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NASA’s Curiosity rover appears as a dark speck in this contrast-enhanced view captured on Feb. 28, 2025, by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Trailing Curiosity are the rover’s tracks, which can linger on the Martian surface for months before being erased by the wind.

Mars orbiter snaps 1st image of Curiosity rover driving on the Red Planet (photo)

By Mike Wall published

A NASA Mars orbiter recently spotted the Curiosity rover driving across the Red Planet's surface, capturing an unprecedented off-Earth action shot.

Mars Rovers
a large silver satellite with orange solar array wings is released from a robotic arm into the glare of the sun

Hubble Space Telescope at 35 | Space photo of the day for April 24, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

Thirty-five years ago today, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into Earth orbit.

Hubble Space Telescope
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See a cosmic 'smiley face' in the early morning sky as the moon greets Saturn and Venus tomorrow

By Anthony Wood published

Nobody knows it, but the universe has a secret smile, and it uses it only for Earth.

Stargazing
An illustration of a super-Earth planet on a wide orbit around its host star

Scientists discover super-Earth exoplanets are more common in the universe than we thought

By Robert Lea published

Super-Earths can exist in wider orbits around their parent stars than was previously believed, suggesting these Earth-like exoplanets could be more common than we thought.

Exoplanets
China's three-astronaut Shenzhou 20 mission docks to the Tiangong space station on April 24, 2025.

China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts arrive at Tiangong space station

By Mike Wall published

The three astronauts of China's Shenzhou 20 mission arrived at the nation's Tiangong space station today (April 24), about 6.5 hours after lifting off.

Missions
Screenshot from Predator Badlands showing the Predator, an humanoid alien creature with four mandibles and dreadlocks.

The 1st 'Predator: Badlands' trailer looks amazing, but it's the 'Alien' universe teases that have us most excited (video)

By Fran Ruiz published

The first public look at Predator: Badlands has finally arrived, and it's safe to say this new entry is doubling down on the series' sci-fi worldbuilding.

Space Movies & Shows
a cartoon moons hangs from above, kind eyes staring down into the night. words at the bottom read google doodle lunar calendar

Lunar Google Doodle celebrates April's third quarter moon with interactive card game

By Samantha Mathewson last updated

Google's latest Doodle celebrates April's half moon with a fun interactive card game.

Entertainment
(Main) An image of the Extended Groth Strip as seen by the JWST (inset)

James Webb Space Telescope finds a wild black hole growth spurt in galaxies at 'cosmic noon'

By Robert Lea published

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously feeding black holes and bursts of starbirth.

James Webb Space Telescope
Lead art for Star Wars outlaws showing a woman, several aliens and a bunch of spaceships against a starfield background.

Fan-favorite Clone Wars character returns for 'Star Wars Outlaws' DLC in May, plus we're getting a Nintendo Switch 2 port

By Fran Ruiz published

Despite a rocky start, Ubisoft Massive is nowhere near done with Star Wars Outlaws. Next up, Kay and Nix will meet infamous pirate Hondo Ohnaka.

Space Games & Toys
NASA astronaut Mike Massimino smiles for a photo during STS-125 — the fifth and final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission flown by NASA’s space shuttle fleet — in May 2009. The iconic observatory and Mike Good, Massimino’s spacewalk partner, can be seen in the background.

Could astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope again?

By Mike Wall published

Astronauts repaired and upgraded NASA's Hubble Space Telescope over the course of five servicing missions from 1993 to 2009. Could yet another astronaut visit be in the cards?

Hubble Space Telescope
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