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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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How to watch Starliner capsule return to Earth tomorrow

By Trevor Mogg
Boeing's Starliner capsule docked at the ISS.
The InSight Mars lander's final selfie.

NASA shares InSight Mars lander’s final selfie

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A Starlink dish next to an RV.

SpaceX announces Starlink for RVs, with no wait for dishes

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NASA's SLS rocket on its way to the launchpad.

NASA’s new moon rocket will return to launchpad in early June

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NASA astronaut offers glimpse inside new Starliner capsule

By Trevor Mogg
Boeing's Starliner capsule docked at the ISS.

See four dwarf galaxies merging into one in this Hubble image

By Georgina Torbet
This newly revised NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the Hickson Compact Group 31 (HCG 31) of galaxies highlights streams of star-formation as four dwarf galaxies interact.
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Arrival of Starliner makes 5 types of spacecraft docked with ISS

3 days ago
May 20, 2022: International Space Station Configuration. Six spaceships are parked at the space station including Boweing's Starliner crew ship and the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom; the Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter; and Russia's Soyuz MS-21 crew ship and the Progress 79 and 80 resupply ships.

James Webb will investigate targets in our cosmic backyard

3 days ago
The James Webb Space Telescope.

The Juice mission is almost ready to explore Jupiter’s icy moons

3 days ago
Engineers at an Airbus Defence and Space facility in Toulouse, France, oversee the final integration and testing of the Juice spacecraft.

How NASA’s DAVINCI probe will withstand the hellish conditions of Venus

3 days ago
An artists concept of DAVINCI+ on its way to Venus's surface.

Something strange is up with 45-year-old spacecraft Voyager 1

3 days ago
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, shown in this illustration, has been exploring our solar system since 1977, along with its twin, Voyager 2.

Observing wild activity on the sun could help predict space weather

3 days ago
Solar activity captured by Solar Orbiter.

How fast is the universe expanding? It’s complicated, Hubble shows

This collection of 36 images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope features galaxies that are all hosts to both Cepheid variables and supernovae. These two celestial phenomena are both crucial tools used by astronomers to determine astronomical distance, and have been used to refine our measurement of the Hubble constant, the expansion rate of the universe.

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured this week’s lunar eclipse from space

This illustration shows the Lucy spacecraft passing one of the Trojan Asteroids near Jupiter.

With only small hiccups, Boeing’s Starliner capsule docks successfully with ISS

Boeing’s Starliner crew ship is seen moments after docking to the International Space Station’s forward port on the Harmony module.

How to watch Starliner’s first ISS dock attempt today

5 days ago
A graphic rendering of the Boeing Starliner orbiting Earth.

Boeing launches Starliner spacecraft on crucial test flight

5 days ago
Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 Launch

Spacesuit safety issue prompts NASA to halt ISS spacewalks

6 days ago
A NASA spacewalk

Watch Starliner head to launchpad ahead of major flight test

6 days ago
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is in view in the United Launch Alliance Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 on Aug. 9, 2021.

How to watch Boeing’s crucial test flight of Starliner spacecraft today

May 18, 2022
A graphic rendering of the Boeing Starliner orbiting Earth.

NASA’s InSight Mars lander will soon succumb to dust

May 18, 2022
This illustration shows NASA's InSight spacecraft with its instruments deployed on the Martian surface.

This is how the lunar eclipse looked from space

A lunar eclipse as seen from the space station.

NASA invites entries for its CineSpace short-film contest

Earth seen from the moon.

How to watch tonight’s lunar eclipse, online or in person

A telescopic visualization of the total lunar eclipse, happening May 15-16, 2022.

Black holes all look like donuts, regardless of their size

May 15, 2022
The EHT Collaboration created a flurry of images of Sagittarius A*, using ray tracing, a technique that visualizes the properties of the black hole based on data collected with the radio telescope array and predictions made by Einstein's theory of general relativity. The images shown here were created by UArizona's Chi-kwan Chan.

Hubble captures one of a pair of hat-shaped galaxies, the Little Sombrero

May 15, 2022
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has allowed astronomers to view galaxies of all shapes and sizes from nearly every angle. When a galaxy is seen edge-on, the mesmerizing perspective reveals a dazzling slice of the universe. The “Little Sombrero,” also known as NGC 7814 or Caldwell 43, is one such galaxy.

How researchers use impact craters on Mars to date geological events

May 15, 2022
This image from ESA’s Mars Express shows part of a large fault system on Mars known as Tantalus Fossae. This image comprises data gathered by Mars Express’ High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on 19 July 2021. It was created using data from the nadir channel, the field of view aligned perpendicular to the surface of Mars, and the colour channels of the HRSC. It is a ‘true colour’ image, reflecting what would be seen by the human eye if looking at this region of Mars.

Hubble captures the beautiful aftermath of a supernova explosion

May 14, 2022
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the tattered remnant of a supernova — a titanic explosion marking the end of the life of a dying star. This object — known as DEM L249 — is thought to have been created by a Type 1a supernova during the death throes of a white dwarf. While white dwarfs are usually stable, they can slowly accrue matter if they are part of a binary star system. This accretion of matter continues until the white dwarf reaches a critical mass and undergoes a catastrophic supernova explosion, ejecting a vast amount of material into space in the process.

All of the modes James Webb instruments will use to study the universe

May 14, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA working to fix ‘nuisance’ problems with Space Launch System rocket

May 14, 2022
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher.

How to watch SpaceX launch its second batch of satellites in 24 hours

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Scientists grow plants in lunar soil for first time

Scientists observing the plant growth experiment.

See first-ever image of monstrous black hole at the heart of the Milky Way

This is the first image of Sagittarius A* (or Sgr A* for short), the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. It’s the first direct visual evidence of the presence of this black hole. It was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), an array which linked together eight existing radio observatories across the planet to form a single “Earth-sized” virtual telescope. The telescope is named after the “event horizon”, the boundary of the black hole beyond which no light can escape.

Starliner team confirms crucial space mission is ‘go for launch’

May 12, 2022
The Starliner on its way to being stacked on ULA's Atlas V rocket.

Check out the first hi-res images from NOAA’s new satellite

May 12, 2022
Earth as seen by NOAA's GOES-18 weather satellite.

Boeing time-lapse shows Starliner spacecraft’s easiest journey yet

May 11, 2022
Engineers working on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

Virgin Galactic delays commercial launch of space tourism service

May 10, 2022
Virgin Galactic's space plane heading to the edge of space.

NASA’s InSight lander detects ‘monster quake’ on Mars

May 10, 2022
InSight lander dome

NASA won’t try testing its Space Launch System rocket again until June

May 8, 2022
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Monday, April 4, 2022.

See the ‘grand design’ of spiral galaxy M99 in this Hubble image

The magnificent spiral galaxy M99 fills the frame in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. M99 – which lies roughly 42 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices – is a “grand design” spiral galaxy, so-called because of the well-defined, prominent spiral arms visible in this image. Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 captured M99 on two separate occasions, helping astronomers study two entirely different astronomical phenomena. The image above includes data from both sets of observations.

This is how NASA measures rising sea levels from space

An artist's rendering of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite.

Time spent in space changes the structure of astronauts’ brains

The International Space Station captured from the Crew Dragon.
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