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  • 2 astronauts will finish upgrading ISS solar arrays during spacewalk today: Watch it live
    05 November 2026
    NASA's Anil Menon and Canada Joshua Kutryk will install the International Space Station's final roll-out solar array during a spacewalk today (Nov. 5). Here's how to watch it live.
  • On this day in space! Nov. 4, 2015: A rail-launched Super Strypi rocket carrying 13 baby satellites failed during its debut launch for the US Air Force
    04 November 2026
    On Nov. 4, 2015, the United States Air Force launched an experimental Super Strypi rail-launched rocket carrying 13 tiny satellites, but it failed just after liftoff from Hawaii.
  • Trump declares 'American space superiority for all eternity' in election night proclamation
    04 November 2026
    President Trump has declared space a frontier for all humanity, asserting America's right to develop and settle the solar system under U.S. law.
  • Upcoming Marvel movies and TV shows: Avengers: Doomsday, Secret Wars, X-Men & more
    04 November 2026
    The MCU’s Multiverse Saga is nearly over, but there are plenty more Marvel movies and shows on the horizon.
  • 'Trials and Tribble-ations' at 30: The classic 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' episode that brought Captains Kirk and Sisko face-to-face
    04 November 2026
    How "Forrest Gump", pizza, and a massive supporting cast of furballs came together to make one of "Star Trek"'s finest hours.
  • Happy New Year, Mars! The Red Planet is turning 39
    29 September 2026
    On 30 September the Red Planet officially begins Mars Year 39. Which is quite an achievement for a world that is actually more than 4.5 billion years old.
  • 3I/ATLAS was born in the deep freeze
    08 September 2026
    Another piece of evidence suggests that this visitor formed in the bitterly cold outer reaches of a distant planetary system.
  • Roman Space Telescope launches on mission to survey the Universe
    30 August 2026
    NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has begun its journey into space, starting a mission that will survey the Universe on an unprecedented scale in search of clues to dark energy, dark matter and worlds beyond our Solar System.
  • JWST’s ‘impossible’ early galaxies may be even more massive than we thought
    24 August 2026
    Faint, low-mass stars could be hiding much of the mass in distant galaxies, making the surprisingly large galaxies discovered by JWST in the early Universe even harder to explain.
  • How to observe the 12 August 2026 solar eclipse
    07 August 2026
    On the evening of 12 August 2026, the Moon will pass between Earth and the Sun, producing a striking solar eclipse. Find out how, when and where to observe it safely.
  • Falcon 9 lunar impact: More than a new crater
    05 August 2026
    Today’s impact of a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage on the Moon may sound dramatic, but it is neither the first human-made object to strike our natural satellite nor the largest.

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