covered in evidence of ancient lakes, rain and snow.

Though Mars, the Red Planet, is a vast and inhospitable land today, scientists think it once resembled our very own Earth — the Blue Planet, if you will. More specifically, experts say Mars once had a warm, wet climate, and their belief is based on striking geological featu…

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Happy 35th birthday, Hubble Telescope !

For 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has served as humanity's tireless eye in the sky, capturing breathtaking views of the cosmos and transforming our understanding of the universe. The school-bus-sized observatory launched on April 24, 1990 and overcame early setbac…

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NASA developing 1st-ever space-based quantum sensor for gravity measurements

Scientists are developing an advanced quantum sensor for low Earth orbit that can detect the tiniest tremors in Earth's gravity. These barely perceptible shifts — caused by moving water, tectonic activity or shifting rock — offer clues about what lies beneath the planet&…

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Possible signs of alien life found on nearby exoplanet.

Scientists have found further evidence of possible biosignature gases on the nearby exoplanet K2-18b, strengthening the case that it could support alien life. In 2023, researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reported the potential presence of dimethyl …

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China rolls out rocket for Shenzhou 20 astronaut launch to its Tiangong space station.

China is gearing up to launch its latest astronaut crew into orbit. A Long March 2F rocket, topped with the Shenzhou 20 crew spacecraft, was rolled out to its launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday (April 16), according to Chinese state media. The 203-foot…

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Aurora alert! Powerful geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois and Oregon tonight.

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 sun, and we have just possibly received the first blow. The pre…

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