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August 31
- What Earth's Oldest Fossils Mean for Finding Life on Mars
- 'Alien' Signal Had Earthly Cause, Russian Scientists Say
- Pluto Probe Spots Distant Dwarf Planet Quaoar (Photos)
- Big Bang's Shadow: How 2 Guys Accidentally Uncovered the Universe's Echoes
- European Satellite Hit by Space Particle (Photos, Video)
- 3 for 1: Space Station Eyes Hurricanes Lester, Madeline and Gaston
- Is the Nearest Alien Planet Proxima b Habitable? 'It's Complicated'
- Total Solar Eclipse Can Make You Shiver (a Bit)
- Rosetta Spacecraft Scoops Up Surprise Speck of Fluffy Comet Dust
- See a 'Ring of Fire' Annular Solar Eclipse Thursday Via Slooh Webcast
- Galaxy Cluster 11.1 Billion Light-Years from Earth Is Most Distant Ever Seen
- China Readies Next 'Heavenly Palace' for Mid-September Launch
August 30
- 'Wow!' Again? SETI Mystery Signal Could Long Puzzle Astronomers
- Kirk or Picard? 'Star Trek Timelines' Lets You Play As Both
- Star in a Jar: Space-Age Fusion Machine Underway
- SpaceX to Launch SES-10 Satellite on Previously Flown Falcon 9 This Year
- The Grooves of Phobos: A Mars Moon Mystery in Pictures
- Weird Grooves On Mars' Moon Phobos Traced to Asteroids
- Gemini 12 Crewmates Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell to Mark Mission's 50th at Gala
- Project Gemini: NASA's 2-Person Space Missions in Pictures
- 'Hibernating' Astronauts May Be Key to Mars Colonization
- A Newfound Asteroid Just Buzzed Harmlessly By Earth
- SETI Team Investigating Mysterious Signal from Star 94 Light-Years Away
August 29
- The Search for Planet Nine: New Finds Boost Case for Distant World
- Mercury Mystery Solved: Scientists Decode Planet's Weird Surface
- New Planet 2016: Complete Coverage of Proxima b's Discovery
- NASA's Juno Probe Buzzes Jupiter in Its First (and Closest) Flyby
- Hand-Off of Space-Flown Football Launches Pre-Super Bowl Tour in Houston
- Mock Mars Explorers Emerge from Habitat to End Year of Isolation in Hawaii
- Asteroid Sampler Sneak Peek: Space.com Visits OSIRIS-REx Probe's Clean Room
- In the Clean Room: Up-Close Look at NASA's Asteroid-Sampling Probe OSIRIS-REx
August 28
- Space.com Visits a Mock Mars Mission in Hawaii: Travelogue
- Mock Mars Crew Will Return to Civilization Today, After 1 Year in Isolation
August 27
- Rare Close Encounter of Venus & Jupiter Tonight Won't Happen Again Until 2065
- 'Mars Spectacular' Is a Hoax; Red Planet Won't Look Like a Full Moon
August 26
- SkySafari 5 Is Here: What You Need to Know to Pick Your App Level
- Splashdown! SpaceX Dragon Capsule Returns to Earth from Space Station
- On the Road Again: SpaceX Reuses Shuttle Transporter for Falcon Stages
- Atlas V to Launch Mars 2020 Rover
- Venus and Jupiter Imagined: From Galileo to Science Fiction
- Saturday's Venus-Jupiter Encounter May Explain Bible's Star of Bethlehem
- Juno Probe to Get 1st Up-Close Look at Jupiter Saturday
- This Weird Galaxy Is Actually 99.99 Percent Dark Matter
- Planets in the 'Habitable Zone' Might Not Actually Be Hospitable to Life
- Explore Proxima Centauri, Home of Proxima b, in Slooh Webcast Tonight
- SpaceX Dragon Departs Space Station with Mice, Other Experiments
August 25
- Ariane 5 Successfully Places Two Intelsat Satellites Into Orbit
- Dark Streaks on Mars Hold Water — But Not Much
- Astronaut Celebrates 100 Years of US National Parks...from Space (Photos)
- US National Parks from Space: 100 Years of Nature (Photos)
- Rosetta Probe Gets Rare Close-Up of Comet Eruption (Video)
- SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Leaving Space Station Friday: Watch It Live
- Rare Sight! Venus and Jupiter Will Appear to Nearly Touch on Saturday
- 'Stranger Things': How Realistic Are Parallel Worlds?
- China Unveils Mars Rover Design, Launches Name Search
- Why Do We Send Animals to Space?
- Happy Anniversary, Voyager 2! NASA Probe Flew by Saturn 35 Years Ago
- Why Did It Take So Long to Find Proxima b?
- What's It Like On Our Neighbor, Proxima b?
August 24
- Aliens Next Door: Does Proxima b Host Life?
- How We Could Visit the Possibly Earth-Like Planet Proxima b
- NASA Will Join Starfleet at 'Star Trek: Mission New York'
- 520 Days and Counting: Jeff Williams Tops US Record for Time in Space
- Proxima b By the Numbers: Possibly Earth-Like World at the Next Star Over
- Proxima b: Closest Earth-Like Planet Discovery in Pictures
- Found! Potentially Earth-Like Planet at Proxima Centauri Is Closest Ever
- Future Radio Telescope's Brains Pass First Tests on Huge Supercomputer
- Looking for Life on Saturn's Moon Enceladus: Send a Flyby or Lander?
August 23
- This Student-Designed Aircraft Could Fly on Mars One Day
- DARPA to Establish Satellite-Servicing Consortium to Discuss On-Orbit Repair Standards
- The U.S. Air Force's Next Launch Contract Up for Bid? An Experimental Satellite
- Big Kid: Massive Star Spotted Early in Life
- Stellar 'Time Bomb' Proves Cosmic Crime Doesn't Pay
- Hello, STEREO-B! NASA Regains Contact with Long-Lost Sun Probe
- Probes in Orbit Spot Radiation Belt Zap from the Sun
- Distant Moons of Saturn Look Neighborly In New Cassini Image
- SpaceX Lands Historic Recovered Falcon 9 Rocket Stage on Display
August 22
- 'Star Trek' Star George Takei and Fans Enjoy Zero-G Frontier (Photos)
- Mars, Saturn and Antares to Line Up in Night Sky This Week: How to See It
- Big News Due: Earth-like Exoplanet Orbiting Nearby Star?
- SpaceX's Elon Musk Set to Unveil Master Plan for Mars in September
- Photographer Captures Rare Blue Aurora Shimmering Over Lake Superior
- Alien Megastructure? 'Tabby's Star' Continues to Baffle Scientists
August 20
- This Martian Landscape Looks Like the American Desert
August 19
- NASA and Navy Set World Record for Most Engines in One Rocket Flight
- Oxygen on 'Exo-Venus' Wouldn't Mean Life
- Are Black Holes Truly Black? Lab Test Supports Stephen Hawking's Theory
- NASA Test-Fires Engine for Most Powerful Rocket Ever
- 'Building Star Trek' Documentary Shows Efforts to Save Original Enterprise Model
- NASA Astronauts Successfully Install New Space Station Docking Port
- 'Great American Total Solar Eclipse' Just 1 Year Away
- 16th-Century Shipwrecks Found Amid Rocket Debris Off Florida Coast
- California's Blue Cut Wildfire Glows in Nighttime Satellite Photo
- Dusty Plasma in the Universe and in the Laboratory
- Vast Space Voids Help Fill in the Blanks of Cosmic Mysteries
- 'Dark Matter' Crew Turns Back in New Season 2 Clip
- Mistaken Identity: Ancient Supernova Explosion Gets New Backstory
- Astronauts Taking Spacewalk to Install New Space Station Docking Port Today: Watch Live
- US Air Force Launches 2 Military Surveillance Satellites
- Photos: Air Force Launches 2 GSSAP Surveillance Satellites
August 18
- People Were Tracking Celestial Events 5,000 Years Ago, Stone Circles Reveal
- Think You Can Guide a Virtual NASA Droid on Mars? You Could Win $1 Million
- Lego Contest Winners Dream of Future Space Exploration
- US Air Force to Launch 2 Military Surveillance Satellites Tonight: Watch Live
- World's Largest Aircraft Makes 1st Flight
- Catastrophic Louisiana Flooding Measured from Space
- Could Proxima Centauri Be Our Interstellar Getaway?
- Sprawling Blue Cut Wildfire in California Spied by NASA Satellites
- Supernova Ashes Found in Fossils Hint at Extinction Event
- NASA Opens Research Portal for Scientists
August 17
- NASA to Launch Asteroid-Sampling Mission in 3 Weeks
- Hibernating-Star Explosion Provides 1st Evidence of Nova Cycle
- Space May Be the Best Place to Grow Bone Formation Protein Crystals
- Public Support Urged for Apollo 11 50th-Anniversary Coin Legislation
- Mars-Like Environment Lies Deep Beneath Earth's Surface
- NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission Emerges from First Planning Stages
- Lopsided Galaxy Captured in New Hubble Telescope View
- Huge HiRISE Photo Release Reveals Mars' Beauty
- Chemtrails Debunked by Atmospheric Scientists
August 16
- China Launches Pioneering 'Hack-Proof' Quantum-Communications Satellite
- From Hospitable to Hellish: Venus May Have Supported Life
- Radio Hiss from Exploding Star Reveals Its Final Moments
- Boeing Installs Crew Access Arm for New Starliner Space Taxi
- What Is Dark Matter Made Of? New Studies Slash Candidate Pool
- Live Webcast Helps Kids Spot Planetary 'High 5' Tonight: How to Watch
- Russia May Trim Space Station Cosmonaut Crew Size to Two, NASA Says
- Yes, NASA's New Megarocket Will Be More Powerful Than the Saturn V
- Does an Earth-Like Alien Planet Orbit the Sun's Closest Neighbor?
August 15
- Has a New, Fifth Force of Nature Been Found?
- Wow! Perseid Meteor Shower Fireball Inspires a Skywatcher Happy Dance
- Gold-Medal Views! Incredible Images Show Rio Summer Olympics from Space
- Dwarf Galaxies Escape Intergalactic Void to Join 'Big City'
- US Should Reenter Space-Based Hunt for Space-Time Ripples, Report Says
- 'Hidden Figures' Trailer Reveals Space Race History of Black Women at NASA
- Mars Space Station Could Pave Way for 1st Footsteps on Red Planet
- Milky Way Path Leads Skywatcher to an Amazing View (Photo)
- Monster Black Hole's Powerful Jets Reveal Galactic Secrets
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Promises Diversity & 'Slightly More Graphic Content'
August 14
- 'Ready Jet Go!' Blasts Off Into Space for New Episodes
- Did LIGO's Black Holes Come From the Dawn of Time?
- A Sixth Success! SpaceX Again Lands Rocket on a Ship at Sea
- Photos: SpaceX Launches JCSAT-16 Satellite, Lands Rocket at Sea
August 13
- Saturn Goes Psychedelic in Crazy, Colorful Infrared Photo
August 12
- Skydivers Transform Into 'Shooting Stars' During Perseid Meteor Shower
- How to Spot Mercury and the Solar System's 'Racetrack' Using Mobile Apps
- Only a Lunatic Would Live on the Moon: Excerpt from 'The Dark Side'
- Olympic Views: The Night Sky from Rio
- SpaceX to Launch Satellite, Land Rocket Early Sunday: Watch It Live
- Vibrant Star Cluster Sparkles in Sagittarius Constellation (Video)
- Perseid Meteor Shower Peak Thrills Skywatchers: How You Can Still Watch
- Perseid Meteor Shower 2016: Amazing Photos by Skywatchers (Gallery)
- Blue Origin's Sweet Spot: An Untapped Suborbital Market for Private Spaceflight
- NASA Peers Into the Eye of a 'Super Typhoon' (Photo)
- Did Meteorite Impacts Sterilize Subsurface Mars Life?
- NASA Is Painting Rocket and Plane Models Hot Pink … for Science
August 11
- NASA Sun-Watching Spacecraft Bounces Back From Glitch
- Get a Sneak Peek at Perseid Meteors in This NASA Video
- Sunburned? Extragalactic Radiation Is a Tiny Bit to Blame
- Deep Space Industries Unveils First Asteroid Prospecting Spacecraft
- Early Perseid Meteors Wow 'Milky Way and Meteor Man' (Photos)
- Wow! Northern Lights Glow in Breathtaking Image from Space Station
- Perseid Meteor Shower Weather Forecast: The Best US Views Are Out West
- NASA Picks 6 Companies to Design Deep-Space Habitats
- Astronaut to Hand Off Space-Flown Football at Houston Super Bowl LI Event
- Deep, Flooded Canyons Found on Saturn's Moon Titan (Video)
- Perseid Lore: The Legend and Science Behind the Epic Meteor Shower
- See Mars, Saturn and Moon Align During Perseid Meteor Shower Tonight
- Intense Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight: How to Watch Online (and Off)
August 10
- Bright Planets Add More Dazzle to Perseid Meteor Shower's Peak
- Scientists Identify 20 Alien Worlds Most Likely to Be Like Earth
- 'The Medusa Chronicles': Book Excerpt
- How Often do Meteorites Hit the Earth?
- Mars Life? 20 Years Later, Debate Over Meteorite Continues
- Commercial Space to Smash the Astronomy 'Funding Wall'?
- Astronaut Jeff Williams to Become NASA's Longest-Duration Space Flier (Photos)
- This SpaceX Nighttime Rocket Launch and Landing Video Is Simply Spectacular
August 9
- How a 1967 Solar Storm Nearly Led to Nuclear War
- Jeff Bezos, Neil deGrasse Tyson Join Pentagon's Innovation Advisory Board
- Mercury's Violent Volcanoes Shut Off 3.5 Billion Years Ago
- Bacteria Could Aid Search for Creatures On Other Planets
- Saturn Casts Shrinking Shadow Over Rings in NASA Photo
- Mysterious Supernovas Explode Twice, Giving Birth to Powerful Magnets
- Is Vulcan Real? Its Star Is, But Scientists Can't See Habitable Planets
August 8
- China's Yutu Moon Rover Bites the Lunar Dust
- Solar Flare Unleashes Violent Plasma 'Rain' (Video)
- Europe's Rosetta Spacecraft Marks 2 Years Orbiting Comet (Video)
- Kepler's 'Alien Megastructure' Star Just Got Weirder
- Still No Sign of 'Sterile Neutrino' Particle, Candidate for Dark Matter
- Apollo 11 Lunar Sample Bag Lands at Center of Lawsuits
- New Technique Searches for Exomoons by the Light of Their Planets
- Jupiter's Effect Will Make Perseid Meteor Shower One to Remember
- Vanishing Bottom-First: Map Reveals Thawing Areas Under Greenland
August 5
- Stunning NASA Video Shows Megarocket Booster Test in Extreme Slo-Mo
- NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft Bouncing Back from Glitch
- Traveling to Mars with Immortal Plasma Rockets
- Olympic Fever Hits Space Station Astronauts
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' - Images from TV's New Voyage to the Final Frontier
- Stellar Desert: Central Milky Way Lacks Young Stars
- New Book 'Trekonomics' Investigates Challenges of a No-Money Universe
- Science vs. Fiction: 'Suicide Squad'
- New Moon and Islamic Calendar Star in Slooh Webcast Today
- NASA's 'AstrOlympics' Puts Athletes' Feats into Cosmic Perspective
- 4 Years on Mars! NASA's Historic Curiosity Rover Marks Anniversary
- Moving the Earth's Prime Meridian
August 4
- New 'Mars Rover' Game Celebrates Curiosity's 4th Anniversary
- Watch Jupiter's Last Marvelous Moon Dance Friday
- Watch Astronauts Test Orion Spaceship Door for Future Mars Trips
- Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be Extra Awesome This Year, NASA Says
- Death Dive! Comet Plunges into the Sun at Mind-Blowing Speed
- 'Sooner State' Shuttle: Stafford Museum to Display NASA Simulator in Oklahoma
- Beyond 'Beyond': What We Want to See in the Next 'Star Trek' Film
- Mic'd Up on Mars! 2020 Rover Will Capture Sounds of Red Planet
- European Mars Probe Performs 1st Crucial Deep-Space Maneuver
August 3
- Gravitational Waves to Crack Neutron Star Mystery
- NASA Solar Observatory Suffers Hiccup During Eclipse (Photo)
- Alien Life May Be Common in the Far Future
- What's It Like to Work at SpaceX?
- Rocky Cosmic Crashes Can Forge Space Crystals, Laser Test Suggests
- Icy Dwarf Planet Ceres May Have a Warm Heart
- Moon Express Approved for Private Lunar Landing in 2017, a Space First
- Photographer Captures a Dark Snake Nebula in the Night Sky
- Nat Geo's 'Mars' Series Takes Viewers on Journey to Red Planet
- SpaceX, Bigelow Aerospace Among Headliners of SpaceCom Conference in November
- Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Io Has a Collapsible Atmosphere
- Tightly Packed Alien System's Planets Align Every Month
August 2
- Virgin Galactic Receives FAA License for SpaceShipTwo Tests
- Giant Wildfire in California Seen from Space by NASA Satellite
- Saturn's 'Dirty Snowball' Moon Cleans Up in Sparkling NASA Photo
- A Star's Birth Holds Early Clues to Life-Potential
- Milky Way's 'Halo' Spins at Dizzying Speed
- 'Women of NASA' Fan-Made Lego Minifigs Rocket to 10,000-Vote Review
- Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity Spaceliner in Pictures
- Sierra Nevada Corp. Prepares for New Dream Chaser Space Plane Tests
- 'Star Trek' Stars Celebrate 50 Years of Hope at Comic-Con
- When NASA Visits Comic-Con, Science Fiction Meets Space Inspirations (Video)
- Sun-Like Stars Generate Magnetic Field in Unexpected Way
August 1
- No, Asteroid Bennu Won't Destroy Earth
- US Air Force Blames Power Failure for Loss of DMSP-F19 Weather Satellite
- Full Moon Memory: Skywatcher Snaps a Lunar View for Apollo 11 Anniversary
- SpaceX Estimated to Spend $300 Million on Red Dragon Mars Mission
- Record Launch! Jack White's Label Plays Disc at 18 Miles High
- 'The Dark Side': Q&A with 'Lunar Gothic' Mystery Author Anthony O'Neill
- NASA Orders Second Astronaut Flight from SpaceX
- 'Doctor Who' Scientists: How Do Women Measure Up?
- Astronaut-Aquanauts: 50 People Have Now Orbited Earth and Lived Undersea
- Cosmic Clocks Keep Time in the Search for Gravitational Waves
- Comets Go Way Back to Solar System's Birth
- Supercharged Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Month