Follow the news

Virgin Galactic to launch 7th commercial spaceflight on June 8

Virgin Galactic to launch 7th commercial spaceflight on June 8

Virgin Galactic is targeting June 8 for its seventh commercial spaceflight, a suborbital jaunt called, fittingly enough, Galactic 07....

Learn more
Does a cosmic 'glitch' in gravity challenge Albert Einstein's greatest theory?

Does a cosmic 'glitch' in gravity challenge Albert Einstein's greatest theory?

Scientists think they've uncovered a cosmic "glitch" in gravity that could require a revision in Einstein's theory of general relativity....

Learn more
Boeing Starliner spacecraft 'go' for 1st astronaut launch on May 6, NASA says

Boeing Starliner spacecraft 'go' for 1st astronaut launch on May 6, NASA says

Two NASA astronauts, their spacecraft and rocket have been cleared for a historic 1st flight aboard Boeing's Starliner. Launch will take place no earlier than May 6....

Learn more
Long ago, a lake on Mars might have been sprawling with microbes

Long ago, a lake on Mars might have been sprawling with microbes

The presence of manganese oxide on Mars has positive implications in the search for life beyond Earth....

Learn more
Celebrate Lego Star Wars Day with 20% off the Millennium Falcon

Celebrate Lego Star Wars Day with 20% off the Millennium Falcon

The 1351-piece Lego Millennium Falcon is now 20% off on Amazon and it can be delivered on Star Wars Day, so you can celebrate in style....

Learn more
The 2024 Humans to Mars Summit is happening next week

The 2024 Humans to Mars Summit is happening next week

The annual Humans to Mars Summit takes place next week, with talks focusing on establishing a sustainable and permanent human presence on the Red Planet by the mid-2030s....

Learn more
Did the James Webb Space Telescope really find life beyond Earth? Scientists aren't so sure

Did the James Webb Space Telescope really find life beyond Earth? Scientists aren't so sure

Despite excitement last year, the James Webb Space Telescope probably hasn't detected life on a distant super-Earth exoplanet with life signs detected on potential ocean world K2-18 b likely premature...

Learn more
Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak could spawn over 100 'shooting stars' per hour this weekend

Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak could spawn over 100 'shooting stars' per hour this weekend

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on May 5, and this year looks favorable for a good light show put on by bits of Halley's Comet as they burn up in Earth's atmosphere....

Learn more
'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary today

'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary today

This special limited engagement of 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' beginning on May 3 includes an early look at the upcoming Disney+ series 'The Acolyte.'...

Learn more