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What are spaceports?
Spaceports are our gateway to the stars, from the early days of the cold war to modern commercial flights.
Watch the moon pass in front of Uranus today (Dec. 5)
While distant Uranus will be covered in the night sky for many observers, amateur astronomers in other parts of Earth will be able to use the proximity of the moon and Uranus to spot the ice giant.
Watch as Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft performs crucial maneuver near moon on Monday
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion capsule will perform a crucial engine burn during a flyby of the moon on Monday morning (Dec. 5), and you can follow the action live.
Hubble telescope captures the colorful fireworks left by a star's violent death
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have created a stunning image of a cosmic fireworks display resulting from the explosion of a massive star.
MTG-I interactive brochure
MTG-I interactive brochure
Blown away! Watch NASA's Artemis 1 Launch Abort System blast off into space (video)
Luckily, the launch abort system wasn't needed during the Artemis 1 launch to the moon. But the view its departure left behind looks just like a moment from 'Interstellar' or 'Star Wars'.
Chinese crew back on Earth after six months on Tiangong space station
From left to right: Commander Chen Dong, astronaut Liu Yang, and astronaut Cai Xuzhe after landing on the Shenzhou 14 spacecraft. Credit: China Manned Space Agency
Three Chinese astronauts landed Sunday after 182 days on China’s Tiangong space station, completing the busiest mission yet for the country’s human spaceflight program. The astronauts performed three spacewalks and assisted in the arrival and outfitting of two new lab modules at the Tiangong outpost.
Veteran astronaut Tom Marshburn retires from NASA
NASA's Tom Marshburn visited the International Space Station three times with three different spacecraft, accruing nearly a year in space over his career.
Neutrons: Facts about the influential subatomic particles
Neutral particles lurking in atomic nuclei, neutrons are responsible for nuclear reactions and for creating precious elements.
China's Shenzhou 14 astronauts return to Earth after helping build Tiangong space station
China's Shenzhou 14 astronauts have handed over control of the Tiangong space station and returned to Earth.
'Avatar: The Way of Water': Dive into its immersive final trailer (video)
20th Century Studios releases the final trailer for "Avatar: The Way of Water"
Live coverage: Three Chinese astronauts land after six months in orbit
Live coverage of China’s Shenzhou 14 mission, a six-month expedition to the Chinese space station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
CCTV Landing Webcast (Clean Feed)
CGTN Landing Webcast (English)
National Geographic's new 'Stargazer's Atlas' is a breathtaking guide to the cosmos (exclusive)
Andrew Fazekas, a.k.a. The Night Sky Guy, shared the story of the stunning new "Stargazer's Atlas" from Nat Geo.
Orion Nebula image tells a dramatic tale of stellar death and rebirth
A new image of the closest star-forming nebula to Earth shows the effect massive stars have in transforming the region.
Fortnite's Chapter 3 finale event 'Fracture' just launched players to space to reforge the island
Epic Games' Fortnite Chapter 3 finale event destroyed the battle royale game's island battleground on Saturday (Dec. 3), then launched players into space to build a new one.
One of the World's Biggest Radio Telescopes is Hunting for Signals From Extraterrestrial Civilizations
Breakthrough Listen, a privately funded project seeking evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence, has started operations on the MeerKAT radio telescope array in South Africa. Over the next two years, the team will search over a million nearby stars, expanding the number of targets observed by a factor of 1000.
US Air Force unveils new B-21 Raider stealth bomber, most advanced military aircraft ever
The U.S. Air Force unveiled the new Northrop Grumman-built B-21 Raider stealth bomber Friday (Dec. 2) to be the new backbone of the Air Force's fleet.
Scientists Simulate a Wormhole, NASA’s Moon Infrastructure, China’s Space Station Crew
The best images from Artemis so far. More spacecraft are going to the Moon. Researchers have simulated a wormhole. China now has six people on board its space station. All this and more space news in this week’s Space Bites.
NASA astronauts deploy roll-out solar array while spacewalking outside space station
NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio helped augment and restore power to the International Space Station during a seven-hour spacewalk on Saturday (Dec. 3).
How Do Stars Get Kicked Out of Globular Clusters?
Globular clusters are densely-packed collections of stars bound together gravitationally in roughly-shaped spheres. They contain hundreds of thousands of stars. Some might contain millions of stars.
