The CEO of France-based launch company Arianespace says Europe will have to wait until the 2030s for a reusable rocket.
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Carrie Fisher to finally receive her Hollywood Walk of Fame star on 'Star Wars' Day
Carrie Fisher will be honored posthumously on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 'Star Wars' Day.
Meteosat Third Generation's first stunning image
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Europe’s latest weather satellite, the Meteosat Third Generation Imager, has just delivered its first image of Earth. What does this satellite do exactly? And what does this mean for weather forecasting? Learn more about the Meteosat Third Generation and how this new generation of satellites is set to revolutionise weather forecasting in Europe.
Celebrate Star Wars Day with 22% off these Amazon Echo Dot bundles
May the fourth be with you and your all-new Amazon Echo Dot bundles, released to celebrate Star Wars Day.
Lego Star Wars Dark Trooper Helmet review
The most fearsome Imperial battle droid can now be in your living room thanks to the Lego Star Wars Dark Trooper Helmet.
Lego Star Wars Clone Commander Cody Helmet review
Clone Commander Cody might be our favorite of all the Lego Star Wars helmets yet.
'Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures:' Younglings now have an animated Disney Plus 'Star Wars' show (exclusive)
'Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures' premieres its flashy kids' content on Star Wars Day.
Satellite megaconstellations are threatening astronomy. What can be done?
Astronomers are becoming increasingly concerned of being blinded by the light from an estimated 400,000 satellites planned for low Earth orbit in the coming years.
New weather satellite reveals spectacular images of Earth
Europe’s latest weather satellite, the Meteosat Third Generation Imager, has just delivered its first view of Earth – revealing conditions over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic in remarkable detail.
Russian cosmonauts relocate airlock on International Space Station spacewalk
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin exited an airlock to move a different airlock during a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station on May 3.
Dark Energy Was Always Present, Everywhere and at Every Time
The Force is with us, according to cosmologists working to understand a mysterious “something” that’s making the universe expand. Its name? Dark energy. And, it turns out that it’s been present everywhere throughout cosmic history.
Live coverage: SpaceX poised to launch 56 more Starlink internet satellites
Watch our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 5-6 mission at 3:31 a.m. EDT (0731 GMT) on May 4 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Follow us on Twitter.
Russian cosmonauts complete spacewalk to relocate experiment airlock
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Astronomers are Starting to Find the Wreckage Left Over from the First Stars in the Universe
The first stars were odd ducks. Nobody’s observed them yet (although astronomers are hopeful JWST might spot them someday) but their ghosts remain. Born more than 13.5 billion years ago, they were very different from most of those we know today. These were massive monsters made mostly of hydrogen and helium. And, when they exploded as supernovae, their “starstuff” got scattered to space. Astronomers have now found the chemical remains of those stars in three distant gas clouds observed by European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.
Is This Nearby Asteroid a Chunk of the Moon?
The Moon dominates our view of the night sky. But it’s not the only thing orbiting Earth. A small number of what scientists call quasi-satellites also orbit Earth.
Watch SpaceX Falcon Heavy fairing make fiery re-entry to Earth's atmosphere (video)
The satellite-protecting payload fairing on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy made dramatic waves when it came back to Earth after the powerful rocket's launch last weekend.
Ride a giant sandworm in thrilling 'Dune Part 2' trailer
The first "Dune Part 2" trailer teases director Denis Villeneuve's second part of the epic film series based on one of the most beloved sci-novels of all time.
Gravitational Lensing is Helping to Nail Down Dark Matter
According to the most widely-accepted cosmological model, the majority of the mass in our Universe (roughly 85%) consists of “Dark Matter.” This elusive, invisible mass is theorized to interact with “normal” (or “visible”) matter through gravity alone and not electromagnetic fields, neither absorbing nor emitting light (hence the name “dark”). The search for this matter is ongoing, with candidate particles including Weakly-Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) or ultralight bosons (axions), which are at opposite extremes of the mass scale and behave very differently (in theory).
China to launch 1st-ever sample return mission to moon's far side in 2024
China will attempt to collect the first samples from the far side of the moon next year with its Chang'e 6 mission.
Black Hole Event Horizons Can Get So Big it'll Boggle Your Imagination
In honor of Black Hole Week, NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio has released an amazing video showing how several supermassive black holes scale with our solar system. It’s definitely worth checking out because it’s an excellent example of just how overwhelmingly huge some black holes are.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy lights up the night sky in these incredible launch photos
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, April 30, and the moment was captured in incredible images and videos.
