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Promotional image for the video game Star Wars: Hunters. Close up of a woman with a white mohawk hairstyle flopping to the right. She has red markings on her face and is holding a red lightsaber, ready for battle. She is smirking.

Star Wars: Hunters launches in June for Nintendo Switch and mobile (video)

By Fran Ruiz published

Star Wars: Hunters is finally opening its arena to everyone.

Space Games & Toys
a plastic spaceship made out of plastic bricks sits on a shelf

Lego releases 7 new Star Wars sets ahead of 'Star Wars Day' on May 4

By Alexander Cox published

Star Wars Day is May 4 and the seven new Lego Star Wars sets will be available from May 1.

Space Games & Toys
A gif animation showing a bright spark of light emitted from the top right corner of the sun's disk. There is a white circle highlighting the active region.

Sun unleashes near X-class solar flare: M9.5 eruption sparks radio blackouts across the Pacific (video)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

Explore the impact of a near X-class solar flare, registering M9.5, as it disrupts radio signals across the Pacific. The eruption was sunspot AR3654's most powerful yet.

The Sun
An illustration shows the Hayabusa2 spacecraft collecting samples from the asteroid Ryugu

Asteroid Ryugu holds secrets of our solar system's past, present and future

By Robert Lea published

Samples of asteroid Ryugu, collected by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, have revealed the impact solar winds and tiny space rocks have had on the asteroid itself.

Asteroids
a cone-shaped spacecraft near a structure of the international space station. below is the curve of earth

2 astronaut taxis: Why NASA wants both Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Dragon

By Elizabeth Howell published

Boeing's Starliner will make its first crewed launch as soon as May 6, about four years after SpaceX's. Having two private astronaut taxis will provide redundancy for ISS operations and more.

Human Spaceflight
"Star Wars" is only the beginning when it comes to space and sci-fi stuff to watch on Disney Plus.

The best sci-fi movies and TV shows to stream on Disney Plus in May

By Elizabeth Howell last updated

Here are the best space and science fiction movies and TV shows to watch on Disney Plus in May.

Space Movies & Shows
a round white building on top of a mountain in the desert

The highest observatory on Earth sits atop Chile's Andes Mountains — and it's finally open

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

A new Japanese observatory built high in the Chilean Andes mountains promises fresh views of the early universe.

The Universe
a white rocket lifts off under a cloudy sky

Satellite operator SES acquiring Intelsat in $3.1 billion deal

By Mike Wall published

SES plans to buy fellow satellite operator Intelsat, in a deal that could help the combined company compete with SpaceX's huge Starlink broadband network.

Satellites
A view of the Milky Way from Einstein's Probe's perspective. There are various squares overlain on the image and bright purple spots of X-ray activity.

Einstein Probe X-ray telescope releases 1st images taken with 'lobster vision'

By Keith Cooper published

Einstein Probe, which is the new Chinese–European X-ray mission, has revealed its first widescreen views of the universe.

Missions
A portion of the far side of the Moon looms large just beyond the Orion spacecraft in this image taken on the sixth day of the Artemis I mission by a camera on the tip of one of Orion’s solar arrays.

'We are ready:' New NASA documentary looks ahead to Artemis 2 moon mission (video)

By Jeff Spry published

A new NASA video reflects on the successful Artemis 1 moon mission and looks ahead to next year's crewed effort, Artemis 2.

Artemis
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