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Screenshot from “Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition.” (Image credit: Survios) As the Alien franchise enjoys a resurgence across film and TV following 2024’s Alien: Romulus and the just-released Alien: Earth show, it comes as no surprise that 20th Century Studios is also ramping up the number of video game projects featuring Xenomorphs. After a timid […]

Images of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy M87 taken by the Event Horizon Telescope, showing the shifting polarization of its magnetic field. (Image credit:  EHT Collaboration) The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has captured stunning, newly revealed images of the supermassive black hole that lies at the heart of the galaxy

Protestors rally together for the recent September 15 NASA protest. (Image credit: NASA Needs Help) Chants of “Save NASA!” echoed through downtown Washington, D.C., Monday(Sept. 15) as agency workers and supporters rallied outside NASA headquarters. Carrying signs and repeating calls, protestors urged lawmakers to protect the space agency’s future. It was the third such demonstration

Two “fans” representing DESI observations above and below the plane of the Milky Way. (Image credit: DESI Collaboration/DOE/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor/ Robert Lea (created with Canva)) As you might imagine, mapping the universe on the largest of scales and tracing threads of the cosmic web is no mean feat. To do so, you’d need to take observational

An illustration of a white dwarf about to explode as it feeds on a companion star (Image credit: Robert Lea (created with Cnva)) Betelgeuse may have competition for the most exciting star about to go nova near Earth. Astronomers have discovered the secret of a strange star system that has baffled them for years, finding

Artistic depiction of NASA astronauts at the lunar south pole carrying out early work to establish an Artemis Base Camp. (Image credit: NASA) As NASA prepares to put astronauts on the moon in the next few years, the agency is thinking about “how to live and operate away from the Earth, on other planets” —

Northrop Grumman’s 21st Cygnus cargo craft, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays, is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm shortly after its capture on Aug. 6, 2024. (Image credit: NASA) The debut mission of Northrop Grumman’s new jumbo cargo spacecraft didn’t go off without a hitch. The company’s first “Cygnus XL”

A hidden magnetic island inside a coronal hole unleashed a surprise G3 storm, sparking dazzling auroras worldwide. (Image credit: Photo by Ross Harried/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Jump to: Northern lights across the US (photos & videos) Latest forecast Aurora chasers around the world were treated to dazzling shows after a “secret” island within a coronal

Data from two NASA satellites show the scar on the Albertan landscape after a storm passed through the region on Aug. 20, 2025. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview.) Canada’s “hailstorm alley” just produced a storm with a scar visible from space. Satellite

Life on Mars? – With Dr. Michael Tice – YouTube Watch On On Episode 177 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Michael Tice to talk about a possible detection of ancient life on Mars. Tice is a research scientist, a planetary geologist at Texas A&M and