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To Infinity and Beyond... Your Budget: How Much It Could Cost to Go to Space Like Katy Perry with Blue Origin

Blue Origin's crew sparks curiosity about possible seat prices for their space flight

International Business Times UK · Apr 17, 2025

Vast swarms of hidden galaxies may be secretly bathing the universe in a soft glow

A fog of long-wavelength infrared light could be produced by dusty, star-forming galaxies that have remained hidden — until now, that is.

Space · Apr 17, 2025

Webb Spots Strongest 'Hints' Yet Of Life On Distant Planet

Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed scepticism.

International Business Times · Apr 17, 2025

NASA continues stacking its giant Artemis 2 SLS moon rocket (photos)

NASA's next moon rocket is stacking higher and higher at the Kennedy Space Center, as the SLS stage adapter and interim cryogenic propulsion stage arrive in the VAB.

Space · Apr 16, 2025

Red planet comes alive! Minerals found on Mars signal a water and ‘possibly life-supporting’ past

Researchers used data from NASA’s Perseverance Rover

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025

Glitch forces Japan's asteroid-sampling Hayabusa2 probe into protective 'safe mode' in deep space

An anomaly has forced the Japanese asteroid-sampling spacecraft Hayabusa2 into protective "safe mode" while journeying through deep space on its extended mission.

Space · Apr 16, 2025

A gateway to the Gateway around the moon | Space picture of the day for April 16, 2025

One of the first two modules that will form NASA's Gateway platform in orbit around the moon has arrived at its last stop before the launch site.

Space · Apr 16, 2025

Scientists find Star Wars-like planet with a highly unusual orbit

The planet may be orbiting two brown dwarfs, or ‘failed stars’

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025

Scientists discover bizarre double-star system with exoplanet on a sideways orbit (video)

Astronomers have discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen, consisting of a planet rolling around rare binary "failed star" brown dwarfs at a 90-degree tilted angle!

Space · Apr 16, 2025

NASA's Perseverance rover hits the Mars rock gold mine: 'It has been all we had hoped for and more'

NASA's Perseverance rover is reveling in a scientific bonanza on Mars after finding a diverse array of rocks that are providing eager scientists a glimpse into the planet's ancient history.

Space · Apr 16, 2025