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a bright white flare erupts from the fiery surface of the sun

Scientists have found evidence of past extreme solar storms. Their return could be disastrous for our technology-based societies

By Maarten Blaauw, Ilya Usokin, Tim Heaton published

The rings are telling a story.

The Sun
a heroic space warrior with a light saber flanked by sci-fi character and spaceships

Witness the Galactic Civil War's last gasp in 'Star Wars: Battle of Jakku' miniseries

By Jeff Spry published

A preview of Marvel Comics' three "Star Wars: Battle of Jakku" miniseries.

Entertainment
A vast ocean below a partly cloud sky. In the center, a long, flat boat with tall bow command center floats below a tiny point of bright light, hanging just above the deck from a long thin line attached to an enormous pale balloon towering above.

Space Perspective completes 1st uncrewed balloon flight to the edge of Earth's atmosphere (video)

By Josh Dinner published

Space Perspective completed the first uncrewed test flight of its Spaceship Neptune Excelsior balloon ride to the edge of Earth's atmosphere, and expects crewed flights to begin next year.

Launches & Spacecraft
black and white photos of a grainy triangular shape

New image of China's secret space plane shows delta-wing design

By Leonard David published

Images captured by spacecraft tracker appear to show China's mysterious space plane sporting a delta-wing design.

Launches & Spacecraft
The Earth and moon as seen from the Orion spacecraft.

Orion spacecraft can shield Artemis astronauts from deep-space radiation, study shows

By Andrew Jones published

Data from NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission has provided valuable space radiation measurements, which validate spacecraft performance and will help guide deep-space human spaceflight.

Launches & Spacecraft
A man in a black shirt shakes the hand of a woman in a blue shirt, inside a crowded room of wires and electronic gear. behind them, six people, four in red, one in grey, one in gree, one in black, and the last in blue.

Boeing Starliner astronaut Suni Williams takes ISS command as 8-day mission turns into 8 months (video)

By Josh Dinner published

When assigned her original eight-day mission, she certainly didn't expect to taking over as commander of the International Space Station.

International Space Station
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'Missing link' black hole lurks in strange binary system with red giant star

By Robert Lea published

Astronomers have discovered a "missing link:" a tiny black hole lurking with a red giant star in a strange and difficult-to-explain binary system.

Black Holes
a crushed rocket engine with multiple nozzles is lifted out of the sea by chains

SpaceX fishes Starship Super Heavy booster out of the sea (photo)

By Mike Wall published

SpaceX has retrieved from the sea the first-stage booster that flew on its latest Starship test flight, which launched this past June.

Private Spaceflight
a split screen image of a rocket lifting off, on the left from a launch tower in a mountainous setting, and on the right, flying through a blue sky.

China launches 10 satellites on 2 rockets less than 6 hours apart (video)

By Andrew Jones published

China launched separate sets of Earth-observation and "Internet of Things" satellites into orbit on Friday (Sept. 20) on two different missions.

Launches & Spacecraft
a large rock covered with craters flies to earth

X-rays from a nuclear explosion could redirect an asteroid

By Charles Q. Choi published

Scientists have found nuclear weapons could actually help deflect an incoming cosmic impact — not by blowing an asteroid up, but by showering it with X-ray radiation.

Asteroids
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