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- January 21
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- Earth's elusive 'ignorosphere' could shed new light on auroras
- Finland becomes 53rd country to join the Artemis Accords for moon exploration
- Bill Nelson steps down as NASA chief as Trump begins 2nd term
- 'Silo' creator Graham Yost talks season 2's cliffhanger ending and how it sets up season 3 (Exclusive)
- Watch (and hear!) a meteorite impact on doorbell camera video in a world 1st
- Rocket Lab selected to launch more hypersonic test vehicles for US military
- When you wish upon a star, is it already dead? An astronomer crunches the numbers
- First look at space shuttle, Mission Control 2025 dollar coins from US Mint
- Save up to 35% on a range of Black Series Force FX lightsabers
- UK approves 1st vertical rocket launch from Saxavord Spaceport
- January 20
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- SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st flight since Starship explosion (video)
- Hubble Telescope spies newborn stars in famous Orion Nebula (photo)
- 'We will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars.' President Trump wants astronauts to raise the American flag on Mars
- DC's new 'Superman Unlimited' comic lands prior to James Gunn's 'Superman' movie
- Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem
- 'Heavy' dark matter would rip our understanding of the universe apart, new research suggests
- 3D structure of iconic Ring Nebula gives 'a brand new view of an old astronomical friend'
- How President Trump could change NASA
- 'Silo' Season 2's explosive finale teases season 3 with a cliffhanger and a Pez dispenser
- 'Predator: Hunting Grounds' is the perfect template for another modern-day Predator movie
- Gravitational waves offer a 'cosmic DNA test' for black holes
- January 19
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- Scientists discover 'sunken worlds' hidden deep within Earth's mantle that shouldn't be there
- How 'quantum foam' may have inflated the early universe
- World's largest telescope gets its protective shell (photos)
- 20 years after crashing in the Utah desert, NASA's Genesis mission is still teaching us about solar wind
- January 18
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- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 144 — The great lunar armada
- Satellites watch 'ghost island' solidify in the Caspian Sea before disappearing (photos)
- World's largest telescope threatened by light pollution from renewable energy project
- SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites from California (video, photos)
- Step inside a virtual reality art piece inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope
- January 17
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- NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab to open next week after LA fires
- Space Force to march in Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, a 1st for the new military branch
- Major telescope makers hit by class action lawsuit over alleged price fixing
- FAA requiring investigation into SpaceX Starship's Flight 7 explosion
- Fastest disintegrating world ever seen 'spills its guts' for NASA's exoplanet hunter
- Save 20% on the Lego Space Astronaut, one of our favorite space sets of 2024
- Europe's new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket set for 2nd launch in February
- Bright comet G3 ATLAS seen from space in new astronaut photo
- 'Star Trek: Voyager' at 30: Why it was the right show at the wrong time
- Venus and Saturn take a sunset stroll tonight. Here's how to see it
- Feeding supermassive black holes may have ended the cosmic 'dark ages' billions of years ago
- SpaceX Starship explosion likely caused by propellant leak, Elon Musk says
- 100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone
- Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7 (videos)
- January 16
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- SpaceX catches Super Heavy booster on Starship Flight 7 test but loses upper stage (video, photos)
- 'Dune' director David Lynch dies at 78
- Centuries-old supernova guides James Webb Space Telescope through an interstellar gap
- Major milestone! India becomes 4th nation to dock satellites in orbit
- Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk
- Our warming Earth: 2024 was hottest year on record, NASA says
- Trump's space policy won't catch Europe off guard, ESA chief says
- Photographer captures rare Comet G3 ATLAS from UK in dramatic 'once-in-a-lifetime' image
- NASA wants a 'Super-Hubble' space telescope to search for life on alien worlds
- James Webb Space Telescope watches planet-forming dust shells zooming through space
- Are James Webb Space Telescope images really so colorful?
- Moon selected as historical preservation site to protect lunar heritage
- What if life on Venus is just life from Earth?
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket into orbit on 1st flight (video)
- Watch 2 NASA astronauts repair X-ray telescope on ISS during a spacewalk today
- January 15
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- Space Mountain at 50: Five nods to NASA from the Walt Disney World ride
- Battlestar Galactica at 20: the show that reinvented space opera
- The 7 best total solar eclipses of the next 10 years
- Hubble Telescope sees rare supernova explosion as a violent 'pale blue dot' (image)
- James Webb Space Telescope sees little red dots feeding black holes: 'This is how you solve a universe-breaking problem'
- Uncanny 'Alien: Romulus' Ian Holm CGI fixed for home release as director 'wasn't 100 percent happy'
- Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of Milky Way mapping
- Saturn disappears behind the moon in stunning telescope photo
- 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' finale leaves us asking 'what's next'?
- An ancient 3-star system give this 'blue lurker' a turbo boost, Hubble Space Telescope reveals
- The sun's magnetic field will flip soon. Here's what to expect.
- Strange multi-planet system proves not all hot Jupiter exoplanets are lonely giants
- What's next for the 2 private landers SpaceX just launched toward the moon?
- SpaceX launching Starship Flight 7 on Jan. 16: Watch it live
- SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon (video, photos)
- January 14
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- Little house on the (moon) prairie: Artist's 'Moonhouse' set to lift off on lunar lander
- Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander
- Rubin Observatory aces 1st image tests, gets ready to use world's largest digital camera
- What's flying to the moon on ispace's Resilience lunar lander?
- Feeding supermassive black holes are more common than thought across the universe
- Watch SpaceX launch 2 private moon landers on a single rocket early Jan. 15
- Mars hides behind the Full Wolf Moon in gorgeous photos from around the world
- James Webb Space Telescope discovers one of the earliest 'truly gargantuan' supernovas ever seen
- Mysterious spiral galaxy jet puzzles astronomers: 'At first, I thought I completely messed up'
- Dark matter may have caused a baffling break in this star stream
- Space2Sea Antarctica: 2 Ukrainian soldiers fulfill 1st part of Antarctic dream
- Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA see Earth's magnetic field 'breathing' for 1st time
- Los Angeles fires leave NASA's Deep Space Network mission control empty for 1st time in 60 years
- SpaceX launches 131 satellites on Transporter 12 rideshare mission (video)
- January 13
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- What happened to the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?
- Scientists turn 3 years' worth of solar flares into audible sound (video)
- The 2025 'Super Bowl of Astronomy' kicks off this week in Maryland
- 'Daredevil' white dwarf star could be closest-known object to a weird black hole
- 'Silo' Season 2: 'The Safeguard' recap: Solo is redeemed and Lukas finds a secret tunnel
- Space mysteries: How does the ISS stay in orbit without falling to Earth?
- China plans to plant a waving flag on the moon in 2026. Here's how
- SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands booster for 15th time (video)
- Blue Origin scrubs 1st New Glenn rocket launch due to technical issue
- January 12
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- China test-fires 5 new rocket engines in a single day. But what are they for? (video)
- SpaceX will launch 2 private lunar landers this week, kicking off busy year for moon missions
- Smart robot helps out astronauts on China's Tiangong space station (video)
- Astronomers investigate black hole jets with Event Horizon Telescope
- January 11
- January 10
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- SpaceX assembles the world's largest rocket for Starship Flight 7 test launch (photos)
- Devastation of raging Los Angeles fires visible from space in satellite images
- NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab still 'untouched' by raging LA fires
- The Full Wolf Moon 'eats' Mars on Jan. 13. Here's how to see it
- Mars is bigger and brighter this weekend than it will be all year. Here's how to see it
- World's 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)
- Star escapes ravenous supermassive black hole, leaving behind its stellar partner
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites on record-breaking 25th flight (video, photos)
- NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory back online after 2024 data center flood
- What is the US Space Force doing in Greenland?
- How a leap year mistake knocked out a OneWeb satellite for 2 days
- See the moon and Jupiter ride the Bull in tonight’s sky
- The fastest-spinning 'vampire star' we know of is shrinking. Soon, it will explode
- 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Final Season and The Complete Series beam onto Blu-ray this March
- January 9
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- An amateur astronomer used an old technique to study Jupiter — and found something strange
- SpaceX rolls Starship out to pad ahead of Flight 7 test launch (photos)
- Blue Origin delays 1st New Glenn rocket launch due to rough seas for landing
- SpaceX launches 7th batch of next-gen spy satellites for US government (video, photos)
- Mercury looks stunning in images from BepiColombo spacecraft's 6th and final flyby
- Humans will soon be able to mine on the moon. But should we? 4 questions to consider
- Food grows better on the moon than on Mars, scientists find
- Giant super-Jupiter planets could have very chaotic pasts
- Watch the moon hide the 'Seven Sisters' of the Pleiades star cluster tonight
- Once-in-a-160000-year comet G3 ATLAS could shine as bright as Venus next week. Here's what to expect.
- The Fantastic Four join 'Marvel Rivals' ahead of their big-screen Marvel Cinematic Universe reboot
- Watch Blue Origin launch its 1st New Glenn rocket early Jan. 16 in a free livestream
- January 8
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- Satellites watch as LA wildfires burn out of control in California (video)
- What time is Blue Origin's 1st New Glenn rocket launch on Jan. 16?
- SpaceX to launch Starship megarocket's Flight 7 test mission on Jan. 13
- NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab closed due to raging LA fires
- Bill Nye 'The Science Guy' awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane soars past 1 year in orbit
- 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' episode 7 is a bittersweet return to At Attin
- Venus and the moon light up the night sky in gorgeous photos from around the world
- 'Dark photons' at Big Bang's cosmic dawn could shine a light on dark matter
- Building blocks of life on Earth left the Milky Way before being pulled back in
- SpaceX launches 21 new Starlink satellites from Florida
- January 7
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- Watch India attempt its 1st space docking between satellites live this week after delays
- NASA won't decide on overhaul for Mars Sample Return mission until mid-2026
- Scientists find 'spooky' quantum entanglement on incredibly tiny scales — within individual protons
- How NASA and Sierra Space are preparing for Dream Chaser space plane's 1st flight to ISS
- SpaceX launch of private Blue Ghost moon lander set for Jan. 15
- 'Helldivers' game series is getting a movie — would you like to know more?
- Big 'dark comet' discoveries could be coming in 2025
- ISS astronaut captures green auroras dancing over city lights (video)
- The 'original' John Glenn gave his 'go' for Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket
- Boldly boost your bartending skills with 'Star Trek Cocktails: A Stellar Compendium'
- James Webb Space Telescope spots record-breaking collection of stars in far-flung galaxy
- Blue Origin to launch its 1st New Glenn rocket on Jan. 10
- January 6
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- India delays 1st space docking of SpaDeX satellites, 'further validation' needed
- Springtime on Mars brings frost avalanches, gas geysers and explosions (photos)
- US Space Force broke its launch record in 2024 with 93 liftoffs
- BluShift Aerospace hopes to launch 1st suborbital rocket from Maine in 2025
- SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 test flight will deploy simulated Starlink satellites for 1st time
- How Pluto captured its largest moon Charon with a 10-hour icy 'kiss'
- Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space
- Dark Energy Camera captures thousands of galaxies in stunning image
- SpaceX launches 1st Starlink satellites of 2025 (video, photos)
- Desert planets like those in 'Dune' and 'Star Wars' unlikely to host life, NASA says
- January 4
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- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 142 — 2025 in Space
- 'Silo' Season 2, 'The Book of Quinn': Juliette suffers, Walker snitches, and Lukas decodes Quinn's letter
- Peter Parker battles a rogue alien hunter in Marvel's 'Predator vs. Spider-Man'
- Small satellite constellation could reveal black holes like never before
- NASA will announce update to Mars sample return plans today. Here's how to listen in
- What I learned from a black hole in Los Angeles
- January 3
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- Blue Origin is expected to launch its 1st New Glenn rocket next week, but when?
- Ancient volcanic ash on Mars could offer new clues in search for extraterrestrial life
- 'Silo' Season 2: Steve Zahn sees his enigmatic character Solo as a 'curious, delightful kid' (exclusive)
- Sun erupts with powerful X1.2 solar flare, causes radio blackouts (photo)
- SpaceX launches 1st Falcon 9 rocket of 2025, sends Thuraya 4 communications satellite to orbit (video)
- Rare string of 'cosmic pearls' dance together in the universe
- Supercharged auroras possible this weekend as colossal 'hole' in the sun spews solar wind toward Earth
- Can NASA's troubled Mars Sample Return mission be saved?
- January 2
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- Dead stars can celebrate 2 New Years every second with nearby cosmic fireworks
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun
- Strap on a VR headset like a Facehugger with 'Alien: Rogue Incursion' — the 1st-ever 'Alien' VR game
- Newly uncovered oxygen reaction could aid the search for alien life
- Space debris crash in Kenya village believed to be from leftover rocket hardware
- Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy − but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy
- Fall 2024 was Earth's warmest autumn ever
- The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight! Don't miss the 1st 'shooting stars' of 2025
- James Webb telescope uncovers massive 'grand design' spiral galaxy in the early universe — and scientists can't explain how it got so big, so fast
- 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' episode 6: The crew and their spaceship reveal their true selves
- Black holes can squash star formation, James Webb Space Telescope finds
- January 1
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- 'Star Trek: Lower Decks': the 25 best 'Trek' callbacks from the show's five-year mission
- Image of the Day 2024 Archive
- Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flies again as first drone on Rose Parade float
- We finally know where to look for life on Mars
- Satellites map Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented detail
- New Year's northern lights delight as powerful solar storms spark auroras across central US and Europe (photos)
- Launches, moon landings and more: Here's the top spaceflight missions to watch in 2025
