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Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket and space capsule during a test flight.

Blue Origin NS-31 all-female crew space launch: Mission updates

Josh Dinner last updated 14 April 25

Blue Origin just launched Katy Perry and the first all-female crew to space April 14. Here are live updates for the NS-31 mission.

Journalist Gayle King celebrates after landing on Blue Origin's NS-31 suborbital mission on April 14, 2025.

Gayle King just conquered her fears with Blue Origin's all-female space launch. Here's how she did it.

Jeff Spry published 14 April 25

Journalist Gayle King conquered her fear of flying in a big way today (April 14), going to space with Katy Perry and others in Blue Origin's historic all-female flight.

a Black woman in a blue flightsuit reaches out her arms after stepping out of a space capsule in the desert

100th person to fly only a suborbital spaceflight | Space picture of the day for April 14, 2025

Robert Z. Pearlman published 14 April 25

Aisha Bowe filled a milestone seat when she flew on Blue Origin's 11th human and first all-female spaceflight on April 14, 2025.

Blue Origin's NS-31 crew poses for a photo after their flight. From left: Kerianne Flynn, Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Aisha Bowe, Gayle King and Amanda Nguyen.

‘It is the highest high’: Here's what Katy Perry and the 5 other women of Blue Origin's historic all-female flight felt after liftoff (videos)

Josh Dinner published 14 April 25

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket lifted off on the NS-31 mission with Katy Perry and five other women on April 14, for a suborbital spaceflight that left a deep and lasting impact on the entire crew.

Amanda Nguyễn stepping out of her space capsule.

Amanda Nguyen becomes 1st Vietnamese woman to fly to space: 'This journey really is about healing' (video)

Monisha Ravisetti published 14 April 25

"In this moment, I just want all survivors to know: You can heal. No dream is too wild, and if it's so wild and out there — like going to space — you can absolutely make it through, and it can absolutely be possible."

Pop star Katy Perry speaks after landing on Blue Origin's NS-31 suborbital mission on April 14, 2025. She holds a daisy, which she took on the flight with her. (Perry's daughter is named Daisy, and the flower also symbolizes life's tenacity and Earth's beauty, Perry said.)

'I feel super connected to love': Katy Perry reflects on her historic space launch with Blue Origin (video)

Mike Wall published 14 April 25

Katy Perry just flew to suborbital space on a historic all-female flight with Blue Origin. The trip, though brief, changed her in significant ways the pop star said.

Katy Perry holds a daisy flower to the sky, which she took to space on Blue Origin's historic spaceflight. — Katy Perry and Gayle King launch to space with 4 others on historic all-female Blue Origin rocket flight Blue Origin launched the first all-female spaceflight in more than 60 years today (April 14), sending Katy Perry and five crewmates on a brief trip to suborbital space.

six women in blue suits surrounded by inset photos of collectibles and memorabilia — Popstar Katy Perry and crew's Blue Origin spaceflight souvenirs A flag flown to the moon, a cookie from Cookie Monster and a locket gifted by an actress are now all space artifacts, having briefly left the planet with pop star Katy Perry and five more women.

gif animation showing a large filament erupting from the sun. — Rare double solar blast unleashes 2 CMEs towards Earth — auroras possible April 16 Double solar eruptions could spark G2 geomagnetic storms and auroras above northern U.S. states on April 16. Keep your eyes on the skies!

Tech

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

By Alexander Cox published 8 April 25

Deals The Ruko F11Pro 2 is a drone with a 6K camera and you can now save a huge $160 on it in this drone deal when you grab it from Amazon.

Deals

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Russia and China are threatening SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation, new report finds

By Sharmila Kuthunur published 8 April 25

"A future conflict in space could have massive, long-term negative repercussions that are felt here on Earth, as everyone on this planet is a user of space data in some form."

Tech

Spaceflight

Tranche 1 of Kepler's planned optical data relay network, with two Axiom Spaace ODC payloads.

Axiom Space to launch its 1st orbiting data centers this year

By Tereza Pultarova published 14 April 25

Axiom Space will launch two orbiting data center nodes into low Earth orbit by the end of this year, as the first step in the development of off-Earth computing infrastructure.

Private Spaceflight

Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez with three women in sleek blue flight suits for all-female Blue Origin launch

Katy Perry and Blue Origin's all-female rocket crew get Monse designer flight suits

By Tariq Malik published 13 April 25

The Monse Blue Origin flight suits were tailored for women from the start, designers say.

Private Spaceflight

Science & Astronomy

A dark matter halo with a galaxy at its heart. Not all these objects could packed with stellar fillings

Some dark matter haloes could roll through the universe like hollow cosmic Easter Eggs

By Robert Lea published 14 April 25

The universe could be packed with dark matter haloes that have no galaxy fillings.

The Universe

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025

By Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 14 April 25

Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.

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Search For Life

Area 51 sign on fence in the Nevada Desert. The white square sign has the text "entering area 51" written in large black letters.

Area 51: What is it and what goes on there?

By Robert Lea last updated 9 April 25

Reference Area 51 is a U.S. military base that has become synonymous with tales of UFOs, government cover-ups and potentially testing alien technology.

Reference

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How rare are inhabited worlds in the universe? The 'LIFE' space telescope fleet could find out

By Keith Cooper published 7 April 25

The LIFE mission would feature four space telescopes acting together to search for biosignatures on rocky planets in the habitable zones of their stars.

Search for Life

The Fermi Paradox: Where are all the aliens?

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 4 April 25

Reference The Fermi Paradox seeks to answer the question of where the aliens are. After all, the universe is incredibly old, big and filled with potentially habitable planets.

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Skywatching

Lyrid meteor shower streaks across the sky with silhouetted trees in the foreground and the milky way stretching across the night sky in the background

Lyrid meteor shower 2025: When, where & how to see it

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 14 April 25

Reference The best time to view the Lyrids this year will be early morning on April 22.

Reference

Statue of liberty in the foreground and a large bright full moon in the background shrouded by clouds.

April's Full Pink Moon captivates skywatchers worldwide with dazzling 'micromoon' show (photos)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published 14 April 25

Skywatchers around the world turned their heads — and lenses to the skies to capture the beauty of April’s full Pink Moon — 2025's only micromoon.

Stargazing

A castle ruin is in the foreground of the image with a subtle pink hued sky and a bright full moon.

Full moon calendar 2025: When to see the next full moon

By Tariq Malik last updated 14 April 25

Reference The full moon happens about once a month. Find out when.

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Entertainment

Artwork for Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 showing Darth Vader and imperial vehicles next to a motif of the Japanese flag, with Mt Fuji in the center.

Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 is this weekend, and here are 5 things we want to see from the year's biggest Star Wars event

By Fran Ruiz published 14 April 25

Star Wars Celebration is returning to Japan later this month, so here's a list of things we expect (and hope) to see addressed at the event.

Entertainment

A split image showing screenshots from Marathon, Borderlands 4, and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.

Upcoming space games: Mass Effect 4, Borderlands 4, Marathon & more

By Fran Ruiz last updated 14 April 25

Our round-up of the most anticipated space games in 2024 and beyond, including fresh IPs, new Star Wars adventures, and Mass Effect 4.

Space Games & Toys

Screenshot from The Alters showing a person in a spacesuit looking out over a hostile planet with lava flows and deep crevaces.

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)

By Fran Ruiz published 14 April 25

The next game from 11 Bit Studios, the team behind Frostpunk, is almost here, and this time, things are about to get personal.

Space Games & Toys

References

Lyrid meteor shower 2025: When, where & how to see it

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 14 April 25

Reference The best time to view the Lyrids this year will be early morning on April 22.

Reference

Full moon calendar 2025: When to see the next full moon

By Tariq Malik last updated 14 April 25

Reference The full moon happens about once a month. Find out when.

Reference

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2025

By Tariq Malik, Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 14 April 25

Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2025.

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