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SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule boosts ISS higher above Earth in key test
By Elizabeth Howell published
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule demonstrated its ability to boost the ISS on Sept. 3, pushing the orbiting lab slightly higher above Earth.

Most solar eclipse maps have a major flaw. Here's how to ensure you're really in the path of totality
By Ryan French published
Solar eclipse maps show crisp lines for the path of totality, but in reality, the edges of the path are fuzzy, jagged and sometimes wrong by hundreds of meters or more

Total lunar eclipse September 2025: Live updates
By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
The next lunar eclipse will be overnight on Sept. 7-8, 2025.

On this day in space! Sept. 4, 1962: Mariner 2 performs 1st rocket maneuver in deep space
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On Sept. 4, 1962, NASA's Mariner 2 spacecraft performed the first-ever rocket maneuver in deep space as it did a quick mid-course correction on its way to Venus.

Gravitational waves reveal 'stellar graveyard' packed with neutron star and black hole mergers
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have doubled the number of black hole and neutron star mergers detected via gravitational waves in a "stellar graveyard," as well as "hearing" the heaviest black hole binary yet.

There's nothing original about 'Strange New Worlds' latest episode, 'Terrarium', but it's classic 'Star Trek'
By Richard Edwards published
We've seen it all before, but some sci-fi clichés just work.

Where to see the blood moon lunar eclipse Sept. 7–8
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
The September 2025 total lunar eclipse will bring a blood-red moon to skies across Asia, Australia, Africa and Europe — if you know where to look.

Butterfly Star flaps its rainbow wings | Space photo of the day for Sept. 4, 2025
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published
This young star is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, separating the "wings" of the butterfly.
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