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- March 31
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- The Moon's 'Blue' Last Quarter Phase Explained
- 'Frozen Lake' on Pluto May Point to a Warmer Time
- Alien Earth May Be Forming Around Nearby Star (Photos)
- 'Destination: Mars': NASA Readies Virtual Red Planet Treks (with 'Buzz Aldrin'!)
- Russia Launches Robotic Supply Ship Toward Space Station
- Could 'Planet X' Cause Comet Catastrophes on Earth?
- 'Aliens' Stompers from Reebok Coming on Alien Day
- Recovery of Japan's Ailing Hitomi Satellite Still Possible: JAXA Official
- 'Laser Cloak' Could Hide Earth from Evil Aliens
- Russia Is Launching a New Space Station Supply Ship Today: Watch Live
- SETI's New Alien Life Hunt Targets 20,000 Small, Dim Stars
- Southern Cross at Sea: Astrophotographer Shoots Stunning Image While on Ship
- March 30
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- How Often Do Asteroids Hit Jupiter?
- Boeing Starliner's 'Last Room on Earth' for Astronauts – Photo Tour
- Weird, Oozing Super-Earth Planet Has Hot Nights, Even Hotter Days
- New Alien Planet Boasts Rare Triple Suns
- Wow! Rare Planetary Alignment Adorns Night Sky Over Singapore
- Mystery on Enceladus: What Drives Saturn Moon's Icy Plumes?
- The Fungus Among Us Could Make Medicine in Space
- BEAM Inflatable Habitat to Launch to Space Station Next Week
- March 29
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- Jupiter Just Got Hit by a Comet or Asteroid ... Again (Video)
- Video Shows Japan's Hitomi Satellite Tumbling in Space, Rescue Efforts Underway
- Green and Purple Aurora Colors Alaskan Skies (Photo)
- Russian Meteor Fragments Showcased in New 'Infinity Pen'
- DMSP-19 Weather Satellite Dead After Air Force Ends Recovery Effort
- Space Walk of Fame to Auction Astronaut-Donated Artifacts to Benefit Museum
- 'Abandoned in Place': NASA's Decaying Spaceflight Facilities Preserved in Photos
- March 28
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- Twin Suns Hurl Tatooine-Like Planets into Interstellar Space
- Galaxy Map: Here Are the Milky Way's Red Dwarfs
- Flyby Comet Was WAY Bigger Than Thought
- Japanese Astronomy Satellite Hitomi Malfunctions, Generates Debris
- Viva 'Mars World': Las Vegas May Get Red Planet Experience
- By the Light of the Moon: Luna and Lighthouse Meet in Amazing Photo
- Life's Building Blocks Form In Replicated Deep Sea Vents
- Space Station Flies Over Roman Ruins in Stunning Skywatcher Photo
- Endor's End: How the 'Star Wars' Death Star Wiped Out the Ewoks After All
- Fog Detected on Surface of Saturn Moon Titan
- March 26
- March 25
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- Writing Sci-Fi? First Understand How Elephants Aren't Dragonflies (Op-Ed)
- 'The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories' (US 2016): Book Excerpt
- Microbial Mats Offer Clues to Life on Early Earth
- See a Green Comet in the Night Sky: Where and When to Look
- Saturn's Moons and Rings May Be Younger Than the Dinosaurs
- The Phases of 2016's Only Total Solar Eclipse (Photo)
- Mercury Spacecraft Departs Cosmosphere for 3-Year Exhibit in Indiana
- Easter's Early Arrival: How the Moon Shapes the Date
- Tallest Peak on Saturn's Huge Moon Titan Identified (Photo)
- United Launch Alliance Confirms Engine Issue on Latest Atlas Rocket Launch
- March 24
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- We Can't Wait to See Superman Save a Soyuz Spacecraft in 'Batman v Superman'
- To the Moon! NASA Contest Kick-Starts Innovative Space Tech
- Psychedelic Sun Simulations May Solve Magnetic Field Mystery
- With the Right 'Words,' Science Can Pull Anyone In (Op-Ed)
- Ceres' Puzzling Bright Spots, Giant Mountain Feature in New Close-Up Photos
- Solar Storms Supercharge Jupiter's Dramatic Auroras (Photo)
- NASA: New Mars Gravity Map Is the Best Ever
- Record-Breaking Women in Spaceflight History
- March 23
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- Cygnus Cargo Ship Now Chasing Space Station: Spot Them in the Night Sky
- Photographers Snap Dazzling Views of Cygnus Spacecraft's Nighttime Launch
- ExoMars: Inside Europe's Quest to Land a Rover on the Red Planet
- Green Aurora Lights Up the Minnesota Night in Skywatcher Photo
- How the Moon Moved: Lunar Poles Have Wandered
- Two Comets Just Made Historic Near-Earth Flybys: See Images and Video
- Permanent Mars Colony Is 'Long Way Down the Road,' NASA Says
- Pluto's Recent Past: Liquid Lakes and Thick Atmosphere?
- See Mars and Saturn Rise Before the Sun
- Private Cygnus Spacecraft Blasts Off with NASA Cargo in Stunning Night Launch
- Launch Photos: Orbital ATK's Cygnus OA-6 Lights Up the Night in Dazzling Liftoff
- March 22
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- 'So You Say There's a Chance': Yuri's Night Offers Patch for Astronaut Applicants
- Did Mars' Methane Come from Comets?
- Comet Double-Whammy: A Lesson in Planetary Protection?
- First Retailer in Orbit: Lowe's and Made In Space Send 3D Printer to Station
- Meteor-Tracking Experiment Headed to Space After 2 Failed Launches
- First Supernova Shock Wave Image Snapped by Planet-Hunting Telescope
- First Space Shuttle Astronauts to Celebrate Flights' 35th Anniversaries
- Private Cygnus Cargo Ship Launches to Space Station Tonight: Watch It Live
- Space Fire! Special Experiment Launching on Cygnus Cargo Spacecraft
- Space Station Cargo Launch Tonight May Be Visible Along East Coast
- Minor Lunar Eclipse to Darken Part of Moon Wednesday: What to Expect
- March 21
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- Photographer Catches Jupiter with Its 4 Galilean Moons
- Wow! Moon's Young Crater Seen in Close-Up View (Photo)
- NASA Chief Charles Bolden Defends NASA Budget in House Committee Farewell
- ULA Chief Disavows His Head Engineer's Take on Vulcan Engine Competition
- Incoming Comet to Buzz Earth in Historic Close Flyby
- NASA's Female Leaders Share Challenges of Working in Male-Dominated Field
- Discovery Channel Telescope Helps Identify Incoming Comet
- Sticky, Eagle-Eyed, Explosive Science Prepped for Space Station Launch
- March 19
- March 18
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- Beautiful, Bewitching Pluto Poses in New Images from New Horizons Probe
- SpaceX Says Reusable Stage Could Cut Prices 30 Percent, Plans November Falcon Heavy Debut
- 90 Years Ago, the Liquid-Fueled Rocket Changed Space Travel Forever
- How to Spot Satellites
- Minor Lunar Eclipse: Earth's Shadow to Darken Moon Wednesday
- New Crew Launching to Space Station Today: Watch It Live
- Mon-Stars! Cluster of Massive Suns Spotted by Hubble Telescope (Photo)
- Earth's Magnetism Saved It From Solar Sterilization
- March 17
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- Subaru Telescope Tour: A Journey to the Top of the World
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (February 2016)
- Stunning, Tragic Images of Abandoned Space History (Photos)
- Abandoned Awe: Old Space Sites Should Inspire Exploration (Op-Ed)
- Astronaut Twins Scott and Mark Kelly Honored with Elementary School Renaming
- Station-Bound Cosmonaut First to Bookend Spacecraft Missions
- Pluto's 'Unprecedented' Ice Provinces and Other Surprises from NASA's New Horizons
- The Subaru Telescope Atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii: A Photo Tour
- Star Trails Light Up Utah Desert in Stargazer's Stunning Image
- Air Force Says DMSP-19 Weather Satellite Is 'About Dead'
- Robot-Built Landing Pad Could Pave the Way for Construction on Mars
- New Dark Matter Theory Weighs Superheavy Particle
- Ancient Dust Found in Meteorites Came from Exploding Stars
- March 16
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- 'Flight, We Are Docked!' Gemini 8 Achieved 1st Space Docking 50 Years Ago
- Clocking the Extreme Spin of a Monster Black Hole
- Chaotic Comet Flyby Blew Away Some of Mars' Atmosphere
- Mars Radiation Risk: How Would 'The Martian' Hero Fare?
- Sun Writhes with Magnetic Field Lines in New Vizualization (Photo)
- ExoMars 2016: Why We Keep Going Back to the Red Planet
- Google Doodle Celebrates Astronomer Caroline Herschel, 1st Woman to Find a Comet
- Are Ceres' Weird Bright Spots Changing? What Ground-Based Telescopes Show
- Spring Is Here! Check Out the Equinox's Quirky Math
- Aurorasaurus Proves the Crowd Knows Best About Northern Lights
- Is Iran Preparing for a Satellite Launch? (Video)
- March 15
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- 'Year of Yuri Gagarin' Logo Added to Rocket Launching Next Space Station Crew
- 'The Marge-ian Chronicles': 'The Simpsons' Riffs on Private Mars Colonization
- Top 5 Weird Facts About Mysterious Uranus: Photos
- Fantastic Flight: The Orion III Spaceplane from "2001: A Space Odyssey"
- Slumbering Supermassive Black Hole Hides In New Hubble Image, Video
- Loaded with Celestial Snapshots, 'Armchair Astronomer' Tours Cosmic Nebula
- Young Stars May Feast Frantically, Grow Chaotically, New Study Shows
- Are Pluto's Pebbled 'Snakeskin' Slopes Made of Ancient Stuff?
- March 14
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- ExoMars Phones Home En Route to Red Planet: 'We Have a Mission'
- 'Most Interesting Man in the World' Goes to Mars in Dos Equis Ad
- Launch Photos: Europe's ExoMars 2016 Mission Rockets Toward the Red Planet
- Touring the Cygnus Supply Spacecraft Clean Room (Photos)
- What Bit a Chunk Out of Pluto's Ice?
- How Satellites Find Shipwrecks From Space
- Inside Jeff Bezos' Secret Rocket Factory
- The Science of ExoMars: New Mission to Hunt for Mars Life
- Astronaut Scott Kelly's 12 Best Photos from His Year in Space
- Senators Criticize Funding 'Gimmicks' in NASA's $19 Billion Budget Request
- 'Breaking the Chains of Gravity' Reveals Pre-NASA Era
- 'Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA' (2015): Book Excerpt
- Liftoff! European Mission to Mars Launches to Seek Signs of Life
- ExoMars 2016 Mars Mission Launch: Complete Coverage
- March 13
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- March 11
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- Exploring Jupiter with Mobile Apps: Track the Planet, Great Red Spot and More
- Engine Used on Penultimate Space Shuttle Flight Relit for New NASA Rocket
- ExoMars Spacecraft Roll Out to Launchpad for Monday's Liftoff (Photos)
- The Gravitational Wave Crests: Big Discoveries are Worth the Wait (Op-Ed)
- Pluto's Mountains Capped by Methane Ice (Photo)
- With ExoMars, Europe and Russia Aim to Kickstart Mars Exploration
- Celestial Whiz Kids Named Pluto, Designed Alaska's State Flag
- Spotting the Shadows of Jupiter's Galilean Moons
- 6 Early-Career NASA Scientists Gain a Top Presidential Award
- March 10
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- Orbital ATK Names Space Station Freighter for Fallen Columbia Astronaut
- ExoMars Spacecraft Mated with Rocket Ahead of Monday's Launch (Photos)
- NASA Rover on Mars May Have Ringside Seat to Europe's ExoMars Mission
- Packing Lunches for Space: Scientists Talk Astronaut Health on 1-Year Mission
- Draft Bill Proposes Wide-Ranging Space Policy Changes
- Ariane 5, in 2nd Straight Solo Mission, Places Eutelsat 65 West A into Orbit
- Shadow of the Moon: Satellites See Total Solar Eclipse from Space (Photo)
- 'Tornado of Darkness': We Saw the Total Solar Eclipse from a Plane (Video)
- Real-Life 'Death Star' Continues to Destroy Alien Worlds
- NASA Wants to Send Your Art to an Asteroid
- Eagle-Eyed NASA Mars Probe Celebrates 10 Years at Red Planet
- March 9
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- Amazing Total Solar Eclipse Photos Show 'Black Hole in the Sky'
- NASA Aims to Launch Troubled Mars Lander in May 2018
- NASA Quarter-Scale Space Shuttle Model Lands in Georgia for Display
- Blue Origin Plans Growth Spurt This Year
- Could New Planets Form Around Old Stars, Too? (Video, Images)
- Red Planet Triumphs and Defeats: A History of Mars Missions
- Star Chart Virtual Reality App Puts Planetarium on Your Smartphone
- Star Chart: The Virtual Reality Planetarium App (Images)
- The Total Solar Eclipse of 2016 in Pictures
- Total Solar Eclipse Wows Skywatchers Across Indonesia, Pacific Region
- March 8
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- Why Tonight's Total Solar Eclipse Has NASA Excited (Video)
- Total Solar Eclipse Today: Slooh's 'StarShare Camera' Lets You Share Photos
- 'A Beautiful Planet' IMAX Trailer Offers 1st Look at Astronauts' Earth Views
- Journey to the Red Planet: A Mars Missions Timeline
- Slippery Asteroid Surprises Scientists With Early Earth Flyby
- Total Solar Eclipse of 2016 Occurs Today: What to Expect
- European-Russian Mission to Mars Launches Next Week
- Space Race Losers? US Leadership in Danger, Report Warns
- How Often Do Big Fireballs Blaze Up in Earth's Sky?
- Mercury's Carbon-Rich Crust is Surprisingly Ancient
- Stunning Detail Revealed in Solar System Geology Maps
- March 7
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- Will NASA's InSight Mars Mission Launch in 2018?
- Stars Flock Together in Stargazer's View of the 'Wild Duck' Cluster
- Aerojet Rocketdyne, ULA Win Air Force Propulsion Contracts
- USAF Weather Woes Grow as DMSP-19 Satellite Stops Obeying Orders
- One Year at Ceres: NASA Probe Hits Milestone at a Dwarf Planet
- Total Solar Eclipse Tuesday: How to Watch It Online
- The March of Planets: Jupiter, Mars and Saturn Brighten Night Sky
- NASA Jet to Be Reunited with Space Shuttle Enterprise at NYC Museum
- Mars' Mysterious Moon Phobos Revealed in New Photo
- Cloudgate: Rumors Spread of Nitrogen Clouds on Pluto
- One HAL of a Ship: 'Space Odyssey' Model Shows Astounding Detail
- March 6
- March 5
- March 4
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- Earth Photobombs Space Observatory's Solar View
- Astronaut Scott Kelly Is Home from a 1-Year Mission, But the Science Continues
- Total Solar Eclipse for Indonesia and the Pacific: Where to See It
- Jupiter's Return: The Mighty Planet Reaches Opposition on March 8
- Orbital ATK Believes in Satellite Servicing, But Not Rocket Reusability
- SpaceX Will Try Again to Launch Satellite and Land a Rocket Today
- Astronaut Scott Kelly Talks Yearlong Space Mission Today: Watch It Live
- No, SpaceX Is Not Donating to the Presidential Campaign of Donald Trump
- Southeast Asia to Witness Total Solar Eclipse Next Week (Video)
- In Photos: Robonaut 2, NASA's Robot Butler for Astronauts
- Brains, Minds, AI, God: Marvin Minsky Thought Like No One Else (Tribute)
- March 3
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- Farthest Galaxy Yet Smashes Cosmic Distance Record
- 'Star Trek' 50th Anniversary Inspires New Toys, Figures and More
- Why Can't Quantum Mechanics Explain Gravity? (Op-Ed)
- NASA's Last Shuttle External Tank to Cross Oceans, L.A. Streets for Display
- Quieter Supersonic Jet Is on the Horizon with New NASA Program
- 'Moon Shot': JJ Abrams' Web Series About Private Moon Race Coming Soon (Video)
- Introducing Space.com's New Satellite Tracker from N2YO
- US Military Set to Unveil Concepts Based on Skylon Space Plane Tech
- Not So Fast: Discovery of Radio Burst Source May Be Flawed
- Jill Biden Welcomes 1-Year Astronaut Scott Kelly Home with Beer, Apple Pie
- Alien Planet May Have Kicked Its Neighbor Into the Sticks
- March 2
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- 5 Surprising Things We Learned from 'The Last Man on the Moon'
- End of 1-Year Space Mission 'Bittersweet' for Astronaut Scott Kelly (Video)
- Home Again, At Last: Soyuz Capsule Brings Astronauts to Earth
- British Astronaut Reveals LEGO Minifigures of His Space Station Crew
- Powerful Radio Bursts in Space Can Explode Over and Over
- Mars' Ancient Face-Lift: Water Carved Planet's Features, Not Massive Volcano
- Do Not Fear Failure, The Lessons are Important (Op-Ed)
- India to Join Hunt for Gravitational Waves
- X Prize Planning for Next Space Competition
- NASA's Top Chef: High-School Teams Compete to Cook Astronaut Food
- REDIRECTS TO YOUTUBE Skylon SABRE - A True Space Plane | Video Show
- 'Year in Space': Documentary Chronicles Astronaut Scott Kelly's Epic Voyage
- Back on Earth: Astronaut Scott Kelly Faces Gravity After 1-Year Mission
- Smithsonian's Moon Photo Exhibit Shows Off Stunning Views from NASA Probe
- 'Buried Giants' in Space Set Crimson Space Clouds Aglow (Video, Photos)
- China Readies Next Human Space Mission for Launch This Year
- Uncertainty Surrounds Asteroid Near-Earth Flyby Next Week
- Welcome Home! Year-in-Space Astronaut Scott Kelly's Earth Return in Photos
- After Nearly a Year in Space, Astronaut and Cosmonaut Return to Earth
- March 1
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- Extreme Spaceflight: The History of Yearlong Space Missions
- SpaceX to Try Rocket Landing During Satellite Launch Friday: Watch Live
- SpaceX Pushes Rocket Launch, Landing Attempt to Friday
- Scott Kelly Tweets Final Sunrise as Sun Sets on One-Year Space Mission
- By the Numbers: Astronaut Scott Kelly's Year-in-Space Mission
- Stargazer Spies Star Clusters of the Gemini Constellation (Photo)
- 'Train Like a Martian' Challenge Inspires Kids to Get Active
- 'Hen's Wings' Glow Blue in Enchanting Hubble Telescope Image
- Return to Earth: An Astronaut's View of Coming Home
- Best Night Sky Events of March 2016 (Stargazing Maps)
- 'The Wrong Wrights': Kids Save Flight in New Smithsonian Comic
- Hunt for Intelligent Aliens Should Focus on 'Transit Zone'
- 1-Year Space Mission Ends Tonight: Watch the Landing Live
- Experts to Congress: Gravitational Waves Discovery Will Help Science, Humanity
