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Art for the turn-based tactics video game 'Star Wars: Zero Company'. On the left is the title of the game "Star Wars Zero Company". To the right is a rag-tag group of six, preparing to enter battle.

'Star Wars: Zero Company' is a new X-COM-style strategy video game set during the Clone Wars, and it's coming in 2026 (video)

By Fran Ruiz published

If you're a fan of XCOM and the Star Wars' Clone Wars era, you're in luck. Zero Company is coming in 2026.

Space Movies & Shows
This Week in Space 157 — Space Force!

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 157 — Space Force!

By Space.com Staff published

On Episode 157 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik invite Chief Master Sergeant John Bentivegna to the podcast to discuss the Space Force.

Space Movies & Shows
A stunning long-duration photograph of the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station with the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft docked above Earth’s atmospheric glow as seen 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

Watch NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth today

By Mike Wall published

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth from the International Space Station this evening (April 19), and you can watch it live.

International Space Station
a rust orange yellow sky and landscape features a rocky surface in the foreground, with a large pointed hill beyond.

Could Mars volcanoes have supported ancient life on the Red Planet? Well, maybe

By Stefanie Waldek published

Using NASA's Perseverance rover to analyze Martian rocks, researchers suggest that Mars' complex volcanism might hold clues about the planet's ancient habitability.

Mars
SpaceX's first Falcon 9 rocket to land off the coast of the Bahamas touched down on a drone ship on Feb. 18, 2025.

Bahamas puts SpaceX rocket landings on hold pending review: report

By Tariq Malik published

Landing off the coast of the Bahamas offers SpaceX new rocket flight trajectories.

Launches & Spacecraft
ISS Expedition Commander Alexey Ovchinin (left) hands the symbolic key to the orbiting lab to Japan's Takuya Onishi (right) in a change-of-command ceremony on April 18, 2025.

'Take care of our station. It's our everything.' Russian cosmonaut hands control of ISS over to Japanese astronaut (video)

By Mike Wall published

Russia's Alexey Ovchinin handed the keys of the International Space Station to Japanese spaceflyer Takuya Onishi in a change-of-command ceremony today (April 18).

International Space Station
A hazy orange glow with stars in the background.

NASA's sun-studying PUNCH mission captures its 1st-light images. Everything looks great so far

By Monisha Ravisetti published

NASA's PUNCH sun-studying mission has seen first light — and the team says all four instruments are indeed working as expected.

The Sun
Logo for the Star Wars The Mandalorian and Grogu movie.

Star Wars Celebration reveals new footage about Sigourney Weaver's 'The Mandalorian & Grogu' character

By Fran Ruiz published

The Mandalorian's next chapter will blast into theaters in 2026, and we're learning more about its characters and story.

Space Movies & Shows
A pseudo-color image of the ultra-diffuse galaxy FCC 224, as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Ghostly galaxy without dark matter baffles astronomers

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

Astronomers have stumbled upon yet another ghostly galaxy that appears to be devoid of dark matter, the elusive stuff that makes up most of the material universe.

The Universe
a pillar of dust and gas extends outward in a nebula

Cosmic party streamer for Hubble's 35th | Space picture of the day for April 18, 2025

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A new portrait of a pillar of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula is a reason to celebrate.

Hubble Space Telescope
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