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Watch 'potentially hazardous' asteroid fly near Earth this weekend in this free livestream

By Samantha Mathewson published

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will livestream views of the asteroid's close approach online.

Asteroids
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Vanguard 1 is the oldest satellite orbiting Earth. Scientists want to bring it home after 67 years

By Leonard David published

A team that includes aerospace engineers, historians and writers have proposed retrieving the 67-year-old Vanguard 1 satellite from orbit.

Launches & Spacecraft
A volcano on the surface of Venus.

Scientists may have just found the driving force behind Venus' volcanos

By Samantha Mathewson published

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.

Venus

JWST finds spiral galaxy about 5 times more massive than Milky Way — scientists call it 'Big Wheel'

By Larissa G. Capella published

It existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang.

James Webb Space Telescope
The four astronauts of SpaceX's private Fram2 mission over Earth's poles. From left: Chun Wang, Eric Phillips, Rabea Rogge and Jannicke Mikkelsen.

Watch SpaceX's history-making Fram2 astronaut mission return to Earth today

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX's Fram2, the first crewed mission ever to orbit Earth over its poles, will splash down today (April 4), and you can watch the action live.

Private Spaceflight
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SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX sent 27 of its Starlink internet satellites toward low Earth orbit from California this evening (April 3).

Launches & Spacecraft
a stack of flat hexagonal satellites on the end of a cylindrical spacecraft above earth

SpinLaunch wants to send 250 broadband 'microsatellites' to orbit with a single launch

By Brett Tingley published

SpinLaunch has unveiled its plans for a new broadband satellite constellation known as Meridian Space.

Launches & Spacecraft
A view of the exhibit floor at the Northeast Astronomy Forum in 2019.

I'm going to a huge astronomy expo to see the latest telescope tech this weekend. I won't be alone.

By Tariq Malik published

Billed as the "World's Largest Astronomy & Space Expo," NEAF 2025 draws thousands of stargazers each year, with astronauts and exoplanet hunters speaking this year.

Stargazing
four hands belonging to four astronauts hold up a mission patch depicting the moon and Earth

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts reveal moon mission patch to honor 'AII'

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

The next astronauts to fly to the moon now have a mission patch to represent their journey. NASA debuted the official Artemis 2 insignia, its first emblem for a moon-bound crew in more than 50 years.

Artemis
SpaceX conducts a static fire test with the Starship Flight 9 Super Heavy booster on April 3, 2025.

SpaceX fires up used Super Heavy booster ahead of 9th Starship test flight (photos, videos)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX is gearing up for the ninth test flight of its Starship megarocket, which will be the first to reuse the vehicle's Super Heavy first stage.

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