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![a pale gas giant, cut by the shadow of its rings hangs in black space, a large wispy storm in its northern hemisphere.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DHfyukSpB9ioM2G5yTEGqC-320-80.jpg)
Saturn's planet-wide storms driven by seasonal heating, Cassini probe reveals
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Saturn pumps into space varying amounts of heat based on its seasons, which drives planet-wide storms, data from NASA's Cassini mission has revealed.
![a woman in a fighter pilot helmet screams inside a cockpit](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DqcBYbYYfmy5zhHaxgsrZY-320-80.jpg)
New 'Space Cadet' trailer enlists Emma Roberts into NASA's astronaut program (video)
By Jeff Spry published
A new trailer for Amazon MGM Studios' NASA comedy starring Emma Roberts, "Space Cadet"
![Boeing's white and blue Starliner spacecraft docked at the International Space Station in June 2024.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iLBhRkVaKaZYUmiqadzRMJ-320-80.jpg)
NASA, Boeing delay Starliner astronaut landing to June 26 amid thruster issues
By Elizabeth Howell published
Boeing's Starliner will come back to Earth with its two astronauts no earlier than June 26. The four-day extension will allow for more thruster testing at the ISS.
![a cone-shaped spacecraft in space with earth visible on the left](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hQSEPuUQWGLK27MppSSr2J-320-80.jpg)
NASA and Boeing will discuss Starliner's delayed ISS departure today, and you can listen live
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA will talk about the delayed return to Earth of Boeing's Starliner capsule during a press conference today (June 18), and you can listen to it live.
![a rocky, rust colored barren, hilly landscape littered with various rocks and brown dust.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MsiSxGZGBRo9PGu2hn58FQ-320-80.png)
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover enters new Red Planet territory: 'Bright Angel'
By Rahul Rao published
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has been rerouted across a Red Planet dune field to reach the Marian territory known as "Bright Angel"
![a cone-shaped spacecraft in front of a green aurora above the earth, which is in shadow](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qcdoypiEdyKRiHKc6WdT68-320-80.jpg)
Shine on, Starliner! Aurora glows green as astronauts test spacecraft ahead of return to Earth June 22 (image, video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
Boeing Starliner has seen its one-week test mission in space double to about two weeks. That allowed time for an incredible aurora show during thruster testing on June 15.
![An illustration shows the death of a massive star in a supernova explosion that birthed a neutron star or black hole](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5cN2mvPuddHiskYfD7zepZ-320-80.png)
The universe’s biggest explosions made some of the elements we are composed of. But there’s another mystery source out there
By Robert Brose published
More-or-less all elements heavier than helium were produced in the 13.8 billion years between the Big Bang and the present day.
![dark orange and brown gas swirls in a disk around a black orb, which spews bright red gas upward. to its left, a smaller black point shoots a light gas upward too.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AybqptU5kC7kEKBm5RCDc8-320-80.jpg)
At the heart of this distant galaxy lies not 1, but 2 jet-blasting black holes
By Keith Cooper published
The two black holes at the heart of the galaxy OJ 287 are true behemoths with masses of 18.35 billion and 150 million times the mass of our Sun.
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