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Our favorite novelty Astronaut star projector is now 20% off
By Kimberley Snaith published
Deals This Astronaut star projector is currently just 20% off, offering gorgeous indoor nebulas in a fun, novelty model at a sizable discount.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket debris creates dramatic fireball over Europe, crashes in Poland
By Julian Dossett published
A SpaceX rocket stage fell to Earth early Wednesday morning (Feb. 19), blazing a trail of fire through European skies.

Hubble Telescope sets its eyes on cosmic cotton candy near the Tarantula Nebula (photo)
By Samantha Mathewson published
The Hubble Space Telescope captured the colorful, wispy clouds near the Tarantula Nebula, one of the most luminous and active star-forming regions in our galactic backyard.

The Mandalorian & Grogu: Release date, plot, cast & everything we know
By Fran Ruiz last updated
Din Djarin and Grogu are headed to the big screen for their next Star Wars adventure. Here's everything we know about The Mandalorian & Grogu.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin unveils crew for 10th space tourism launch
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin just revealed the identities of five of the six crewmembers for NS-30, its next suborbital space tourism mission. The company has not yet announced a launch date.

Northern lights forecasts, alerts, and geomagnetic storm warnings
By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
The latest aurora forecast for tonight help you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.

On this day in space! Feb. 20, 1962: John Glenn becomes 1st American to orbit Earth
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On Feb. 20, 1962, NASA launched an astronaut into orbit around Earth for the first time.

'Impossible' pair of vampire stars discovered by Einstein Probe's X-ray vision
By Keith Cooper published
A flash of X-ray light has revealed the existence of an odd couple of stars, a massive star and a white dwarf, that shouldn't really exist together.
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