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June 30
- Pluto and Charon Starting to Come into Focus (Photo)
- Best Night Sky Events of July 2015 (Stargazing Maps)
- Gentle Collisions May Shape Comets into 'Rubber Duckies'
- Space Record: Cosmonaut Logs 804 Days (and Counting) in Orbit
- 'Fireball' Over US Southeast Was Probably Falling Space Junk (Video)
- 'Leap Second' Tonight Will Cause 61-Second Minute
- See Venus and Jupiter Dance Together Tonight
- October Comet Flyby Caused 'Mind-Blowing' Martian Meteor Shower
June 29
- US Teens Win International Rocketry Challenge
- SpaceX Failure Leaves Long List of Customers in the Lurch
- Would Astronauts Have Survived the SpaceX Rocket Explosion?
- 'Exomoons' Capable of Supporting Life May Be Common
- NASA Exhibits Space Shuttles Challenger, Columbia Debris for First Time
- SpaceX Rocket Explosion Shouldn't Affect Commercial Crew Plans, NASA Says
- Rosetta Sees Signs of Water Ice on Comet Surface (Photos)
June 28
- SpaceX Cargo-Mission Failure Doesn't Endanger Space Station Crew, NASA Says
- Best Space Stories of the Week – June 28, 2015
- Best Space Photos of the Week — June 28, 2015
- SpaceX Rocket Explodes During Cargo Launch to Space Station
- Elusive Saturn is Easy to Spot Tonight
- Photos: SpaceX's 7th Dragon Cargo Mission
June 27
- Look for the Great Hercules Kneeling in the Sky This Week
- Northern Lights Shimmer in Gorgeous 5-Hour Time-Lapse (Video)
June 26
- 'Astronaut Wives Club': Space History vs. Hollywood in 'Protocol' (Ep. 2)
- Satellite-Internet Company Raises $500 Million for Huge Constellation
- Student Experiments Fly High on NASA Suborbital Rocket
- Stellar Rejuvenation: Some Exoplanets May Get Facelifts
- Want to Find Life on Mars? Start in Antarctica (Podcast)
- SpaceX to Try Bold Rocket Landing Again Sunday: Watch Live
- Watch an Alien Planet Cross Its Host Star's Face Saturday
- Space Stress: How 1-Year Mission Is Studying Astronaut Health
June 25
- Astronauts Need Flexible Spacesuits for Mars
- Destination Mars: NASA Asks Where Astronauts Should Land
- Spectacular Northern Lights Show Could Continue This Weekend (Photos, Video)
- See USS Enterprise Morph from Sailing Ship to Starship (Video)
- Space Collector's Legacy: Leon Ford's NASA Artifacts to Be Auctioned Today
- Earth and Mars May Have Shared Seeds of Life
- Sunrise at Copernicus: Spot Famous Moon Crater Tonight
- Martian 'Impact Glass' Could Potentially Preserve Signs of Life
June 24
- Where's Pluto? How to Find the Dwarf Planet in the Night Sky
- 'Oh Pluto': Song Celebrates Upcoming Flyby of Dwarf Planet
- Mighty X-Ray Echos Circle 'Lord of the Rings' Neutron Star
- Ancient Carbon Haze Offers Clues to Galaxy Evolution
- Bizarre Cometlike Alien Planet Is First of Its Kind
- Rosetta to Spiral onto Comet's Surface After Extended Mission
- Venus' Volcanoes Are Likely Still Active
- Exoplanets With Helium Skies May Abound in Milky Way Galaxy
- Mars Astronauts Could See Blue Auroras on Red Planet
June 23
- Dwarf Galaxies Loom Large in Quest for Dark Matter (Kavli Roundtable)
- Mice of Mars: Rodents Pave Way to Red Planet
- Pluto Probe Spies Weird 'Dark Pole' on Big Moon Charon (Photos)
- Spot Elusive Planet Mercury in the Predawn Sky This Week
- Famed Composer James Horner Killed in Plane Crash
- Kazakh Cosmonaut Replaces Singer Sarah Brightman on Space Station Flight
- Sun Storm Supercharges Northern Lights, Wowing Skywatchers (Photos)
- Jupiter's Movements Made Way for Earth
- NASA Spacecraft Completes 60,000th Orbit of Mars
- How NASA Could Explore Jupiter Moon Europa's Ocean
June 22
- Blue Origin Offers Tantalizing Preview of Private Space Trips (Video)
- Construction of Giant Telescope Pushes on Despite Protests
- NASA Hands Over Historic Shuttle Landing Facility For Commercial Use
- 140 Million Suns! Monster Black Hole Weighs In
- Ceres' Odd Bright Spots Coming Into Focus (Photos)
- The Righter Stuff: Test Pilots Give Way to New NASA Culture
- First Color Movies of Pluto Reveal Double-Planet Dance (Video)
June 21
- Best Space Photos of the Week — June 21, 2015
- Best Space Stories of the Week – June 21, 2015
- Want to Go Stargazing? Know the Stars of Early Summer
- Father's Day Summer Solstice Marks Longest Day of the Year
- Space Lovers Urged to Shoot for the Stars with DIY Satellites
June 20
- NASA's Europa Mission Approved for Next Development Stage
- The Grand Canyon Star Party: Illuminating Dark Skies
June 19
- Cassini Captures Breathtaking View of Saturn's Dione
- 'Astronaut Wives Club' Post-'Launch' Review: Space History vs. Hollywood
- Hubble Telescope Captures 'Bizarre Cosmic Quartet' of Galaxies
- Lawmakers Call for Golden Coins for Apollo 11 Golden Anniversary
- SyFy's 'Killjoys' Launches Bounty Hunters Across the Final Frontier
- SyFy Channel's 'Killjoys' Creator Talks Sci-Fi and Special Effects
- Happy New Year, Mars! NASA Toasts Martian Calendar Milestone
June 18
- Orbiting 'Rest Stops' to Repair Crumbling Satellites?
- Philae Rises! What's Next for Rosetta's Comet Lander?
- 'Astronaut Wives Club' Blasts Off: Co-star Talks Cast Sisterhood
- UrtheCast Releases High-Definition Video From Space Station Camera
- Saturn's Moon Titan Has Polar Winds, Just Like Earth
- LightSail Solar Sail Ends Test Flight with Fall Back to Earth
- Syfy's 'Killjoys': Space Bounty Hunting Action & Adventure: Gallery
- Stellar Photo Reveals Cosmic Crashes Waiting to Happen
- Red Planet, Icy World? New Picture of Ancient Mars Emerges
June 17
- Name a Mars Crater for Dad This Father's Day
- The Moon's Puzzling Dust Cloud Finally Yields an Answer
- Alien Planet Is Smaller Than Earth and Surprisingly Light
- 'Astronaut Wives Club' Co-Star Talks Being Spaceman's Spouse on ABC Series
- Bright Galaxy Reveals Signs of First Stars in the Universe
- In Search for Alien Life, Experts Reveal Cutting-Edge Science
- Astronaut Spies Menacing Tropical Storm Bill from Space
June 16
- Why Aren't Aliens Calling Earth?
- Pluto Awaits: NASA Spacecraft 20 Million Miles from Epic Encounter
- 'Floating Cloud' Could Replace Mirrors on Future Space Telescopes
- NASA Satellite Falls Out of Space, Burns Up Over Tropics
- Methane in Mars Meteorites Suggests Possibility of Life
- New Spaceship Antenna Prevents Radio Silence During Fiery Re-Entry
- US-China Cooperation in Space: Is It Possible, and What's in Store?
- New Solar Storm Tool Could Give 24 Hours' Notice of Space Weather
- Elon Musk Wants Your Hyperloop Designs
June 15
- Charged Particles Play Surprising Role in Comet's Eruptions
- In NASA First, Cubesats Headed to Mars with InSight Lander
- Dead Satellite Will Fall Out of Space on Tuesday
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (May 2015)
- How to Bolster Space Exploration: Get Religious Groups Onboard
- Is the Universe Bubbly? Searching in Space for Quantum Foam
June 14
- It's Alive! Comet Lander Philae Phones Home After Months of Silence
- One Month from Pluto, NASA Probe Sees Dwarf Planet's Many Faces
- Aiden Gillen, Littlefinger on 'Game of Thrones,' Stars in Comet Video
June 13
- After Higgs, Ramped-Up Collider Hunts for Next Puzzle
- The Space Destination Debate Gets Us Nowhere ... Literally (Op-Ed)
- Astronauts Invade Seattle: Spacesuited Statues 'On the Town' for Museum
- Tunneling Cryobot Robot May Explore Icy Moons
- Robots Face Off in $1.5 Million NASA Sample Return Challenge
June 12
- 'Galileoscope' Brings Low-Cost Starwatching to Kids
- These Astronaut Photos of the Great Pyramids & Earth Are Simply Breathtaking
- Jack King, NASA's 'Voice of Apollo,' Dies at 84
- New Photo Book Presents Rare 'Snapshots' from NASA's Early 'Spaceshots'
- Syfy Launches Mysterious 'Dark Matter' Series Tonight
- Find the Crow and the Cup in June's Night Sky
- How to See Ursa Minor, the Night Sky's Little Dipper
- Cosmic Confusion: Talk of Multiverses and Big Errors in Astrophysics
- Mercury Sole Survivor of Close Orbiting Planets Around the Sun
June 11
- Travel Via Clone: 'Dark Matter' Creator Talks SyFy's Newest Series
- Sex in Space: Porn Group Wants to Crowdfund Zero-G Adult Film
- How to Spot Asteroid Pallas in Binoculars and Telescopes This Week
- SyFy Channel's 'Dark Matter' TV Series in Photos
- Lava Lake on Jupiter Moon Io Triggers 'Hotspots' Seen from Earth
- Watch the Moon Photobomb Uranus in Slooh Occultation Webcast Today
- Soyuz Capsule Returns Trio to Earth After Nearly 200 Days on Space Station
- High School Student Discovers Alien Planet
- SpaceCom Conference Launches Registration for Commercial Space Meeting
- NASA Gets Best View Yet of Mysterious Bright Spots on Ceres
- This Lonely Galaxy Looks 'Lost In Space' in Hubble Telescope Photo
June 10
- Thrusters on Soyuz Spacecraft at Space Station Fire Unexpectedly
- Milky Way Map Pins Down Our Galaxy's Arms
- LightSail Spacecraft Snaps Solar Sail Selfie in Space (Photo)
- Trek On, Spock: Asteroid Now Carries Leonard Nimoy's Name
- Biggest Ring Around Saturn Just Got Supersized
- Mystery on Mercury: Strange Pattern of Huge Cliffs Defy Explanation
- Airbus' Adeline Project Aims to Build Reusable Rockets and Space Tugs
- Einstein Ring Reveals Explosion of Star Birth in Deep Universe (Video)
- 'Celestial Butterfly' Nebula Spreads Its Wings in Photos, Video
- Of Course Space Exploration is Worth the Money
June 9
- Beachcomber Finds SpaceX Rocket Wreckage in Bahamas
- Huge Supersonic Parachute Ripped to Shreds in NASA 'Flying Saucer' Test
- Space Station Crew Returning to Earth After Delay
- Showering in Space: Astronaut Home Video Shows Off 'Hygiene Corner'
- NASA's 'Pluto Time' Shows You How Bright It Is on Dwarf Planet
- Dwarf Planet Ceres Revealed in Amazing Video
- NASA Aiming for Multiple Missions to Jupiter Moon Europa
- A Grand National Space Strategy Could Save NASA (Op-Ed)
- Will LSST Solve the Mysteries of Dark Matter and Dark Energy? (Kavli Hangout)
June 8
- Supersonic Parachute on NASA 'Flying Saucer' Apparently Fails in Test (Video)
- U.S.-Japan Missile Interceptor Makes its First Flight
- Photos from 'The Martian': Space Movie Strands Matt Damon on 'Mars'
- NASA Honors America's First Spacewalker with Moon Rock Award
- Italian Astronaut Sets New Record for Longest Space Mission by a Woman
- NASA 'Flying Saucer' Launches to Test Mars Landing Tech
- First Trailer for 'The Martian' Puts Matt Damon in Peril
- Cosmic Kickstarter: How Crowdfunding Helps New Space Projects Launch
- LightSail Spacecraft Wakes Up Again, Deploys Solar Sail
June 7
- Best Space Photos of the Week — June 7, 2015
- Best Space Stories of the Week – June 7, 2015
June 6
- Venus Shining at Its Best in the Night Sky
June 5
- Going Ape: NASA's RoboSimian Competes in DARPA Robotics Challenge
- Venus, Jupiter and Saturn (Oh, My!) The Brightest Planets of June
- LightSail Solar Sail Spacecraft Goes Silent Again
- United Arab Emirates to Launch Mars Mission by 2021
- Milky Way Glows Over Covered Bridge in Spectacular Stargazer Photo
- Hubble Image Inspires White House to Ponder Our Cosmos
- How to Build a Smarter Mars Rover
- 7 Wild Myths About Pluto
- NASA Mars Spacecraft Enter Communications Blackout Sunday
- Talking Spaceships & Sci-Fi Awesomeness Rule in 2 New SyFy Channel Shows
- Leonard Nimoy's Son Launches Kickstarter to Make Spock Documentary
June 4
- NASA Marks 50 Years of Mission Control, Plans Apollo Room Restoration
- Nichelle Nichols, Uhura on 'Star Trek,' Suffers Mild Stroke
- Why Pluto Is a Planet, and Eris Is Too (Op-Ed)
- Pluto Probe Should Have Clear Sailing Amid Tiny Moons
- 'Dear Pluto': Campaign Asks Kids to Say 'Hi' to Dwarf Planet
- Yahoo's 'Other Space': You Should Binge Watch This Sci-Fi Comedy Series
- A Crewed Mission to Mars: How NASA Could Do It
June 3
- Pluto's Moons Are Even Weirder Than Thought
- Five Floating Facts for the 50th Anniversary of the 1st American Spacewalk
- NASA's Martian 'Flying Saucer' to Launch Test Flight Monday: Watch Live
- Space Exploration Changed 50 Years Ago Today: The 1st US Spacewalk
- Shielded Microbes Can Survive Space
- Hardy Bacteria Thrive Under Hot Desert Rocks
June 2
- The 1st American Spacewalk in NASA Photos
- NASA Developing Plans for Human Missions to Cislunar Space in 2020s
- Russian Statement on Proton Failure Leaves Questions
- Cassini Spacecraft Sees Final, Stunning View of Saturn Moon Hyperion
- 'Suit Up': NASA Documentary Hails 50 Years of Spacewalk History
- Eerie Comet Landscape Revealed by Rosetta Spacecraft Photos
- NASA 'Flying Saucer' Launch Delayed by Rough Seas, Next Try Wednesday
- Photos: NASA's 'Flying Saucer' for Mars Landings — 2nd Test Flight
- NASA Chief Wants to Cut Mars Travel Time in Half
June 1
- Software or the Borg: A Starship's Greatest Threat?
- Astronaut Underwear, Dancing Robot Wow Stargazers in NYC
- LightSail Solar Sail Prototype Back in Action After Glitch
- It'll Be a Blast: Future Lasers May Mimic Space Explosions on Earth
- 'Heroes and Legends' NASA Attraction to Feature Astronaut Hall of Fame
- Four Space Shuttle Veterans Join Astronaut Hall of Fame as Heroes
- Boeing Space Capsule Gets NASA's 1st Commercial Crew Flight Order