Tech

The DJI Flip drone, in white with four propellers is mid flight with clear blue skies behind it and one small grey cloud just below it.

DJI Flip drone review

By James Abbott published

The DJI Flip is a sub-250 g drone with multiple control options and the ability to capture 4K 60 FPS video and 12MP/48MP photos.

Tech
a spacecraft with two stubby wings flies above a blue-and-white planet with an orange glow surrounding it

Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane soars past 1 year in orbit

By Leonard David published

The U.S. Space Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7) has silently slipped past one-year of flight time.

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Spaceflight

The two stages of SpaceX's Starship megarocket separate during the vehicle's seventh test flight on Jan. 16, 2025.

SpaceX Starship explosion likely caused by propellant leak, Elon Musk says

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX has traced the likely cause of the explosion that destroyed its Starship vehicle during its Jan. 16 test flight to a leak of liquid oxygen or liquid methane.

Private Spaceflight
An artist's impression of astronauts working on the surface of the moon.

Trump's space policy won't catch Europe off guard, ESA chief says

By Andrew Jones published

The head of the European Space Agency says that ESA is ready for any changes in NASA's direction that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may make.

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Science & Astronomy

An illustration of a supermassive black hole in the early cosmos

Feeding supermassive black holes may have ended the cosmic 'dark ages' billions of years ago

By Robert Lea published

NASA's Chandra and NuSTAR telescopes have teamed up to study a supermassive black hole-powered quasar that could have played a key role in ending the cosmic dark ages.

Black Holes

100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone

By Keith Cooper published

A century ago, humans didn't know other galaxies existed. Here's how Edwin Hubble changed that view.

The Universe
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Meet the team

Search For Life

a person in a bulky white spacesuit stands next to a wheeled rover and a cylindrical spacecraft on four legs, all on a dusty grey surface

25 biggest space conspiracy theories: Debunked

By Elizabeth Howell, Ailsa Harvey published

Here we debunk some of the most common and enduring space conspiracies.

Search for Life
An artist's concept of NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory in space.

NASA wants a 'Super-Hubble' space telescope to search for life on alien worlds

By Tariq Malik published

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is a flagship NASA telescope that could answer the ultimate question.

Search for Life

What if life on Venus is just life from Earth?

By Monisha Ravisetti published

Scientists think it's possible that life cells from Earth could've been transferred to Venus, thanks to asteroid impacts over the last few billion years.

Search for Life
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Skywatching

Nikon 5x15 HG in the hand of the author

Nikon 5x15 HG monocular review

By Matt Morris published

Review The Nikon 5x15 HG monocular is tiny, but it promises the same high-quality build and lens of Nikon's other optical devices.

Review
The Geminid meteor shower can produce over one hundred meteors per hour. In this photograph, the Geminid meteor shower is seen above the Kubuqi Desert of Inner Mongolia, China on Dec. 13, 2020.

Geminid meteor shower 2025: When, where and how to see one of the best meteor showers of the year

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The Geminid meteor shower peaks the night of Dec. 13-14. Our guide tells you where and how to see them.

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several meteors streak across the star-studded sky leaving long white trails across the night sky above a vegetated terrain.

Leonid meteor shower 2025: When, where and how to see it

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The Leonid meteor shower is active between Nov. 3 and Dec. 2 and will peak on Nov. 16, producing up to 15 meteors per hour.

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Entertainment

Still from the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Close up of a menacing hooded masked person wielding a red lightsaber.

'Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic' remake: Everything we know so far

By Fran Ruiz last updated

Is the long-anticipated Knights of the Old Republic remake, one of the most beloved Star Wars games ever, still happening?

Space Games & Toys
The cast of Star Trek Voyager

'Star Trek: Voyager' at 30: Why it was the right show at the wrong time

By Richard Edwards published

The fourth live-action "Star Trek" TV show made some mistakes along the way, but it was arguably held back by the time it was made

Space Movies & Shows
a white-haired man in a black suit on a red carpet

'Dune' director David Lynch dies at 78

By Jeff Spry published

An obituary for iconic filmmaker David Lynch who died Jan. 16, 2025.

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References

The Geminid meteor shower can produce over one hundred meteors per hour. In this photograph, the Geminid meteor shower is seen above the Kubuqi Desert of Inner Mongolia, China on Dec. 13, 2020.

Geminid meteor shower 2025: When, where and how to see one of the best meteor showers of the year

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The Geminid meteor shower peaks the night of Dec. 13-14. Our guide tells you where and how to see them.

Reference
several meteors streak across the star-studded sky leaving long white trails across the night sky above a vegetated terrain.

Leonid meteor shower 2025: When, where and how to see it

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The Leonid meteor shower is active between Nov. 3 and Dec. 2 and will peak on Nov. 16, producing up to 15 meteors per hour.

Reference
How to photograph a lunar eclipse: A Super Wolf Blood Moon in Wildwood, Florida

How to photograph a lunar eclipse 2025

By Jo Plumridge last updated

Discover how to photograph a lunar eclipse for perfect images every time with our in-depth guide on how to set up and shoot.

Eclipses
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