How to watch the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend

The Lyrids have lit up the sky for the past 2,700 years and potentially dozens of meteors could be seen per hour.

• Apr 21, 2023

SpaceX launch of Starship rocket ends in midair explosion

The Starship rocket is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built.

• Apr 20, 2023

Here's how to watch the rare hybrid solar eclipse

The next hybrid solar eclipse won't happen until 2031.

• Apr 19, 2023

Retired NASA spacecraft hours away from crashing back to Earth

Here's how "a very lucky observer" may get to see it fall from the sky.

• Apr 19, 2023

"Mysterious spiral" illuminates Alaska sky

"I always see strange things in the sky but this was insane," one woman who saw the mysterious spiral said.

• Apr 18, 2023

NASA image shows 2 spiral galaxies merging 250 million light-years away

NASA said the collision of the two spiral galaxies began about 700 million years ago.

• Apr 17, 2023

SpaceX scrubs first test launch of its Starship rocket

The gargantuan Starship rocket is critical for SpaceX's plans to send passengers and cargo to the moon, Mars and beyond.

• Apr 17, 2023

FAA clears the way for maiden flight of SpaceX Starship rocket

With an FAA license in hand, SpaceX says the maiden flight of the world's most powerful rocket could come as early as Monday.

• Apr 16, 2023

Ingenuity helicopter hits new altitude in milestone 50th Mars flight

NASA said on Thursday that during its 50th flight, the helicopter traveled over a thousand feet in about two and a half minutes.

• Apr 14, 2023

California's superbloom is so big and bright, it can be seen from space

NASA's Landsat 9 satellite, which was launched in 2021​ to capture images of Earth's land surface, sent back images​ of bright purple and green blooms in Carrizo Plain National Park.

• Apr 13, 2023

See the sharpest-image ever of a supermassive black hole

The supermassive black hole 54 million light-years away is now clearer than ever.

• Apr 13, 2023

Photographer captures "sky-high magic" of northern lights

"I could see the waves dancing in green all over the sky," he said of his flight during the G4 geomagnetic storm.

• Apr 13, 2023

Maine museum offering $25K for piece of "incredibly rare" meteorite

"Depending upon the type of meteorite this is, specimens could easily be worth their weight in gold," said an official at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum.

• Apr 12, 2023

Jupiter probe prepped for Thursday launch

Europe's JUICE probe will study three of Jupiter's icy moons, looking for signs of habitable sub-surface oceans.

• Apr 13, 2023

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope discovering new distant galaxies

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is on a mission to find the first galaxies and stars. Scott Pelley gets an inside look at what the telescope has discovered about the universe.

• Apr 9, 2023

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