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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak wants to clean up space junk with new company

By Elizabeth Howell

Steve Wozniak hopes to address the growing space junk problem in orbit.

Best PSVR space games

By Space.com

Buying Guide Strap in and get ready to launch yourself into the best PSVR space games around. You’re sure to have a blast!

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Spaceflight

SpaceX has a live Crew Dragon tracking tool on its website for the Inspiration4 mission.

How to see SpaceX's Inspiration4 spacecraft in the night sky

By Hanneke Weitering

Four private astronauts are currently circling the globe in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, and you can see the capsule from Earth.

A Long March 7 rocket topped with China's Tianzhou 3 cargo spacecraft rolls out to its launch pad in this photo released by the China Manned Space Engineering Office on Sept. 15, 2021.

China rolls out rocket for Tianzhou 3 cargo mission ahead of Monday launch (photos)

By Mike Wall

A Long March 7 rocket topped with the robotic Tianzhou 3 cargo spacecraft rolled out to its pad at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Chinese space officials announced Wednesday (Sept. 15).

Science & Astronomy

A Hubble Space Telescope image of AG Carinae, an unstable star that is on the brink of exploding.

900-year-old Chinese supernova mystery points to strange nebula

By Doris Elin Urrutia

In the year 1181 AD, a new bright point of light as luminous as the planet Saturn appeared to Chinese and Japanese skygazers for a little more than six months before disappearing.

Australian wildfires burning in the Yuraygir National Park and Shark Creek area are visible in this image captured on September 8, 2019 by ESA's Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission

Satellites watch Australian wildfires trigger CO2 booms and ocean algal blooms

By Daisy Dobrijevic

What happens on land affects the oceans, and satellites can see it all unfold.

Search For Life

An image taken by the Perseverance rover on Mars shows a rock called Rochette with holes where the rover obtained its first two samples.

NASA's Perseverance rover has taken the 1st steps in decades-long dream of Mars sample return

By Meghan Bartels

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has begun its out-of-this-world rock collection.

NASA's Perseverance rover has collected two drilled-out samples from this Red Planet rock, which the mission team calls "Rochette."

Perseverance rover collects 2nd Mars sample (photos)

By Mike Wall

Perseverance collected another drilled-out core of a Martian rock dubbed "Rochette," sealing the sample in its designated titanium tube on Wednesday (Sept. 8).

This composite of two images shows the hole drilled by NASA's Perseverance rover into a rock dubbed “Rochette” during its second sample-collection attempt. The photos were obtained by one of the rover's navigation cameras on Sept. 1, 2021.

NASA's Perseverance rover getting ready to snag 2nd Mars sample

By Mike Wall

Perseverance sealed up a drilled-out core of a Red Planet rock dubbed "Rochette" over the weekend. The mission team aims to replicate that success soon, putting poor Rochette to the drill again.

Skywatching

How to see SpaceX's Inspiration4 spacecraft in the night sky

By Hanneke Weitering

Four private astronauts are currently circling the globe in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, and you can see the capsule from Earth.

900-year-old Chinese supernova mystery points to strange nebula

By Doris Elin Urrutia

In the year 1181 AD, a new bright point of light as luminous as the planet Saturn appeared to Chinese and Japanese skygazers for a little more than six months before disappearing.

How to Hold Binoculars Steady: Keep skywatching for longer

By Russ Swan

Check our top tips for keeping your binoculars steady, eliminating the shakes and gaining a clear view of the heavens

Entertainment

Blade Runner Streaming Guide - Where to watch the Blade Runner movies online

By Gerald Lynch

From Blade Runner to Blade Runner 2049 and the upcoming anime, here’s everything you need to know about streaming the Blade Runner franchise online

How Guardians of the Galaxy Sent the MCU to Space

By Chris King

Without adventuring into the big black, we wouldn’t have had the universe-spanning Infinity saga, cool spaceships and an unexpected Mary Poppins reference.

"Jude," the Inspiration4 crew's zero-g indicator, floats at the end of a tether after entering Earth orbit on Sept. 15, 2021.

Inspiration4 'space puppy' doubles as zero-g indicator and fundraiser on SpaceX mission

By Robert Z. Pearlman

References

Blade Runner Streaming Guide - Where to watch the Blade Runner movies online

By Gerald Lynch

From Blade Runner to Blade Runner 2049 and the upcoming anime, here’s everything you need to know about streaming the Blade Runner franchise online

How Guardians of the Galaxy Sent the MCU to Space

By Chris King

Without adventuring into the big black, we wouldn’t have had the universe-spanning Infinity saga, cool spaceships and an unexpected Mary Poppins reference.

How to Hold Binoculars Steady: Keep skywatching for longer

By Russ Swan

Check our top tips for keeping your binoculars steady, eliminating the shakes and gaining a clear view of the heavens

SpaceX's Inspiration4 civilian spaceflight underway

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