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Huge Delta IV Heavy rocket to launch US spy satellite tonight. Here's how to watch.

The behemoth is set to blast off at 4:46 p.m. EST (2046 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, carrying the classified NROL-82 satellite into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). You can watch all the ...

NASA chief nominee Bill Nelson talks Artemis program and more at Senate hearing

The 78-year-old Nelson — who made space issues a cornerstone issue in his decades representing Florida in the House and Senate — said NASA is still technically committed to a 2024 deadline for landing people on the moon under the Artemis program, ...

One of the world's oldest science experiments comes up from the dirt beneath the campus of Michigan State University

Orlando Sentinel

Orlando Sentinel

Weber and her colleagues are the latest custodians of the Beal seed viability experiment: a multicentury attempt to figure out how long seeds can lie dormant in the soil without losing their ability to germinate. Every 20 years ...

Blue Origin Challenges NASA Over SpaceX Moon Lander Deal

The New York Times

The New York Times

The space agency picked Elon Musk's company over two other bidders to take its astronauts back to the lunar surface.

The Super Pink Moon of 2021 rises tonight, but it won't look pink

The first of only two supermoons of 2021 rises in a Super Pink Full Moon tonight (April 26) and you have a chance to watch it online if bad weather clouds out your view. Supermoons are full moons that appear bigger in the sky than usual, though the difference ...

See amazing video of Mars helicopter Ingenuity's boundary-stretching 3rd flight

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity broke new ground during its latest Red Planet flight, as video of the sortie shows. Ingenuity took off early Sunday morning (April 25) on its third and most ambitious Martian mission yet. The 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper ...

SpaceX fires up Starship SN15 prototype to prep for test flight

SpaceX's latest Starship prototype has roared to life. The company performed the first "static fire" test on Starship SN15 Monday (April 26) at 5:57 p.m. EDT (2157 GMT) ...

This supermoon, expect flooding, but a lunar cycle is masking effects of sea level rise

But something else is going on with the way the moon orbits the Earth that people should be aware of. It's called the lunar nodal cycle, and it's presently hiding a looming risk that can't be ignored.

Studies connect hormone to breast cancer and uncover potential for novel targeted drugs

EurekAlert

EurekAlert

The hormone prolactin has long been understood to play a vital role in breast growth and development and the production of milk during pregnancy. But a pair of recent studies conducted at VCU Massey Cancer Center finds strong evidence that prolactin also ...

Scientists to live tweet asteroid impact exercise

Follow the action as asteroid scientists, space agencies and civil protection organizations participate in a drill – simulating an asteroid impact about to happen – during this week's virtual Planetary Defense Conference. Sharing is caring! Tweet. Share. Pin.