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- October 31
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- Why Dead Stars Go Boom: Scientists Eye Mechanism Behind Supernova Explosions
- Scientists Just Found a 'Needle in the Haystack' Black Hole Once Hidden From View
- It's Halloween! NASA Space Telescope Spots a Ghostly Cosmic Jack-O'Lantern
- These Space Pumpkins from NASA JPL's 2019 Carving Contest are Just EPIC!
- These Mesmerizing Images Show 'Invisible Gravity Waves' Rippling Over Australia
- Ambitious Sci-Fi MMO Seed Will Launch A 'Narrative Prequel' Alpha Next Year
- October 30
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- Orange Supermoon Lights Up a Portuguese Castle in Night-Sky Photo
- Elon Musk: SpaceX to Launch Vital Crew Dragon Escape System Test Soon
- Why a Robot Janitor is The Outer World's Best Companion
- Astronaut Sees Devastating California Wildfires from Space (Photos)
- How to Carve a James Webb Space Telescope Pumpkin for a Very NASA Halloween
- 'Galaxy of Horrors!' NASA Posters Highlight Spooky Alien Planets (Video)
- NASA's Voyager Missions Were Amazing. Now Scientists Want a True Interstellar Probe
- The First Cubesats to Mars Were Almost Lost Upon Arrival
- Radiation Experiment, Cookie Oven and More Headed to Space Station on Cygnus Cargo Ship
- The Cosmological Conundrum of the Expansion Rate of the Universe
- These Weirdo Stellar Corpses Have Creamy Centers Filled with Exotic Quantum Liquids
- Giant Magellan Telescope Inks Key Construction Contract, Eyes 2029 '1st Light'
- Space Ghost! Spooky Face with Glowing Eyes Glares at Us All in This Creepy Hubble Photo
- October 29
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- Mars Rover Curiosity Snaps Beautiful Selfie After Rare Chemistry Experiment
- 'The Mandalorian' Speaks (Finally) in Final Trailer Before Debut
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Passes Vital Sun Shield Test
- In Photos: Virgin Galactic's Sleek Under Armour Spacesuits for Space Tourists
- See Hasbro's 'Star Wars' Collectibles from New York Comic Con 2019
- Here's How NASA Might Bring Home Pieces of Mars (In a Darth Vader Helmet)
- Rock Star's Company Seeks UFOs, Finds Military Contract
- Wild Idea: Let's Use the Sun as a Lens to Check for Life on Alien Planets
- October 28
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- Uranus Shines at Its Brightest Tonight: Here's How to See It
- Off-World Series! NASA's 'Astros' Play Baseball on Space Station (Video)
- The 'Mole' on NASA's InSight Mars Lander Just Popped Out Of Its Hole (and That's Not Good)
- Samsung's 'SpaceSelfie' Balloon Crash-Lands on a Michigan Farm
- Satellites Track California's Devastating Kincade Wildfire from Space
- 'For All Mankind' to Launch Alternate Space Race on Apple TV+
- Yerkes Observatory: Home of Largest Refracting Telescope
- Asteroid Hygiea May Be the Smallest Dwarf Planet in the Solar System
- Tense Debates Before Challenger Shuttle Disaster Revealed in PBS 'Retro Report' (Exclusive Video)
- Virgin Galactic Goes Public on New York Stock Exchange After Completing Merger
- Sasha Sagan Dives into Science, Space and Spirituality in New Book
- Book Excerpt: 'For Small Creatures Such As We' by Sasha Sagan
- Panoramic 'Moonscape' Reveals Craters of the Lunar South Pole (Photo)
- The Mysterious Cosmic Strings
- October 27
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- US Air Force's X-37B Space Plane Lands After Record 780-Day Mystery Mission
- SpaceX Fires Up a Crew Dragon Abort Engine Ahead of Critical Tests (Video)
- Explore Breathtaking 'Worlds Beyond Earth' with Lupita Nyong'o in Upcoming Planetarium Show
- Assyrian Tablets Contain Earliest Written Record of Aurora’s Sky Glow
- German X-Ray Telescope Takes First Images of Universe. Here They Are!
- October 26
- October 25
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- An Asteroid the Size of a Skyscraper Just Flew by Earth (Video)
- NASA's Artemis Moon Program Attracts More Nations as Potential Partners, Agency Says
- The 2019 Taurid Meteor Shower Peaks Soon. Here's What to Expect.
- NASA Will Launch a Lunar VIPER to Hunt Moon Water in 2022
- Northrop Grumman Names 12th Cygnus Spaceship for Apollo 12 Astronaut
- Mars Monsters Inspired by Lovecraft's Cthulhu Haunt Eerie 'Moons of Madness' Game
- International Astronautical Congress: Complete Coverage
- BepiColombo Spacecraft Documents 1st Year in Space with Selfies
- Mars 2020 Rover Sheds Its Skin and Stands on Its Own for First Time
- The Next Two Astronauts on the Moon Could Both Be Women, NASA Chief Says
- The New Push to the Moon Will Be a Joint Enterprise of Nations (and Companies)
- Bill Nye: It's Space Settlement, Not Colonization
- How Ancient Black Holes May Have Grown So Quickly in the Early Universe
- Smithsonian Air and Space Museum Acquires Japanese Moon Rover
- Legendary 'Yeti' Galaxy Finally Discovered Behind a Shroud of Cosmic Dust
- October 24
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- Stratolaunch, Which Flew the World's Biggest Airplane (Once), Sold to Mystery Owner
- Bam! Scientists Watch Distant Exoplanet Collision
- Star Wars' Star Tours Ride Adding New Stops & Characters for Rise of Skywalker
- NASA Contractors Build on Shuttle Legacy for Artemis Moonshot
- NASA Highlights Woman on the Moon with New Artemis Program Art
- A NASA Spacecraft Still Hasn't Spotted India's Ill-Fated Moon Lander
- SpaceX's Starlink Broadband Service Will Begin in 2020: Report
- Here's How We Could Detect a Wormhole
- How Long Will It Take to Find Proof of Alien Life?
- 'Roswell' Star Will Direct On-Screen Love Interest in Reboot's Season 2
- Humans May Be the Only Intelligent Life in the Universe, If Evolution Has Anything to Say
- October 23
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- 'Supremacy' Achieved: Quantum Computer Notches Epic Milestone
- Green Bank Observatory: Pioneering Radio Astronomy
- An AMA With the 'Space Pope' is LIVE Now on Space.com Forums!
- NASA's Planet-Hunting Probe Joins the Search for Intelligent Aliens
- Mars 2020 Rover Cost Could Starve Other Red Planet Missions
- We May Finally Know How the Universe's Heavy Elements Formed
- New 'Short Trek' Gets Funny with a Shipload of Tribbles
- Israel Plans to Go Back to the Moon … And Stick the Landing This Time
- Rogue, Starless Planets May Circle Black Holes
- Ozone Hole Over Antarctica Shrinks to Record-Small Size
- Astronaut to Control a Moon Robot From the Space Station
- Japan Sets Sights on Moon with NASA and India
- The 'Dark' Legacy of Nobel Prize Winner Jim Peebles
- Pioneering NASA Asteroid Mission Clears Key Hurdle on Path to 2021 Launch
- Space Agencies and Private Industry Discuss Making a Giant Leap on Collaboration
- October 22
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- Virgin Galactic Powers Up New SpaceShipTwo Vehicle (Video)
- Meet NASA's New Leader of Human Spaceflight Operations
- We Could Go to Venus with Today's Technology, Scientists Say
- 'Whoa, It Worked': Elon Musk Tweets Via SpaceX's Starlink Satellites
- ICON: NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer Satellite Mission in Pictures
- NASA Scientists Eye Long-Standing Moon Mysteries in Lunar Return
- Where Do Satellites Go to Die? Dr Space Junk Explains It All in New Book
- Book Excerpt: 'Dr Space Junk vs the Universe' On How to Become a Space Archaeologist
- Jeff Bezos Unveils Blue Origin's Dream Team to Land NASA Astronauts on the Moon
- Spacesuit Gloves Contaminated During Historic All-Woman Spacewalk
- Mars Soil Is Very Weird, the Mole's Struggles Show
- Here's What China's Yutu 2 Rover Found on the Far Side of the Moon (Photos)
- Plastic Recycler Will Turn Space Station Trash into 3D Printing Stock
- A Photo Tour of the Creepy Mars Base from 'Moons of Madness'
- 'Moons of Madness': 6 Ways This New Space Game Is Terrifying (Video)
- Final 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Trailer
- October 21
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- NASA Aims for Mars Landings in 2035 While Building Support for Lunar Gateway
- 'An Earthling's Guide to Outer Space' Tackles Cosmic Questions from Kids and Teens
- Historic Women Spacewalkers Hope to Land on the Moon
- Astronomy Student Silhouetted by Milky Way, Jupiter in Stunning Photo
- Astrovan II: Airstream Builds New Transport for Boeing Starliner Crews
- Musical Theater and Mike Pence? Broadway Performers Surprise at IAC
- US Is Leading World in Space, VP Mike Pence Says
- Fireball That Flew Over Japan in 2017 Was Tiny Piece of Giant Asteroid that Might One Day Threaten Earth
- VP Pence Speech Met by Protests at IAC 2019 Space Conference
- The Space.com Community Is Back!
- Timex Celebrates Space History With New NASA Logotype Wristwatch
- Rocket Lab Aims for the Moon and Beyond with New Photon Satellite Platform
- The Orionid Meteor Shower 2019 Peaks Tonight! Here's What to Expect
- NASA Needs to Get With the Times When It Comes to Planetary Protection, Report Finds
- Moon Dust Could Be a Problem for Future Lunar Explorers
- Dream of Visiting a Black Hole? Maybe Don't, Fun NASA Video Suggests
- October 20
- October 19
- October 18
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- Jupiter's Great Red Spot: Everything you need to know
- Parachutes, Abort Engines Are Key Challenges for SpaceX's Crew Dragon Capsule
- RIP, Van Allen Probes! NASA Ends 7-Year Mission to Explore Earth's Radiation Belts
- NASA Astronauts Make History with 1st All-Woman Spacewalk
- This Poofy, Inflated Exoplanet Is One of the Puffiest Ever Seen
- Trump Hails NASA Astronauts on 1st All-Woman Spacewalk in History
- Josie and the Pussycats are Heading to Outer Space
- An Asteroid-Smashing Star Ground a Giant Rock to Bits and Covered Itself in the Remains
- The 1st All-Woman Spacewalk: Photos, Videos and Celebratory Tweets
- First All-Female Spacewalk Has Link to First US Woman to Walk in Space
- Heroes of Space: Alexei Leonov
- The 1st All-Female Spacewalk Happening Today. Here's How to Watch It Live
- Japan's 1st Moon Rover to Touch Down in 2021
- NASA Orders More SLS Megarockets from Boeing for Artemis Moon Missions
- October 17
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- The Milky Way Stole Its Cosmic Neighbors from Another Galaxy
- After Musk's Pot Escapade, NASA Paid for SpaceX's Safety Review — But Not Boeing's
- Doomed Alien Planets 'Polluted' White Dwarf Stars with Earth-Like Rocks
- Space Stories Land at NYC Explorers Club Saturday!
- Scientists Want to Make a 3D Map of the Entire World Before Climate Change Ruins It
- Humans Will Never Live on An Exoplanet, Nobel Laureate Says. Here's Why.
- A Faux Saturn Moon Titan on Earth Could Solve Solar System Mystery
- Exotic 'Fuzzy' Dark Matter May Have Created Giant Filaments Across the Early Universe
- NASA Spots InSight Mars Lander and Curiosity Rover from Space (Photos)
- Rocket Lab Launches Highest Mission Yet to Put Astro Digital Satellite in Orbit
- October 16
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- Virgin Galactic Unveils Under Armour Spacesuits and 'Spacewear' for Space Tourist Flights
- Virgin Galactic May Raise the Ticket Price for SpaceShipTwo Again
- Lawmakers Grill NASA Chief on Moon-by-2024 Budget, Schedule
- Hubble Space Telescope Spots Interstellar Comet Borisov (Video)
- SpaceX's Starlink Constellation Could Swell by 30,000 More Satellites
- Rocket Lab Swaps Satellite Customers for Electron Launch Tonight: Watch It Live!
- Moon VIPER: NASA Wants to Send a Water-Sniffing Rover to the Lunar South Pole in 2022
- Astronauts Debut Mission Patch for SpaceX Dragon Crewed Flight Test
- Faster-Than-Light Travel Could Explain Mysterious Signals Beaming Through the Cosmos
- NASA's 1st SLS Megarocket Launch to the Moon Could Be Delayed to 2021
- How the Nobel Prize-Winning Exoplanet Was Found
- 'Young' Ice at the Moon's South Pole Surprises Researchers
- This is the 1st Photo of China's Mars Explorer Launching in 2020
- European-Russian ExoMars Rover Team in 'Race Against the Clock' to Fix Parachutes for 2020 Launch
- NASA Just Unveiled the Spacesuit to be Worn by First Woman on the Moon
- October 15
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- Space Explorers From Around the World Gather for Planetary Congress
- Mole Movement! Mars Lander's Heat Probe Gets a Little Unstuck
- Calling All Student Rocketeers! Spaceport America Cup Applications Are Due Friday
- NASA Moves Up 1st All-Female Spacewalk to This Week
- Today's Your Last Chance to Help Name an Alien Solar System!
- Cute Goose (and Captain Marvel) Figure Set Coming in 2020
- Space Junk Menace: New Guidelines Urged to Help Fight Orbital Debris Threat
- Venus May Not Have Been As Earthlike As Scientists Thought
- China's Chang'e 4 Completes 10 Lunar Days on Far Side of the Moon
- What's the Best 'Star Trek' Movie and Why Is It 'Galaxy Quest'? New Documentary Has Answers
- October 14
- October 13
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- A Soviet Satellite Falls to Earth in 'The Walking Dead' Season 10. How Realistic Is It?
- 14 of the biggest spacecraft ever to fall from space
- Brilliant Midnight Fireball Lights Up Sky Over Northeast China
- The Story of 'Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker' Begins with 'Allegiance'
- 'Cosmic Mudball Meteorite' Smells Like Brussels Sprouts, Finds New Home at Museum
- Boeing Aims to Launch Unpiloted Starliner Test Flight to Space Station in December
- October 12
- October 11
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- Astronauts Mourn Alexei Leonov, the World's 1st Spacewalker, While On a Spacewalk of Their Own
- Alexei Leonov: Spacewalk Pioneer
- How the Universe Stopped Making Sense
- Playmobil Is Going Back to the Future in 2020!
- Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, Who Was First to Walk in Space, Dies at 85
- Venus Returns to Evening Sky After Weeks of Hiding Behind the Sun
- Jamie McKelvie Goes Into Deep Space for 'The Killing Horizon'
- 'Star Wars' Relaunches with New Marvel Ongoing Comic Series
- Purdue's Astronaut Alums Inspire Football Team's Moonwalk Helmets
- Virgin Orbit Could Launch Polish Cubesat Mission to Mars in 2022
- India's Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter at the Moon Is Now Tracking Solar Flares
- A Cosmic Mystery: Why is the Milky Way Galaxy Getting Gassier?
- A Churning 'Molten Blob' of Planet May Be Easier to Find. Here's Why.
- NASA Launches Long-Delayed ICON Space Weather Satellite to Study Earth's Ionosphere
- October 10
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- SpaceX Could Launch NASA Astronauts Into Space in Early 2020
- Northrop Grumman Cargo Ship Launch to Space Station Delayed to November
- Scottish Spaceport to Begin Construction Soon
- Supermagnetic Stars May Form from Mergers
- Sally Ride's Life Partner Weighs in on the Future of LGBTQ+ Astronauts
- Earth's Magnetic Poles Can Flip Much More Often Than Anyone Thought
- Falling Fireballs Crashed in Chile Last Week. They Weren't Meteorites, Experts Say.
- October 9
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- NASA Tests Mars 2020 Rover's Sky Crane Landing Tech
- NASA's Long-Delayed Space Weather Mission Just Got Delayed Again
- NASA Slammed a Rocket Body Into the Moon for Science 10 Years Ago Today
- First-of-Its-Kind Satellite Servicing Spacecraft Launches on Russian Rocket
- Starship and Super Heavy: SpaceX's deep-space transportation for the moon and Mars
- Mars Attacks! BBC Unveils 'War of the Worlds' Trailer
- 'Lucy in the Sky' Explained: A Q&A with Director Noah Hawley
- NASA Wants to Encourage Private Space Stations
- Could Elon Musk's Starship Threaten Alien Life?
- Moon 2024: NASA Wants Ideas for Lunar Spacesuit Tech
- Physicists Search Universe for Evidence That a Fundamental Force of Nature Is Out of Whack
- Most Extreme 'Hot Jupiter' Alien Planet Completes 1 Orbit Every 18 Hours
- SpaceX May Launch Crucial Crew Dragon Abort Test Next Month, Elon Musk Says
- You Can Watch a Plane Drop a Rocket to Launch a NASA's ICON Space Weather Mission Tonight
- October 8
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- This Year's Nobel Prize in Physics Mixes 2 Research Fields — And Politics
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' and 'Picard': Here's a Closer Look at Those New Trailers
- Boeing to Invest $20 Million in Virgin Galactic
- Patrick Stewart, Billy Dee Williams Highlight a Common Misconception About Space Exploration
- The Pleiades: Facts about the "Seven Sisters" star cluster
- Chandrayaan-2: India's Orbiter-Lander-Rover Mission
- Meat Grown in Space for the First Time Ever
- Early Earthlings May Have Watched the Galaxy's Center Explode 3.5 Million Years Ago
- Nobel Prize in Physics Honors Scientists Who Transformed Our Ideas About the Cosmos
- No Place Like Home: Astronaut Luca Parmitano Reminds Us How 'Precious' Earth Is
- India's Chandrayaan-2 Moon Probe Just Beamed Back Its 1st Lunar Science
- From Brain Control to Multiverses, 'Rick and Morty' Gets Some Science Right
- Too Emotional to Go to Space — 'Lucy in the Sky' Reinforces Negative Stereotypes
- October 7
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- 'Glad You Asked': New Web Series Tackles Mars Terraforming (Exclusive Clip)
- Astronaut Reveals First Playmobil Figures in Space — And They Look Like Him
- Why NASA's Annoyed About Elon Musk's Giant Rocket
- 20 New Moons Found Around Saturn, Snagging Satellite Record from Jupiter
- Twin Baby Stars Caught Feeding from Their Mother, a Twisted 'Pretzel' of Interstellar Dust
- Ancient Lake on Mars Turned Salty for a Spell, Curiosity Rover Finds
- Patrick Stewart Almost Turned Down 'Star Trek: Picard'
- An Algorithm May Be the 1st Thing to See Europa Clipper's Coolest Discoveries from Jupiter Moon
- Intuitive Machines, NASA's Hired Ride to the Moon, Aims for 2021 Lunar Landing
- NASA's 2024 Moon Goal: Q&A with Human Landing System Chief Lisa Watson-Morgan
- October 6
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- Astronauts Complete First Spacewalk in Series to Upgrade Station Batteries
- 2,000 Atoms Exist in Two Places at Once in Unprecedented Quantum Experiment
- Cosmic Record Holders: The 12 Biggest Objects in the Universe
- Watch Live: NASA Begins Spacewalk Series Today to Replace Aging Batteries
- Netflix's 'Lost in Space' Season 2 Launch Date, Trailer Revealed at NYCC
- 'The Expanse' Season 4 Trailer Echoes JFK's Moonshot as Cast Talks Spaceflight
- October 5
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- Will Riker and Deanna Troi Appear in 'Star Trek: Picard' NYCC Trailer
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 3 Trailer
- 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Relaunches in Comics in 2020
- NASA Shares Incredible 3D Map of the Moon
- International Observe the Moon Night 2019: Skywatching Livestreams
- NASA, Japan Consider Joint Crewed Moon Missions
- Want to See the First Satellite Propelled Solely by the Sun? Here's How.
- 'Star Trek' Universe Panel: NYCC 2019
- October 4
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- All-Female Spacewalk Back on After NASA Sends Up 2nd Medium Spacesuit
- Event Horizon Telescope Snags New Funding to Capture 1st Movie of a Black Hole
- NASA’s Stuck Mars 'Mole' Gets a Helping Hand from Arm Scoop
- The 1st All-Female Spacewalk Is Back on As NASA Gears Up for 10-EVA Marathon
- 'I Want the Solar System to Become Our Backyard,' Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Says
- Lego Unveils New Star Wars Sets for Triple Force Friday!
- Billy Dee Williams, Lando from 'Star Wars' Himself, Talks Humanity's Future in Space
- NASA Chief Talks Moon Landing and More in North Dakota
- New York Comic Con 2019: Amazing Space Cosplay Photos!
- Triple Force Friday: Hasbro Goes Big with 'Star Wars' Figures
- 'Lucy in the Sky' Review: Natalie Portman Stars in an Astronaut Love Triangle Inspired by Reality
- 3 'Women of Apollo' Discuss Sexism at NASA, Science and When We'll Get to Mars
- Blue Origin Probably Won't Launch People to Space This Year
- NASA Expects to Buy More Soyuz Seats for Astronauts in 2020, at $85 Million a Pop: Reports
- October 3
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- Rocket Lab's Electron Rocket
- Faint Filaments of Universe-Spanning 'Cosmic Web' Finally Found
- Japan's Hayabusa2 Probe Drops Its Last Rover on Asteroid Ryugu
- Moon Will Pay Visits to Jupiter and Saturn This Week. Here's How to See It
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Cast Share Backstage Stories at DragonCon
- Stuck in Safe Mode, DSCOVR Earth-Watching Satellite May Finally Get Fixed: Report
- First Emirati Astronaut Returns to Earth with Russian-US Space Station Crew
- Organic Compounds Found in Plumes of Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus
- Elon Musk Takes Us Inside SpaceX's Starship Mk1 Prototype (Video)
- October 2
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- Earthshine's Faint Illumination of the Moon Captured in Glorious Eclipse Photo
- Dramatic Drone Video Captures Magic of Total Solar Eclipse
- The Force is Strong With Disney World's New 'Galactic Starship' Hotel
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Will Launch Private Moon Lander in 2021
- The Andromeda Galaxy Has Been Devouring Other Galaxies Since It Was a Baby (And Earth Is Next)
- In Photos: The Spacewalking Astronauts of Expedition 60
- The 1st Emirati Astronaut Has Had a Blast in Space, But It's Time to Come Home
- Virgin Galactic Will Launch a Crewed Research Flight for Italian Air Force
- Neptune-Size Exomoon Candidate May Be the Captured Core of a Giant Planet
- 'Dinks and Donks' and Marsquakes: Hear Weird Red Planet Sounds from a NASA Lander
- Neil Armstrong's Sons Help Open Exhibit of Father's Spacecraft in Cincinnati
- Is Our Solar System's Mysterious 'Planet 9' Really a Grapefruit-Size Black Hole?
- Black Holes As We Know Them May Not Exist
- With New Partnership, UN Aims to Make Space More Accessible to Developing Countries
- This Is China's New Spacecraft to Take Astronauts to the Moon (Photos)
- October 1
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- World View's 'Stratollite' Balloon Stays Aloft for Record 32 Days
- Spread the Word: Space Development Benefits Earth (Op-Ed)
- Four Asteroids Are Buzzing Earth in Flybys Today (But Don't Worry)
- New York Comic Con 2019: Space Panels and Screenings to Watch
- Comic Artists McKelvie & Wilson Tease Space for New Image Creator-Owned Project
- 'Trainwreck' Crash of 3 Monster Black Holes Would Warp Their Host Galaxies
- A Real-Life Astronaut Taught Brad Pitt How to Fly a Spaceship for 'Ad Astra'
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- Elon Musk Doesn't Know Where the Aliens Are (So, Stop Asking)
- NASA Is Now Accepting Proposals for Artemis Landers to Fly Astronauts to the Moon
- Rocket Lab Gearing Up for 1st Launches from US Soil in Early 2020
