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The Vespera smart telescope from the French startup Vaonis.

Vespera, a smart telescope to make astrophotography easier, nabs CES 2021 Innovation Award

By Hanneke Weitering

Vaonis, a French startup that raised eyebrows in 2018 with its sci-fi robot-looking Stellina smart telescope, has revealed its latest newbie-friendly astrophotography invention.

This transforming NASA rover can go places others could only dream of

By Kasandra Brabaw

A new "transforming" rover in development at NASA will be able to explore rough terrain unlike any rover before it.

Meet Au-Spot, the AI robot dog that's training to explore caves on Mars

By Mindy Weisberger

Scientists are equipping four-legged, animal-mimicking robots with artificial intelligence (AI) and an array of sensing equipment to help the bots autonomously navigate the Red Planet.

Views of best telescopes against a starmap background.

Best telescopes 2021: Top picks for beginners, viewing planets, astrophotography and all-arounders

By Gemma Lavender, All About Space magazine

Whatever your budget, experience in astronomy or targets that interest you most, there’s a great telescope out there just for you — we’ve rounded up the very best

Best telescopes for kids 2021: Top picks from Celestron, Orion and Meade to suit all ages and budgets

By Gemma Lavender, All About Space magazine

Looking at the night sky can be an inspiring moment for youngsters, and the right telescope can drive an interest in skywatching for a lifetime

'War in space' would be a catastrophe. A return to rules-based cooperation is the only way to keep space peaceful

By Steven Freeland, David Kuan-Wei Chen, Ram S. Jakhu

In 2019, US President Donald Trump declared “space is the new war-fighting domain”.

The best deals on Celestron telescopes and binoculars

By Gemma Lavender, All About Space magazine

Inspire others to look up by giving the gift of a telescope or astronomy binoculars. We've rounded up some of the best deals

Nokia has been tapped by NASA to research technology for a 4G network on the moon.

A 4G network on the moon is bad news for radio astronomy

By Emma Alexander

This aerial view shows the damage at the Arecibo Observatory after one of the main cables holding the receiver broke in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, on December 1, 2020.

Arecibo telescope's fall is indicative of global divide around funding science infrastructure

By Raquel Velho

The best deals on Meade telescopes and binoculars

By Gemma Lavender, All About Space magazine

Whether you're looking for a telescope, binoculars or both, we have the best prices from top online retailers

Sky-Watcher Star Discovery P150i telescope

The best deals on Sky-Watcher telescopes and binoculars

By Gemma Lavender, All About Space magazine

Whether you're looking to give a telescope or binoculars as a gift or buying kit for yourself, here are the very best daily deals on Sky-Watcher products

SpaceX Starship prototype exploded, but it's still a giant leap toward Mars

By Hugh Hunt

Private company SpaceX launched SN8, a prototype of its Starship spacecraft, designed to go to the Moon and Mars, on December 10.

Get 12% off the Celestron 114LCM Computerized Telescope, now just $309.58

By Gemma Lavender, All About Space magazine

Tour the universe with the latest in telescope technology — and at a great discount

The Nanoracks Bishop airlock is pictured after its installation to the International Space Station's Tranquility module, on Dec. 20, 2020. The station's Canadarm2 robotic arm, which relocated the airlock from the trunk of SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft to its new home outside Tranquility, is still attached to the airlock in this view. Adjacent to Bishop on the aft side of Tranquility is the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM.

The International Space Station is now home to the world's 1st commercial airlock

By Amy Thompson

The International Space Station is now sporting a shiny new piece of hardware.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, formerly known as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), is currently under construction on Cerro Pachón in Chile.

Rubin Observatory and Google will store astronomy data in the cloud

By Elizabeth Howell

The new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has announced a three-year agreement with Google to host data from astronomy observations in the cloud.

Internal projection of a bladed disk ("blisk") to be printed by Made In Space's Ceramic Manufacturing Module.

Made In Space makes ceramic turbine part in orbit in another 3D printing milestone

By Mike Wall

Made In Space just built its first ceramic part in orbit, 3D printing a single-piece turbine part onboard the International Space Station.

Artist's illustration of a fission power system on the surface of Mars using four 10-kilowatt units.

Trump signs Space Policy Directive-6 on space nuclear power and propulsion

By Mike Wall

Nuclear power will be a big part of the United States' space exploration efforts going forward, a new policy document affirms.

The U.S. Space Command reports that Russia tested a space-based anti-satellite weapon in orbit on Dec. 16, 2020. This image shows the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, the site of another Russian anti-satellite missile test in April 2020.

Russia has launched an anti-satellite missile test, US Space Command says

By Hanneke Weitering

Russia has launched a new anti-satellite missile test, its latest push to weaponize space, U.S. Space Command officials said Wednesday (Dec. 16).

Virgin Orbit will carry 10 cubesats on its LauncherOne Demo 2 flight this month

By Doris Elin Urrutia

Virgin Orbit announced that its LauncherOne rocket will soon perform in its second demonstration flight.

Hayabusa2 casts a shadow on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu during a landing maneuver.

We may be in a 'golden age' of sample-return space missions

By Doris Elin Urrutia

Modern astronomy is going through a new chapter of sample-retrieval missions, which started with the Apollo program.