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Images from the SETI@home project, including a screenshot of the SETI@home data and a man looking at a large computer with the same screen

This SETI program is chasing down its final 100 signals. Could one of them be from aliens?

By Keith Cooper published

SETI@home has been one of the largest citizen science projects ever, with millions of users around the world.

Search for Life

Every 'Avengers: Doomsday' teaser trailer revealed so far

By Jeff Spry published

It's apparently never too early to start the MCU hype machine rolling!

Space Movies & Shows
A circular patch with the letters "esa" in white against a blue background with the edge of the circle filled by various flags of countries around the world. Behind the patch are vertical strands of white numbers saying either 0 or 1 against a black background

Cyberthieves hit European Space Agency, stealing hundreds of gigabytes of data

By Tereza Pultarova published

A recent string of cyberattacks against the European Space Agency is just the tip of the iceberg, a researcher said, claiming that email credentials of ESA employees are regularly leaked online.

Space Exploration
Dark knots of interstellar dust are pictured blocking the light of more distant stars in a deep-space image. A knot of material to the lower left appears to take the form of a giraffe running left to right against the starfield beyond.

Giraffe in space? Eerie dark nebula takes on an uncanny shape (photo)

By Anthony Wood published

The shadow nebula LDN 1245 is located in the constellation Cassiopeia.

Astrophotography
A photo of Earth (left) and Mars (right) against a dark background. Earth is bigger and white clouds float among blue oceans while Mars as a few white clouds dotting its reddish brownish surface

How Mars 'punches above its weight' to influence Earth's climate

By Keith Cooper published

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if Mars weren't there?"

Mars
A brown landscape is scarred dark red as streaks of orange flames are seen around the edges of the dark area with streams of smoke moving toward the bottom of the image

Satellites spy raging bushfires in Australia | Space photo of the day for Jan. 15, 2026

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

The image shows just how large and devastating these events can be.

Earth
An illustration of the Stardust spacecraft as it chases the comet Wild 2

On this day in space: Jan. 15, 2006: Stardust spacecraft returns samples of comet dust

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On January 15, 2006, NASA's Stardust spacecraft returned to Earth to drop off a capsule that contained the first samples of a comet and interstellar dust.

Space Exploration

'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' is Hogwarts in space by way of 'Dawson's Creek', and we don't love it

By Sergio Pereira published

The noisy fandom is about to have a field day with Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.

Space Movies & Shows

How to watch 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' online and from anywhere

By Jeff Spry published

Space school is officially in session and here's your center seat invitation!

Space Movies & Shows
upport teams raise the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft aboard the recovery ship SHANNON shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard in thePacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif.,Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026.

'This is NASA at its finest': Crew-11 astronauts in good shape after smooth medical evacuation and splashdown, agency says

By Brett Tingley published

NASA leaders said the Crew-11 mission's astronaut medical evacuation shows how the agency is prepared to handle the unexpected.

Human Spaceflight
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