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- June 30
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- Juno Spacecraft Enters Jupiter's Realm
- Bizarre Mars 'Ripples' Offer Window into Red Planet's Past
- Juno Probe Snaps Photo of Jupiter and Its 4 Biggest Moons
- Jupiter's Auroras Create a Rhapsody in Blue Before Juno's July 4 Arrival (Time-Lapse Video)
- How Do Planets Form? Juno's Jupiter Mission Aims to Find Out
- Jupiter on Fire! Telescope Captures Stunning 'Lucky' Images
- Biggest Mysteries of the Dwarf Planet Ceres
- Look Out Below! Today is Asteroid Day
- June 29
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- Inside ULA's Plan to Have 1,000 People Working in Space by 2045
- Mistaken Identity: Ceres' Mysterious Bright Spots Aren't Epsom Salt After All
- Jupiter Probe Gets by with Blender's Worth of Energy
- Wow! Space Station Crosses Sun's Face in Amazing Photo
- Closing in on Jupiter: 7 Fun Facts About Juno's Mission
- Mars' Atmosphere Was Likely More Oxygen-Rich Long Ago
- Saturn Moon Enceladus' Plumes May Resemble Earth's 'Lost City'
- June 28
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- Blue Origin's Rocket Factory Breaks Ground
- Target Mars: Red Planet in World's Crosshairs
- Sick Burn! NASA Fires Off Test of Next-Generation Rocket Engine
- 2nd Firing Test of NASA's Next-Generation Rocket Engine (Photos)
- Mysterious 'Dark Hydrogen' May Lurk Within Giant Planets
- The Universe's First Galaxies May Light Up Its Dark Ages
- World's Largest Plane Will Launch Rockets into Space
- June 27
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- China Launches New Rocket, Prototype Crew Capsule
- NASA to Test-Fire Booster for Megarocket Tuesday: Watch Live
- Hoosier Astronaut's Mercury Capsule Stars in Children's Museum Exhibit
- Opal-Studded Meteorite Hints at Origins of Earth's Water
- Perfectly Parallel: Skywatcher Spots Milky Way and ISS
- Enormous Stars Forming in the 'Little Fox' Captured in Stunning Photo
- Black Hole Imager Gets First View of Galactic Core
- One-Week Countdown Begins for Juno Mission's Daring Arrival at Jupiter
- June 25
- June 24
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- Find the Little-Known Modern Constellations
- Military Satellite Launched Into Orbit by United Launch Alliance
- 'Destination: Jupiter' Follows Journey of NASA's Juno Space Probe
- Milky Way, Moab and Me: Skywatcher Shoots Self-Portrait Under Moab Sky
- Britain's Quitting the EU, But Will It Be Forced Out of EU Space Programs?
- Video Game Challenge: Players Recreate NASA Asteroid Mission in 'Kerbal Space Program'
- Neptune Sports Dark Vortex, Hubble Images Reveal
- Would Aliens Really Kill Us, 'Independence Day'-Style?
- SETI Eavesdrops on Nearby Star in Smart Alien Hunt
- June 23
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- Caribbean Sea's Curious 'Whistle' Detected from Space
- Wow! Spacecraft Spots Earth, Mars and Pluto's Position in Time-Lapse Sequence
- Trailer for 'Star Trek: Axanar' Unveiled Amid Lawsuit (Exclusive)
- Wow! Surprise Storm Sets Scene for Skywatcher's First Southern Lights Shot
- NASA Seeks Lab-Grown Tissue for Space-Radiation Studies
- Pluto May Harbor a Liquid Ocean
- 'Star Trek' Actor Brent Spiner Talks New Movie, Stephen Hawking in Q&A
- Where Is the Habitable Zone for M-Dwarf Stars?
- June 22
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- New Recipe for Gravitational Waves Calls for Early Double Stars
- European Mars Spacecraft Sees Its Destination from Afar
- Twilight Zones: Spotting the Night Sky's In-Between States
- Earth's New Battle Against Aliens: Photos from 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
- Sleeping Black Hole Awakens to Devour Doomed Star
- Apollo 19 Saturn V Rocket Stage Arrives at Infinity Science Center
- Rainbow-Colored Shooting Stars May Fly Overhead Someday
- Powerful 'Electric Wind' Sucked Venus' Oxygen into Space
- Bezos Wins Heinlein Prize Commercial Space Award
- Commotion in Saturn's Rings: New Photo Reveals Ink-Stain Smudge
- China Prepares Assembly of Its Space station, Invites Collaboration Through U.N.
- Stratolaunch Seeks Launch Partners as Aircraft Nears Completion
- Gravitational Waves Ripple Through Scientific Community
- June 21
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- Spectacular Photo from NASA's Cassini Reveals Southern Ring Shadow
- How Will a Human Mars Base Work? NASA's Vision in Images
- Delicious 'Strawberry Moon' Photos: Rare Solstice Lunar Show Wows Stargazers
- 'Strawberry Moon': Amazing Photos of the Rare Summer Solstice Full Moon
- Green Comet Thrills Amateur Astronomer (Photo)
- Omani Wells May Shed Light on Martian Methane
- Graphite Found at Pluto Moon Charon and Dwarf Planet Ceres
- Firefly Rocket Engine Looks Luminous During Test (Photo)
- June 20
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- Rare Newborn Planet May Be the Youngest Ever Detected
- Orbital ATK's Antares Rocket Return to Flight Likely to Slip to August
- Jupiter Orbital Insertion: Juno's Dive Into the Unknown
- 'Heroes & Legends' Astronaut Attraction to Include Videos Shared by Public
- Milky Way Meets Meadow in Skywatcher Photo
- Rare Summer Solstice Full Moon, 1st Since 1948, Rises Tonight: Watch It Live
- Star Trek Actor Anton Yelchin Dead At 27
- E.T. Phones Earth? 1,500 Years Until Contact, Experts Estimate
- 'New Era' of Astrophysics: Why Gravitational Waves Are So Important
- June 19
- June 18
- June 17
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- 'Cosmic Watch' App Lets You Track Stars and Planets in Real Time
- Watch SpaceX Nearly Pull Off Its 4th Straight Rocket Landing at Sea (Video)
- Evolution Influenced By Temporary Microbes
- British Astronaut Tim Peake Returns to Earth Early Saturday: Watch It Live
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Will Webcast Rocket Launch Live On Sunday
- Hubble Telescope Spies Sparkly Home of Heavy-Metal Stars (Photo)
- How to Snap Awesome Photos of Night-Sky Objects with Your Smartphone
- Gold-Plated USS Enterprise: A 'Star' Bobble at Comic-Con
- Milky Way Beacon: Maine Lighthouse Shines Toward Milky Way Core
- Watch British Astronaut Tim Peake Perform Dizzying Somersaults in Space
- Methanol, a Building Block of Life, Found Around Newborn Star for 1st Time
- Mars Rover Panorama Shows Sweeping 'Marathon Valley' (Photo)
- June 16
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- Mars Wants You! Retro Posters Invite Red Planet Explorers
- NASA's Juno Probe in Home Stretch of Journey to Jupiter
- NASA Saturn V Moon Rocket Stage Moving to Mississippi
- Chirp! Here's What the New Gravitational-Wave Signal Sounds Like (Video)
- Primordial Galaxy Has Farthest Oxygen Ever Detected in the Universe
- See All of NASA's 'Mars Explorers Wanted' Posters (Slideshow)
- Red Planet Selfies: Mars Rover Curiosity Poses on Mount Sharp (Photos)
- Limestone World: Exoplanet Around Dying Star Boasts Substance Linked to Life on Earth
- Surprise! Newfound Asteroid Is 'Quasi-Moon' of Earth
- June 15
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- Gravitational Wave Detector Finds Double Colliding Black Holes — Again (Woot!)
- SpaceX Launches Satellites, Narrowly Misses Rocket Landing at Sea
- Photos: SpaceX Launches Communications Satellites, Tries Rocket Landing at Sea
- 'Star Trek' Blockbusters Here in 4K Ultra-HD and Blu-Ray
- Record-Breaking Fire Experiment Blazes on Private Cargo Spaceship
- SpaceX Goes for 4 Rocket Landings in a Row Today: How to Watch It Live
- June 14
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- Space Station's Commercial 3D Printer Makes Its 1st Tool (Photos)
- 'Twisty' Molecule Essential to Life Spotted in Deep Space For 1st Time
- 'Mysterious Object' May Be First 'Extinct' Meteorite
- New Virtual Tour Lets You Explore the International Space Station
- Mercury Crosses the Sun in Stunning Ultra-High Resolution
- Private Cargo Ship Leaves Space Station to Ignite Record-Breaking Fire Experiment
- 'Oh, My': Warp into Zero-G with 'Star Trek' Star George Takei
- Amazing Photo Shows Likely Alien Planet 1,200 Light-Years Away
- June 13
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- Spot These Wandering Stars In June's Night Sky
- Jupiter-Size Alien World Is Biggest 'Tatooine' Planet with 2 Suns Ever Found
- NASA Exploring Additional Cooperation with SpaceX's Red Dragon Mission
- Pluto's Underworld and Icy Heart Collide in New View
- Dark Matter May Be Made of Primordial Black Holes
- Weird Gaps Are 'Footprints' of Baby Alien Worlds (Images)
- Proton Successfully Launches Intelsat-31 Satellite Despite Lower-Stage Hiccup
- June 12
- June 10
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- How 3D Printing Will 'Rock the World' — and Space
- The 'Blue Hour' Milky Way Glitters Over Havasu Falls in Stunning Photo
- SpaceX Hopes to Relaunch a Used Falcon 9 Rocket This Fall
- Red Planet Law: How We'll Share Mars When We Settle
- Inside Syfy's 'Dark Matter': Photos from Space.com's Out-Of-This-World Set Visit
- Newborn Alien World Is Getting Annihilated by Its Host Star
- See Jupiter and the Moon Do a Starlit Dance This Saturday
- Light Pollution Ruins Night-Sky Views for One-Third of Humanity
- Photos: SpaceX Launches Thaicom 8 Satellite, Lands Rocket at Sea
- When Will China's 'Heavenly Palace' Space Lab Fall Back to Earth?
- Lego to Launch Production of Fan-Created Saturn V Moon Rocket Model
- 'Journey to Space' Hits 4K Ultra-HD, 3D Blu-Ray
- June 9
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- 'Star Trek' Dating Service Lets You Look for Love in the Final Frontier
- Meet the First Man Who Imaged the Moon
- NASA's Next Mars Rover May Have Flying Sidekick
- To the Far Side of the Moon: China's Lunar Science Goals
- What Does Mars Smell Like?
- Telescopes May Ride Giant Balloons to Better See the Stars
- Observing the Evening Sky in Summer's Twilight Zone
- June 8
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- Falling for the Sun: Heart-Shaped Sunspot Thrills Astrophotographer
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Aims for 4th Rocket Launch and Landing This Month
- US Air Force Museum Opens Expanded Space Gallery in New Hangar
- Rosetta's Icy Comet Odyssey Rocks On
- Wormholes Might Burrow Through Black Hole Cores
- Monster Black Hole Caught Feeding On Clumpy, Cloudy 'Rain'
- Cosmic Threads: Astronauts Inspire Space-Age Fashion
- Out-of-this-World Fashion at Couture in Orbit (Photos)
- Blue Origin Joins NASA's Suborbital Research Flight Program
- From King Tut to Kitchen Knives, Meteorite-Made Relics Span Centuries
- An Inflatable Space Room: The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module in Pictures
- June 7
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- See Tropical Storm Colin from Space in These Satellite Photos
- The Grand Canyon: Meet the Newest Dark Sky Park
- Take a Look Inside the 1st Inflatable Space Room for Astronauts (Photos)
- Former NASA Astronaut Charged with Murder in Deadly Car Crash: Reports
- Where Are The Sunspots?
- SpaceX's Leaning Rocket Tower Comes Ashore (Photos)
- Mars One Colony Project to Whittle List of Astronaut Hopefuls to 40
- Nearly Perfect 'Einstein Ring' Forged From Ancient Galaxy (Image)
- Science Gear Installed on NASA's Next Big Space Telescope
- Near-Perfect Free Fall in Space Sets Stage for Gravitational Wave Hunt
- June 6
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- Photographer Snaps Epic View of Space Station and Mercury Crossing the Sun
- 'Into the Black': Book Recounts Untold Story of 1st Space Shuttle Flight
- Astrobotic Unveils Peregrine Lunar Lander
- Luxembourg Invests to Become the 'Silicon Valley of Space Resource Mining'
- Barbie Gets Beamed Up For 'Star Trek' 50th Anniversary Collection
- Will Dawn Visit a Third Object in the Asteroid Belt?
- Take the Moon Home with Incredibly Detailed Lunar Globe
- Elon Musk Wants to Send Astronauts to Mars as Soon as 2024
- Astronauts Enter Inflatable Space Station Module for 1st Time (Video)
- New Film 'Mission Control' Focuses on Men Who Put a Man on the Moon
- Pluto Stamp Palooza! Philatelic Fans and NASA Cheer Dwarf Planet Postage
- Plan to Turn Asteroids Into Spaceships Could Spur Off-Earth Mining
- Beam Up! Seattle 'Star Trek' Exhibit Celebrates 50 Years of the Starship Enterprise
- Photos: Warp Speed Through 'Star Trek's' 50 Years in Seattle Museum Exhibit
- June 5
- June 4
- June 3
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- Rosetta Comet Probe Bounces Back from Glitch
- Saturn Reigns Over June's Night Sky: How and When to See It
- Making the Most of Summer Star Parties with Your Mobile Device
- Stars Take Center Stage at Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival
- Distant Rocky World Could Be Friendly for Life
- Gorgeous 'Twilight Zone' Photo of Pluto May Show Cloud for 1st Time
- Brilliant Fireball Lights Up the Sky Over Arizona (Video)
- June 2
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- Surprise! The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Scientists Thought
- Space.com Visited SyFy's 'Killjoys' Set: 6 Things We Learned
- Exploring the Set of Syfy's 'Killjoys' (Photo Gallery)
- What's Hiding Below Jupiter's Clouds? New Radio Map Reveals Ammonia Swirls
- Newest 'Hole' in the Sun Is a Doozy
- Astronaut Drew Feustel Talks Orion and the Future of Space Exploration (Video)
- 'Assassin' Captures a New Supernova, and Photographers Take Aim
- Antares Rocket Static Test Fire Sets Stage for Return to Flight
- June 1
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- Jupiter's Gravity Embraces NASA's Juno Spacecraft
- NASA Asteroid-Sampling Spacecraft Being Prepped for September Launch
- Facebook Live — from Space! Astronauts Chat with Mark Zuckerberg
- Life on the Space Station Beamed Into NYC Museum
- 'Space Selfies' Scrapped, But Asteroid Mining Company Raises $21M
- Spinning Comets Can Tear Themselves Apart, Only to Be Reborn
- Weird Shapes on Pluto Hint at Icy 'Face-Lift' Over Time
- Watch Mark Zuckerberg Call Astronauts in Space Today Via Facebook Live
- Saturn at Opposition: See the Ringed Planet at Its Best This Friday
- Humans to Mars by 2028? Check Out Lockheed Martin's Red Planet 'Base Camp' Idea
- Stolen World: 'Planet 9' Likely Came from Another Star
