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Make no mistake: we are currently living in the Golden Age of space exploration. Right now, as you read these words, we have robots on the Moon, autonomous rovers on Mars, and roughly a half dozen asteroid mining companies prospecting for precious metals in space. What will happen tomorrow? Tune in to DT’s space coverage to get all the latest news and commentary on everything from SpaceX to space junk, and keep pace with all the most important things happening in the final frontier.
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See the Intuitive Machines lander on its side on the moon (again)
Hopes were high for Intuitive Machines' second lunar landing, but the Athena lander has ended up on its side on the moon's surface.
Beautiful Hubble image shows the stunning colors of the Veil Nebula
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows one of the most famous and beautiful objects in the night sky.
‘Quite frankly terrifying’: how Firefly’s Blue Ghost engineers are preparing to land on the moon
Like throwing a dart and hitting the bullseye on a moving target in the next city over: that’s what it’s like trying to land a spacecraft on the moon.
The space station is too darn clean, research suggests
Adding more microbes to the ISS could actually benefit the astronauts who spend time there, new research suggests.
SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts’ journey to orbit starts now (sort of)
SpaceX’s Crew-10 astronauts are set to fly to the space station on March 12. But in many ways, their journey to orbit started on Wednesday.
SpaceX just launched another mission to the moon
SpaceX has successfully launched Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander toward the moon in the IM-2 mission. Watch the launch here.
Zoom over the surface of the moon in new Blue Ghost low lunar orbit footage
See the stunning video footage captured by the Blue Ghost mission as it swoops over the surface of the moon.
Watch SpaceX’s cinematic trailer for Friday’s Starship rocket launch
SpaceX is about to send its mighty Starship rocket to space again. Get in the mood for the spectacular mission by reliving the last one.
How to view a rare astronomical phenomenon on Friday
You won't be able to see all of the planets in this way again until 2040, so try to catch it now.
How to watch NASA launch its cosmic detective mission, SPHEREx
Next Thursday, NASA will launch its latest space telescope: SPHEREx, designed to study how the universe developed in the first seconds after the big bang.
Humanity is about to break another space record with lunar launch this week
The launch of the Intuitive Machines Athena lunar lander this week will set a new space exploration record.
See the Earth rising and setting behind the moon in new Blue Ghost footage
Footage captured by the Firefly Aerospace lunar landing mission shows our planet peeking out behind the impressive bulk of the moon.
SpaceX will launch its Starship megarocket this week
SpaceX is almost ready to send the world's most powerful rocket skyward for the eighth time.
Watch one of the wackiest ‘science experiments’ ever to take place in space
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has taken time away from his cameras to conduct a rather bizarre experiment. In the name of research, of course.
That killer asteroid probably isn’t going to hit us after all
The likelihood of an asteroid impacting Earth in 2032 has dropped to under 1% following new observations.
Debris from SpaceX rocket creates fireball over Europe, crashes into yard in Poland
Debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has made a dramatic re-entry into the atmosphere.
NASA astronaut reveals ‘the coolest thing about the space station’
NASA astronaut Nick Hague has just revealed why he thinks the space station is so special.
Treasure trove of mysterious black holes uncovered by dark energy instrument
Where are all the medium-sized black holes? New data has located the largest collection yet.
Firefly’s Blue Ghost captures stunning footage of lunar surface
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost spacecraft has captured some stunning footage from 75 miles (120 kilometers) above the lunar surface.
SpaceX just achieved another first with its Falcon 9 rocket
SpaceX undertook a Falcon 9 mission with a difference on Tuesday night, landing the booster in a different country from which it was launched.
See the stunning cosmic clouds captured in new Hubble image
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a cosmic cloudscape, with clouds of dust and gas swirling in beautiful colors.
This distant exoplanet has an atmosphere ‘like something out of science fiction’
Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.
ISS astronaut shares epic photo of a ‘starry starry night’
Don Pettit’s been snapping away in orbit again. This time, the NASA astronaut has captured a stunning image of the Milky Way from the International Space Station (ISS) . It also features Earth and city lights some 250 miles below the orbital outpost. Starry starry night from an orbital palette pic.twitter.com/YpFVIEMzO9 — Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) […]
