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A sample of the Miller Range 03346 meteorite, cut in half.

Scientists peer inside a Mars meteorite to check for signs of a habitable world

By Charles Q. Choi published

Liquid water once shaped the rock inside a meteorite from Mars, but likely did not support any microbial life, a new study finds.

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By Alexander Cox published

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Sir David Attenborough holds an ammonite as a CGI pterosaur and T. rex loom behind him, with an asteroid streaking across the sky.

Cretaceous asteroid armageddon ignites TV screens in 'Dinosaur Apocalypse'

By Patrick Pester published

'Dinosaur Apocalypse,' a PBS NOVA special narrated by Sir David Attenborough, attempts to reconstruct the day Earth was hit by an asteroid 66 million years ago.

Terraforming Mars

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By Elizabeth Howell published

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Was gravity stronger in the early universe?

Stronger gravity in the early universe may solve a cosmological conundrum

By Paul Sutter published

The inflationary epoch that caused our universe to rapidly expand in its earliest moments may be connected to the modern era of dark energy.

An artist's depiction of a supernova blasting a companion star, seen in the lower right.

Hubble Space Telescope spots star that survived violent explosion of neighbor

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the surviving stellar companion of a star that exploded in a bright, fiery death.

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Celestron telescope & binocular deals you can still get: Discounts & what's in stock

By Gemma Lavender published

Deals Hunting for a discount on a Celestron telescope or binocular? Here's what's in stock.

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The Prime micro rocket built by Scotland-based company Orbex sits on a launch pad in Scotland.

Orbex unveils reusable Prime rocket for small satellite launches from Scotland

By Tereza Pultarova published

U.K. rocket firm Orbex has unveiled a prototype of its environmentally friendly Prime micro-launcher as it prepares for a debut launch in just a few months.

A comparison of views of the same part of the sky as seen by NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope and the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready for science. Here's what's next.

By Elizabeth Howell published

The days are ticking away before NASA's massive new observatory shows us the cosmos as we've never seen it before.

The Space Energy Initiative is exploring a concept for a space-based solar power plant called Cassiopeia.

A solar power plant in space? The UK wants to build one by 2035.

By Tereza Pultarova published

The U.K. is getting serious about beaming solar power from space and thinks it could have a demonstrator in orbit by 2035.

Artist's conception of DARPA's Glide Breaker missile interceptor in action.

DARPA's 'Glide Breaker' hypersonic missile interceptor program enters new phase

By Elizabeth Howell published

A U.S. military proposal to blast hypersonic weapons out of the sky is entering a new phase.

Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket blasts its way toward space after separating from its carrier plane during the Launch Demo 2 mission on Jan. 17, 2021.

Virgin Orbit is buying 2 more rocket-launching planes

By Mike Wall published

Virgin Orbit announced Tuesday (May 10) that it's acquiring two more Boeing 747 planes, which will be modified to carry LauncherOne rockets high into the skies.

"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness"

'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' is a madcap rush into a magical maelstrom (review)

By Jeff Spry published

Here's our review of Marvel Studios' "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness."

Artist's impression of a spacecraft powered by nuclear thermal propulsion.

US military wants nuclear rocket ideas for missions near the moon

By Elizabeth Howell published

The U.S. military is ready to take the next step in developing a nuclear rocket to help monitor Earth-moon space, an area it has deemed a high strategic priority.

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' episode 1 is a love letter to 'The Original Series'

By Scott Snowden published

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has by far the strongest series start for any of the "Nu-Trek" live-action shows on Paramount Plus

The 'Star Trek: Picard' Season 2 finale will leave you feeling somewhat shortchanged

By Scott Snowden published

Despite being mostly quite predictable, it's still a considerable improvement on the first season's finale

Virgin Orbit's carrier aircraft Cosmic Girl takes off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California with the LauncherOne rocket underwing for the company's "Tubular Bells: Part 1" mission on June 30, 2021.

Virgin Orbit will launch military satellites for National Reconnaissance Office and UK on milestone flight

By Elizabeth Howell published

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office will launch a joint mission with the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense on Virgin Orbit's first-ever launch from the UK.

Scientists think there are 300 million habitable planets in the Milky Way, and some may be home to intelligent life

Sending out Earth's location with the hope of reaching aliens is a controversial idea. These scientists are doing it anyway.

By Chris Impey published

For over 70 years, astronomers have been scanning for radio or optical signals from other civilizations in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, called SETI.

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, holds up a model of the space shuttle as the statue sculpted in her honor depicts. The monument will be unveiled at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York on June 17, 2022.

Statue of Sally Ride, first American woman in space, to be unveiled at Cradle of Aviation

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A statue of the first American woman to fly into space will soon stand near where the first lunar landing spacecraft were built, just as NASA works toward landing the first woman on the moon.

The sun produced an X-class flare on May 10, 2022.

A 'mixed up' sunspot just fired off a huge solar flare

By Elizabeth Howell published

Scientists are keeping an eye on a sunspot that fired off an X-class flare while "having an identity crisis," according to SpaceWeather.com.