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‘The Mandalorian’ season 2 will bring Baby Yoda back to us Oct. 30
By Scott Snowden
The much anticipated second season of Disney’s first live action “Star Wars” TV spin-off show, “The Mandalorian,” is set to premiere Oct. 30.
Lego unveils epic Mos Eisley Cantina set from ‘Star Wars’
By Elizabeth Howell
The seedy Mos Eisley Cantina is home to some of the most iconic moments in the first “Star Wars” film, and soon you’ll be able to recreate them on your own in Lego form.
Satellites monitor California wildfires from space (photos)
By Doris Elin Urrutia
Satellites have snapped true-color images of the West Coast wildfires and also detected aerosols caused by the burning material.
Hitch a ride to space (and back) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in this awesome video
By Amy Thompson
Falcon 9 made a rare onshore landing following its historic launch on Aug. 30.
Pictures from space! Our image of the day
By Space.com Staff
NASA wants to buy moon dirt from private companies
By Mike Wall
NASA, which has already booked robotic rides to the lunar surface on commercial landers, now aims to pay private companies to collect moon dirt.
Pioneering gravity research snags $3 million physics Breakthrough Prize Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg was rewarded as well, for his varied and continuing contributions to physics. NASA wants to buy moon dirt from private companies The agency will pay $15,000 to $25,000 for each sample cache. Mystery of Jupiter’s persistent geometric storms may be solved But scientists still don’t know how the weird storms formed. Space tug to test out robotic arm on 2022 demonstration mission The test flight is designed to demonstrate key space-commercialization technologies. Buff space mice could stop astronauts from losing bone and muscle mass Pictures from space! Our image of the day
Tech
3,200 megapixels! The camera heart of future Vera Rubin Observatory snaps record-breaking 1st photos
By Mike Wall
The imaging sensors for the future Vera C. Rubin Observatory have taken their record-breaking first photos.
Half the atoms in the planet could be digital data by 2245
By Adam Mann
A scientist predicts looming crises based on the growth of digital content
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Spaceflight
Hitch a ride to space (and back) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in this awesome video
By Amy Thompson
Falcon 9 made a rare onshore landing following its historic launch on Aug. 30.
On This Day in Space: Sept. 10, 2011: NASA’s GRAIL mission launches to the moon
By Hanneke Weitering
On Sept. 10, 2011, NASA’s GRAIL spacecraft launched on a mission to the moon! Here’s how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
Science & Astronomy
Satellites monitor California wildfires from space (photos)
By Doris Elin Urrutia
Satellites have snapped true-color images of the West Coast wildfires and also detected aerosols caused by the burning material.
Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua could actually be a cosmic dust bunny
By Chelsea Gohd
A new theory has emerged that the cigar-shaped space rock ‘Oumuamua might actually be a dust bunny.
Search For Life
Jupiter’s ocean moons raise tides on each other
By Mike Wall
Jupiter’s big ocean-harboring moons may have a strong gravitational effect on each other, raising big tides in each others’ subsurface seas, a new study suggests.
Want to find life on Venus? Check for spores in the atmosphere, new research suggests.
By Charles Q. Choi
In the depths of Venus’ hellish atmosphere, a layer of mysterious haze could be home to life, a new study finds.
Submarine could explore seas of huge Saturn moon Titan
By Mike Wall
Researchers have been crafting a concept mission that would send a submarine to Saturn’s huge moon Titan, which sports lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons on its frigid surface.
Skywatching
The ‘Goat Star’ is back: How to see Capella in the night sky this month
By Joe Rao
At this time of year, some might be attracted by the presence of an unusually bright star sparkling over the north-northeast horizon.
See Mars rendezvous with the moon this Labor Day weekend
By Joe Rao
Every once in a while, something will appear in the sky that will attract the attention of even those who normally don’t bother looking up.
An airplane-size asteroid gives Earth a close shave
By Hanneke Weitering
An asteroid the size of a jumbo jet will have a close encounter with Earth today (Sept. 1), zooming past our planet at about one-third the average distance to the moon.
Entertainment
‘The Mandalorian’ season 2 will bring Baby Yoda back to us Oct. 30
By Scott Snowden
The much anticipated second season of Disney’s first live action “Star Wars” TV spin-off show, “The Mandalorian,” is set to premiere Oct. 30.
Lego unveils epic Mos Eisley Cantina set from ‘Star Wars’
By Elizabeth Howell
The seedy Mos Eisley Cantina is home to some of the most iconic moments in the first “Star Wars” film, and soon you’ll be able to recreate them on your own in Lego form.
Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ adaptation gets first trailer
By Scott Snowden
The long-awaited first trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi saga has arrived and it’s going to blow your mind.