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Earth from Space: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan.
First view of Ariane 6 on launchpad
ESA’s new Ariane 6 launch system is being prepared for a round of engine fire tests – with removal of the mobile building that protects the rocket while it sits on the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Russian cosmonauts toss old equipment overboard on International Space Station spacewalk
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin worked outside of the International Space Station to remove and toss overboard a trio of outdated devices, including a spent science experiment.
Debris from missing submersible found near Titanic, crew of 5 — including space tourist — presumed dead
Debris from the submersible that disappeared while on an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic on Sunday (June 18) has been found, and its five passengers are presumed dead.
Watch SpaceX launch 56 Starlink satellites on June 23
SpaceX plans to send 56 Starlink satellites to orbit on June 23 to grow its broadband megaconstellation, and you can watch the whole launch live online for free.
Webb Telescope Tracks Universe's First Light
New results from the James Webb Space Telescope find that radiation from ordinary galaxies cleared the primordial haze left over from the Big Bang, allowing the first light to shine through the early universe.
SpaceX's next Starship prototype spins up engines ahead of test fire (photo)
SpaceX recently chilled and spun the engine pumps on Ship 25, the upper-stage prototype that will make the next Starship test flight.
High fashion! Mountain of discarded clothes in Chilean desert is visible from space (satellite photo)
A satellite photo captures a mountain of discarded clothes in Chile that's growing by about 39,000 tons a year.
A Brown Dwarf is Getting Hit With So Much Radiation it's Hotter Than the Sun
Hot Jupiters are large gas planets that orbit their star closely. Unlike our Jupiter, which radiates more heat than it gets from the Sun, hot Jupiters get more heat from their star than from their interior. As a result, they can have a surface temperature of 1,000 K rather than the 160 K that Jupiter has. They are one of the more common types of exoplanets and the easiest type of exoplanet to discover.
Green comet soars in stunning 3D image of the Milky Way (photo)
Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured a panoramic view of the Milky Way, a comet and other night sky sights from a dark sky preserve in Portugal. Watch it in virtual reality.
'Firefly: The Fall Guys' comic brings the Serenity crew back for one more job gone wrong (exclusive)
A new "Firefly: The Fall Guys" limited comic series is coming in September from Boom! Studios, returning the crew of the Serenity for more gun-slinging adventures in deep space.
Watch Mercury roll by in a stunning sequence from BepiColombo probe
The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft took this stunning sequence of images of its target planet Mercury during a gravity assist flyby designed to alter its speed.
What is Rebel Moon? Everything we know about Zack Snyder's new Netflix space opera
The Man of Steel director is off to Rebel Moon for an adventure inspired by both Star Wars and Akira Kurosawa.
Powerful cosmic explosion points to novel 'demolition derby' death for faraway stars
A gamma-ray burst spotted near the core of an ancient galaxy was likely created by an odd demolition-derby-style collision of two stars or stellar remnants, a new study suggests.
BepiColumbo Makes its Third Flyby of Mercury, Seeing the Planet's Night Side
ESA’s BepiColumbo continues its journey to Mercury by making another flyby … of Mercury! This is the third of six planned flybys of its destination planet, each of which gives the spacecraft a gravitational deceleration. Eventually, it’ll slow down enough to go into its final operational orbit.
Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS II lens review
We put Sony's mid-range telephoto lens to the test in a number of shooting scenarios, including portraits, astro, wildlife and more.
'Strange New Worlds' Season 2 episode 2 is a well-written tribute to traditional 'Trek'
'Strange New Worlds' Season 2 episode 2 offers a classic courtroom story brought up to date in a thoroughly enthralling episode that frankly hits it out of the park.
The Newest and Largest Starlink Satellites Are Also the Faintest
Despite being four times larger than the original Starlink satellites, the new "Mini" version is fainter — as dim as astronomers have recommended such satellites be.
Salty 'peanut' asteroid may reveal where Earth got its water
Tiny salt grains discovered in samples returned by the Hayabusa mission could indicate that the largest population of space rocks in the solar system is more watery than previously thought.
W-band on the run
Image: W-band on the run
