Emily Ratajkowski criticized Katy Perry for flying into space on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin ship, which she says is "destroying the planet. " There were six women in the expedition.
For the first time, the Webb Telescope recorded a planet the size of Jupiter falling into a star. Previously, it was believed that planets are absorbed by the expansion of the star.
Private companies like Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have sent nearly 120 civilians into space. Suborbital flights cost around $500,000, and renting a SpaceX capsule costs $200 million.
Jeff Bezos sends the first all-female crew in history into space on a Blue Origin rocket. Among them: Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez and others.
Meteor showers can be seen in April and May. The Lyrids can be observed from April 17 to 26, and the Eta Aquarids from April 20 to May 21.
Elon Musk publicly disagrees with Trump, and the latter seems to like it. Musk freely shares his opinions, even interfering in cabinet affairs.
April 12 is Cosmonautics Day, Rocket and Space Industry Workers' Day, Scout Day and World Hamster Day.
The Trump administration has proposed cutting NASA funding in 2026 by nearly half, to $3. 9 billion. A number of important initiatives will be terminated, including the return of soil from Mars.
ESA has recorded the awakening of a black hole in the galaxy SDSS1335+0728 at a distance of 300 million light-years. It suddenly began to emit powerful X-rays.
Astroscale U. S. is building a refueling station in space for the U.S. Space Force. The fuel ship will refuel objects in geostationary orbit, allowing them to stay there longer.
Soyuz rocket launches from Baikonur, delivering Kim, Ryzhikov, and Zubritsky to the ISS.
According to Copernicus, March 2025 was the warmest in Europe since 1940, with average temperatures exceeding the norm by 2. 41°C. Arctic sea ice reached a record low.
The Full Moon will meet Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, on April 12. Light from Spica travels for 250 years, and from the Moon – 1.3 seconds.
NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered the largest organic molecules on Mars, dating back 3. 7 billion years. The molecules could be fragments of fatty acids that surround biological cells.
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured stunning images of the spiral galaxy NGC 4941, located 67 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. Hubble's instruments highlight individual star clusters and gas clouds.
Airbus has won a contract to develop a landing platform to deliver a Mars rover to Mars as part of the ExoMars mission, scheduled for launch in 2028. The contract will create around 200 jobs.
The Webb telescope has for the first time been able to capture Neptune's auroras in stunning infrared detail. The auroral activity is located at the planet's mid-latitudes, not at the poles.
NASA plans to complete the certification of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft for crewed missions by the end of 2025 or early 2026. This is after technical problems during the mission to the ISS.
The Ukrainian IT industry continues to grow, increasing its share in exports and paying over $1 billion in taxes. Ukraine exports IT services to 147 countries, including Microsoft, Meta, NASA and Google.
The head of the Nobel Committee expressed concern over the persecution of scientists and the reduction of funding for science. This is happening against the backdrop of political disputes and could threaten the freedom of research.
European gas prices rose by 6. 2% after an attack on a pumping station in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. The incident casts doubt on the resumption of gas supplies to Europe.
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with the NROL-57 payload. The rocket launched from California as part of a mission for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts and a Roscosmos cosmonaut landed off the coast of Florida.
The Blue Ghost device took high-definition images of the sunset from the Moon. NASA hopes that they will help to unravel the mystery of the strange haze that was first observed on the Moon in the 1960s.
American astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who are stranded on the ISS, will return to Earth on a SpaceX Crew Dragon ship. Their mission has been delayed due to problems with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft.
SpaceX Dragon Successfully docks with the ISS, delivering astronauts from NASA, JAXA and Roscosmos. The Crew-10 crew will join Expedition 72 to conduct scientific research.
The Falcon 9 rocket launched from Florida, sending the Crew Dragon with astronauts from NASA, Japan and Russia into orbit. The mission will also return to Earth astronauts stranded on the ISS due to technical problems.
SpaceX is preparing to launch a rocket with four astronauts to the ISS. The launch, originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed to Saturday due to technical problems at the launch site.
The "Hera" probe photographed Mars and Deimos during the flyby. This will help in planning future missions to explore Mars' satellites and develop technologies to protect against asteroids.
SpaceX canceled the launch due to a problem on the launch pad. Astronauts Wilmore and Williams were delayed at the ISS due to technical problems with the Boeing Starliner.
