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April 19
- Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025
- China's experimental moon satellites beam back lunar imagery (video, photo)
- Are we prepared for Chinese preeminence on the moon and Mars? (op-ed)
- 'Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver' is a knockout punch of pure sci-fi cinema (review)
- 'Astrobiodefense:' Thinktank calls for defending Earth from space bugs
- The Lyrid meteor shower peaks this weekend, but don't expect much this year
April 18
- Rocket Lab gearing up to refly Electron booster for 1st time
- 'Transformers One' 1st trailer unveils Optimus Prime and Megatron's shared history (video)
- China rolls out rocket for next astronaut mission to Tiangong space station (photos)
- SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on company's 40th mission of 2024 (video)
- Sorry, little green men: Alien life might actually be purple
- Zack Snyder on sticking the landing for the 2nd half of Netflix's 'Rebel Moon' (exclusive)
- Russia launches new Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket on 4th orbital test mission (photos)
- 'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks is heading for the sun. Will it survive?
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 4 uses time travel to remember the past 5 seasons
- Jupiter's violent moon Io has been the solar system's most volcanic body for around 4.5 billion years
- Alt-space history series 'For All Mankind' gets 5th season, new 'Star City' spinoff
- NASA greenlights 2028 launch for epic Dragonfly mission to Saturn's huge moon Titan
- Solar eclipse 2024: Live updates
- NASA still investigating Orion heat shield issues from Artemis 1 moon mission
April 17
- Sweden becomes 38th country to sign NASA's Artemis Accords for moon exploration
- Ingenuity team says goodbye to pioneering Mars helicopter
- Boom's XB-1 test plane gets FAA green light for supersonic flight
- Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet's powerful pull
- Mysterious dark matter may leave clues in 'strings of pearls' trailing our galaxy
- James Webb Space Telescope's 'shocking' discovery may hint at hidden exomoon around 'failed star'
- 'I really like these suits.' Boeing's snazzy (and flexible) Starliner spacesuits have astronauts buzzing (exclusive)
- Eyes hurt after the eclipse? Signs of retinal damage, explained
- SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. 'And we never have'
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (photo, video)
April 16
- What's left of the 2024 solar eclipse lives in our hearts
- Uranus and Neptune aren't made of what we thought, new study hints
- Exotic 'Einstein ring' suggests that mysterious dark matter interacts with itself
- Boeing Starliner spacecraft rolls out to Atlas V rocket ahead of 1st astronaut launch (photos, video)
- 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 4 blasts onto Blu-ray and DVD on April 16
- Monster black hole seen feeding on nearby matter just 1 billion years after Big Bang (photos)
- Will the constellations ever change?
- Switzerland signs Artemis Accords to join NASA in moon exploration
- James Webb Space Telescope full-size model to be displayed by Space Foundation
- Dark energy could be getting weaker, suggesting the universe will end in a 'Big Crunch'
- Record breaker! Milky Way's most monstrous stellar-mass black hole is sleeping giant lurking close to Earth (Video)
- The 2024 solar eclipse was a teachable moment in more ways than one
April 15
- Iconic British meteorite 'Winchcombe' found to have a smashing past
- Object that slammed into Florida home was indeed space junk from ISS, NASA confirms
- Venus is leaking carbon and oxygen, a fleeting visit by BepiColombo reveals
- I flew Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in 4 different simulators. Here's what I learned (video, photos)
- NASA's Mars sample return plan is getting a major overhaul: 'The bottom line is $11 billion is too expensive'
- NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara missed the total solar eclipse, but saw Earth 'moving' below her during spacewalk (photos)
- These 3 stars are losing weight fast — thanks to stellar winds way stronger than the sun's
- Space-based solar power may be one step closer to reality, thanks to this key test (video)
- Do black holes hide the secrets of their ancestors?
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 3 'Jinaal' is a slow but steady affair
- Superfast drone fitted with new 'rotating detonation rocket engine' approaches the speed of sound
- Why I watched the solar eclipse with my kids, a goose and 2,000 trees
- Rocket Lab to launch NASA's new solar sail technology no earlier than April 24
April 14
- Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds
- 1st female ISS program manager looks ahead to new spaceships, space stations (exclusive)
- This little robot can hop in zero-gravity to explore asteroids
April 13
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 106 — Space Potpourri!
- Tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang may be prime dark matter suspects
- 'You could feel the energy and wonder': Despite clouds, totality wows crowds during solar eclipse in Syracuse
- Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft starts testing ahead of moon mission with astronauts in 2025 (video)
- In a virtual reality universe, upcoming 'JUICE' mission flies by Jupiter's moon Callisto
- SpaceX's giant Starship will be 500 feet tall for Mars missions, Elon Musk says (video)
April 12
- ULA chronicles the rise of Vulcan rocket in new employee-drawn comic book
- Watch an exclusive clip from the CNN' 'Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight' finale (video)
- 'Fly Me to the Moon' trailer mixes real-life Apollo history with moon landing hoax
- HALO Space unveils capsule design for stratospheric space 'glamping'
- One of the universe's most 'extreme' dead stars just sprang back to life unexpectedly
- 'Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight' documentary set to conclude on CNN
- SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on record 20th reflight of a Falcon 9 rocket first stage
- No, you didn't see a solar flare during the total eclipse — but you may have seen something just as special
- Fallout and the Space Age: The franchise's connections and nods to the final frontier
- Sierra Space wants to drop cargo from orbit to anywhere on Earth in 90 minutes
- Scientists identify origin of the 'BOAT' — the brightest cosmic blast of all time
April 11
- My formal 2024 solar eclipse apology
- Achoo! Baby star 'sneezes' tell astronomers a lot about their development
- A NASA spacecraft spotted something weird orbiting the moon. It was just a lunar neighbor (photos)
- Monster star gains magnetic personality following stellar merger
- Car-size asteroid gives Earth a super-close shave with flyby closer than some satellites
- 'Star Wars: Tales of the Empire' sets surprise May the 4th debut on Disney Plus (video)
- Gravitational waves reveal 1st-of-its-kind merger between neutron star and mystery object
- Trains, planes and a total solar eclipse! Watching the moon block the sun was a transportation adventure (exclusive)
- Soviet-era cosmonaut Vladimir Aksyonov, who flew into space twice, dies at 89
- Space weather can make it hard to predict satellite trajectories. Here's why that's a problem
- Stars make a bigger mess in old galaxies, and scientists just figured out why
- Top total solar eclipses to look out for over the next decade
- SpaceX launches advanced weather satellite for US Space Force (video)
- Japanese astronauts will join NASA moon landings in return for lunar rover
April 10
- Why Peter Higgs leaves a massive legacy in the field of physics
- See Jupiter close to a crescent moon (Mars near Saturn, too) in the 'View a Planet Day' night sky
- What happened when the moon 'turned itself inside out' billions of years ago?
- Could these big expandable habitats help humanity settle the moon and Mars?
- US needs new space tech or it 'will lose,' Space Force chief says
- What it was like to chase totality in South Texas
- Prime Video's 'Fallout' launches into the post-apocalyptic TV frontier (video)
- China moving at 'breathtaking speed' in final frontier, Space Force says
- Astronauts' photos capture April 8 solar eclipse from Earth orbit
- Thousands of hidden meteorites could be lost forever as they sink in Antarctic ice, taking their cosmic secrets with them
- We finally know why NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft stopped communicating — scientists are working on a fix
- Totality was a total bust for me — but not for the reason you may think
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites in nighttime liftoff (photos, video)
April 9
- Satellite views of solar eclipse 2024: See the moon's shadow race across North America (video, photos)
- These solar eclipse 2024 photos from our readers are absolutely amazing (images, video)
- I proposed under the diamond ring of the 2024 total solar eclipse
- 'Heavy' history: ULA launches final Delta rocket after 64 years (video, photos)
- Astrobotic to launch mini rover along with NASA's ice-hunting VIPER on next moon mission
- Future quantum computers will be no match for 'space encryption' that uses light to beam data around — with the 1st satellite launching in 2025
- The solar eclipse is over! Here's what to do with your eclipse glasses
- When is the next total solar eclipse in the US?
April 8
- Total solar eclipse 2024 thrills millions across North America (video, photos)
- Total solar eclipse 2024 has begun and here are the first views!
- Total solar eclipse 2024: Pictures from around the web
- In Indiana, the best spot to see the 2024 solar eclipse is wherever you are
- Chasing the 2024 solar eclipse means dorm life for some New York spectators (including me)
- The total solar eclipse 2024 is happening today! Here's what you need to know
April 7
- Maya nobility performed bloodletting sacrifices to strengthen a 'dying' sun god during solar eclipses
- Coding the cosmos: Building an app for the total solar eclipse 2024 (op-ed)
- SpaceX rocket launches 11 satellites, including one for South Korea, on Bandwagon-1 rideshare flight (photos)
- My dogs and I watched the 2017 total solar eclipse, but we won't travel for this one
- White House directs NASA to create a new time zone for the moon
- 'Beacon 23' series returns to MGM+ on April 7 with glowing blue rocks and alien artifacts
- Which places on Earth witness the most solar eclipses?
- The 5 stages of the 2024 total solar eclipse explained for April 8
April 6
- I'm driving 6 hours through New York's Adirondacks to see the 2024 total solar eclipse from Potsdam. Here's why.
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 105 — Apoc-eclipse 2024!
- Total solar eclipse 2024: Here's the national weather forecast for April 8
- William Shatner is beaming in to see the 2024 total solar eclipse from Indiana (video)
- SpaceX fires up huge Super Heavy booster ahead of 4th Starship test flight (photos, video)
- I'm headed to Indiana to prove myself wrong about solar eclipses on April 8
- The April 8 solar eclipse will bring weird sights, sounds and feelings
- Soyuz capsule with crew of 3, including 1st female astronaut from Belarus, lands safely to end ISS mission
April 5
- Southern Illinois will get its 2nd solar eclipse in a decade this year
- This hellish exoplanet's skies rain iron and create a rainbow-like effect
- This solar eclipse simulator on SkySafari will guide you through the eclipse on April 8
- Peer inside remnants of an 800-year-old supernova and see a 'zombie' star
- Watch live as Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying 3 spaceflyers departs the ISS tonight
- SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites into orbit from California in sunset liftoff (photos, video)
- Dying SpaceX rocket creates eerie 'dashed' line in new photos. What's going on?
- Like the 90s, binary stars are back in style
- Why NASA jets will chase the April 8 total solar eclipse (video)
- In space and on Earth, where astronauts will view the April 8 solar eclipse
- Last-minute solar eclipse glasses deals: Save up to 50%
- How the supersonic Concorde jet broke the record for the longest total solar eclipse in history
- SpaceX launches 23 satellites on 1st leg of Starlink doubleheader
- Cannibal stars at the heart of the Milky Way stay young in a gruesome way
April 4
- SpaceX moves Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of 4th Starship flight (photos)
- Ambitious new dark matter-hunting experiment delivers 1st results
- Largest 3D map of our universe could hint that dark energy evolves with time
- China putting finishing touches on seaside spaceport for commercial launches (video)
- Blue Origin will launch Ed Dwight, the 1st-ever Black astronaut candidate, to space on next New Shepard rocket flight
- NASA will launch rockets into the total solar eclipse on April 8
- I screwed up and missed the solar eclipse in 2017. I won't make that same mistake on April 8.
- Colors will look different during the April 8 solar eclipse. Here's why
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 2 sows the seeds of seasonal plot threads (Under the Twin Moons recap)
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' opens its 5th and final season in unremarkable fashion (Red Directive recap)
- The James Webb Space Telescope has solved a lot of puzzles, and created a few more
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates
- What time is the total solar eclipse on April 8?
- Western US residents report the most UFO sightings — what are they actually seeing?
- These 15 solar eclipse beers were brewed to sip in the path of totality
April 3
- NASA's Curiosity Mars rover begins exploring possible dried-up Red Planet river
- NASA picks 3 companies to design lunar rover for Artemis astronauts to drive on the moon
- 'Star Trek's' Sonequa Martin-Green says goodbye to 'Discovery' (exclusive interview excerpt)
- James Webb Space Telescope gets to the heart of a smoking starburst galaxy (images)
- The world's largest digital camera is ready to investigate the dark universe
- Mysterious object that crashed through Florida home was likely space junk from the International Space Station
- Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars. Will they ever be brought to Earth?
- Last minute solar eclipse deal: Celestron solar telescope now $30 off
- Why I’m staying home for the April 8 solar eclipse
- James Webb Space Telescope spots hints of exomoons forming in infant star system
- China plans to catch its reusable rockets with constricting wires (video)
- New moon phase on April 8 will bring on the 2024 total solar eclipse
- NASA to pick new moon car for Artemis astronauts today: Watch it live
- Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch delayed again, to May 6
April 2
- Solar eclipse sights might vary on the edge of totality: report
- Chinese space junk falls to Earth over Southern California, creating spectacular fireball (photos, video)
- Will the 2024 total solar eclipse be visible from space?
- Get a sneak peak at Universal Epic Universe's Celestial Park, coming in 2025 (images)
- An eclipse for everyone – how visually impaired students can ‘get a feel for’ eclipses
- A 'horned' comet may be visible during the 2024 total solar eclipse
- 'Zeus made night from mid-day:' Terror and wonder in ancient accounts of solar eclipses
- The faintest star system orbiting our Milky Way may be dominated by dark matter
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe makes 1st-of-its-kind observation within a coronal mass ejection
- JAXA and Toyota's 'Lunar Cruiser' moon rover is now a Transformers toy
- I'm taking the train to see the 2024 solar eclipse in Canada. Here's why I'm riding the rails
- Stars, planets and more will be visible during the total solar eclipse on April 8. Here's where to look
April 1
- Why I'm going to Missouri near the centerline for the solar eclipse on April 8
- New 'Star Wars: Unlimited — Spark of Rebellion' trading card game strikes our galaxy
- There's an April Fools' Day prank about the 2024 solar eclipse — don't fall for it
- April 8 solar eclipse: 6 zoos on the path of totality — and why animals react strangely to 'nighttime during the day'
- How photos of the April 8 solar eclipse will help us understand the sun's atmosphere
- SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket photobombs the moon in incredible award-winning shot
- Jedi Masters battle space pirates in new 'Star Wars' novel 'The Living Force' (exclusive excerpt)
- James Webb Space Telescope joins the hunt for newborn exoplanets
- The 2024 total solar eclipse is 1 week away. Here's what you need to know.