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Kate Mulgrew spills the beans on 'Star Trek: Prodigy' and bringing Captain Janeway back to TV

Eliminate speckling in space shots and reduce noise in astrophotography with these top tips.

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Satellite images capture aerial views of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida's landfall on Aug. 29.

Astronaut Alan Shepard’s daughter and Michael Strahan named to spaceflight

Technicians lifted the 29-engine Super Heavy vehicle known as Booster 4 onto the orbital launch mount at SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas on Wednesday (Sept. 8).

Canadian meteorite's roof crash leads to research on space rock orbits and building strikes

The dates have been set for ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet’s upcoming command of the International Space Station, as ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer prepares to join him on board.

Scientists fetch best images to date of 'dog bone' asteroid and 2 tiny moons

New observations of an asteroid shaped like a dog bone and its two tiny moons have given scientists insight into how the strange trio came to be.

Fourth spacewalk for Alpha mission

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide are set to leave the International Space Station on a spacewalk on Sunday 12 September.

Replay: Cosmic Kiss news conference

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Watch the full replay of ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer’s pre-launch news conference at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany.

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Stargazing with Binoculars: Beginner Tips

Get a new perspective on the jewels of the night sky by stargazing with binoculars.

Learn how to create extraordinary Lego spacecraft with the 'Lego Space Projects' guidebook

Jeff Friesen's latest Lego book shows space enthusiasts how to build little spacecraft, from more realistic vessels to science fiction dreamcraft.

Stargazing with Binoculars: Beginner Tips

Get a new perspective on the jewels of the night sky by stargazing with binoculars.

Strange, repeating radio signal near the center of the Milky Way has scientists stumped

Scientists detected a repeating radio signal near the center of the Milky Way, and it's unlike anything else they've ever studied.

An 'Internet apocalypse' could ride to Earth with the next solar storm, new research warns

A catastrophic solar storm could take huge sections of the Earth offline for weeks or months, a new research paper warns.

SpaceX's Elon Musk donates $50 million to Inspiration4 spaceflight fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Thursday evening (Sept. 9) will bring a lovely celestial display involving the two brightest objects in the nighttime sky.

Moon rock class in session

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School is also back in session for ESA astronaut Andrea Mogensen (right) and NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins. Together with European Astronaut Centre engineer Robin Eccleston (far left), the trio are taking part in this year’s Pangaea field training campaign to become better field scientists.

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Space Continues to be Hard. Firefly’s Alpha Rocket Detonates Shortly After Launch

Rocket science is hard.  So far, no commercial rocket launch company has ever successfully gotten to orbit on the first try.  The first flight of Firefly‘s Alpha rocket prototype did not break that streak last week when it exploded two and a half minutes after takeoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base.  

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60-second Astro News: White Dwarfs Still Burn, Black Holes Merge

This week in astronomy news, we learn that some white dwarfs still burn and image X-rays from black holes almost 12 billion light-years away.

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Ground-Based Observatories Could use Starshades to see Planets too

All hail the occulter: an orbiting starshade for ground-based telescopes.

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Mercury snuggles up to the crescent moon tonight

The tiny planet Mercury will make a close approach to the crescent moon in the evening sky tonight (Sept. 8).

NASA's Perseverance rover getting ready to snag 2nd Mars sample

Perseverance sealed up a drilled-out core of a Red Planet rock dubbed "Rochette" over the weekend. The mission team aims to replicate that success soon, putting poor Rochette to the drill again.

Russia's space chief invites SpaceX's Elon Musk over for tea

Relations between SpaceX's Elon Musk and Russia's space chief Dmitry Rogozin appear to be pivoting from sparring about trampolines to discussing an invitation for tea.

This is a 3D-Printed Steel Floor Prototype for a Lunar Habitat

In this decade, multiple space agencies and commercial space entities will be taking us back to the Moon. But unlike the Apollo Era, the goal of these programs is not “footprints and flags,” but to establish the necessary infrastructure to keep going back. In particular, NASA, the ESA, Roscosmos, and China are all planning on establishing outposts that will allow for scientific research and a sustained human presence.

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