The moon will be half-illuminated on Thursday (April 27), during the first quarter phase halfway between the new moon and the full moon.
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NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is now in its fifth year scanning the sky for new worlds.
Looking for an award-winning headlamp that's made from hemp and recycled plastics? This eco-friendly head torch is one of the best headlamps you can buy right now.
Astronomers observing the strange "rock comet" hybrid Phaethon as it passed the sun have found a surprise that could upend 14 years of thinking about the weird asteroid.
European scientists used a parabolic flight mimicking lunar gravity to test a device that might one day help astronauts transport material on the moon.
Astrobotic will land hundreds of pounds of payload near the moon's south pole in 2026 after launching atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
The perfect organism infected video games long ago. But with our list of the best Alien games, it’s far from game over.
Canada will be only the second country to send a person around the moon. The country's experience dealing with cold helped space technology get there, its leader says.
The second season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premieres on Paramount Plus on June 15 and you can watch a new teaser for the exciting Trek spinoff.
Free League Publishing and Stockholm Kartell have released new sci-fi survival game, "Death in Space," for space game fans.
Rocket Lab is preparing to launch four tiny NASA hurricane-studying satellites across two missions from the company's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the April 20 launch of SpaceX’s Starship amid claims the launch smashed windows and rained ash on the habitats of endangered animals.
NASA is nailing down its calendar with Boeing and SpaceX, laying out who will fly astronauts to the International Space Station when.
IDW Publishing is releasing the first-ever ongoing "Star Trek" crossover event with this summer's "Day of Blood."
Fast radio bursts are one of the biggest mysteries in astronomy with origins that are currently unknown, but scientists now have twice as many of these repeating rapid bursts of energy to study.
Astronomers have taken the first direct image of a powerful jet blasting out of a black hole. The jet is emerging from the monstrous supermassive black hole at the heart of Messier 87.
SpaceX called off its launch of Starlink satellites on April 26 due to 'probability of landing failure,' an official said during the live broadcast.
This rechargeable star projector emits bright, colorful and sharp imagery that gives the best star projectors we've tested a run for their money.
It's Alien Day 2023, and to celebrate the arrival of the xenomorphs on Earth, Marvel Comics has released a freshly spawned "Alien" comic book title.