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- July 31
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- Is Our Universe a Fake?
- 16-Year-Old's DNA Experiment Will Fly in Space
- Best Night Sky Events of August 2015 (Stargazing Maps)
- Volcanoes Dot Snowy Russian Landscape in New Photo from Space
- New NASA Launch Pad for Small Rockets Is Open for Business
- Cheers! 'Blue Moon' Beer Celebrates Lunar Sight for 20th Anniversary
- Russia Formally Commits to International Space Station Through 2024
- XCOR to Raise Ticket Prices for Suborbital Space Plane Flights
- Cassini Spacecraft to Make Final Flybys of 2 Icy Saturn Moons
- Telescope Tag Team Brings Uranus-Size Alien Planet into Focus
- Blue Moon Full Moon Rises Tonight: What to Expect
- SETI Targets Kepler-452b, Earth's 'Cousin,' in Search for Alien Life
- Epic Yearlong Space Mission Documented in Time Magazine Web Series
- 'Magnetic' Discovery May Reveal Why Earth Supports Life and Mars Doesn't
- July 30
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- Closest Rocky Alien Planet Discovered
- Tiny Galaxy Bursting with Star Creation Is Spied by Hubble
- JUICE-y Mission to Jupiter One Step Closer to Reality
- Zoom In on NYC in United Nations' 'My Planet from Space' (Video)
- Surprising Comet Discoveries by Rosetta's Philae Lander Unveiled
- Will Europe's Philae Comet Lander Make Another Comeback?
- Amazing Africa: Continent Spied from Space in Gorgeous NASA Pic
- Should Scientists Be Looking for the Last Life-Forms on Mars?
- NASA Wants Your Help to Classify Weird Mars Terrain
- NASA Working to Avoid Traffic Jams at Mars
- July 29
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- 'Bathtub Rings' On Saturn Moon Titan Suggest Dynamic Seas
- First Alien Auroras Found, Are 1 Million Times Brighter Than Any On Earth
- Stephen Hawking on Reddit: Ask Him a Question on Artificial Intelligence
- Mystery Solved? Why Pluto's Big Moon Charon Has a Red Pole
- Stunning Photo Shows SpaceShipTwo Pilot Parachuting to Earth After Crash
- How Robots Could Build a Radio Telescope on Far Side of the Moon
- NASA's Next Megarocket Could Launch Mission to Europa
- Dwarf Planet Ceres' Mountains and Craters Get Names in NASA Maps
- Beautiful Photo of New Moon Evokes 'Star Wars' Cloud City
- Full Moon on Friday Is a Blue Moon: Here's Why
- July 28
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- Deadly SpaceShipTwo Crash Caused by Co-Pilot Error: NTSB
- 'Trillion-Dollar Asteroid' Zooms by Earth as Scientists Watch (Video)
- Ancient Huts May Reveal Clues to Earth's Magnetic Pole Reversals
- Neil Armstrong Spacesuit Funded, Smithsonian Takes Next 'Giant Leap' on Kickstarter
- NASA's Wild 'Windbot' Concept Aims to Sail in Jupiter's Sky
- Gobbling Up Space Debris: A Pac-Man Approach Proposed
- NASA's Curiosity Rover Eyes Weird Rock On Mars
- Giant Crater on Saturn Moon Tethys Dazzles in Spectacular Photo
- Gallery: Space Junk Cleanup by CleanSpace One Satellite
- Lost In Space Without a Spacesuit? Here's What Would Happen (Podcast)
- Ban Killer Robots Before They Take Over, Stephen Hawking & Elon Musk Say
- How the Pluto Team Survived a Decade of Waiting
- July 27
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- Dwarf Planet Ceres Reaches Opposition in Night Sky
- NASA's Epic Pluto Flyby Almost Didn't Happen on Time
- 'Star Trek: Axanar' Fan Film Wants to Recruit George Takei
- Moon Base Would Be Cheap with Help from Private Industry: Report
- UK Space Agency Unveils National Strategy
- Launch Photos: US Air Force's Wideband Global SATCOM 7 Blasts Off
- Inside the First 100 Days of a Year in Space: Photos
- Weakened Solar Activity Could Speed Greenland Ice Melt
- Arctic Crater Preps New Astronaut for Space
- Strange Bright Spots on Ceres Create Mini-Atmosphere on Dwarf Planet
- Exoplanet Finds Keep Rolling in from Kepler Spacecraft Despite Glitch
- July 26
- July 24
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- Amazing Photos of Pluto Reveal Glaciers and Hazy Atmosphere
- US Air Force Launches Advanced Military Communications Satellite
- New Horizons Probe's July 14 Pluto Flyby: Complete Coverage
- Here's What Pluto's Frozen 'Heart' Looks Like in False Color
- Galaxy Graveyard May Be Overflowing with Dark Matter
- Powerful Pulsar Knocks Star's Block Off
- NASA Unveiling New Pluto Flyby Photos from New Horizons Today
- Kepler-452b: What It Would Be Like to Live On Earth's 'Cousin'
- Name That Asteroid: Japan Asks Public to Christen Hayabusa 2 Target
- July 23
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- NASA Finds Closest Earth Twin Yet in Haul of 500 Alien Planets
- Exoplanet Kepler-452b: Closest Earth Twin in Pictures
- Skywatching Forecast: Great Resources for Checking Night Sky Conditions
- How to See Meteor Showers This Summer
- 'Space Careers' Book Shows How to Find an Out-of-This-World Job
- NASA Unveiling New Exoplanet Discovery from Kepler Telescope Today
- July 22
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- Russia Launches New Space Station Crew After 2-Month Delay
- Space Lands in the Big Apple at NYC Museum's Festival
- 5 Ways 'Star Trek' Philosophy Can Enrich Your Life (Gallery)
- Pluto's Atmosphere Is Swept Back Like a Comet's Tail
- Tale of Two Patches: Soyuz Crew Launching to Station Pays Tribute to Apollo
- Mars Rover Curiosity Gives Advanced Sunspot Warning from Sun's Far Side
- This Lopsided Ancient Galaxy Is the 1st View of Early Galactic Assembly
- SpaceX 'Complacent' Before Rocket Explosion, Elon Musk Says
- Astronauts Launching to Space Station Today: Watch Live
- July 21
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- Second Mountain Range Rises from Pluto's 'Heart' (Photo)
- Claudia Alexander, Beloved NASA Project Scientist, Dies at 56
- New Photos of Pluto Moons Nix and Hydra Show Best Views Yet
- NASA's Pluto Flyby Gets Funky in This Awesome Music Video
- New Method Finds Best Exoplanet Candidates for Telescope Time
- Stephen Hawking: Intelligent Aliens Could Destroy Humanity, But Let's Search Anyway
- US Military Satellite Explosion Caused by Battery-Charger Problem
- July 20
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- SpaceX Rocket Explosion Likely Caused by Faulty Strut, Elon Musk Says
- Gorgeous NASA Photo Captures Earth from 1 Million Miles Away
- Smithsonian Launches Kickstarter to 'Reboot' Neil Armstrong Spacesuit Display
- Stephen Hawking Helps Launch Massive Search for E.T.
- Lasers Could Blast Tiny Spacecraft to the Stars
- After Epic Pluto Flyby, What's Next for NASA's New Horizons?
- July 19
- July 18
- July 17
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- Dawn Probe Back in Action at Dwarf Planet Ceres After Glitch
- Mysterious Ice Plains Spotted on Pluto (Video)
- Weird 'Buckyballs' May Be at Root of Milky Way Mystery
- Asteroid Mining Company's 1st Satellite Launches from Space Station
- Cosmic Giant Takes on Galactic Dwarf in Adorable Video
- Apollo-Soyuz Spawned 1st Handshake in Space by US-Soviet Crews 40 Years Ago
- NASA Spacecraft Less Than 1 Year from Jupiter
- NASA Unveiling New Pluto Flyby Photos Today: How to Watch Live
- July 16
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- Revealed by New Horizons, Pluto's 'Heart' Named for Planet's Discoverer
- See Double Crescents of Venus and the Moon with Binoculars
- Pluto's Big Moon Charon Has a Bizarre Mountain in a Moat (Photo)
- Philae Comet Lander Phones Home to Earth Again
- Did Ancient Mars Have Continents?
- Watch Stephen Colbert Talk Pluto Flyby with Neil deGrasse Tyson (Video)
- Jupiter's 'Twin' Found: Is This Solar System 2.0?
- New Photos of Pluto and Moon Surprise, Puzzle Scientists
- President Obama Hails NASA Pluto Flyby
- New Pluto Photos Contain Multitude of Mysteries
- July 15
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- NASA Funds Titan Submarine, Other Far-Out Space Exploration Ideas
- Pluto Unveiled: NASA Photos Reveal Ice Mountains and Active Moon
- Do Pluto and Charon Spout Icy Plumes?
- Wild Milky Way Map Reveals Hidden Loops of Multicolored Microwaves
- 'Chasing Pluto': PBS Documentary on Epic New Horizons Flyby Airs Tonight
- See Pluto Live Via Telescope Today in Slooh Webcast
- Visiting Pluto: Reactions to New Horizons' Historic Flyby
- Amazing Pluto Flyby Images to Be Unveiled Today
- Pluto Flyby Success! NASA Probe Phones Home After Epic Encounter
- July 14
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- Guitar God Joe Satriani 'Awestruck' by Pluto Imagery (Space.com Interview)
- Festive Pluto Flyby Brings Cheers, Tears, Kids and (Maybe) Some Drama
- Pluto, Big Moon Charon Blaze in New Technicolor Images
- Science Meets Superstition as Nervous Pluto Team Waits
- 'We Explore Because We Are Human': Stephen Hawking on Pluto Flyby
- After Pluto Flyby, NASA Plays the Waiting Game
- Pluto Flyby Road Trip: My Path to New Horizons
- This Amazing Photo of Pluto Is Just the Beginning, NASA Says
- Photos of Pluto and Its Moons
- Pluto Flyby May Reveal Secrets of Saturn's Moon Titan
- Hello, Pluto! NASA Spacecraft Makes Historic Dwarf Planet Flyby
- Pluto Flyby Occurs 50 Years After 1st Mars Encounter
- Google Doodle Celebrates Pluto Flyby by NASA's New Horizons
- July 13
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- Watch the Pluto Flyby: How to See NASA Make History Online
- Pluto Is Larger Than Thought, Has Ice Cap, NASA Probe Reveals
- Best Space Photos of the Week — July 12, 2015
- Best Space Stories of the Week – July 12, 2015
- Why Do People Love Pluto?
- First Flybys: From Mercury to Pluto, a History of Solar System Surveys
- Pluto at Last! NASA Spacecraft Arrives for Dwarf Planet Close-Up Tuesday
- Huge Canyon Spied on Pluto Moon Charon (Photos)
- July 12
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- July 10
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- Rocket Explosion a 'Huge Blow for SpaceX,' Elon Musk Says
- Pluto 'Totally Different' from Big Moon Charon, New Photos Show
- The Sun Looks Far Out in X-Ray Light (Image)
- 'Star Trek: Axanar' Fan Film Kicks Fundraising into Warp Drive
- Ingredients for Earth-Like Planets Are Found All Around the Milky Way
- What Pluto Can Teach Scientists About 'Star Wars' Planet Tatooine
- Moon Meets Beautiful Hyades Star Cluster Sunday Morning
- See Venus at Its Most Brilliant Tonight
- July 9
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- Monster Black Hole Spews Plasma in Incredible Time-Lapse Video
- Cause of SpaceX Rocket Explosion Still Unknown, Elon Musk Says
- Enormous Black Hole Is Too Big for Its Galaxy
- NASA Assigns 4 Astronauts to Commercial Boeing, SpaceX Test Flights
- Ancient Exoplanets Raise Prospects of Intelligent Alien Life
- Space Station Crosses Moon's Face in Stunning New Photo
- 'The Wait' Is Nearly Over: New Video Highlights July 14 Pluto Flyby
- Pluto Flyby Begins: NASA Probe Enters Encounter Phase
- Do Moon's 'Time Capsules' Hold Secrets to Early Earth?
- On Pluto's Doorstep: Latest Photos by New Horizons Probe
- July 8
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- 'Mission Pluto' Documentary to Premiere Next Week (Exclusive Video)
- Lifting the Veil on Pluto's Atmosphere
- Pluto's 'Heart' Spied by New Horizons Spacecraft (Photo)
- Massive 'Magnet' May Have Powered Monster Cosmic Explosion
- Dawn Spacecraft in Holding Pattern at Ceres After Glitch
- How to Find Pluto in the Night Sky: July 8
- Powerful Space Telescope Would Scan Alien Planets for Signs of Life
- Neptune's Strange Magnetic Field Stretches Arms in New Model (Video)
- Apollo Moon Rocket-Styled Ford Mustang to be Auctioned for Youth Aviation
- July 7
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- From Sputnik to Spock: Crowdsourced Names for Pluto Map Submitted
- 'Not Yet Explored' No More: New Horizons Flying Stamp to Pluto
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (June 2015)
- What's Inside Saturn Moon Enceladus? Geyser Timing Gives Hints
- Is Mars Humid Enough to Support Life?
- 'Direct From Pluto': Science Channel to Air New Horizons' Flyby Images
- Going Interstellar: Q&A With Author Kim Stanley Robinson
- How Asteroid Mining Could Open Up the Solar System (Podcast Transcript)
- July 6
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- Pluto's Odd Dark Spots Continue to Puzzle Scientists (Photos)
- The Illusion of Time: What's Real?
- Wheel Worries: Mars Rover Curiosity Dealing With Damage
- Tape Gemini and Tape Wormhole: Photos of Museum Exhibit
- Gemini Capsule & Wormhole Made of Tape Lure Little Explorers
- Company Aims to Offer On-Demand Meteor Showers
- Venus and Jupiter Put on Cosmic Show for Ramadan
- New Horizons Glitch Won't Affect Pluto Flyby, NASA Says
- July 5
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- July 3
- July 2
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- Domo Arigato, Mr. Pluto: Rock Band Styx Visits New Horizons Team
- Black Hole 'Wakes Up' After 26-Year Slumber
- Houston, We Have a Spaceport: FAA Gives 'Space City' License for Launches
- New Horizons Spots Methane Ice on Pluto
- Astrobiology Students Use Art to Develop Critical Thinking Skills
- Pluto Probe's Hazard Search Turns Up No New Moons
- Students Aim for Space with 3D-Printed Rocket Engine
- Water Escapes a Warm Planet — Will Earth Become Like Mars?
- July 1
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- How to Find Pluto in the Night Sky: July 1
- Russian Cargo Spacecraft Will Launch to Space Station Early Friday
- 'The Fold' (US 2015): Book Excerpt
- Beam Me Up, Scotty: Technobabble's Role in the Arts (Op-Ed)
- Sinkholes Offer Glimpse into Comet's Heart
- How Will Sunday's Rocket Explosion Affect SpaceX?
- Tiny Glider Could Cruise Through Martian Skies
- Venus and Jupiter Put on a Celestial Show This Month
- Epic Pluto Flyby Occurs This Month
- Microbes Could Prep Mars for Humans
- How to See Venus, Saturn, Jupiter & Mercury in July's Night Sky
- Magnets Attract: From Deep Space to Your Desktop
