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Perseid meteor shower 2021 webcasts: How to watch the 'shooting stars' live online
There are plenty of opportunities to see the Perseid meteor shower at its peak this week, even if you can't see any "shooting stars" in person.
BepiColombo skims past Venus
Image: BepiColombo skims past Venus
Red Dwarfs Aren’t So Bad (For Planets) After All
Red dwarf stars appear to flare preferentially at high latitudes, which might keep their exoplanets habitable instead of hellish.
Atlas V rocket rolling to launch pad with GOES-T weather satellite for NASA, NOAA (video replay)
SpaceX plans to acquire one of its competitors for broadband satellites — Swarm Technologies — as it continues to grow its Starlink megaconstellation.
Ariane 6 upper stage readies for tests at Europe's Spaceport
Video: 00:03:21
Meet bag, bottle and straw, three bits of plastic left on the beach.
Alien life could thrive on big 'Hycean' exoplanets
Astronauts on the International Space Station held their own summer Olympics in orbit over the weekend with weightless synchronized swimming and more.
Jupiter's huge moon Ganymede stuns in new infrared image from NASA's Juno probe
Scientists are using infrared to better explore Jupiter's moon Ganymede, the largest moon in our solar system.
Space Olympics (full video)
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The International Space Station Expedition 65 crew recorded themselves on a day off after a long week of work having some weightless fun. From Earth orbit, 400 km above our planet, the crew present the very first Space Olympics.
Boeing Starliner Launch Scrubbed. No Idea When it Might fly
With all the news recently about relatively young rocket companies successfully flinging their founders and some actual astronauts into space, it might be surprising that the rocket company with the most experience of all still hasn’t gotten its flagship new rocket off the ground with people yet. And after yet another delay, there is now no firm date for the launch of Boeing’s Starliner.
Live coverage: Antares rocket poised for launch from Virginia
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Antares rocket from Virginia with Northrop Grumman’s 16th operational Cygnus resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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Boeing continues Starliner valve troubleshooting
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: Boeing
Boeing engineers at Cape Canaveral continue troubleshooting stuck valves in the propulsion system of the company’s Starliner crew capsule in hopes of resolving the problem — and understanding what caused it — in time to take off on an unpiloted test flight before the current launch window closes later this month.
Playmobil unveils epic Star Trek USS Enterprise NCC-1701 playset
Playmobil is launching an epic new replica of the USS Enterprise from "Star Trek" on Sept. 8 to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the sci-fi franchise's TV debut.
Skywatcher’s Delight: Nova RS Ophiuchi in Outburst and Comet O1 Nishimura
The Perseids, a rare eruption of nova RS Ophiuchi and a challenging dawn comet round out an amazing week of skywatching.
Star Trek Adventures tabletop RPG to get 7 new additions this year
There’s even a world first coming to the tabletop game.
Astro Restoration Project pieces together space shuttle astronomy payload
The Astro Restoration Project is now well underway towards its goal of bringing the STS-35 (and STS-67) mission hardware back to its as-flown condition.
The Sun Didn't Have any Sunspots for 70 Years, now we Might Know why
Concentric ripples in galactic dust clouds triggered by a powerful black-hole X-ray burst can be seen in a new image released by NASA.
Ukraine plans to join the EU. Will the nation's space prospects expand as a result?
Live long and prosper with a collectible prop replica Medical Scanner and Hypospray set
Northrop Grumman will launch a Cygnus cargo ship to the space station today. Here's how to watch live.
NASA and Northrop Grumman are teaming up to launch a cargo capsule to the International Space Station today (Aug. 10) at 5:56 p.m. EDT (2156 GMT).
Astronomy Jargon 101: Parallax
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You probably don’t know how close you are to today’s topic: parallax!
Antares rocket ready for launch on space station resupply mission
A mobile clean room, seen here Monday, attached to the nose cone of Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket allowed ground teams to load time-sensitive cargo into a Cygnus supply ship before its launch to the International Space Station. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now
Northrop Grumman packed last-minute cargo into a commercial Cygnus supply ship Monday on a launch pad in Virginia, putting the finishing touches on a spacecraft set for liftoff Tuesday atop an Antares rocket on a mission to the International Space Station.
