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Watch Japan's ispace try to land on the Moon today at 12:40PM ET
A Japanese company could be the first private outfit to land on the Moon — you can watch the attempt live.
Hitting the Books: We'd likely have to liquidate Jupiter to build a Dyson Sphere around the Sun
In "The Possibility of Life," science journalist Jaime Green examines humanity's intriguing history of looking to the stars and finding ourselves reflected in them.
SpaceX's Starship completed its first fully integrated launch before exploding
SpaceX's Starship rocket has completed its first fully integrated flight test, but it didn't reach orbit.
SpaceX's Starship orbital test launch scrubbed due to 'frozen valve'
SpaceX hopes to launch its first Starship orbital flight at 9:20AM ET — you can tune in here.
FAA grants SpaceX approval for Starship orbital flight test
The Federal Aviation Administration has given SpaceX final regulatory approval to carry out Starship’s first orbital flight test.
Researchers used machine learning to improve the first photo of a black hole
Researchers have used machine learning to tighten up a previously released image of a black hole. As a result, the portrait of the black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, over 53 million light years away from Earth, shows a thinner ring of matter surrounding its center.
SpaceX will conduct a Starship launch rehearsal next week
SpaceX is preparing to carry out a launch rehearsal of its next-generation Starship rocket as early as next week.
Virgin Orbit files for bankruptcy protection as it seeks a buyer
Virgin Orbit has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection a few days after officially shutting down its space launch operations.
These are the astronauts that will fly on NASA's Artemis 2 mission around the Moon
NASA has named the four astronauts that will fly around the Moon during the Artemis 2 mission.
SpaceX’s Starship will carry an SUV-sized rover to the Moon in 2026
Meet FLEX, a lunar vehicle that's bigger than NASA's Perseverance rover and can travel at up to 15 miles per hour.
Virgin Orbit officially shutters its space launch operations
Weeks after implementing a company-wide furlough, struggling space launch company Virgin Orbit officially calls it quits.
Lockheed Martin is building a Moon-to-Earth satellite communications network
Lockheed Martin's new startup will build a network of satellites to keep Moon explorers in contact with Earth.
How to see five planets aligned in the night sky this week
If you want to catch a (somewhat) rare planetary alignment in the night sky, find a clear area without much light pollution and set your gaze to the west right after sunset this evening. There, you’ll see five of our neighbors — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus — lined up in an orderly spread.
Blue Origin pins last summer's NS-23 rocket failure on a faulty engine nozzle
Blue Origin says a flawed engine nozzle brought down a rocket last September.
Relativity Space launched its 3D-printed rocket, but failed to reach orbit
Relativity Space managed to launch its 3D-printed rocket, but a glitch prevented the vehicle from reaching orbit.
NASA’s AIM spacecraft goes silent after a 15-year run studying the Earth’s oldest clouds
NASA launched AIM in 2007 to study noctilucent or night-shining clouds.
UK Space Agency funds Rolls-Royce's bid to put a nuclear reactor on the moon
Rolls-Royce is creating a nuclear micro-reactor to power future moon bases.
Virgin Orbit furloughs most employees and pauses operations for a week
Satellite launching company Virgin Orbit is starting an "operational pause" and furloughing most employees except for a skeleton crew.
This is the spacesuit NASA's Artemis astronauts will wear on the Moon
NASA and Axiom have revealed the spacesuit Artemis astronauts will use on the Moon.
NASA picks Axiom Space for its third astronaut mission to the ISS
NASA has chosen Axiom Space's proposal yet again for the third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

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