Space Exploration
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On this day in space! March 23, 1840: First photo of the moon taken!
By Hanneke Weitering Last updated
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Preserving astronomy history: The fight is on to save an iconic Royal Observatory Greenwich site
By Ryan French Published
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1st-ever orbital rocket launch from European soil targeted for March 24
By Josh Dinner Published
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'Star Trek' icon lives on with new Nichelle Nichols Space Camp to inspire young women to aim for the stars
By Jeff Spry Published
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China now has a 'kill mesh' in orbit, Space Force vice chief says
By Josh Dinner Published
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Into the deep (field) with ESA's Euclid 'dark universe' telescope: Space photo of the day
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Apollo 10, Soyuz capsule among artifacts moving to new space gallery in London
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Human spaceflight
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SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts return to Earth: Live updates
By Mike Wall Last updated
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Private Starlab space station moves into 'full-scale development' ahead of 2028 launch
By Tereza Pultarova Published
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SpaceX Crew-10 folds traits, hopes into origami crane zero-g indicator
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Tiangong astronauts experiment with AI robot and more to kick off busy year for Chinese human spaceflight (video)
By Andrew Jones Published
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Meet the SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts launching to the ISS on March 12
By Julian Dossett Published
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Astronaut turned to AI to inspire design of SpaceX Crew-10 mission patch
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at launch site for Crew-10 astronaut flight to ISS (photos)
By Josh Dinner Published
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'Stuck' NASA astronauts on ISS grilled on Earthly politics as long 9-month mission nears end. 'From my standpoint, politics is not playing into this at all.'
By Mike Wall Published
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Katy Perry will launch to space with historic all-female crew on Blue Origin rocket
By Tariq Malik Published
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Launches & Spacecraft
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1st-ever orbital rocket launch from European soil targeted for March 24
By Josh Dinner Published
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Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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SpaceX sets new rocket-reuse record on launch of US spy satellites (video)
By Mike Wall Published
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast (video, photos)
By Mike Wall Published
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Rocket Lab launches final 5 satellites for French 'Internet of Things' constellation
By Mike Wall Published
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SpaceX aces 3rd launch in 13 hours, sending 23 Starlink satellites to orbit (video)
By Mike Wall Published
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SpaceX launches 74 satellites to orbit, lands Falcon 9 rocket for the 400th time (video)
By Mike Wall Last updated
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Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launching for 6th time ever soon: Watch it live
By Mike Wall Published
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Space photo of the day: Total lunar eclipse crosses the sky above SpaceX's Crew-10 spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Missions
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On this day in space! March 23, 1840: First photo of the moon taken!
By Hanneke Weitering Last updated
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Apollo 10, Soyuz capsule among artifacts moving to new space gallery in London
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Stellar nursery sparkles at the edge of our galaxy in gorgeous Hubble Telescope image
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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When space meets sea, Crew-9 Dragon meets dolphins: Space photo of the day
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Astronomers discover exotic atmosphere on scorching hot exoplanet Cuancoá. 'Like finding a snowball that hasn't melted in a fire'
By Victoria Corless Published
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NASA still mulling options for Boeing's troubled Starliner astronaut capsule
By Mike Wall Published
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Hubble Telescope spies star-forming cocoons in neighboring galaxy (photo)
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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Starliner and Crew-9 astronauts arrive home in Houston: Space photo of the day
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Dolphins welcome SpaceX's Crew-9 astronauts home after splashdown (video)
By Mike Wall Published
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Private spaceflight
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Feel the burn with this amazing video of a Varda space capsule's plunge through Earth's atmosphere
By Andrew Jones Published
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SpaceX loses Starship rocket stage again, but catches giant Super Heavy booster during Flight 8 launch (video)
By Mike Wall Published
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Hope is all but lost for private asteroid probe in deep space — 'the chance of talking with Odin is minimal'
By Mike Wall Published
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Watch SpaceX launch its Starship Flight 8 megarocket test flight today
By Mike Wall Last updated
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Watch Intuitive Machines land private Athena probe at the lunar south pole
By Josh Dinner Published
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SpaceX calls off Starship Flight 8 launch test due to rocket issues (video)
By Mike Wall Published
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What time will the private Blue Ghost probe land on the moon today? How to watch live. [Updated]
By Tariq Malik Last updated
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'I think we all know that hope is fading.' Private Odin asteroid probe is tumbling in space
By Tariq Malik Published
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SpaceX gets FAA approval for Flight 8 of Starship megarocket
By Mike Wall Published
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Satellites
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How climate change could make Earth's space junk problem even worse
By Tereza Pultarova Published
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Starlink satellites: Facts, tracking and impact on astronomy
By Tereza Pultarova Last updated
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Starlink satellite train: how to see and track it in the night sky
By Daisy Dobrijevic Last updated
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Croatia's 1st satellite captures its first views of home (photo)
By Tereza Pultarova Published
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SpaceX to launch water-hunting moon probe 'Lunar Trailblazer' on Feb. 26
By Leonard David Published
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Earth-observing company Planet signs $230 million deal for fleet of new Pelican satellites
By Mike Wall Published
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SMILE! Europe and China move toward 2026 launch of space weather mission
By Andrew Jones Published
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Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem
By Tereza Pultarova Published
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World's 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)
By Tereza Pultarova Published
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Search for Life
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Massive star explosions may have triggered two mass extinctions in Earth's past: 'It would be terrifying.'
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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'Poppy seeds' and 'leopard spots' on Mars could hint at ancient microbial life
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Water in the universe may have formed closer to the Big Bang than previously thought
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Is there life out there? The existence of other technological species is highly likely
By Alexander Cox Published
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DNA-busting radiation from star-killing supernova could have influenced evolution on Earth
By Stefanie Waldek Published
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What's that smell? Astronomers discover a stinky new clue in the search for alien life
By Paul Sutter Published
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Boost for alien hunters? Earth life may not be so improbable, study suggests
By Keith Cooper Published
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Life as we don't know it: Some aliens may need sulfuric acid like we need water
By Kiona N. Smith Published
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I want to believe — but yet another massive search for alien technosignatures just turned up nothing
By Paul Sutter Published
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Tech
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This new telescope lens could be a game-changer for space imagery
By Keith Cooper Published
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Watch how SpaceX makes 15,000 Starlink satellite internet kits a day (video)
By Julian Dossett Published
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World's largest digital camera to help new Vera Rubin Observatory make a 'time-lapse record of the universe' (video)
By Victoria Corless Published
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Boom Supersonic's XB-1 jet flew in front of the sun so NASA could take this incredible shock wave photo
By Julian Dossett Published
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Scientists discover simpler way to achieve Einstein's 'spooky action at a distance' thanks to AI breakthrough — bringing quantum internet closer to reality
By Peter Ray Allison Published
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Varda space capsule returns to Earth in 1st commercial landing in Australian Outback (photos)
By Andrew Jones Published
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Leaping robots, fusion satellites and more! New NASA-funded studies could someday 'change the possible'
By Andrew Jones Published
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30 years after warp drives were proposed, we still can't make the math work
By Paul Sutter Published
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3D-printed 'hydrogels' could be future space radiation shields for astronaut trips to Mars
By Julian Dossett Published
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More about Space Exploration
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Apollo 10, Soyuz capsule among artifacts moving to new space gallery in London
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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Stellar nursery sparkles at the edge of our galaxy in gorgeous Hubble Telescope image
By Samantha Mathewson Published
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When space meets sea, Crew-9 Dragon meets dolphins: Space photo of the day
By Robert Z. Pearlman Published
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