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Blue Origin’s NS-21 space tourism launch: Watch here June 4
Watch the launch of Blue Origin's NS-21 mission featuring the youngest-ever American woman to go to space - here.
June 3, 2022
New record: Tonga volcano biggest of 21st century
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption was the largest of the 21st century, and the explosion matched the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883.
June 3, 2022
Could homeless aliens hitch a ride on rogue planets?
An astronomer explains how homeless aliens might hitch a ride on rogue planets, to travel through interstellar space and colonize new planetary systems.
June 2, 2022
Can binary-star planets support life?
A new study examines whether binary-star planets - planets orbiting 2 suns - can harbor life.
June 2, 2022
Hot, rocky exoplanets among Webb’s 1st targets
Two of the Webb telescope's 1st science targets will be hot, rocky exoplanets within 50 light-years of Earth: 55 Cancri e and LHS 3844 b.
June 2, 2022
Tau Herculid meteors: Best images and video
Best images and video from this week's much-anticipated (and not disappointing) Tau Herculid meteor shower.
June 1, 2022
Fate of SpaceX Starbase in Boca Chica … soon
The SpaceX Starbase in Texas has been waiting - and waiting - for an environmental assessment. The FAA says we'll have it in 2 weeks.
June 1, 2022
Westerlund 1: Our galaxy’s most massive young star cluster
Scientists have gotten a better look at Westerlund 1, the most massive cluster in the galaxy. They learned more about its size and distance.
May 31, 2022
Fire and ice: Moon water from ancient volcanoes?
A new study suggests that astronauts may one day drink moon water from ancient volcanoes. The water might exist as layers of ice beneath the surface.
May 30, 2022
Dazzling Venus goes behind the moon
Venus passed behind the moon on May 27, 2022. An astrophotographer on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean captured the scene.
May 29, 2022
