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Get the latest news, articles and videos on space news, astronomy, space exploration, the space industry, NASA, our solar system and the universe from GeekWire contributing editor Alan Boyle.

Image: Wilson and Bezos

The inside story behind Jeff Bezos’ alien cameo on ‘Star Trek Beyond’

When “Star Trek Beyond” comes out on DVD next week, you can freeze-frame on the big-name cameo appearance that zipped… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Video: Jeff Bezos shares big ideas, from Amazon’s drone landing pads to a 10,000-year clock

Someday, you’ll be printing out a landing pad to guide an Amazon drone to its delivery, or maybe taking a… Read More

Schiaparelli crash site

NASA’s Mars orbiter spots the blackened remains of Europe’s lost Schiaparelli lander

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has caught sight of the blackened spot where a European lander apparently hit the Martian surface,… Read More

Image: Soyuz craft

U.S.-Russian trio moves into space station

Three new crew members were welcomed aboard the International Space Station today, just in time to help out with a… Read More

Bezos at Blue Origin

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos compares space to internet, and he’ll build the infrastructure

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he’s trying to do for outer-space ventures what delivery services and the internet did for him:… Read More

Schiaparelli lander

What went wrong with Europe’s Mars lander? Signs point to parachute

The European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander apparently crashed after its parachute was ejected too early and its thrusters switched off too soon,… Read More

Planet Nine

Astronomers are seeing more signs of undiscovered Planet Nine’s influence

Astronomers haven’t yet seen Planet Nine, the theoretical world that some say lies far beyond Pluto’s orbit, but they’re seeing more… Read More

Juno close flyby of Jupiter

NASA’s Juno orbiter reboots itself – and misses out on a Jupiter photo op

NASA says its Juno orbiter experienced a reboot of its onboard computer late Tuesday, just as it was getting ready… Read More

Trace Gas Orbiter and Schiaparelli

European Space Agency hails orbiter’s arrival at Mars but loses track of lander

For the first time in 13 years, the European Space Agency has put a spacecraft in orbit around Mars –… Read More

Antares launch

After two-year gap, Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket puts Cygnus cargo ship in orbit

Orbital ATK’s Antares two-stage rocket sent a robotic Cygnus cargo spaceship on its way to the International Space Station today, nearly… Read More

Binnie, Allen and Rutan in 2004

Book recounts how billionaires Paul Allen and Jeff Bezos helped start a space race

Commercial spaceflight seems to be hitting its stride right about now, thanks in part to the launch programs funded by… Read More

Shenzhou 11 launch

China launches two astronauts on Shenzhou 11, heading for orbital laboratory

Two Chinese astronauts are on their way to an orbiting laboratory for a monthlong mission aimed at preparing the way… Read More

Barack Obama at Frontiers Conference

Obama goes into full (and feisty) geek mode at White House Frontiers Conference

President Barack Obama stated the obvious today during what almost sounded like a farewell address to the tech community he… Read More

GOODS survey of distant universe

Hubble reveals 10 times more galaxies than scientists thought were out there

It looks as if astronomers have been way, way off on their galaxy counts: A new analysis of data from… Read More

Asgardia satellite

Hail, Asgardia! Scientist plans to create nation in space, but details are up in the air

A Russian scientist and businessman today unveiled a social-media-savvy plan to create the first-ever nation in space, named Asgardia. But… Read More

Europa and Jupiter

GeekWire at the Movies: ‘Voyage of Time’ lays out a visual book of scientific genesis

Is it possible to create a visual gospel, to be seen on a movie screen rather than read from a… Read More

Automated Planet Finder

Spectral signals from alien civilizations? Fresh set of SETI claims stirs up criticism

Two astronomers have generated a debate by claiming that they may have found the spectral signature of messages from an… Read More

SkySat satellites

Spaceflight signs up Google’s Terra Bella for satellite launch on SpaceX rocket

Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries says it’s made a deal with Terra Bella to have the Google subsidiary’s Earth-observing satellites launched on… Read More

Image: Mars Base Camp

Obama talks up NASA’s vision for sending astronauts on giant leap to Mars by 2030s

President Barack Obama is throwing a spotlight on NASA’s plan for Mars exploration – and habitation – in advance of this week’s White… Read More

Edgar Mitchell and Alan Shepard

How aliens and Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell got tangled up in WikiLeaks emails

WikiLeaks’ purloined emails cover a wide range of issues that were handled by Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, but… Read More

New Shepard capsule

Jeff Bezos marks retirement of Blue Origin New Shepard space capsule with a tortoise

After seven launches, Blue Origin’s first New Shepard suborbital space capsule is getting a send-off from the company’s founder, Amazon… Read More

Cebreros antenna

A not-so-simple response: Messages beamed to aliens amid debate over perils

More than 3,000 messages were beamed toward the North Star today by a powerful radio telescope – and although the exercise… Read More

Brooke Owens on zero-G flight

Brooke Owens Fellowships will boost women in aerospace (and we’re helping)

Space industry pioneer Brooke Owens didn’t live long enough to reach the final frontier, but her life has inspired a… Read More

In-space construction

Tethers Unlimited’s Firmamentum strikes deal to demonstrate orbital manufacturing

A division of Tethers Unlimited Inc., a space technology company based in Bothell, Wash., says it has signed a contract… Read More

Image: Stratolaunch with Orbital ATK Pegasus XL rockets

Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch teams up (again) with Orbital ATK on air-launched rockets

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch Systems has renewed its partnership with Orbital ATK on a platform that will make use… Read More

Blue Origin spacecraft separation

‘One hell of a booster’: Blue Origin’s spaceship totally survives what should have been a fiery flight

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos is a happy man today, now that the wildest test flight ever conducted by his Blue Origin space venture has… Read More

Obama and DiCaprio

Has Leonardo DiCaprio signed up for Elon Musk’s trip to Mars? It’s just a joke, people!

For a time, the Internet was agog over Leonardo DiCaprio’s claim that he’s getting a ticket to Mars – presumably as… Read More

Sentinel-2 image of Brisbane

Google Cloud offers a quadrillion bytes of Landsat and Sentinel-2 satellite views

How do you channel a flood of almost 5 million images into useful applications? Google Cloud is doing it with more… Read More

Blue Origin New Shepard craft

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin delays dramatic rocket test flight due to bad weather

Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has to pass up a historic date for its next flight test,… Read More

European Extremely Large Telescope

Breakthrough Watch: Alien-hunting effort takes telescopic aim at Proxima Centauri b

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – A multimillion-dollar campaign to look for evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations has added telescopic observations of the nearest known… Read More

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