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Watch, hear a meteorite impact on doorbell camera video

(Joe Velaidum and Laura Kelly)

A sharp crash that sounds like glass shattering or ice cracking has been documented as likely the world's first audio recording of a meteorite crash. It came by chance from a doorbell camera, recorded last July near the front steps of a home in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island.

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Blue Ghost moon lander witnesses an eclipse from space

(Firefly Aerospace)

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander is on its way to the moon. The lander completed its first main engine burn during its journey to the lunar surface, which is expected to take a total of 45 days. On Tuesday (Jan. 20), NASA released an update that included a timelapse video showing Earth eclipsing the sun as seen from the perspective of the lander while en route to the moon.

Full Story: Space (1/22)

Skywatching

Partial solar eclipse March 2025: What you need to know

(Roudny Chatelain / 500px / Getty Images)

Mark your calendars! On Saturday, March 29, 2025, a deep partial solar eclipse will be visible from the Northern Hemisphere. Although the moon's central shadow will miss Earth and there will be no totality, it will still be a relatively major solar eclipse. While much of Europe will see a big partial solar eclipse, the best views will be for those in extreme eastern regions of North America, where an eclipsed sun will appear on the eastern horizon at sunrise if skies are clear.

Full Story: Space (1/22)

Spaceflight

Taikonauts install Tiangong space station debris shields

(CCTV)

Two Chinese astronauts have completed the second spacewalk of their six-month-long mission in Earth orbit. Mission commander Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong completed multiple tasks before returning to the Wentian module airlock, according to China's human spaceflight agency, including the installation of space debris protection devices and inspecting the exterior of the space station.

Full Story: Space (1/22)

Science & Astronomy

Astronomers watch black hole spit out a light-year-long jet

(NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/Meyer at al. 2025)

Astronomers have, for the first time, watched the moment a feeding supermassive black hole at the heart of a distant galaxy spat out a jet of material at one-third of the speed of light. Plus, the structure is technically made up of two jets, each about half a light-year across.

Full Story: Space (1/23)

Technology

Scientists propose wild new interstellar travel tech

(Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)

Researchers have proposed a new propulsion method that could make covering the vast distances required for interstellar missions feasible within a human lifetime.

Full Story: Space (1/22)

Star Trek

'Star Trek: Section 31' review: not your father's Trek

(Paramount)

From the raw and raucous trailer that was dropped back in December, faithful acolytes of Gene Roddenberry's "wagon train to the stars" have been anxiously anticipating this spinoff TV feature with guarded pockets of optimism that this project might fulfill its promise of a darker, edgier adventure within the expanding framework of the venerable sci-fi property.

Full Story: Space (1/23)