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The penultimate sunset at Concordia research station in Antarctica marks the beginning of a very exciting time for the 12-member crew: the coming of Antarctic night and the winter-over.

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Our Complete Guide to This Weekend’s Total Lunar Eclipse

Don’t miss one of the top astronomical events for 2022: Sunday night’s total lunar eclipse.

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The multiverse is huge in pop culture right now — but what is it, and does it really exist?

Whether you need a new villain or an old Spider-Man, your sci-fi movie will sound more scientifically respectable if you use the word multiverse.

Best Star Trek: The Original Series episodes

These are the best Star Trek: The Original Series episodes to watch to understand the show's enduring legacy throughout the franchise.

Watch black holes and the stars that feed them dance in this mesmerizing NASA video

A new NASA video shows some of the black holes closes to Earth, as well as the stars that feed them.

Solar eclipse guide 2022: When, where & how to see them

Our solar eclipse guide 2022 contains everything you need to know about the two partial solar eclipses that will occur on Apr. 30 and Oct. 25 this year.

DARPA is exploring ways to build things in space

The U.S. military has awarded contracts under a new program to address in-space manufacturing needs, as part of a larger effort to reduce the costs of spaceflight.

Boeing's Starliner is 'go' for crucial May 19 launch to the space station

NASA cleared Starliner to launch on the uncrewed OFT-2 mission to the International Space Station, which will assess the capsule's ability to get safely to and from the orbiting lab.

Smarter satellites: ESA Discovery accelerates AI in space

Could we capitalise on the Earth-based digital revolution to make our satellites smarter?

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InSight Just Detected a Record-breaking Marsquake: Magnitude 5!

This spectrogram shows the largest quake ever detected on another planet. The marsquake struck the Red Planet on May 4 , 2022 and measured magnitude 5 . Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/ETH/Zurich.

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NASA managers clear Boeing’s Starliner for second try to reach space station

Artist’s illustration of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in orbit. Credit: Boeing

NASA officials cleared Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule for launch next week in a flight readiness review Wednesday, moving a step closer toward a critical unpiloted demonstration flight to attempt docking at the International Space Station and check off other test objectives left unaccomplished on a problem-plagued mission two-and-a-half years ago.

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Facing rocket supply crunch, Northrop says it has backup options for ISS resupply

File photo of two Russian-built RD-181 engines powering an Antares rocket off its launch pad in Virginia. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

Northrop Grumman says it has a backup plan to fulfill the company’s contract to resupply to the International Space Station if the war in Ukraine continues to disrupt the supply of Russian engines and Ukrainian booster cores for the company’s Antares rocket.

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‘The Clocks are Telling Lies:’ A New Book from Universe Today Writer Scott Alan Johnston

Scott Alan Johnston (that’s me!) joined the Universe Today team just over a year ago. Since then, I’ve written over 50 space news stories for the website – time flies when you’re having fun! But when I’m not writing articles here on Universe Today, I’m a historian of science, and I recently released a new book about the history of timekeeping.

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Water may have been on Mars much more recently than scientists thought, China's rover suggests

Evidence is growing that Mars, now cold and dry, had liquid water running on its surface much more recently than previously thought.

Martian Dust is Starting to Darken Ingenuity’s Solar Panels

Like every solar-panel-powered vehicle on Mars, maintaining electrical power always becomes an issue at some point in the mission. Last week, mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory lost contact with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. While they were able to re-establish communications, which is done through the Perseverance rover, engineers know that keeping Ingenuity’s batteries charged is going to be increasingly difficult as the dark winter is on the way to Jezero Crater.

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These are the Best Places to Search for Habitable Exomoons

Our Solar System contains eight planets and more than 200 moons. The large majority of those moons have no chance of being habitable, but some of them—Europa and Enceladus, for example—are strong candidates in the search for life.

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Artemis 1 Probably won't Launch Until August

On March 17th, the Artemis I mission rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VLB) and was transferred to Launch Complex 39B at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the first time that a fully-stacked Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft were brought to the launchpad in preparation for a “wet dress rehearsal.” To mark the occasion, NASA released a video of the event that featured a new song by Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder (“Invincible”).

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Vega C prepped for maiden flight in June

The P120C first stage for the inaugural Vega C launch was transferred to the launch pad in French Guiana on April 15. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

Europe’s new Vega C launcher is on track for its inaugural flight from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, during the second half of June, according to officials managing final phases of integration.

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China's Mars rover Zhurong is hunkering down for its 1st Red Planet winter

China's Zhurong Mars rover is adjusting to its first winter on the Red Planet while its companion orbiter continues to map the world from above.


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