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Solar eclipse 2024: Live updates
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Stay up-to-date with the latest news on the upcoming solar eclipses, including the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024.
NASA still investigating Orion heat shield issues from Artemis 1 moon mission
By Leonard David published
NASA is still studying the performance of the Orion capsule's heat shield during its reentry to Earth's atmosphere at the end of the Artemis 1 moon mission in late 2022.
Sweden becomes 38th country to sign NASA's Artemis Accords for moon exploration
By Josh Dinner published
Sweden is the latest nation to sign onto NASA's Artemis Accords on April 16, following Switzerland's signing earlier this week.
SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (photo, video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast this evening (April 17), and landed its rocket on a ship at sea.
Ingenuity team says goodbye to pioneering Mars helicopter
By Mike Wall published
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter team met one last time on Tuesday (April 16) to oversee a transmission from the little rotorcraft.
Here's how to see 'horned' comet 12P/Pons-Brooks at its brightest this week (video)
By Joe Rao last updated
All you'll need to see comet 12P/Pons-Brooks this month, besides fair weather and a little luck, are good binoculars or a telescope and sky map to help guide you.
Boom's XB-1 test plane gets FAA green light for supersonic flight
By Jeff Spry published
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 experimental jet has been cleared for supersonic flight by the FAA.
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet's powerful pull
By Robert Lea published
"We may be seeing Mimas at a particularly interesting time."
Mysterious dark matter may leave clues in 'strings of pearls' trailing our galaxy
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Starting in late 2025, the Vera C. Rubin observatory will image the outskirts of our galaxy in search of dark matter clues.
James Webb Space Telescope's 'shocking' discovery may hint at hidden exomoon around 'failed star'
By Robert Lea published
JWST's surprise discovery of methane emissions and likely aurorae over a distant brown dwarf could indicate this "failed star" is orbited by an active moon.
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