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2 colossal solar flares explode from the sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Newly emerged sunspot fires off X-class and an M-class solar flares in relatively quick succession. Watch the striking video and read about the possible effects here.

Happy National Space Day 2024! Here's how 8 lucky kids can win a trip to Florida's Space Coast
By Meredith Garofalo published
For National Space Day, SpaceKids Global announces a competition to send eight kids to Florida for an adventure at Blue Origin and NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

How the XRISM spacecraft can study the X-ray universe with only 36 pixels
By Robert Lea published
It may have fewer pixels than the screen of a 1989 Game Boy, but the Resolve device on the XRISM space telescope will broaden our view of the cosmos.

Solar eclipse 2024: Live updates
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Stay up-to-date with the latest news on the upcoming solar eclipses, including the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024.

Boeing drone dressed as 'Star Wars' X-wing lands at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
By Jeff Spry published
A Boeing CV2 Cargo Air Vehicle dressed like a "Star Wars" X-wing fighter has been donated to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.

Boeing's Starliner is ready to fly astronauts after years of delay. Here's what took so long.
By Elizabeth Howell published
Boeing's Starliner is finally ready to fly astronauts, after several years of delay. The capsule's designers put the extra time to good use, NASA and Boeing representatives say.

SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites in 2nd half of spaceflight doubleheader (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (May 2), on the second half of a planned spaceflight doubleheader.

Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler
By Rahul Rao published
NASA's Lucy spacecraft serendipitously found a small moonlet orbiting the mission's asteroid target Dinkinesh. Scientists named it Selam, and have now learned that Selam is a cosmic toddler.
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