So far, America has remained ahead in the new space race. But its biggest rival is making continual steps to catch up. China announced another step in that direction with the unveiling of its first ever reusable five-meter-wide composite propulsion module, announced in a press release on April 11th.
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Don't miss the Lyrid meteor shower 2026 peak tonight! Viewing times, location and tips
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks in the early hours of April 22, offering up a possible feast of impressive shooting stars and the occasional fireball.
NASA's Curiosity rover finds building blocks of life on Mars. Scientists aren't sure how they got there
NASA's Curiosity rover has found a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth.
SpaceX launches final GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force
A Falcon 9 streaks through a sky filled by the Milky Way in this long duration streak shot. It carried a Global Positioning System satellite for the U.S. Space Force. Photo: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now.
The U.S. Space Force launched its final Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite into medium Earth orbit in the predawn hours of Tuesday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Behold, the Solar System in All its X-ray Glory
The Universe looks mighty impressive when visualized with X-ray instruments. More importantly, X-ray images provide vital scientific insights by revealing features in the Universe that are not observable in visible light. The same is true of our Solar System, which has been difficult because of the challenges of separating local emissions from the rest of the Milky Way galaxy. In a recent study, a team from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) managed, for the first time, to disentangle the X-ray glow of our Solar System from deep space.
NASA shuts down Voyager 1 instrument to keep probe exploring interstellar space
NASA engineers have shut down another instrument on Voyager 1 to preserve the power of the most distant spacecraft ever sent into space.
Rings of Saturn
The ring system of Saturn is one of the most magnificent and recognizable features in our solar system. The rings are not solid, but are made up of billions of small pieces of ice and rock ranging in size from tiny dust particles to chunks as large as mountains. These particles orbit Saturn at different speeds, giving the rings their distinctive appearance.
600 rocket landings! SpaceX notches another milestone during Sunday Starlink launch (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California on April 19. The mission featured the 600th landing of a Falcon first stage.
Exoplanets Without Lots of Water Can't Maintain Their Carbon Cycles
Liquid water is the primary ingredient for life as far as we can determine. The search for habitable exoplanets focuses on this fact. Exoplanet scientists sift through data trying to determine which worlds might be in their stars' habitable zones, a zone with just the right amount of star energy to maintain liquid surface water.
Scientists found a 'bathtub ring' on Mars. Could it be evidence of an ancient Red Planet ocean?
A huge geological structure on Mars resembling a bathtub ring may be evidence of an ocean that once covered a third of the Red Planet.
Astronauts face grip strength challenge in space and on Earth, scientists find
It turns out that living in space can have a lasting impact on how your brain works, researchers have found.
Watch the Lyrid meteor shower 2026 online today with these free livestreams
These global night sky cams let you hunt for Lyrids from the comfort of your own home.
NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Just Mapped the Cosmic Ices That Will Someday Build Planets
New missions mean new capabilities - and one particularly interesting new mission is finally up and running. Data is starting to come in from SPHEREx, the medium-class surveyor that is mapping the entire sky every six months. A paper based on some of that early data was recently published in The Astrophysical Journal, mapping ice and compounds called Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) throughout some interesting regions of our Milky Way.
Blue Origin launches third New Glenn rocket, but payload ends up in wrong orbit
Spectators along the beach in Cape Canaveral, Florida, enjoy a spectacular Sunday morning launch, taking in the view of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket blasting off carrying a next-generation cellular broadband satellite. The company said later the AST SpaceMobile Bluebird 7 satellite ended up in the wrong orbit. Photo: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now.
Blue Origin launched the company’s third New Glenn rocket Sunday, re-flying and successfully recovering a previously used first stage. But the rocket’s payload, a direct-to-cellphone communications satellite, ended up in the wrong orbit, the company said.
Hubble turns 36 with a dazzling Trifid Nebula portrait
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope looked at a scene it first captured in 1997 in honour of 36th anniversary: a small portion of a star-forming region about 5000 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, known as the Trifid Nebula. The image shows changes over incredibly short timescales and instills a sense of awe and wonder about our ever-changing Universe.
'80s sci-fi cult classic 'The Last Starfighter' finally scores a sequel, but it's a comic book! (exclusive)
'I'm honored to be a part of the team continuing this adventure for a new generation of Starfighters, both young and old.'
What's the best time to see Lyrid meteors in 2026?
The Lyrid meteor shower peak is almost here, and we may be in store for spectacular fireballs and shooting stars.
Galaxies Don’t Die All at Once
State-of-the-art simulations shed light on how galaxies die — and how we can determine the cause of death.
'Dark subhaloes' may explain why galaxies seem to form pre-determined shapes
Our universe is full of mysteries, but few are as perplexing as the dark, tiny galaxies that hover around larger ones like the Milky Way.
Only 12 people on Earth saw this 'ring-of-fire' eclipse. Here's how one improvised to capture a once-in-a-lifetime photo from Antarctica
A remote Antarctic research team became the only people on Earth to witness a rare annular solar eclipse — and one scientist had to improvise to capture it.
