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'I have you now!': Darth Vader's lightsaber from 'Star Wars' sells for $3.6 million at auction
The winning bid for this screen-used prop made 'Star Wars' history last week... let's just hope the seller doesn't alter the deal.
Russian Soyuz rocket launches Progress MS-32 with 2.8 tons of cargo toward the ISS
Russian Progress 93 freighter launched toward the International Space Station on the MS-32 mission today (Sept. 11), loaded with 2.8 tons of cargo for the station's astronaut crew.
Infrared instruments could spot exotic ice on other worlds
Phases of ice that exist naturally only on frozen moons could be detected using infrared spectroscopy, according to new laboratory experiments.
James Webb Space Telescope images enormous star shooting out twin jets 8 light-years long
The James Webb Space Telescope caught the birth of an enormous star with particle beams cutting across a stretch of interstellar space.
SpaceX Starlink satellite photobombs orbital view of secret Chinese air base (photo)
One of SpaceX's broadband-beaming Starlink satellites has been captured overflying a top-secret airbase in China that was photographed by a private American Earth-observation satellite.
Watch the winners of the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award 2025 announced live online today (video)
The ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award 2025 will be streamed live online on Sept. 11.
On this day in space! Sept. 11, 1985: International Cometary Explorer completes 1st comet flyby
On Sept. 11, 1985, the International Cometary Explorer, or "ICE" became the first spacecraft to fly by a comet.
I beat light pollution with this smart telescope — everything I saw in the night sky from a city center
Don't let light pollution put you off stargazing or astrophotography, I managed to see galaxies, nebulas and star clusters all in Bortle 7 and 8 class night skies.
