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May 23
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 211 — Oysters in Space
- SpaceX Starship Flight 12: Don't miss these stunning photos from the launch of the most powerful Starship yet
- 'For All Mankind's' Costa Ronin on ruling Mars, honoring cosmonaut history, and learning to tie his tie (interview)
- Massive 'X' and 'V' shapes will appear on the moon tonight — here's how to see them
- Watch China launch Shenzhou 23 astronauts to its Tiangong space station on May 24
- SpaceX just launched Starship V3 — its most powerful megarocket yet — into space for the 1st time in spectacular Flight 12 test (video)
May 22
- 'Once you try these, you won’t want anything else'— Our binoculars expert rated these as the best small binoculars they'd ever tested. Now at their best price of the year
- 'For All Mankind's' Ruby Cruz and Ines Asserson on wearing those 'clunky' cool spacesuits and training with a Green Beret (interview)
- Starship V3 from space: Satellite snaps amazing photo of SpaceX megarocket on the pad
- Don't wait for the full moon: Here's when the moon looks best through a telescope
- Shakeup at JPL? Control over iconic NASA center could change for 1st time in nearly 100 years
- 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' is better viewed as a 'Star Wars' origin story for Rotta the Hutt
- An ancient solar storm left clues in tree rings and a famous poet's diary: 'Red lights in the northern sky'
- Cosmic crystal ball reveals an ancient dying star | Space photo of the day for May 22, 2026
- NASA is updating its Artemis moon base plan. You can find out how on May 26.
- Scientists thought Jupiter's moon Europa was ejecting water. Now they're not so sure
- The moon will 'swallow' a star on May 23. But will you be able to see it?
- This cryptocurrency billionaire will fly SpaceX's 1st private Starship to Mars, but when?
- SpaceX's 1st Starship V3 megarocket launch scrubbed at last minute. Sorry, Nicki Minaj
May 21
- Rocket Lab launches private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit (video)
- We talk to 'For All Mankind' star Mireille Enos about crafting Happy Valley's tough Martian cop
- Epic 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu' merch has landed. 'This is the way' to Grogu Crocs, Lego & more
- This exoplanet weather forecast by the James Webb Space Telescope calls for sandy skies and a clear (alien) sunset
- 'Stop lying!' Conspiracy theorist confronts Artemis 2 astronauts, accuses them of faking their moon mission
- Who is Embo, the enigmatic villain in 'The Mandalorian & Grogu'?
- Lunar Outpost has big plans for the moon. The new Pegasus lunar rover is just the start
- Strange stacked stones spotted on Mars | Space photo of the day for May 21, 2026
- How one disappointing night changed the way I plan my astrotourism adventures
- NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS reveals its most complete look at the night sky yet
- SpaceX will launch its 1st-ever Starship V3 megarocket today. The stakes couldn't be higher
May 20
- Space debris is forcing satellites to dodge more often — costing us vital science. 'Things will get worse before they get better'
- Scientists find a hidden route to the moon that saves fuel
- SpaceX stacks Starship V3 rocket, completes major fueling test ahead of debut launch
- US military test-launches nuclear-capable ICBM from California (photos)
- Where did Neptune's mysterious moon Nereid come from? It may be the only survivor of the planet's violent history
- Venus and the crescent moon dazzle in a spectacular post-sunset show (photos)
- NASA satellite images uncover dramatic changes in Earth's nighttime lights
- The moon shines with a swarm of stars tonight as Jupiter, Venus and Mercury line up nearby
- An astronaut's view of Argentina's snow-capped mountains | Space photo of the day for May 20, 2026
- NASA's Psyche probe takes awesome images of Mars on way to (possibly) precious asteroid
- The universe's 'most relaxed' galaxy cluster was shaped by cosmic violence, new study finds
- How to watch SpaceX launch its 1st Starship V3 megarocket today
- SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on stunning sunset Falcon 9 flight (video)
May 19
- Lasers in moon craters could create a lunar GPS system
- Worker dies at SpaceX's Starbase ahead of Starship V3 megarocket launch
- 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' clip reveals how Mando gets his Razor Crest spaceship back (video)
- Vast, builder of private space stations, launches line of high-power satellites
- See Jupiter glow beside the waxing moon after sunset on May 20
- NASA satellite will test orbital 'gas station' tech to help astronauts reach the moon and Mars
- 'Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord' confirmed what we already knew — the former Sith has daddy issues
- Galactic starlight will take your breath away | Space photo of the day for May 19, 2026
- As 'The Mandalorian and Grogu" prepare for their close-up, can 'Star Wars' ever feel like a big-screen event again?
- Scientists just solved a tricky asteroid-hopping spacecraft riddle
- The UFO files: What did we learn from the Pentagon's 1st big release?
May 18
- Scientists found stardust trapped in Antarctic ice. What could it tell us about our solar system?
- 'Voidverse' is a seriously weird space fantasy novel from 'The OA's' Damien Ober (interview)
- Why bringing back 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' isn't the way for 'Star Wars'
- What time is SpaceX's Starship V3 launch today? (Starship Flight 12 timeline)
- Vega C rocket launches European-Chinese space weather satellite to orbit
- This amazing NASA video shows the exact moment the Artemis 2 Orion capsule broke free of its service module, and we can't stop watching it
- SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: Starship V3 Ship makes fiery splashdown in Indian Ocean as planned
- Northern lights may be visible in several US states tonight as 3 CMEs race toward Earth
- Artemis 2 moon astronauts snap gorgeous shot of swirling stars | Space photo of the day for May 18, 2026
- Manhattanhenge 2026 is coming this month: Here's when and where to see the sunset spectacle
- These Apollo 'UFO' images have been public for decades. So why are people talking about them now?
- 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' finally has a Disney+ release date, but you'll have to wait a while longer
- SpaceX Starlink and other satellite megaconstellations are creating an 'unregulated geoengineering experiment', scientists say
May 17
- Watch NASA's new Mars helicopter rotor break the speed of sound (video)
- Venus and a razor-thin moon steal the show after sunset tonight
- SpaceX Dragon capsule delivers science and supplies to space station
- Watch an asteroid the size of a blue whale hurtle towards Earth live online TODAY
- Giant radio telescope sees Artemis 2 astronauts on Orion flying around the moon. 'There are 4 people in those pixels.'
May 16
- Get $341 off the limited X edition of the Vaonis Vespera II at Walmart
- With the Vespera III and Vespera Pro 2, telescope-maker Vaonis unveils its sharpest optics yet
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 210 — ESCAPADES at Mars
- New moon of May 2026 brings stunning views of the Milky Way, Venus and Mars
- NASA's Psyche spacecraft is flying to a metal asteroid. So, why did it just visit Mars?
- Astronomers find interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS hiding in images taken before its official discovery
May 15
- The devil may wear Prada on Earth, but NASA Artemis astronauts will on the moon. Here's why.
- 'Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes' is a relentlessly oppressive roguelite inspired by FTL
- The Canon EOS R5 Mark II is our choice as the best-resolution Canon camera – it's perfect for astrophotography and is $501 off in this Walmart deal
- Mars orbiter captures striking images of 'chaos and craters' carved by ancient floods
- I thought my backyard had too much light pollution for astrophotography. The Vaonis Vespera Pro proved me wrong
- Auroras over Australia look like sci-fi from space | Space photo of the day for May 15, 2026
- James Webb Space Telescope maps our universe's largest structure in unprecedented detail
- 4 bright stars form a giant 'diamond' in the May night sky: Here's how to find it
- We still can't see dark matter. But what if we can hear it?
May 14
- The 'Doctor Who' TV movie at 30: Too British for America, too American for the UK
- No, this isn't a solar eclipse. It's an image of Mars, captured by NASA's asteroid-bound Psyche probe
- 'Directive 8020' is an introspective look at sci-fi horror and our fear of the unknown
- NASA's Perseverance rover is positively glowing in its new selfie on Mars
- SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket will do something completely new on Flight 12 — take a good look at itself
- Geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Michigan and Maine May 15-17
- What should you do if you meet an alien? Neil deGrasse Tyson offers a scientific perspective in 'Take Me To Your Leader' (interview)
- Earth photobombs a satellite deploying its giant reflector | Space photo of the day for May 14, 2026
- The world's biggest rocket: How SpaceX's new Starship 'V3' differs from its predecessors
- What's that bright light after sunset? Venus is dazzling the evening sky right now
- Artemis 3 astronaut test flight will be 'one of the most highly complex missions NASA has undertaken.' These new details reveal why.
- Scientists propose new way to find aliens — and we may already have a spacecraft that can help
May 13
- Remember 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books? Now there's a gorgeous graphic novel version heading to 'Space and Beyond' (exclusive)
- Will Starship launch from foreign shores? SpaceX 'constantly exploring' options for megarocket liftoff sites
- What flings mysteriously powerful particles called 'cosmic rays' at Earth?
- Astrophotographer captures remarkable view of galactic 'Eyes' with backyard telescope
- Blue Origin's lunar lander mockup is ready for NASA Artemis astronaut training
- 'Smallville' at 15: An imperfect Superman show, but the best Clark Kent story ever told
- Lasers shine a new light on the space junk air pollution problem
- The Whirlpool Galaxy comes alive | Space photo of the day for May 13, 2026
- 30-mile-high clouds of acid on Venus are made by the largest 'hydraulic jump' in the solar system
- 'Like putting a microscope into the core of the sun': World's 1st space-based neutrino detector launches to orbit
- Cost estimate for 'Golden Dome' missile defense system balloons to $1.2 trillion
- Observing Earth from space can help companies make better decisions
May 12
- SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket finally has a debut launch date. Here's when it will fly
- Uranus and Neptune could be full of rocks, new study suggests
- Cowboy Space raises $275 million to launch AI data centers on brand-new rocket
- 'Cannibal stars,' AI and the Rubin Observatory could shed light on the mystery of dark energy. Here's how
- Don't miss Mars, Saturn and the moon form a cosmic triangle before dawn on May 14
- SpaceX launches 6,500 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station after delay (video)
- NASA's Psyche asteroid probe will fly within 3,000 miles of Mars today: Here's what to expect
- Mesmerizing vortexes swirl near an Antarctic volcano | Space photo of the day for May 12, 2026
- Star Catcher just raised $65 million to build the world's first power grid in space — with lasers
- Thousands of deaths per year caused by invisible wildfire pollutant, satellite data shows
- SpaceX fuels up Starship V3 megarocket for 1st time ahead of crucial test flight (photos)
May 11
- NASA's Artemis 3 rocket is taking shape for 2027 launch to test lunar landers (photo)
- 'Nothing short of magical': Astrophotographer captures Lyrid meteors beside the Milky Way
- Satellite spies one of Russia's most active volcanoes melting snow from the inside out
- China's Tianzhou 10 freighter delivers 7 tons of cargo to Tiangong space station
- How NASA lunar scientists taught Artemis 2 astronauts to see the moon with different eyes
- SpaceX launches secret US spy satellites to orbit from California (video, photos)
- They really launched this tiny spacecraft (Well, sort of.) | Space photo of the day for May 11, 2026
- Sun unleashes colossal solar flare and coronal mass ejection, raising the chances of northern lights tonight
- See Artemis 2's amazing views of Earth in timelapse video taken from 12,000-photo drop
- New James Webb Space Telescope images reveal how massive star clusters can reshape galaxies
- Does Dante's Inferno from the 14th century depict an asteroid impact?
May 10
- 'Pragmata' director Yonghee Cho on creating Capcom’s resonant sci-fi lunar adventure (interview)
- Total solar eclipse 2026 vs 2027 — Which one should you choose?
May 9
- 4 epic myths hiding in the May sky — and how to find them
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 209 — Astronauts for America
- NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft are very low on power after nearly 50 years. How long can they keep going?
- NASA's Artemis 2 commander and astrophotographer team up to capture breathtaking, never-before-seen shots of the moon's far side
May 8
- Pentagon unveils trove of declassfied 'UFO' videos. How to see them all, from 'a football-shaped body' to 'a misshapen and uneven ball of white light'
- Black holes slamming into scorching stars may be causing mysterious blue flashes in the cosmos
- Monopoly sucks, but this new 'Star Wars' video game spinoff might add some galactic sizzle
- How you'd really die in space: What sci-fi gets right (and wrong) about extra-terrestrial expirations
- This is your best chance to spot the Milky Way's core in May
- Blue Origin tests 1st moon lander ahead of lunar launch later this year (photo)
- 'Star Fox' is returning this summer with a shiny 'Star Fox 64' remake for Nintendo Switch 2 full of unique features
- The charred hull of Artemis 2's Orion | Space photo of the day for May 8, 2026
- Learn the night sky without an app: May's easiest star-hops for beginners
- Scientists found 10,000 possible exoplanets hiding in NASA data
- SpaceX just fired up its 33-engine Starship 'V3' Super Heavy rocket booster. When could it fly? (video)
- NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts saw flashes on the far side of the moon that cameras struggle to capture. Here's why scientists are excited
May 7
- Artemis astronauts may find remnants of a 'decapitated' asteroid's impact on the moon
- A 29-pound Mars rock held NASA's Curiosity rover hostage for 6 days (video)
- 'Saros' nails the cosmic horror and bullet-hell action assignments, but it falls short as a roguelite
- Where does Earth's mysterious 'ring current' come from? NASA and the US Space Force are launching a mission to find out
- 'Star Wars: Galactic Racer': Release date, trailers, gameplay & everything we know about the return of podracing
- Moon joy at Jupiter | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2026
- Here's what 6 years of driving on Mars did to the wheels on NASA's Curiosity rover (video)
- How do the biggest black holes in the universe form? Ripples in spacetime provide a clue
- Artemis 2 moon launch brought nearly 350,000 people to Florida's Space Coast
- Should Saturn's huge moon Titan be humanity's next destination, after the moon and Mars?
May 6
- How an exoplanet odd couple survived by traveling in from the cold together
- Europe's 1st reusable spacecraft 'Space Rider' clears key hurdles on the road to launch
- 'Whatever Russia is testing, it's sophisticated': 2 Russian satellites get within 10 feet of each other in orbit
- 3 puzzles of our universe could be solved with this new dark matter theory
- 'Thor' hammered down 15 years ago, and it's still the only Marvel movie to do the God of Thunder justice
- Sci-fi RPG 'Exodus''s combat looks and feels like 'Mass Effect', but the dialogue system could be a big upgrade (video)
- Why does NASA's Curiosity rover have a 'lucky penny' on Mars? | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026
- Scientists created one of the largest simulations of our universe ever — about the size of 500,000 HD movies
- Get more for your credits with the best leftover Lego Star Wars Day deals
- Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth faster
May 5
- Mexico City is sinking up to 14 inches per year, satellite images show
- NASA just released 12,000 photos from Artemis 2. Here are our top picks
- Watch SpaceX Starlink train circle Earth in amazing satellite video
- A tiny 'plutino' world beyond Neptune has grown a mysterious atmosphere, and we don't know how
- Moon lander preps for the lunar surface | Space photo of the day for May 5, 2026
- 'SOL Shogunate' is a samurai space opera set on the moon, but with an aerospace engineer making sure it's 'getting the science right'
- These 2 companies want to start removing space junk from orbit in 2027
- Forget the AT-ST, at 20% off this Lego Star Wars AT-TE is the king of Star Wars walkers
- Former NASA chief Jim Bridenstine takes over as CEO of Quantum Space
- NASA is making a powerful new ion engine to send astronauts to Mars — and it just passed its 1st test
- Don't miss the Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2026 peak tonight! Viewing times, locations and tips
- NASA wants to land astronauts on the moon in 2028. Will SpaceX's Starship or Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander be ready in time?
May 4
- Trump's proposed NASA budget is a 'horrible threat to our future' in space, Planetary Society CEO says
- James Webb Space Telescope directly studies an exoplanet's surface for the 1st time: 'We see a dark, hot, barren rock'
- Watch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2026 online tonight with these livestreams
- Are streamers losing faith in legacy sci-fi franchises?
- Will the moon ruin the Eta Aquarid meteor shower this week? Here's what to know
- Our Milky Way's 'Zone of Avoidance' holds a galaxy supercluster with 30,000 trillion times the sun's mass
- Lasers take aim at a galaxy far, far away | Space photo of the day for May 4, 2026
- What's the best time to see Eta Aquarid meteors tonight?
- A YouTuber just recreated the original Star Wars with cardboard, and it's awesome (video)
- 13 International 'Star Wars' Posters You've Likely Never Seen
- Why were galaxies so active in the early universe? We may be getting close to the answer
May 3
- 'It was quite a light show!' NASA astronaut spies dramatic fireball from the International Space Station (photos)
- Spaceflight is hard on the heart, yet artificial ones grow better in space than on Earth
- New this month, this Lego Star Wars Yoda bust would terrify Darth Vader and I have to have it
- 7 things nobody tells you about stargazing (that make a huge difference)
- Why do some stars become 'supernova impostors'? Astronomers still don't quite know
May 2
- SpaceX sends 45 satellites to orbit in nighttime launch from California (video)
- New for Star Wars Day, grab this Lego Star Wars model of The Mandalorian's coolest ship and get the Darksaber for free
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 208 — Lander, Lander, Who's Got a Lander
- Galaxies, Artemis 2, space telescopes and stormtroopers: Here are the best photos from our staff
- See May's full 'Flower Moon' bloom in gorgeous photos from around the world
- 3 planets will put on a sky show in May — when and how to see them
- The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks next week: Here's what you need to know
May 1
- Artemis 2 astronauts get the star treatment after historic moon trip
- Drone radar could help spacecraft pinpoint where to drill for water on Mars, scientists say
- 'Slither' at 20: The alien worm comedy-horror that heralded James Gunn's arrival
- How 'For All Mankind' evolved from 'The Right Stuff' into 'The Expanse'
- £115 off for Star Wars Day, I think this Lego Star Wars UCS set is the most mind-blowing Lego starship you'll ever own
- Thinner than a hair and stretchy like rubber: New material could shield against radiation in next-gen space tech
- Is it cake? No, it's a parachute! | Space photo of the day for May 1, 2026
- The Claypool Lennon Delirium's cosmic new album is not just an AI warning, but a reflection on a global loss of empathy (video)
- NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers capture sweeping Mars panoramas (video)
- May's full 'Flower Moon' rises tonight: Here's what to expect from the 'micromoon'