NASA's Tom Marshburn visited the International Space Station three times with three different spacecraft, accruing nearly a year in space over his career.
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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.
Space 220 at Disney's Epcot serves up more space fact trading cards
Diners enjoying the fare on the Centauri space station can take home a souvenir that dips even further into the solar system. Space 220 gives out trading cards featuring space food and exploration.
Artemis 1 moon mission squeezing communications with James Webb Space Telescope
Two major NASA missions that have launched in the past year are revealing a communications weakness in space.
China's Shenzhou 14 astronauts set to return to Earth on Sunday
Three astronauts who spent six months in space constructing China's new space station are set to return home on Sunday (Dec. 4).
Europe's new lightweight Vega C rocket gets a big Earth observation opportunity
Arianespace will launch five Earth missions with Vega C between 2024 and 2026 on behalf of the European Union.
Mars at opposition will meet up with the full moon next week (Dec. 7). Here's how to see it
The full moon will appear in very close proximity to a brilliant Mars in the evening of Wednesday (Dec. 7) as the Red Planet reaches opposition.
SpaceX gets permission to deploy 7,500 next-generation Starlink satellites
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX to deploy 7,500 next-generation Starlink internet satellites — one-quarter of the company's planned constellation.
Watch 2 NASA astronauts conduct spacewalk on Saturday
Two NASA astronauts will conduct a spacewalk Saturday (Dec. 3) to install new solar arrays on the International Space Station, and you can watch the action live.