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Astronauts in final training for flight on brand new SpaceX crew capsule

SpaceX's Inspiration4 spaceflight will launch a Kings of Leon song and 50 other digital art NFTs to orbit next week.

NASA's daring Lucy asteroid mission is ready to launch

"Star Trek: Prodigy," Paramount+'s second animated entry into the "Star Trek" universe, looks like it will be a lot of fun.

Asteroid Apophis’ 2029 Flyby Will Provide a Bonanza of Asteroid Science

When a young solar system gets going it’s little more than a young star and a rotating disk of debris. Accepted thinking says that the swirling debris is swept up in planet formation. But a new study says that much of the matter in the disk could face a different fate.

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A Gravitational Lens Shows the Same Galaxy Three Times

The four-person crew of SpaceX's all-civilian Inspiration4 mission is on the way to Florida to prep for next week's historic liftoff.

A look into Boba Fett’s ship and gadgets

The first full trailer for season 2 of "Star Trek: Picard" has warped online and you can watch it here.

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.

Save 37% on this Amazon Fire TV Stick in Baby Yoda green for Cyber Monday

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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