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Apple TV+ renews 'Home Before Dark,' 'Mythic Quest' ahead of premieres
Apple TV+ has announced it renewed "Home Before Dark" and "Mythic Quest" for second seasons before the first season premieres.
'Real life on fake Mars': Edmonton doctor on out-of-this-world mission in Utah
Shawna Pandya doesn’t need a rocket flight to experience life on Mars.
Luke Evans to star in ITV's 'Pembrokeshire Murders' miniseries
"Beauty and the Beast" and "The Alienist" actor Luke Evans has signed up to star in ITV's miniseries, "The Pembrokeshire Murders."
Spacewalking astronauts wrapping up battery improvements
A pair of spacewalking astronauts tackled one last round of battery improvements outside the International Space Station on Monday.
BSNIP project releases spectra of more than 200 Type Ia supernovae
The Berkeley Supernova Ia Program (BSNIP) has released a dataset containing over 600 spectra of 242 Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). The new data release, available for astronomers worldwide, was...
The first all-woman Mars analog crew just 'returned to Earth' in Hawaii
A history-making all-female crew of analog astronauts have "returned to Earth," completing a two-week mission in a mock Mars habitat on the big island of Hawaii.
First results from the Dark Energy Survey
The Dark Energy Survey (DES) program uses the patterns of cosmic structure as seen in the spatial distribution of hundreds of millions of galaxies to reveal the nature of "dark...
A brain transplant for one of Australia's top telescopes
One of Australia's top telescopes will receive an A$2.6 million upgrade to help extend its three-decade record of improving our understanding of the universe.
The Sun in 2019
Image: The changing activity of our Sun as seen by ESA’s Proba-2 satellite in 2019.The satellite is continuously monitoring the Sun – one image was selected to represent each day of the...
Alien life is out there. But our theories are steering us away from it.
Alien life is out there, but our current theories seem to be steering us away from it, says this scientist.
Spacewalking astronauts are upgrading the space station today. Here's how to watch it live.
Two NASA astronauts are taking a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (Jan. 15), and you can watch all the action live online.
For the first time, an asteroid has been found nearer to the sun than Venus
For the first time, an asteroid has been found orbiting closer to the sun than Venus — a neighborhood where asteroids are thought to be rare and tricky to find. The space...
No astrovans for SpaceX, crews riding to rockets in Teslas
Astronauts launched by SpaceX in coming months will ride to their rockets in high fashion. Instead of using a retro-style astrovan, SpaceX crews will travel to the launch pad in...
SpaceX in 'perfect' test of Crew Dragon emergency abort system
SpaceX successfully tested its emergency abort system on an unmanned spacecraft moments after launch Sunday, according to a live broadcast of the event, the last major test before it plans...
SpaceX destroys boosters in dramatic abort test
A new success for Space X! It happened after an unmanned rocket lifted-off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida today. The mission: to test whether a new crew capsule...
See the moon, Mars and Antares form a triangle in Monday's predawn sky
The waning crescent moon will form a triangle with the Red Planet and the bright star Antares in the morning sky on Monday (Jan. 20), and you can catch the...
SpaceX aims to launch astronauts this spring after Crew Dragon escape test success
The first crewed flight of SpaceX's new astronaut taxi is likely just a few months away, now that a critical safety test is in the rearview mirror.
SpaceX says 'picture perfect' test paves way for human mission
Elon Musk's SpaceX simulated a successful emergency landing on Sunday in a dramatic test of a crucial abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule, a big step its mission to...
SpaceX abort test succeeds, paving way for astronaut flight
SpaceX blew up a rocket in Florida on Sunday in a final test launch of its Crew Dragon space capsule, proving it can carry astronauts to safety in a launch...
Iran says it is preparing for satellite launch
Iran said Sunday that two newly constructed satellites have passed pre-launch tests and will be transported to the nation's space center for eventual launch, without elaborating.
SpaceX launches, destroys rocket in astronaut escape test
SpaceX completed the last big test of its crew capsule before launching astronauts in the next few months, mimicking an emergency escape shortly after liftoff Sunday.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon in-flight abort test in photos
SpaceX successfully conducted an in-flight abort test of its Crew Dragon crew capsule on Jan. 19 to test the emergency escape system for astronauts. See photos of the test here!
Julia Louis-Dreyfus working with Apple TV+ on future projects
"Veep" and "Seinfeld" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus has signed an overall deal to develop, produce and star in projects for Apple TV+.
SpaceX capsule splashes down off Florida after rocket failure test
Elon Musk's SpaceX simulated a successful emergency landing on Sunday in a dramatic test of a crucial abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule, laying the foundation for its mission...
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft aces critical launch escape test
SpaceX just took a giant leap in its quest to launch astronauts, successfully showcasing the Crew Dragon capsule's launch escape system during flight.
SpaceX astronaut capsule splashes down off Florida after rocket failure test
Elon Musk's SpaceX simulated a dramatic emergency landing on Sunday to test a crucial abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule, the company's final milestone test before flying NASA astronauts...
SpaceX capsule splashes down after rocket failure test
Elon Musk's SpaceX simulated a dramatic emergency landing on Sunday to test a key abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule, the company's final milestone test before flying NASA astronauts...
SpaceX completes emergency crew capsule escape
The US company demonstrates how it would rescue astronauts during a failing rocket launch.