Space.com
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- Could Mars volcanoes have supported ancient life on the Red Planet? Well, maybeon 18th April 2025 at 10:00 pm
Using NASA's Perseverance rover to analyze Martian rocks, researchers suggest that Mars' complex volcanism might hold clues about the planet's ancient habitability.
- Bahamas puts SpaceX rocket landings on hold pending review: reportby tmalik@space.com (Tariq Malik) on 18th April 2025 at 9:14 pm
Landing off the coast of the Bahamas offers SpaceX new rocket flight trajectories.
- 'Take care of our station. It's our everything.' Russian cosmonaut hands control of ISS over to Japanese astronaut (video)by mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) on 18th April 2025 at 8:34 pm
Russia's Alexey Ovchinin handed the keys of the International Space Station to Japanese spaceflyer Takuya Onishi in a change-of-command ceremony today (April 18).
- NASA's sun-studying PUNCH mission captures its 1st-light images. Everything looks great so faron 18th April 2025 at 8:05 pm
NASA's PUNCH sun-studying mission has seen first light — and the team says all four instruments are indeed working as expected.
- Star Wars Celebration reveals new footage about Sigourney Weaver's 'The Mandalorian & Grogu' characteron 18th April 2025 at 8:00 pm
The Mandalorian's next chapter will blast into theaters in 2026, and we're learning more about its characters and story.
NASA.com
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- Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebulaby Monika Luabeya on 18th April 2025 at 7:31 pm
This newly reprocessed image released on April 18, 2025, provides a new view of an enormous, 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and dust. Despite its size, it’s just one small piece of the greater Eagle Nebula, also called Messier 16. The Eagle Nebula is one of many nebulae in the Milky Way that are known
- NASA to Cover US Spacewalk 93, Hold Preview News Conferenceby Tiernan P. Doyle on 18th April 2025 at 5:42 pm
Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station, conducting U.S. spacewalk 93 on Thursday, May 1, to complete station upgrades. NASA will preview the upcoming spacewalk during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 24, on the agency’s website from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Learn how to watch
- Early Career Faculty 2024by Loura Hall on 18th April 2025 at 4:54 pm
Back to ECF Home Transformational Advanced Energetic Propulsion Power Systems to Enable Small System Operations in Permanently Shadowed Lunar Regions
Image of the Day
- Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebulaon 18th April 2025 at 7:32 pm
This towering structure of billowing gas and dark, obscuring dust might only be a small portion of the Eagle Nebula, but it is no less majestic in appearance for it. 9.5 light-years tall and 7000 light-years distant from Earth, this dusty sculpture is refreshed with the use of new processing techniques.
Space Station News
- NASA to Cover US Spacewalk 93, Hold Preview News Conferenceby Tiernan P. Doyle on 18th April 2025 at 5:42 pm
Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station, conducting U.S. spacewalk 93 on Thursday, May 1, to complete station upgrades. NASA will preview the upcoming spacewalk during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 24, on the agency’s website from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Learn how to watch
- NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Colorado Studentsby Tiernan P. Doyle on 17th April 2025 at 8:32 pm
Students from Woodland Park, Colorado, will connect with NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers as she answers prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related questions from aboard the International Space Station. Watch the 20-minute space-to-Earth call at 11:55 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 21, on the NASA STEM YouTube Channel. The event, hosted by Woodland Park High School,
- Science Meets Art: NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Turns the Camera on Scienceby Christian M. Getteau on 17th April 2025 at 2:00 pm
NASA astronaut Don Pettit is scheduled to return home in mid-April after a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Throughout his stay, Pettit contributed to research that benefits humanity and future space missions. Pettit also shared what he calls “science of opportunity” to demonstrate how experimenting with our surroundings
Astronomy Now
Below are some stories from Astronomy News from the Astronomy Now website
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 18 – 27by Alan MacRobert on 18th April 2025 at 9:05 am
Bright Jupiter is getting lower in the west week by week and is nearly at its farthest from Earth. But it's still the brightest point in the evening sky, qualifying as the "Little Evening Star" in the absence of Venus. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 18 – 27 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
- Webb Telescope Reveals What Happens When a Planet Spirals Into Its Starby Arielle Frommer on 17th April 2025 at 8:58 pm
When astronomers discovered a star that had swallowed its own planet, they found a surprise — the planet may have spiraled in to its demise. The post Webb Telescope Reveals What Happens When a Planet Spirals Into Its Star appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Night Sky News from Astronomy Now
- This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 18 – 27by Alan MacRobert on 18th April 2025 at 9:05 am
Bright Jupiter is getting lower in the west week by week and is nearly at its farthest from Earth. But it's still the brightest point in the evening sky, qualifying as the "Little Evening Star" in the absence of Venus. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, April 18 – 27 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
- See the Lyrid Meteor Shower the Night of April 21–22by Bob King on 16th April 2025 at 1:56 pm
The annual Lyrid meteor shower should put on a great show this year. Enjoy it with a dash of the "dark side" of Saturn's rings. The post See the Lyrid Meteor Shower the Night of April 21–22 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.