Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain China on Thursday launched a space probe on the country’s first mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid and bring them home for research, the Xinhua…
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Watch Rocket Lab launch private Earth-observing satellite to orbit tonight
Rocket Lab plans to launch an Earth-observing satellite for the company BlackSky tonight (May 28), and you can watch the action live. An Electron rocket is scheduled to lift off…
What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?
The sun sets as seen between buildings along 42nd Street in New York, May 30, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, file Twice a year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated…
NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global temperatures. How is that possible?
Antarctica has gained ice in recent years, despite increasing average global temperatures and climate change, a new study finds. Using data from NASA satellites, researchers from Tongji University in Shanghai…
Is Venus hiding dangerous asteroids?
Most of the solar system’s asteroids are in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. However, others are co-orbital with planets, like the Jupiter Trojans, which form two groups: one…
Best streaming services for Sci-Fi fans in 2025: Disney Plus, Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV Plus, and more
If you’re looking through the best streaming deals and wondering what the best streaming services for Sci-Fi fans are, then we’ve got the answers for you. It’s pretty hard these…
Strauss’ ‘Blue Danube’ waltz is launching into space to mark his 200th birthday
This undated photo released by the European Space Agency shows the 35 meter-diameter deep-space dish antenna, DSA-2, in Cebreros, Spain, receiving the first signals from Venus Express. Credit: ESA via…
Marvel delays ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ and ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ by 7 months each
Marvel maniacs are going to have to muster more patience to watch “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” as Disney and Marvel Studios has announced that those two titanic superhero…
Scientists spot high-speed galaxy collision 11 billion light-years away: ‘We hence call this system the cosmic joust’
Using a telescope in Chile, astronomers have captured a high-speed collision between two galaxies located more than 11 billion light-years away, getting a rare direct glimpse into how the universe’s…
Hopes for alien life dim as doubts emerge over exoplanet K2-18b chemical signals
An artist’s illustration of the planet K2-18b, one of the prime suspects to host life beyond this solar system. When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most…
