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Austrian astrophotographer Gerald Rhemann has really outdid himself with an absolutely stunning picture of comet Leonard, including its dazzling tail.

This Photo of a Dying Comet Is So Incredible That It’s Melting Our Eyeballs

By Victor Tangermann

An eerie green meteor of unknown origin streaked across the night sky on Wednesday, drawing the attention of thousand of onlookers in Ireland and the U.K.

Video Shows Vivid Green Meteor Screaming Over Residential Area

By Frank Landymore

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb has long believed that 'Oumuamua, a mysterious object that visited our solar system, was an alien spacecraft.

Harvard Professor Defends Claim That Alien Spacecraft Cruised Through Solar System

By Victor Tangermann

An unofficial space exploration account on Twitter asked the internet to name an upcoming mission to the planet Uranus. Mayhem ensued.

Asking the Public to Name Probe to Uranus May Have Been a Mistake

By Victor Tangermann

The latest communications satellite that launched on a SpaceX rocket over the weekend is already proving to be highly controversial due to its size.

Experts Say Annoying New Satellite Might Be Brighter Than Any Star

By Victor Tangermann

When looking closely at a Blue Origin capsule, a former NASA scientist discovered that the craft in question was named after a bona fide socialist.

Does Jeff Bezos Know His Space Capsule Is Named After a Socialist?

By Noor Al-Sibai

Vice President Kamala Harris' call with astronauts on the International Space Station was cut short earlier today when NASA lost comms with the ISS.

Vice President Shows Up Late, Gets Cut Off From Astronauts Mid-Call

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists have discovered two "Super-Earth" planets orbiting a nearby dwarf star— and one of them may actually be habitable.

Scientists Discover Nearby “Super-Earth” That May Support Life

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's easy to imagine a spacewalk being trippy or even jaw-droppingly frightening, but for one Christian astronaut, it was nothing short of religious.

Astronaut Says He Had Religious Experience During Spacewalk

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ludicrously Close Up Shots of the Sun Look Nothing Like You’d Expect

Ludicrously Close Up Shots of the Sun Look Nothing Like You’d Expect

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Astronauts like the European Space Agency's Samantha Cristoforetti practice life-saving CPR procedures on board the International Space Station.

Astronaut Shows How to Perform CPR in Zero Gravity

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA has shared an absolutely gorgeous time lapse filmed from on board the International Space Station showing off a stunning aurora.

Space Station Captures Incredible Beautiful Auroras From Above

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese astronauts onboard China's Tiangong Space Station are reported to have successfully hatched rice seedlings in space.

Chinese Astronauts Successfully Grow Rice Seedlings on New Space Station

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA planetary scientist Alan Stern just visited the Titanic, and now he's getting ready to blast off into space with Virgin Galactic.

Guy Who Just Visited the Titanic in a Submarine Now Headed to Space

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Elon Musk and musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher's child X Æ A-12 — or just "X" for short — is already having trouble getting rockets off of the ground.

Elon Musk’s Two-Year-Old Son Frustrated When Toy Rocket Won’t Reach Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

A space infrastructure startup called Orbit Fab announced that it will be offering satellite refueling services in geostationary orbit as soon as 2025.

Space Startup Unveils Plans for Orbital Fuel Station for Spacecraft

By Victor Tangermann

Eminem and Snoop Dogg took to the stage at this year's MTV Music Video Awards (MVAs) to perform their hit single "From the D 2 the LBC," a NFT-laden anthem.

Snoop Dogg Did a Song in the “Metaverse” and His Bling Kept Clipping Through His Torso

By Victor Tangermann

The US military is saying that Russia just launched a new satellite, Kosmos 2558, in order to shadow an orbital US spy satellite. Again.

Russian Spacecraft Accused of Tailgating US Spy Satellite by Just 37 Miles

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The late Nichelle Nichols's DNA is to be launched into space on a Vulcan rocket, and will be joining Gene Roddenberry on the final flight of the Enterprise.

Nichelle Nichols’ DNA To Join Gene Roddenberry in Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

An international team of astronomers have announced the discovery of a "ocean planet" exoplanet orbiting a star some 100 light-years from Earth.

Astronomers Discover Apparent “Ocean Planet” 100 Light-Years From Earth

By Victor Tangermann

During a spacewalk outside of the ISS, cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was instructed by mission control to "drop everything and start going back right away."

Cosmonaut Told to “Drop Everything” and Return to Airlock

By Victor Tangermann

Hubble Gives JWST a Run for Its Money With Gorgeous “Celestial Cloudscape” Photo

Hubble Gives JWST a Run for Its Money With Gorgeous “Celestial Cloudscape” Photo

By Noor Al-Sibai

An incoming solar storm cycle is going to make things much worse for the increasing number of satellites that are going up.

Incoming Solar Storm Season May Totally Screw Up Satellites, Government Scientist Warns

By Noor Al-Sibai

A massive chunk of comet was spotted crashing into our fiery Sun. And perhaps unsurprisingly, it doesn't look like the rocky body didn't make it out intact.

Hey Kids, Wanna See a Giant Comet Smash Into the Sun?

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Astronomers may have discovered the youngest planet in our galaxy — a planet so young that it's still shrouded in its dusty, gaseous building blocks.

Astronomers Think They Found the Youngest Planet in the Galaxy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers harnessing the power of the ASKAP radio telescope and a new Setonix supercomputer were able to capture an image of a supernova remnant.

Supercomputer Spits Out Amazing Image of Exploded Star

By Frank Landymore

China Launches Mysterious “Reusable Test” Spacecraft

China Launches Mysterious “Reusable Test” Spacecraft

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Geoscientists may have figured out why dwarf planet Ceres, the largest body in the Milky Way's asteroid belt, shows signs of ocean and seismic activity.

Unexpected “Geological Activity” on Dwarf Planet Ceres Shocks Scientists

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Pieces of a recently-launched Chinese Long March 5B rocket were reportedly discovered by Filipino fishermen in the island nation's Mindoro Strait.

Giant Pieces of Chinese Space Junk Reportedly Found by Fishermen

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists observed a neutron star smashing into another star, and for the first time, captured the resulting gamma ray burst (GRB) in millimeter light.

Astronomers Just Watched a Neutron Star Hulk Smash Another Star

By Frank Landymore

Just days after reports of an alleged SpaceX rocket debris crash, another piece of space junk — this time from China — crashed into the Indian Ocean.

Wild Video Shows Chinese Space Junk Light Up the Night Sky

By Noor Al-Sibai

International scientists disocvered a tertiary, or triple, star system with a third star orbiting a binary of two stars. The stars are massive in size.

Scientists Discover Unique Triple Star System

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In a recent TikTok video, European astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti recalled the very specific smell she encountered once boarding the space station.

Astronaut Complains of Pervasive Odor on Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is glad the Russians are leaving the International Space Station in a matter of years."Bon voyage," he tweeted.

Elon Musk Lobs Casual Space Station Burn at Moscow

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new Roscosmos interview, Russia's vision for its upcoming station dubbed Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) isn't exactly groundbreaking.

Russia’s New Space Station Gets Sadder the More We Hear About It

By Victor Tangermann

A massive piece of Chinese space junk is slowly making its descent back down to Earth — and nobody is entirely sure where it will fall.

Chinese Rocket Officially Plummeting Down to Earth

By Victor Tangermann

Residents of Indiana and surrounding states saw a massive fireball meteor hurtle through the atmosphere in the earliest hours on Saturday morning.

Videos Show Meteor So Bright It Lit the Entire Sky

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Russian space corporation Roscosmos has finally formally announced it is abandoning the International Space Station — at some point "after 2024."

Russia Says It’s Definitely Quitting the ISS But Doesn’t Say When Exactly

By Victor Tangermann

A Romanian rocket startup called ARCA Space has come up with an absolutely ludicrous rocket design to launch payloads into orbit.

This Might Be the Weirdest-Looking Rocket We’ve Ever Seen

By Victor Tangermann

This weekend, China plans to launch a powerful Long March 5B rocket — and it's likely that parts of junk from the rocket will crash land back onto Earth.

China Is Sending More Space Junk Hurtling Down to Earth

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian urged the United States to stop militarizing space. The US is spending billions on the Space Force.

China Accuses United States of Militarizing Outer Space

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The sun was captured letting off a ball of gas — which, in other words, makes a solar flare seem a lot like a solar fart.

The Sun Just Let Off a Really Nasty Fart

By Noor Al-Sibai

The ever controversial head of the Russian space program, Dmitri Rogozin, is being replaced by deputy prime minister Yury Borisov, according to the Kremlin.

Russian Space Chief Leaving Post, May Be Headed to War Zone

By Victor Tangermann

Rumors are swirling yet again that Dmitri Rogozin, the outspoken head of Russia's space corporation Roscosmos, could soon be fired from his position.

Rumors Swirl That the Deranged Head of the Russian Space Program Is Getting Fired

By Victor Tangermann

As a simple tool goes to show, the James Webb Space Telescope's first images are a huge upgrade over its predecessor, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

Awesome Tool Shows How Much Better the JWST’s Images Are Compared to the Hubble

By Victor Tangermann

Not everything went according to plan during SpaceX's Booster 7 tests on Monday.

Elon Musk Says Explosion Was on Purpose, Then Deletes Tweet and Admits It Wasn’t

By Victor Tangermann

Asteroid’s Surface Like a “Plastic Ball Pit,” Scientists Find

Asteroid’s Surface Like a “Plastic Ball Pit,” Scientists Find

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After running nearly 3,000 simulations, scientists found that a minor change in Neptune's orbit caused by a passing star could disrupt our system's orbits.

Scientists Predict That The Solar System Could Collapse If a Star Flew Too Close

By Frank Landymore

Scientists believe they have found the largest-ever alcohol molecule in space — though it's not the kind that can get you drunk.

Scientists Discover Giant Alcohol Molecule Near The Center of Our Galaxy

By Noor Al-Sibai

Russia is using the International Space Station to spread anti-Ukraine propaganda, Ars Technica reports, an unfortunate turn of events.

Cosmonauts Spread Anti-Ukraine Propaganda on Space Station

By Victor Tangermann

Space travel is exciting. But as rocket launches become more frequent, the damage to the environment may no longer be as negligible as once believed.

Space Travel Will Absolutely Gut the Environment, Scientists Warn

By Frank Landymore

Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos has cancelled plans to transform an ocean freighter — renamed after his mother Jacklyn — into a booster rocket recovery site.

Jeff Bezos Ditches Plan to Land Rockets on Ship Named for His Mom

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

ESA scientists had to raise the Swarm constellation satellites, which measure Earth's magnetic field, because they were sinking in chaotic space weather.

Scientists Say the Sun Is Acting Up and Causing Satellites to Fall Back to Earth

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new study suggests that Jupiter may be our solar system's hungriest hippo as it formed by eating a bunch of baby planets.

Voracious Jupiter Ate a Bunch of Baby Planets, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

A group of MIT researchers are proposing the manufacturing and use of "space bubbles" to mitigate climate change — and it's so crazy that it might work.

MIT Scientists Want to Put a Barrier Between Earth and Sun to Fight Climate Change

By Noor Al-Sibai

Russia's Progress cargo spacecraft had to perform an unplanned engine burn to avoid debris left behind by one of the country's own satellites.

Russia Forced to Dodge Space Debris From When It Blew Up Satellite

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers believe that observing this dead star and its solar system might offer an unprecedented glimpse into planetary beginnings.

Scientists Spot Dying Star Brutally Tearing Up Its Unfortunate Planets

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

SpaceX CEO and self-described "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk has reportedly fired several employees at his space company, who critized him.

Free Speech Champion Elon Musk Fires Employees for Criticizing Him

By Victor Tangermann

Plans for the Russian Orbital Space Station (ROSS) are moving ahead but a top scientist says International Space Station modules could be contaminated.

Russian Scientist Complains That the ISS Is Tainted With Disgusting Pathogens

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Japanese scientists have analyzed asteroid dust collected the by the country's Hayabusa2 spacecraft and found "clues to the origin of life on Earth

Japanese Scientists: This Asteroid’s Samples Contain “Clues to the Origin of Life”

By Victor Tangermann

Roscosmos is reportedly trying to gain control over a German telescope currently orbiting the Earth almost a million miles away.

Russia Reportedly Trying to Hijack Space Telescope Currently Orbiting Earth

By Victor Tangermann

During the undocking of Roscosmos spacecraft Progress MS-18, ISS Cosmonaut Sergey Korsakav discovered "stowaways" gripping the un-crewed freighter.

No, These Aren’t Weird Visitors on the Outside of the Space Station

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A startup called SpinLaunch has been working to fling satellites into orbit via giant cannon for nearly a decade. Bad news: it won't work on humans.

Company Says Giant Cannon for Shooting Satellites Into Orbit Would Be Fatal for Astronauts

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Advanced civilizations could have entire planets act as one massive starship to migrate to other systems, leaving their old and collapsing host star behind.

Scientist Proposes Using Entire Planet as Spaceship to Different Star System

By Victor Tangermann