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- February 29
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- NASA Astronaut Don Williams, Led Mission to Launch Jupiter Probe, Dies at 74
- Space Station Command Change Is One Giant Leap (Day) for Space History
- Gravitational Waves: Spying the Universe's 'Dark Side'
- Earth's Radiation Belts Change Wildly With Solar Storms
- Voting in Space? Yearlong-Mission Astronaut Will Miss 'Super Tuesday' Primary
- 'Space Men': Documentary Shows How Balloon Tests Paved Way to Space
- Pluto's North Pole Carved Up by Long Canyons (Photo)
- 'The Martian' Lands No Oscars at Academy Awards
- A Year in Space: 7 Mission Milestones for NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly
- Mars Rover Opportunity Climbs Red Planet Ridge (Photo)
- Details on the Planetary Impact Emergency Response Working Group
- DigitalGlobe and Saudi Government Sign Joint Venture on Satellite Imaging Constellation
- Volcanoes Light Up Atmospheres of Small Exoplanets
- February 28
- February 27
- February 26
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- Star Trails and a Green Auroras Shine in Astrophotographer Photo
- 'The Martian' Botanist Inspires Newfound Plant Species Name
- Houston, We Have a Premiere: 'Last Man on the Moon' Debuts with Astronauts
- A BB-8 Bonanza: Lovable Droid Conquers Toy Fair
- 'Star Wars' Toys in Force at 2016 New York Toy Fair
- Report Suggests NASA Fly Precursor to Asteroid Redirect Mission
- Bluish Hued Supermoon Dazzles Over Italy (Photo)
- Oscar-Nominated Space Movies Available to Watch Online
- Leap Day: The story behind this quirky calendar event
- Year-in-Space Astronaut Scott Kelly Packs for Home, Skips Souvenir
- 'Last Man on the Moon' Documentary Brings Space Exploration Home
- NASA, Made in Space Think Big with Archinaut, a Robotic 3D-Printing Demo
- Mobile Stargazing: A Universe of Astronomy Apps to Explore the Sky
- Dark Matter Clue: Strange Radio Bursts Finally Reveal Host Galaxy
- SpaceX Scrubs Satellite Launch, Rocket Landing Attempt
- February 25
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- SpaceX Wins 5 New Space Station Cargo Missions in NASA Contract Estimated at $700 Million
- Astronaut Scott Kelly: 'I Could Go Another Year' Aboard Space Station
- 'Last Man on the Moon' Shares Astronaut's 'Epic Tale' in New Documentary
- Reusable Military Spaceplane Tops DARPA's Budget Request, Again
- Meteorite Hunters Find 6 Space Rocks from Florida Fireball
- Photos: Hunting Meteorites from Florida Fireball in Osceola
- Gravitational Waves: Did Merging Black Holes Form from Single Star?
- Incredible New View of the Milky Way Revealed (Video)
- 'Doctor' Cassini Takes Titan's Temperature
- Palm-Size Satellites Could Hunt for New Alien Worlds
- On the Origin of Worlds: Astrophysicists Zero in on How Planets Form (Kavli Roundtable)
- Accused Star Found Innocent of Cosmic Explosion
- February 24
- February 23
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- Alien Megastructures and Dark Matter: How Imagination Fuels Science
- Ape Escape in Space! Watch Astronaut Scott Kelly's Hilarious Video Hijinks
- Large-ish Meteor Hits Earth... But No One Notices
- Space.com Has a New Logo: Letter from the Editor
- Powerful Laser Could Blast Spacecraft to Mars in 3 Days (Video)
- Stargazer Sees Milky Way and 5 Planets Dance in the Night Sky (Photo)
- Toy Fair 2016: Star Wars Toys Galore! (Photos)
- Astronaut Ron Garan Joins Balloon-Based Space Tourism Company
- How Friendly Is Enceladus' Ocean to Life?
- Wild Theory: 5-Dimensional Black Holes Could Break Laws of Physics
- Monster Cyclone Winston Seen from Space (Photos)
- Virgin Galactic's New SpaceShipTwo Debut: Amid the Hoopla, Hope
- Plans Being Devised for Human Outpost Near the Moon
- Pluto's 'Hulk-Like' Moon Charon Is Bursting with a Frozen Ocean
- February 22
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- Extremely Hot and Incredibly Close: How Hot Jupiters Defy Theory
- Homesteading in Space: White House Science Office Seeks Sci-Fi Inspiration
- GAO: Missile Defense Agency Is Using 'High Risk' Approach for Additional Interceptors
- 'Music' Heard by Apollo 10 Astronauts at the Moon Not from Aliens
- Moon Mail: Earth's Moon Rises on New US Postage Stamp
- Mars 2030: Explore Your Own Virtual Red Planet
- 30 Years Later: The Legacy of the Mir Space Station
- Full Moon and Jupiter Rendezvous in the Sky: How to See It
- NASA Will Use Repurposed Spy Telescope for Wide-Sky Survey
- New York Toy Fair 2016: What We'd Take Home
- February 21
- February 20
- February 19
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- Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Rolls Out (A SpaceShipTwo Photo Gallery)
- Over 18,300 Apply to Become NASA Astronauts, Smashing Record
- 'Star Trek' Quadcopter Will Let You Fly the USS Enterprise
- To Make a Moon Village, Think Beyond Science and Engineering (Op-Ed)
- This Voice-Controlled BB-8 Is THE Droid You've Been Looking For
- 'Telescope' Documentary Gives Inspirational View of NASA's Next Space Telescope
- Eying Exomoons in the Search for E.T.
- Virgin Galactic to Unveil, Christen New Passenger Spaceship Today
- Private Cygnus Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station to Meet Fiery Doom
- Ancient Impacts Mysteriously Erased From Asteroid Vesta
- February 18
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- Disney's 'Miles From Tomorrowland' Fuses Space Science and Fun
- Our Fierce Sun: 12 Months of Explosive Activity
- Boeing's CST-100 Crew Capsule Takes a Dip
- With Xtronaut Game, Space Exploration Is in the Cards
- 14 Awesome Space Tourism Travel Posters from NASA (Gallery)
- Europe's Sentinel-3A Earth Observation Satellite Successfully Launched
- One-Year Astronaut Scott Kelly Spins Tunes on Third Rock Radio Today
- Historic Gravitational Waves Rippled, But Left No Fireworks
- February 17
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- Rocket Lab to Launch Spire Satellites
- High in the Sky: How to Spot 'Circumpolar' Constellations
- Japan Launches X-Ray Observatory to Study Black Holes, Star Explosions
- NASA's 'Star Trek' Replicator Challenge Asks Kids for Food Tech Ideas
- Sci-Fi Novel 'Zero-G' Soars to Edge of Space
- Asteroid Murder Mystery Solved
- Watney Would Approve: Ordnance Survey Maps Mars
- Hawking: Gravitational Waves Could Revolutionize Astronomy
- Black Holes, Too! Gravitational Wave Find Had Other Surprises
- NASA's Next Big Space Telescope Coming Together Despite 'Snowzilla'
- Stunning Blue Star Enjoys Spotlight Moment in Dazzling New View (Video)
- February 16
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- Parachutes Pop Open Perfectly in SpaceX Test
- Super-Earth Exoplanet's Atmosphere Characterized for 1st Time (Video)
- The Immortals Behind the Stars (Op-Ed)
- It's Complicated: Revising Dark Matter's Relationship with Galaxy Groups
- Follow the Salt: Search for Mars Life May Focus on Driest Regions
- Gas Cloud Flung Out of Milky Way Is Coming Back for Revenge
- February 15
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- February 12
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- Farewell, Philae: Hunt for Rosetta's Lost Lander Ends
- The Moon Visits the Hyades Monday Night
- Beware Falling Rocks: Asteroid Day Will Highlight Impact Risks
- Where Did Those Gravitational Waves Come From? There's a Map
- Gravitational Waves: What Their Discovery Means for Science and Humanity
- Mobile Stargazing: The Universe at Your Fingertips
- This Is What Gravitational Waves Sound Like (Video)
- Apollo 11 Crew Wrote on Moon Ship Walls, Smithsonian 3D Scan Reveals
- OK Go Releases First Zero-G Music Video
- 'Delighted' Neil deGrasse Tyson Hails Gravitational Waves Find (Video)
- February 11
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- Gravitational Waves Detected by LIGO: Complete Coverage
- Epic Gravitational Wave Detection: How Scientists Did It
- Get Immersed in Curiosity's 360 Degree Mars Dune
- Extraterrestrial Life Could Be Vulnerable to Greenhouse Effect
- (Feb. 11, 2016) In Historic First, Einstein's Gravitational Waves Detected Directly
- Amazing! See the 'Most Detailed Astronomy Image' Ever Taken
- Japan to Launch High-Tech X-Ray Observatory Friday: Watch Live
- Have Gravitational Waves Been Detected? Scientists Provide Update Today (Watch Live)
- February 10
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- Gravitational Waves: A Black Hole Is Trying to Slap You — Can You Feel It?
- NASA's 2017 Budget Request: Reactions from Space Industry Experts, Lawmakers
- Sci-Fi Authors' Website Offers Free Gifts for Readers
- Meteorite Did NOT Kill Man in India: Experts
- US Spy Satellite Begins Secret Mission with Dazzling Predawn Launch
- 'Moon Glint' Magic: Astronaut's Photo Reveals Dreamy Patterns
- February's Last-Quarter Moon: Why It's Missing
- Gravitational Waves vs. Gravity Waves: Know the Difference!
- NASA Europa Mission May Not Launch Until Late 2020s
- NASA to Decide Fate of Troubled Mars Lander Next Month
- February 9
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- New Star Trek TV Series Beams Up Bryan Fuller as Co-Creator
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (January 2016)
- SES: We Plan Feb. 24 SpaceX Launch of SES-9 Satellite
- North Korean Satellite Said to Be Tumbling in Orbit
- White House Proposes $19 Billion NASA Budget
- Could a Meteorite Really Have Killed a Bus Driver in India?
- Hundreds of Hidden Galaxies Glimpsed Behind Milky Way (Video)
- NASA's $19 Billion 2017 Budget Request: A Summary
- US Missile Defense Agency Claims Success in Non-Intercept Test
- Carter: Pentagon Budget Will Do 'Even More' for Space Protection
- More Gravitational Wave Rumors: Colliding Black Holes?
- Everything Is Awesome About These New Lego Space Sets
- Sally Ride Talks Space in Dazzling Animated Interview
- Medium-Size Asteroid Strike Could Unleash a Mini Ice Age
- February 8
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- Apollo 14 Moonwalker Edgar Mitchell Remembered by Space Community
- Have Gravitational Waves Finally Been Spotted?
- Plants in Space: Photos by Gardening Astronauts
- Death by Meteorite? India Tragedy May Be 1st in Recorded History
- NASA Astronaut Spies on Super Bowl from Space
- Swirling Magnetic Sun Mesmerizes in NASA Animation
- Best Space Photos of the Week – Feb. 6, 2016
- North Korea Launches Satellite to Space
- Dwarf Planet Ceres Still Stuns, 215 Years After Discovery
- February 7
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- February 5
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- Edgar Mitchell, Sixth Astronaut to Walk on the Moon, Dies at 85
- Touchdown! Yes, Astronauts in Space Can Watch the Super Bowl
- How and When to See the Brightest Planets in February's Night Sky
- Rosetta's Comet Is Fluffy Dust to the Core
- 'Cosmonauts' Documentary Shows How Russia 'Won the Space Race'
- US Air Force Launches GPS Satellite to Complete Navigation Constellation
- Time-Traveling TV: LG Super Bowl Ad Features 'Man from the Future'
- Universe's 'Dark Ages' May Come to Light with Moon Orbiter
- Mirror Installation Complete for NASA's Next Space Telescope
- The 'Floating Hills' of Pluto (Photo)
- The Moon's Gravity Alters Rainfall on Earth
- February 4
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- The Moon or Mars? NASA Must Pick 1 Goal for Astronauts, Experts Tell Congress
- 'Planet Nine'? Cosmic Objects' Strange Orbits May Have a Different Explanation
- NASA Weighing Dual Launches of Europa Flyby Probe and Lander
- Today, Not Groundhog Day, Is Winter's Actual Midpoint
- The Original Starship Enterprise from 'Star Trek' Is Getting a Face-Lift
- The Restoration of Star Trek's USS Enterprise in Pictures
- NASA Jupiter Probe Fine-Tunes Path to Giant Planet
- 100-Foot Asteroid to Buzz Earth Next Month
- Audi Rockets to Super Bowl with Apollo Astronaut-Themed Ad
- Luxembourg Aims to Jump-Start Asteroid Mining
- February 3
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- Lego 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Video Game Coming in June (Video)
- Moon Mission's Living Monuments: Apollo 14's 'Moon Trees' 45 Years Later
- Crescent Moon Joins Predawn 'Planet Parade' Thursday
- Russian Spacewalkers Maintain Experiments, Launch Ceremonial Flash Drive Into Space
- Planet-Building 'Flying Saucer' Disk Is Surprisingly Cool (Video)
- The Truth Is Out There: CIA Publishes UFO Investigation Tips
- Comets May Not Explain 'Alien Megastructure' Star's Strange Flickering After All
- Cosmonauts Taking Spacewalk Outside Space Station Today: Watch It Live
- February 2
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- Powerful Black-Hole Wind Ruffles Spiral Galaxy
- NanoRacks Presses Ahead with Private Airlock
- Don't Miss Syfy's 'The Expanse' Season 1 Finale Tonight
- NASA Picks Tiny Satellites to Ride on Giant Rocket's 1st Flight
- Shuttle Commander, Spacewalker to Enter Astronaut Hall of Fame
- Saturn Looks Regal in Cassini Photo, Methane Gas and All
- When Black Holes Run Out of Gas, They Turn Off the Lights
- Curiosity Rover on Mars Snaps Epic Selfie with Sand Dunes (Photo)
- Ariane 5 Places 1st Intelsat Epic High-Throughput Satellite into Orbit
- Lockheed Says Orion Still on Schedule for 2018 Mission
- February 1
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- MIT Team Wins SpaceX Hyperloop Design Contest
- Auction Offers Cosmonaut's Omega Watch Worn on Two Space Stations
- Take a Cinematic Flyover Tour of Dwarf Planet Ceres (Video)
- Election 2016: Keep Tabs on the Presidential Candidates' Space Plans
- ILS Proton Successfully Launches Eutelsat 9B Telecom/Data-Relay Satellite
- Space Travelers Stump for Hillary in Iowa
- Best Night Sky Events of February 2016 (Stargazing Maps)
- NASA's Next Great Space Telescope: The Quest Begins
