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China rolls out rocket for next astronaut mission to Tiangong space station (photos)

CMSA said Shenzhou 18 will be launched at an appropriate time in the near future. However, airspace closure notices indicate launch is currently set f...

China rolls out rocket for next astronaut mission to Tiangong space station (photos)

SpaceX launching Starlink satellites today on company's 40th mission of 2024

SpaceX is set to launch its 40th mission of 2024 this evening (April 18), a liftoff that will send yet another batch of the company's Starlink interne...

SpaceX launching Starlink satellites today on company's 40th mission of 2024

Sorry, little green men: Alien life might actually be purple

The search for alien life can now include purple bacteria, thanks to a new catalog of chemical makeup of the lavender-hued organisms.

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)

An exclusive interview with Zack Snyder about "Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver."

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)

Russia's Angara A5 rocket lifted off on April 11, marking the fourth launch of the first rocket developed by Russia since the fall of the USSR in 1991...

Russia launches new Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket on 4th orbital test mission (photos)

Will 'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks survive its close encounter with the sun?

'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks is hurtling toward the sun where it will make its closest approach on April 21. We take a look at whether this celestial...

Will 'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks survive its close encounter with the sun?

'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 4 uses time travel to remember the past 5 seasons

Tragically, in an attempt to make the actual plot work, we're drowned in absurd amounts of technobabble. Once you get past that, it's actually all rig...

'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

Jupiter's moon Io is the solar system's most volcanic body thanks to a gravitational tug of war that rages below its surface. But now scientists know ...

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

Apple TV+ is headed back to the past, and the future, with a fifth season of "For All Mankind" and new spinoff "Star City." Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolp...

Alt-space history series 'For All Mankind' gets 5th season, new 'Star City' spinoff

Boom's XB-1 test plane gets FAA green light for supersonic flight

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 experimental jet has been cleared for supersonic flight by the FAA.

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

The discovery of vast subsurface seas on Saturn's tiny moon Mimas has redefined our view of what an ocean world can be. We may now know how this burie...

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

Starting in late 2025, the Vera C. Rubin observatory will image the outskirts of our galaxy in search of dark matter clues.

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'

JWST's surprise discovery of methane emissions and likely aurorae over a distant brown dwarf could indicate this "failed star" is orbited by an active...

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)

Starliner will make its first trip to space with astronauts no earlier than May 6. The historic flight also marks the crewed debut of a new generation...

'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

The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York's Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, ...

Eyes hurt after the eclipse? Signs of retinal damage, explained

SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. 'And we never have'

For the chief leader of the SETI Institute, established to search for and understand life beyond Earth, there's a need to step back and cuddle up to a...

SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. 'And we never have'

What's left of the 2024 solar eclipse lives in our hearts

The 2024 solar eclipse, as seen from Indianapolis, connected strangers across a famous racetrack.

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

A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane,...

Uranus and Neptune aren't made of what we thought, new study hints

Exotic 'Einstein ring' suggests that mysterious dark matter interacts with itself

The unexplained mass of a remarkably massive galaxy suggests that dark matter interacts with itself, according to new observations by the James Webb S...

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)

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft moved between buildings at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to get ready for launch. Its first astronaut mission i...

Boeing Starliner spacecraft rolls out to Atlas V rocket ahead of 1st astronaut launch (photos)