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Astronomers aren't holding back this year, with brand-new submissions to this year's highly prestigious (and fictitious) Acta Prima Aprilia.

The commissioning stages of the James Webb Space Telescope just ticked off yet another phase.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 40 spacecraft to orbit for a variety of customers — and the rocket's first stage came down for a landing on a ship at sea.

A series of solar storms aimed at Earth this week have supercharged the Earth's auroras, creating dazzling displays for skywatchers.

Four people are scheduled to go to space during Axiom Space's debut mission, and you can watch many of the events live.

A fresh assessment of a distantly risky asteroid brings good news: it's even less of a threat than astronomers had feared.

A brain 'headset' aims to provide a high-resolution view of neural changes that happen in the brain while space, and it will fly aboard Axiom Space's first crewed launch, Ax-1.

NASA isn't done evaluating the career of telescope namesake James Webb, officials said after controversy surrounding the flagship observatory's name has continued since last summer.

Image: Solar power down

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured yet another solar flare blasting from the same overactive sunspot that triggered radio blackouts and stunning aurora displays on Earth earlier this week.

Week in images: 28 March - 1 April 2022

Sound travels much more slowly on the Red Planet than it does on Earth but also behaves in some unexpected ways that could have strange consequences for communication on the planet.

NASA plans to begin the three-day Artemis 1 "wet dress rehearsal" this afternoon (April 1) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Most of the action will happen on Sunday, however.

The evening Moon climbs toward the Arch of Spring, then through it. Orion's Belt levels, the Leaps of the Gazelle cross the zenith, and Saturn and Mars conjoin near brilliant Venus in early dawn.

Barranquilla, the capital of the Atlántico department in northwest Colombia, is featured in this image taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Transporter 4 mission will launch 40 small payloads from customers around the world. Follow us on Twitter.

With the arrival of April, you’re likely to spend more time outdoors under the stars. So why not bring along our monthly Sky Tour astronomy podcast? It provides an informative and entertaining 12-minute guided tour of the nighttime sky. Download the April episode to explore the fascinating movement of four planets in the sky before dawn.

Rocket Lab and SpaceX both plan to launch missions on Friday (April 1), and you can watch the space doubleheader live.

Blue Origin passenger Jim Kitchen, a professor and entrepreneur, carried a symbol of support and solidarity for Ukraine with him to space on Thursday (March 31).

The EnMAP spacecraft at its factory in Bremen, Germany. Credit: OHB/H. von der Fecht

A $330 million German hyperspectral Earth-imaging satellite will hitch a ride to orbit from Cape Canaveral with 39 smaller commercial payloads on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for blastoff Friday.