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The easiest way to learn the summer night sky starts with these 3 stars

By Jamie Carter Published 24 July 26

How to use the Summer Triangle stars — Vega, Deneb and Altair — as a key to unlock your understanding of the night sky.

Epic photo captures lightning striking a Chinese rocket during liftoff

By Brett Tingley Published 24 July 26

Lightning struck a Chinese Long March-3B rocket shortly after liftoff this week, but the launch still successfully placed its satellite payload in orbit.

This Week In Space LIVE: The Viking Mars landings 50 years later

By Tariq Malik Published 24 July 26

Tune in today, July 24, at 1:30 p.m. ET for a LIVE This Week In Space taping to mark the 50th anniversary of the Viking landings on Mars.

Hubble telescope watches unique nova explosion fire cosmic 'bullets' through the Milky Way at 20 million mph

By Robert Lea Published 24 July 26

Using Hubble, astronomers have discovered that the only known "helium nova" in the Milky Way is riddling our galaxy with cosmic bullets travelling at 20 million mph.

SpaceX will now try to launch critical Starship Flight 13 test on July 24 after delays. Here's what to expect.

By Mike Wall Last updated 23 July 26

SpaceX plans to launch Starship Flight 13 on Friday (July 24), a test mission that will send "V3" Starlink satellites to space for the first time ever. Here's how to watch it live.

Vulcan Centaur swapped out again: NASA goes with SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for launch of space weather mission

By Josh Dinner Published 23 July 26

NASA's SunRISE mission has been assigned a new launch vehicle: It will now be delivered to orbit by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket rather than a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur.

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: SpaceX delays Starship launch to July 24

By Josh Dinner Last updated 23 July 26

Join us Friday, July 24, at 6:15 p.m. EDT (2215 GMT) for live coverage of Starship Flight 13.

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 4: Release date & how to watch Paramount+’s sensational sci-fi series

By Jeff Spry Published 23 July 26

'We've seen a lot of strange new worlds, but we’ll never see something like this again'

Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of the sun's missing silver

By Rahul Rao Published 23 July 26

Scientists say the sun has a little more silver than we thought.

NASA's retired astronauts are hitting the road to get young people to vote: 'one small step for you, and one giant leap for our country.'

By Chelsea Gohd Published 23 July 26

"We have to do what we can to ensure that the country makes it through the challenges that we're dealing with here, and that is the message that we're going to be taking to colleges and universities."