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Watch live: SpaceX counting down to sunset launch from Cape Canaveral

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch the SES 18 and SES 19 geostationary communications satellites.

Exoplanets, dark matter and more: Big discoveries coming from James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers say

The splendor of the image — taken last summer, just after JWST began its science operations — is illustrative of how the telescope's near- and mid-infrared instruments, in combination with the superior optics of its 21.3-foot-wide (6.5 meters) mirror, are ...

SES to complete C-band clearing program with SpaceX dual-satellite launch

SES, the international communications satellite operator, plans to send two more C-band television broadcasting spacecraft into orbit from Cape Canaveral Friday night atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a mission that will help clear spectrum for ...

Newly discovered 'mini-Neptune' may have an ocean or an atmosphere - but not for long

The extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, designated HD-2047496 b located around 77 light-years from Earth revealed its characteristics to astronomers as it crossed the face of its parent star. The discovery ...

Doubleheader! Watch SpaceX launch 2 rockets less than 5 hours apart today

The show is scheduled to begin at 3:26 p.m. EDT (1926 GMT), when SpaceX will launch 52 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

China's 1st liquid-fueled rocket moved to launch pad for liftoff this month

Chinese launch company Space Pioneer is all set for its first attempt to reach orbit, according to a photo from the country's Jiuquan spaceport. Space Pioneer's Tianlong 2 rocket, which can translate ( ...

NASA selects Firefly Aerospace for mission to moon's far side in 2026

The launch will first send the European Space Agency's (ESA) Lunar Pathfinder communications and navigation satellite into an elliptical orbit around the moon to relay signals between Earth and the payloads on the surface.

Astronomy Magazine

The Sky This Week: It's Messier marathon time!

Astronomy Magazine

After dark, you'll have some time to enjoy the rich treasures of the constellations Orion and Taurus, slowly setting in the west. Start with Taurus, the current home of magnitude 0.7 Mars, situated just above a line drawn between Alheka and Elnath, which ...

Volcanic activity on Venus spotted in radar images, scientists say

NPR

NPR

Researchers scouring decades-old spacecraft data have found clear signs of recent volcanic activity on Venus. The findings, published in the journal Science, reveal not only that the planet's surface is currently a turbulent place, but offer insights ...

Scientific American

How Researchers are Using AI to Talk to Animals

Scientific American

Sophie Bushwick: Or what your cat could possibly be yowling about so early in the morning? [CLIP: Cat meowing]. Harper: Well, powerful new technologies are helping researchers decode animal communication.