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You can order the new Seestar S50 Pro right now for $999

By Harry Bennett Published

Deals Get the latest release from ZWO, the Seestar S50 Pro. It has upgraded optics, dual 8MP sensors and more battery life than its predecessor.

Deals
A montage of two images, one showing a black and white winged spacecraft being met by a large crowd as it is rolled out of its hangar and the other showing two women and two men floating aboard a space station.
Astronauts on ISS grateful for 1st space shuttle rollout 50 years ago today

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, speaking from aboard the International Space Station, paid tribute to the 50th anniversary of space shuttle Enterprise's debut.

Space Shuttle
15 of the 50 newly discovered ghost dwarf galaxies
Astronomers discover 50 missing 'ghost' dwarf galaxies

By Robert Lea Published

The discovery of 50 "ghost" galaxies located up to 100 million light-years away may solve an astronomy puzzle.

Galaxies
NASA's space shuttle Enterprise with cast members from the 'Star Trek' television series.
Star Trek actors welcomed the Space Shuttle Enterprise 50 years ago today | Space photo of the day for Sept. 17, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published

This was a seriously iconic lineup.

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Space Shuttle
Scientists find youngest exoplanet on record — a 'newborn' named Elias

By Chelsea Gohd Published

That's one big baby.

Exoplanets
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the USSF-259 mission for the U.S. Space Force from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sept. 16, 2026.
SpaceX launches 2nd classified mission for US Space Force in less than a week (video, photos)

By Mike Wall Last updated

SpaceX launched its second classified mission for the U.S. Space Force in less than a week tonight (Sept. 16).

Launches & Spacecraft
Space weather caused a 16-minute train delay in 1848: 'Our research has a hint of a detective story'

By Keith Cooper Published

A storm sent a surge of current through telegraph wires that caused a train on one of Britain's early railway lines to be delayed by 16 minutes.

The Sun
Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region.
The battlefield now extends all the way to the moon, U.S. military's highest-ranking officer says

By Mike Wall Published

The battlefield that the U.S. military must prepare for and excel in now extends from the seafloor all the way out to the moon, according to Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Aerospace
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket touches down at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida after launching the Transporter-2 rideshare mission to orbit, on June 30, 2021.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket-landing team gets 1st-ever Neil Armstrong Space Prize

By Mike Wall Published

The SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Landing Team received the first-ever Neil Armstrong Space Prize during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday night (Sept. 15).

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Space Exploration
a hexagonal spacecraft floats away from a large metal ring on a black background
Roman Space Telescope starts waking up as NASA powers on instruments for the 1st time

By Josh Dinner Published

Roman is still traveling to its final destination in space and slowly powering all its devices.

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Astronomy
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