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NASA will roll Artemis 2 moon rocket back to the launch pad on March 20
By Josh Dinner published
NASA has pushed the rollout of its next moon rocket to March 20, but is still targeting April 1 for the launch of its first crewed mission to the moon in more than half a century.

'Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord' cuts into Disney+ with a brutal 2nd trailer full of Inquisitors (video)
By Fran Ruiz published
"At last we will have revenge."

16 time-travel methods from sci-fi to help you traverse the space-time continuum
By Richard Edwards published
From phone boxes and flux capacitors to black holes and hot tubs, sci-fi has created plenty of ways to explore the fourth dimension.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated
Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin wants to defend Earth against dangerous asteroids. Here's how
By Josh Dinner published
Blue Origin and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are teaming up to design an asteroid-defense spacecraft that will deploy a variety of deflection technologies.

How fast is the universe expanding? Astronomers may be one step closer to resolving 'Hubble trouble'
By Robert Lea published
The local universe may be expanding more slowly than previously thought, a discovery that could relieve a pesky discrepancy known as the Hubble tension.

100 years after Robert Goddard's 1st liquid-fueled rocket launch, NASA is using the technology to send astronauts back to the moon
By Josh Dinner published
100 years after Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, NASA is preparing a return to the moon with the Artemis program to extend humanity's reach into deep space.

Astronomers discover a new type of planet that probably smells like rotten eggs
By Robert Lea published
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an example of a new class of exoplanet, and it smells like rotten eggs.
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