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. Continue ReadingStar Wars Celebration Japan 2025 is this weekend, and here are 5 things we want to see from the year’s biggest Star Wars event
SpaceNews produced the official Show Daily for all three exhibit days of the 38th Space Symposium at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, April 17-20, 2023. The post Catch up on all of SpaceNews’ Space Symposium 2025 coverage appeared first on SpaceNews.
This fantastic Pococo Galaxy Star Projector is user-friendly, delivers bright, high-resolution projections and rivals more expensive rivals for performance. Continue ReadingView the wonders of the night sky with one of the best star projectors around — now at one of its cheapest-ever prices
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. Continue ReadingPop star Katy Perry and crew’s Blue Origin spaceflight souvenirs
On March 18, NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) arrived at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for thermal vacuum testing at the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility, which simulates the harsh conditions of space.
Blue Shepard launched six women, including a pop star and TV show host, on a suborbital flight of the company’s New Shepard vehicle April 14. The post Blue Origin launches all-woman New Shepard suborbital flight appeared first on SpaceNews.
The march toward single broadband terminals that can tap into multiple orbits promises greater resiliency and flexibility. It also centralizes risk in one device. “Single point failures are not ideal,” […] The post Multi-orbit success or a single-point of failure? appeared first on SpaceNews.
The universe could be packed with dark matter haloes that have no galaxy fillings. Continue ReadingSome dark matter haloes could roll through the universe like hollow cosmic Easter Eggs
You’ll have to hurry though, as there are only nine days left to grab this Apple TV+ deal. Continue ReadingWith 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
In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Dave Eicher invites you to head out and view a close grouping of planets in the early morning hours of April 21. That morning, you’ll be able to see Venus, Mercury, and Saturn low in the east. You won’t need a telescope or binoculars to view them, just use your eyes.Continue reading “This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: A conjunction of planets” The post This Week in Astronomy with Dave Continue ReadingThis Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: A conjunction of planets
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. Continue ReadingKaty Perry and Gayle King launch to space with 4 others on historic all-female Blue Origin rocket flight
Using the radial velocity method, an international team of astronomers has discovered a new extrasolar planet orbiting a nearby star known as GI 410. The newfound alien world was classified as a sub-Neptune exoplanet with a mass of at least 8.4 Earth masses. The discovery was reported April 4 on the pre-print server arXiv.
Astronomers tallying up all the normal matter—stars, galaxies and gas—in the universe today have come up embarrassingly short of the total matter produced in the Big Bang 13.6 billion years ago. In fact, more than half of normal matter—half of the 15% of the universe’s matter that is not dark matter—cannot be accounted for in the glowing stars and gas we see.
Double solar eruptions could spark G2 geomagnetic storms and auroras above northern U.S. states on April 16. Keep your eyes on the skies! Continue ReadingRare double solar blast unleashes 2 CMEs towards Earth — auroras possible April 16
An international team of researchers may have answered one of space science’s long-running questions—and it could change our understanding of how life began. Carbon-rich asteroids are abundant in space yet make up less than 5% of meteorites found on Earth.
Neutrinos are among the most enigmatic particles in the universe. They are omnipresent yet interact extremely rarely with matter.
On a clear evening this January, flights out of Miami, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale suddenly ground to a halt. The culprit wasn’t weather or a software glitch — it was […] The post No man’s airspace: Why our skies aren’t ready for the space boom appeared first on SpaceNews.
Time under dark skies is precious, and for a lot of us, getting out to those sites can be tough. When we do, often we end up observing alone, or with a few intrepid others at an astronomy club observing session. And sometimes that solitude is what we’re looking for: just you and the sky.Continue reading “Sick of observing alone? Go to a star party!” The post Sick of observing alone? Go to a star Continue ReadingSick of observing alone? Go to a star party!
The next game from 11 Bit Studios, the team behind Frostpunk, is almost here, and this time, things are about to get personal. Continue ReadingWe 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)
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. Continue ReadingApril’s Full Pink Moon captivates skywatchers worldwide with dazzling ‘micromoon’ show (photos)
