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Watch SpaceX launch advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force early on April 20
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX will launch a new GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force early Monday morning (April 20), and you can watch the action live.

Giant BlueBird 7 mobile phone satellite will be deorbited after faulty Blue Origin launch
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Blue Origin, the space launch company founded by Jeff Bezos, achieved a successful recovery of its first reused orbital-class rocket, but the payload it put into space was left in the wrong location.

Blue Origin reuses huge New Glenn rocket for 1st time, lands booster at sea — but deploys satellite into wrong orbit (launch video)
By Josh Dinner last updated
The BlueBird 7 satellite will be deorbited.

'Sunshine' was 2007's answer to 'Project Hail Mary', and it told a much darker tale of solar catastrophe
By Richard Edwards published
In space, no one can hear you ask for sun cream

On this day in space: April 19, 1971: World's 1st space station launches into orbit
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the world's first space station, Salyut 1.

The Lyrid meteor shower returns with ideal viewing conditions! Here's what to look out for this week
By Joe Rao published
After months of quiet skies, the Lyrids return with fast, bright meteors and dark, moonless viewing conditions before dawn.

Telescope livestream: Watch the moon pass in front of the Pleiades on April 19
By Anthony Wood published
Watch the crescent moon cross the blue-white stars of the Pleiades on April 19 from the comfort of your home.

Synthetic universe allows you to 'see and hear' galaxies evolving from the dawn of time (video)
By Robert Lea published
Scientists have used a synthetic universe to observe how the first galaxies evolved and grew. In fact, it is so close to the real thing that it's tricking some astronomers.
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