As the first space launch of the world's most powerful rocket looms, you can now "light" or "land" your own Starship. SpaceX debuted new models of its stainless steel spacecraft.
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Europe's JUICE Jupiter explorer probe takes 1st space 'selfies' on its way to gas giant (photos)
The JUICE spacecraft has captured stunning space "selfies" as it departs Earth and embarks on its eight-year voyage to Jupiter.
SpaceX’s Starship test flight delayed until Thursday after valve problem
SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy launch vehicle fully fueled during a launch attempt Monday in South Texas. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now
SpaceX scrubbed the first test launch of its huge new rocket Monday due to a frozen valve in the pressurization system on the 33-engine Super Heavy booster, delaying the widely-anticipated flight from South Texas until at least Thursday.
Galaxy cluster X-ray discovery scores another win for the Big Bang theory
Scientists have found that the distribution of matter in galactic clusters supports the lambda cold dark matter model of cosmology.
ESA's Juice is On Its Way to Visit Jupiter's Moons
A new era of exploration at Jupiter’s moons began last week with the launch of the European Space Agency’s Juice, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer. This mission will visit three of Jupiter’s largest moons — Europa, Callisto and Ganymede — to investigate whether they could be potentially habitable, a question that’s been highly debated since the first evidence of subsurface oceans on these moons was seen by the Galileo mission in the 1990s.
Massive Black Hole Duo Spotted at Cosmic Noon
The most distant pair of supermassive black holes discovered offers a unique insight into how galaxies merge.
Watch SpaceX Starship evolve and explode on the way to its 1st space launch (video)
SpaceX shared a video that charts the journey its massive Starship rocket has taken to get to the launch pad ahead of its first orbital flight test.
SpaceX scrubs 1st space launch of giant Starship rocket due to fueling issue
SpaceX aimed to launch its giant SpaceX rocket to space for the first time ever today (April 17), but it wasn't meant to be.
The best SpaceX Starship merch on Amazon
We've rounded up all the best SpaceX Starship swag you can get on Amazon just in time for its first ever orbital launch.
How SpaceX’s Starship stacks up to other rockets
Artist’s illustration of the Starship and Super Heavy booster in flight. Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX’s Starship is set to propel itself into the record books today on its maiden flight, becoming the tallest, heaviest and most powerful rocket ever launched by humankind into space, topping a role call of famous and history-making heavy-lift launch vehicles including the mighty Saturn 5 that first took humans to the moon.
A rare hybrid solar eclipse occurs on April 20. Here's how to watch it online for free.
A rare hybrid solar eclipse occurs on April 20. Here's how to watch it online thanks to free livestreams.
Tiny magnetic episodes may have large consequences on the Sun
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ESA’s Solar Orbiter may have taken another step towards solving the eighty-year-old mystery of why the Sun’s outer atmosphere is so hot.
ESA developing concepts for commercial-scale Space-Based Solar Power plants
ESA has signed contracts for two parallel concept studies for commercial-scale Space-Based Solar Power plants, representing a crucial step in the Agency’s new SOLARIS initiative – maturing the feasibility of gathering solar energy from space for terrestrial clean energy needs.
Live coverage: SpaceX’s first full-scale Starship rocket set for Monday test flight
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of SpaceX’s first full-scale Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket from Starbase, SpaceX’s development and test facility at Boca Chica Beach, Texas. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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The Moon is the Best Place to Transport Rocket Fuel
When astronauts return to the Moon in the next few years, the plan is to have them stay for good while establishing a permanent outpost on Earth’s nearest celestial neighbor. Like all space missions, a lunar outpost will require fuel for long-term sustainability, but would it be better to mine fuel on the Moon or get fuel resupply from the Earth? This is what a team of researchers led by Bocconi University in Italy hope to address as they addressed the best option in terms of deriving fuel from either the Earth or the Moon.
Video: Sights and sounds from Starbase on eve of Starship launch attempt
We captured the sights and sounds of SpaceX’s Starbase launch complex in Texas on the eve of the first launch attempt for the fully-stacked Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket on a test flight aiming for near orbital velocity.
Jeremy Hansen: Artemis 2 Canadian astronaut will fly around the moon
Jeremy Hansen will be the first non-American to leave low Earth orbit on a moon mission.
Underwater spacewalks recreate the 'moon' in a giant NASA pool (photos)
NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory has trained spacewalking astronauts in a pool for 30 years. Now a part of the facility is changing to address a forecast demand for moon missions.
What time is SpaceX's 1st Starship and Super Heavy launch on April 17?
SpaceX is counting down to its first ever launch of the world's biggest rocket, its towering Starship vehicle, on April 17, but exactly when the rocket will fly depends on several factors.
Rare red asteroids around Neptune could reveal the secrets of the early solar system
Scientists have observed that some of Neptune's Trojan asteroids are deep red, possibly revealing what asteroids may have been like in the early days of the solar system.
How long does it take to get to Jupiter?
How long it takes to get to Jupiter depends on the position and available technology. Here we explore how long a trip to the gas giant would take.
