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SpaceX ready to launch space station resupply mission after five-week delay

SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket roll out to pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch of the company’s 25th cargo mission to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX is set to launch its 25th cargo mission to the International Space Station Thursday night from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, following a five-week delay to resolve a leak in the Dragon cargo capsule’s propulsion system.

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James Webb Space Telescope: An astronomer explains the stunning, newly released 1st images

The buzz among professional astronomers has been electric since members of the Webb team shared tantalizing test images. And the real images are even better than anyone could have hoped for.

NASA temporarily grounding Mars helicopter Ingenuity to wait for dust to clear

NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter is taking a break during the dust-filled Martian winter that makes it difficult for the helicopter to charge its batteries.

With the James Webb Space Telescope in full operations, scientists look to reveal the earliest galaxies

The first galaxies in the universe may be chaotic, faint, and small, but no one has seen a galaxy in the universe's first 400 million years. Webb will change that.

China launches new communications satellite to support Tiangong space station

China has sent a new data relay satellite on its way to geostationary orbit to support the nation’s crewed space station project.

Asteroid Bennu Almost Swallowed Spacecraft Whole

Scientists knew the asteroid Bennu was likely a rubble pile rather than solid rock, but OSIRIS-REX's recent visit surprised them in showing just how loosely the asteroid really is.

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The moon begins its monthly planetary tour with Saturn on Friday

The moon commences its monthly tour of the planets by calling in on Saturn on Friday night. The duo will be close enough to share the view with a pair of binoculars.

China's proposed Venus mission would investigate the planet's atmosphere and geology

If selected, a proposed Chinese mission to Venus could launch in 2026 and arrive at the scorching planet in 2027.

Best Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes

We countdown the best Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes from an ambitious and emotionally charged series.

On bizarre brown dwarf worlds, astronomers spot hot, sandy clouds

NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope spotted a sandstorm special.

Houston Astros to celebrate Apollo 11 with moon lander bobblehead

An astronaut will take to the field as a baseball player walks on the moon — at least, the latter in bobblehead format — as part of NASA Night with the Houston Astros.

Best camera phone 2022: Smartphones with stargazing capabilities

Our recommended camera phones for anyone looking to rely on a smartphone for photography and video recording.

How to do landscape photography

Our landscape guide helps you grasp the basics required to shoot and edit amazing landscape photography.

Far beyond Pluto: What's next for NASA's New Horizons probe?

New Horizons is still on duty in extended mission mode, diving ever deeper into the Kuiper Belt to examine ancient, icy mini-worlds in that vast region beyond the orbit of Neptune.

Earth-like planets in dead star 'cosmic graveyards' get stranger

The first exoplanets ever discovered orbit a pulsar, and that's even stranger than scientists thought.

Watch SpaceX launch cargo mission to the space station Thursday night

SpaceX will launch a cargo mission to the International Space Station on Thursday night (July 14), and you can watch it live.

The James Webb Space Telescope made Maryland the center of the universe for a day. Here's what it was like.

Long before I arrived at the James Webb Space Telescope's image release event, I knew the telescope's images would be breathtaking. They still left me speechless.

Explore the Artemis program with All About Space magazine

All About Space issue 132 takes a detailed look at the ambitious Artemis program, explores dark energy and shines the spotlight on a potential solar system intruder.

Camera deals: Discounts on models from Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm and others

A one-stop shop for the best camera deals on the market, including Amazon Prime day deals that are still left.

A Star Came too Close to a Black Hole and was Torn Apart. Surprisingly Little Actually Went In

What happens when a star wanders too close to a supermassive black hole? The obvious story is that it gets sucked in, never to be seen again. Some of its material gets superheated on the way in and that gives off huge amounts of radiation—usually X-rays. That’s not a wrong explanation, just incomplete. There’s more to the story, thanks to a team of astronomers at the University of California at Berkeley. They used a specialized spectrograph at Lick Observatory to study a tidal disruption event. That’s where a star encountered a black hole. What they found was surprising.

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