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April 14
- View the wonders of the night sky with one of the best star projectors around — now at one of its cheapest-ever prices
- Pop star Katy Perry and crew's Blue Origin spaceflight souvenirs
- Some dark matter haloes could roll through the universe like hollow cosmic Easter Eggs
- With 70% off, this Apple TV+ offer is one of the best streaming deals I've ever seen — watch all episodes of "Severance" and much, much more for just $2.99 a month
- Katy Perry and Gayle King launch to space with 4 others on historic all-female Blue Origin rocket flight
- Rare double solar blast unleashes 2 CMEs towards Earth — auroras possible April 16
- We finally have a release date for ‘The Alters’, the sci-fi survival game where you team up with your clones to survive a planet on fire (video)
- April's Full Pink Moon captivates skywatchers worldwide with dazzling 'micromoon' show (photos)
- Axiom Space to launch its 1st orbiting data centers this year
- 3 big hunks of space junk crash to Earth every day — and it's only going to get worse
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 27 Starlink satellites to orbit on record-breaking 27th flight (photos)
April 13
- Katy Perry and Blue Origin's all-female rocket crew get Monse designer flight suits
- I’m headed to STARMUS La Palma 2025, where curious minds will gather under one of the darkest skies on Earth
- Not just Katy Perry: Here are the celebrities Blue Origin has launched to space
- Blue Origin set to launch all-female spaceflight with Katy Perry today
- SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket, lands booster on ship at sea (video)
April 12
- 'The Dream is [still] Alive': First IMAX film shot in space at 40 years
- 'I'm really excited about the engineering of it all.' Katy Perry is psyched for her Blue Origin launch on April 14
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 156 — Rocket Blast
- SpaceX launches 9th batch of 'proliferated architecture' spy satellites for US government (video)
- You don't need to like every episode of 'Doctor Who' — in fact, it's probably a good thing if you don't
- How to watch Blue Origin launch Katy Perry and crew to space on a historic all-female spaceflight today
- Easter is coming late in 2025, astronomically speaking. Here's why
April 11
- The newest GOES weather satellite in NOAA's fleet is now fully operational (video)
- Auroras could spice up April's Full Pink 'micromoon' this weekend
- Trump administration could slash NASA science budget by 50%, reports suggest
- Elon Musk's DOGE team given 'alarming degree' of access to NASA systems, House Democrats say
- The Fantastic Four suit up in awesome spacesuits in this sneak peek at 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps'
- 'The Empire can not win' — A pair of explosive 'Andor' Season 2 teasers drop ahead of April 22 release (video)
- Private Astroscale probe will refuel Space Force satellites high above Earth on landmark 2026 mission
- How to watch 'Doctor Who' season 2 online and from anywhere
- A gravitational war next door: The Large Magellanic Cloud is gradually destroying the Small Magellanic Cloud
- The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon
- What time is Blue Origin's New Shepard launch with Katy Perry and Gayle King today?
- Watch April's Full Pink 'micromoon' rise this weekend with a free telescope livestream
- Texas senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston
- What to expect from the newfound Comet Swan: An observer's guide
- NASA spacecraft spots monster black hole bursting with X-rays 'releasing a hundred times more energy than we have seen elsewhere'
- Save a massive 30% on the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ, a top-tier beginner telescope
- Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight urges women to shoot for the stars — but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional
April 10
- China to 3D-print bricks on the moon using lunar dirt in 2028 to pave way for future base (video)
- 'Love, Death + Robots' Season 4 teaser is a maelstrom of explosions, aliens, dinosaurs, and... well robots (video)
- NASA's Juno probe at Jupiter hits 'safe mode' glitch, but bounces back just fine
- See gorgeous green auroras dance over Earth in dazzling ISS astronaut video
- This star burped after eating a planet — but the planet was really asking for it
- Hubble Telescope snaps 1st images of clashing star clusters at the hearts of dwarf galaxies
- 'Murderbot' declares 'humans are idiots' in 1st tantalizing trailer for Apple TV's upcoming sci-fi series
- Rookie NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch to the ISS on a Russian rocket later this year
- Watch Predators take on samurai, ninjas and WWII pilots in the trailer for 'Predator: Killer of Killers' (video)
- Curiosity rover rolls past 'Devil's Gate' on Mars: Space picture of the day
- NASA's Deep Space Network is getting a new dish to help distant spacecraft phone home
- Meet the crew for Blue Origin's upcoming all-female spaceflight with Katy Perry
- Senator grills Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief, about Elon Musk's involvement in his job interview (video)
- Trump administration's NOAA layoffs affected the space weather service that tracks solar storms
- April's Full Pink Moon will rise as a 'micromoon' this weekend — what to expect from the smallest full moon of 2025
- Launch of Amazon's 1st Kuiper internet satellites delayed by bad weather
April 9
- SpaceX to launch new Intuitive Machines moon lander, lunar satellites in 2027
- SpaceX's next Dragon cargo ship launch for NASA will lift off on April 21
- Keeping space safe is the 'ultimate team sport', and the US Space Force has a new playbook
- China and Pakistan agree to fly 1st foreign astronaut to Chinese space station
- Trump's pick for NASA chief tells Senate he's aiming for the Red Planet. 'We will prioritize sending American astronauts to Mars'
- The epic total solar eclipse of 2024 caused some birds to stop singing
- Best small telescopes 2025: Portable, lightweight models to travel with
- Conservationists raise alarm over Air Force plan to land SpaceX Starships on bird sanctuary atoll
- That's no space station, it's a student-led drone show: Space photo of the day
- China's Chang'e 6 lunar samples suggest our moon is debris from an ancient Earth impact
- Nearby exoplanet could offer clues about atmospheres around hot, rocky alien worlds
- Capture the Lyrid meteor shower with our best camera for astrophotography, now $600 cheaper
- 'Predator: Badlands' trailer unveiled at CinemaCon shows the hunter becoming the hunted, but the rest of us will have to wait to see it
- Lunar Outpost unveils sleek new 'Eagle' moon rover (photos)
- Voyager, Sputnik and more: New collectible pins celebrate humanity's robotic space explorers
- How science gets tested on alien worlds: 'We quickly realize how much there is yet to discover'
- Watch Atlas V rocket launch 1st big batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites
- Newly discovered Comet C/2025 F2 (SWAN) captured in stunning photo blazing across UK skies
- How Trump's tariffs could shake up the global space industry
April 8
- We now know the shape of notorious asteroid 2024 YR4 that dominated headlines recently — it's probably 'suburban,' too
- How to watch Jared Isaacman's NASA chief confirmation hearing in the Senate today
- Could we use black holes to power future human civilizations? 'There is no limitation to extracting the enormous energy from a rotating black hole'
- NASA's in a 'weird period' right now, acting chief Janet Petro says
- This baby galaxy cluster is powering extreme star formation with a hidden fuel tank
- US needs 'orbital interceptors' to win a war in space, Space Command chief says
- Bangladesh becomes 54th nation to join NASA's Artemis Accords for 'peaceful exploration of deep space'
- A flower's point of view of a rocket launch: Space photo of the day
- Record-breaking 'dead' galaxy discovered by JWST lived fast and died young in the early universe
- Want to see a lightcycle cut a cop car in half? Check out the 1st 'Tron: Ares' teaser trailer (video)
- Save a massive $160 on the Ruko F11Pro 2 drone, a drone with a 6K camera and it's now one of the lowest prices we've seen
- Russia and China are threatening SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation, new report finds
- The Void revealed as the big bad guy for Marvel Studios' 'Thunderbolts* in new teaser trailer (video)
- Lunar Quilts capture crafters, astronaut's take on return to the moon
- Scientists spice up old Hubble Telescope image to shine light on spectacular star cluster
- South Korea is converting an abandoned coal mine into a moon exploration testing ground
- 1 year since the Great North American Eclipse — Here's how the 2026 total eclipse will compare
- NASA's Jonny Kim and 2 cosmonauts arrive at ISS aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft (video)
- What is dark matter made of? New study bolsters case for 'primordial' black holes
- Navy SEAL doctor-astronaut launches with cosmonauts on Russian Soyuz to ISS (video)
April 7
- SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on brand-new Falcon 9 rocket, aces Pacific Ocean landing (video)
- A day on Uranus is actually longer than we thought, Hubble Telescope reveals
- Indian experiment module falls from space and crashes into ocean, but it's all according to plan
- US Space Force awards $13.7 billion in launch contracts to SpaceX, ULA and Blue Origin
- Nearby star photobombs portrait of a distant galaxy in new Hubble Telescope image
- Scientists find rare double-star spiral doomed for supernova explosion
- The new 'Superman' trailer first shown at CinemaCon is finally available for the rest of us (video)
- Moon mission patch beamed onto rocket assembly building: Space photo of the day
- SpaceX's Fram2 mission captures 1st human X-ray in Earth orbit
- How rare are inhabited worlds in the universe? The 'LIFE' space telescope fleet could find out
- 'Major disruption' has caused Arctic polar vortex to slide off North Pole, scientists say
- The most powerful explosions in the universe could reveal where gold comes from
- New comet SWAN25F is turning heads — and telescopes — toward the morning sky
- Watch Soyuz rocket launch new US-Russian crew to the ISS early April 8
- Satellite jamming is a real and growing threat. How can we protect our space infrastructure?
April 6
- North America is 'dripping' down into Earth's mantle, scientists discover
- 'Doctor Who' Season 2 premieres this week with a robot revolution and AI terrors
- Lyrid meteor shower 2025 peaks this month: Could we be in for a surprise outburst this year?
- NASA website removes 'First Woman' graphic novel — but here's where you can still find it
- Blue Origin faces backlash ahead of historic all-female spaceflight with Katy Perry
- How bacteria could help build and maintain cities on the moon
- SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast (video, photos)
April 5
- The Wildgate reveal trailer looks like Sea of Thieves in space, with more interesting progression (video)
- Fram2 astronaut mission's West Coast splashdown opens new era for SpaceX
- Celebrate 'Star Trek' and help feed the hungry for First Contact Day today
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 155 — Space News You Can Use
- The moon joins Mars and Jupiter in a 'mini planet parade' tonight. Here's how to see it
- Meet 'Nighthawk': Mars helicopter mission could be big leap for exploration
April 4
- Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief, to get Senate confirmation hearing on April 9
- NASA's Perseverance rover watches as 2 Mars dust devils merge into 1 (video)
- How to see Venus light the sky as the bright 'morning star' through fall 2025
- Scientists are using stellar 'quakes' to peer inside stars
- The Lego Marvel Spider-Man Daily Bugle set is one of the largest Lego sets in the Lego Marvel range — now at one of the lowest prices we've seen in years
- SpaceX's private Fram2 astronauts splash down on Earth, ending historic polar orbit expedition
- Astronaut's new NASA portrait is a blast from the past: Space photo of the day
- Rare colorful lightning caught on camera by ISS astronaut. 'OK, this is kind of out there'
- 'Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions' brings co-op space adventures to Nintendo Switch 2 (and other platforms) in 2026 (video)
- Watch 'potentially hazardous' asteroid fly near Earth this weekend in this free livestream
- Vanguard 1 is the oldest satellite orbiting Earth. Scientists want to bring it home after 67 years
- Scientists may have just found the driving force behind Venus' volcanos
- JWST finds spiral galaxy about 5 times more massive than Milky Way — scientists call it 'Big Wheel'
- Watch SpaceX's history-making Fram2 astronaut mission return to Earth today
- SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California
April 3
- SpinLaunch wants to send 250 broadband 'microsatellites' to orbit with a single launch
- I'm going to a huge astronomy expo to see the latest telescope tech this weekend. I won't be alone.
- NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts reveal moon mission patch to honor 'AII'
- SpaceX fires up used Super Heavy booster ahead of 9th Starship test flight (photos, videos)
- True Anomaly to launch 1st deep-space security missions with autonomous Jackal satellites in 2026
- Doom: The Dark Ages — Release date, trailers & everything we know
- SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see their Florida launch site from space as historic pole-orbiting mission nears its end (video)
- Major storms on Jupiter can leave a fingerprint in the planet's atmosphere
- Captain Pike and his crew explore a lost Starfleet vessel in a new 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' novel coming later this month
- New 'Black Mirror' Season 7 trailer teases an epic space battle for the USS Callister (video)
- Extreme magnetic fields near our galaxy's black hole are preventing stars from being born, JWST discovers
- The utterly beautiful destruction of a planet: Space photo of the day
- Moon dust may help astronauts power sustainable lunar cities. Here's how.
- How a 'mudball' meteorite survived space to land in the jungles of Central America
- Powerful solar winds squish Jupiter's magnetic field 'like a giant squash ball'
- NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface
- What's the difference between a young exoplanet and an old one?
- Secretive Russian military satellites release mystery object into orbit
April 2
- 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 3 teaser trailer promises more gimmicky hijinks in the final frontier (video)
- Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon's 1st big batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites on April 9
- 'Red Planet,' 'Top Gun' and 'Batman Forever' star Val Kilmer dies at 65
- 25 years on, Vin Diesel's 'Pitch Black' still outshines every other Riddick film — and we think we know why
- Remember that asteroid everyone was worried about 2 months ago? The JWST just got a clear view of it
- Europe's life-hunting ExoMars rover gets new landing platform to replace canceled Russian craft
- Familiar faces return in 'Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld', which hits Disney+ on May the 4th (video)
- SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see 'pure white' Antarctica from polar orbit: Space photo of the day
- ESA's new documentary paints worrying picture of Earth's orbital junk problem
- US Space Force picks Rocket Lab and Stoke Space to compete for national security launches
- Space miso is nuttier than Earth miso — but it's still miso
- You can still get 73% Starz for three months and watch some Marvel content following the Avengers: Doomsday cast announcement
- Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space
- Drone pilot who flew over Vandenberg Space Force Base sentenced to 4 months in jail
- Plush polar bear with penguin art floats as Fram2 zero-g indicator in polar orbit
- Northern Lights in Mexico? Low-latitudes may be more vulnerable than expected to geomagnetic storms
April 1
- NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope takes its 1st cosmic images: 'The instrument team nailed it'
- New alien abduction film 'Watch the Skies' is giving us Swedish Spielberg vibes (video)
- 'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)
- Rare 'double sunrise' captured in Canada by intrepid solar eclipse chasers (photos)
- Déjà vu: President Trump nominates Greg Autry again to be NASA's financial chief
- Cryptocurrency billionaire watches SpaceX rocket launch on the way to his own SpaceX rocket launch
- DARPA accidentally detects SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket reentry by listening to Earth's atmosphere
- Floating blue-eyed robot keeps watch on the ISS: Space photo of the day
- Million-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun's greatest mysteries (video)
- Watch chilling 1st views of Earth's poles seen by SpaceX Fram2 astronauts (video)
- NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet aces key 'cruise control' test ahead of 1st flight
- Scientists used JWST instruments 'wrong' on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets
- Sun unleashes powerful M5.6 solar flare and Earth is in the firing line — are auroras incoming?
- Changing seasons on Uranus tracked across 20 years by Hubble Space Telescope
- SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles