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Here’s a look at some of the major space programs around the world that are shaping humanity’s exploration beyond Earth:

During a House Committee on Space, Science and Technology hearing, experts discussed the state of NASA's planetary defense capabilities.

Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch an Earth-observing satellite for the Japanese company iQPS early Saturday morning (May 17), and you can watch the action live.

The Oscar-nominated siblings discuss adapting Martha Wells's award-winning sci-fi novels for the small screen, as Murderbot hits Apple TV.

One half of the powerful new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope passed major milestone tests, demonstrating space readiness.

The bright constellations of winter have departed in the west, while the stars of spring are climbing the eastern and southern skies.

We talked with author Peter F. Hamilton about Exodus: The Archimedes Engine, a prequel novel to the sci-fi RPG video game Exodus.

NASA's Perseverance rover captured Deimos, the smaller of Mars' two moons, shining in the pre-dawn sky over the Red Planet on March 1, 2025.

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California today (May 16).

NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch its Aspera smallsat mission, which will study gases in the vast regions of space between galaxies.

New radio observations of the star HW2 show one of the fastest growth rates ever recorded, shedding light on how massive stars form from swirling gas disks.

Max, soon to be HBO Max again, Disney Plus and Hulu are the ultimate sci-fi streaming bundle for 2025: Stream Andor, Alien: Earth, Star Wars, Peacemaker and more for less.

Week in images: 12-16 May 2025

The Council on Foreign Relations released a new report calling for the United States to make space a top national priority.

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Space weather and cyberattacks can cause similar disruption to our civilization's indispensable technology systems. Telling one from the other swiftly and reliably can make billions of dollars' worth of difference.

Scientists have found a neutrino that could come from a gamma-ray burst, an active black hole or a collision between a cosmic ray and photons in the cosmic microwave background.

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission brings us this cloud-free view of Svalbard, a remote Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX is preparing to launch another batch of Starlink satellites from California after sunrise Friday morning. If all goes well on the mission, the company will have launched more than 1,000 of its broadband internet satellites this year.

Australian company Gilmour Space stood down from the debut launch of its Eris rocket today (May 15), and it's unclear when the pioneering vehicle will take to the skies.

Norway has added its name to the growing list of nations signing onto NASA's Artemis Accords, continuing the space agency's efforts to establish internationally cooperative space exploration.