Astrobotic's crippled Peregrine moon lander will crash into Earth over the South Pacific today, 10 days after a fuel leak doomed its chances of landing NASA and other commercial payloads on the moon. The spacecraft will burn up in the atmosphere over a remote stretch of the Pacific Ocean and you can see where here.
SpaceX will launch its next private astronaut mission for Axiom Space today, called Ax-3, that will send four people it to the International Space Station. It's SpaceX's first all-European private launch on a Dragon capsule. Liftoff is at 4:49 pm. EST (2149 GMT). Here's when and how to watch.
Europe's Mars Express orbiter has detected enough water ice buried beneath the Red Planet's equator to cover the entire planet in a shallow ocean if melted. While it's not the first time that evidence for ice has been found near the Red Planet's equator, this new discovery is by far the largest amount of water ice detected there so far.
The iPhone 15 Pro Max is the best iPhone yet with a 48MP rear-facing camera and 12MP Ultra-wide and telephoto options it should be just the ticket for astrophotography.
The moon and Jupiter will appear close together in the Aries constellation, offering the chance to see five moons at once through the right binoculars. Jupiter's four largest satellites, called the Galilean moons, will appear in pairs on either side of the largest planet in our solar system.
The delays in NASA's Artemis moon program are making some members of Congress nervous. "The country that lands first will have the ability to set a precedent for whether future lunar activities are conducted with openness and transparency, or in a more restricted manner," House Congressman Frank Lucas (R-OK) said in a hearing this week.
Scientists may finally understand how a unique rock type was created on the moon and came to be distributed across the lunar surface. An international team of scientists discovered a critical reaction that occurred deep with the moon 3.5 billion years ago that caused the exchange of iron in magma with magnesium in surrounding rocks. Here's what it means.
A new expanded trailer for Sandler's strangely poignant celestial thriller, "Spaceman," has been launched by Netflix and we finally get our first look at Paul Dano's creepy alien spider. Check it out!
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