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- April 30
- April 29
- April 28
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- Can Bill Nye — or Any Other Science Show — Really Save the World?
- Straight Out of 'Star Wars': This 'Death Star' Laser Actually Works
- NASA's $200M Spacesuit Problem Threatens Its Deep-Space Exploration Plans
- Virgin Galactic Aims to Fly Space Tourists in 2018, CEO Says
- 'We Don't Planet': Video Series Explores Universe's Most Fascinating Concepts
- 'We Don't Planet' Episode 1: What's the Structure of the Sun?
- The First 100 Days: What Trump Has Done on Space So Far
- The Lego Has Landed! NASA Apollo Saturn V Moon Landing Set in Pictures
- SpaceX Poised for First Military Launch Sunday
- NASA Apollo Saturn V to Launch as Lego Brick Model Set on June 1
- Color-Changing U.S. Stamp Will Herald 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
- Send Your DNA to Space and Back via New Service
- Cassini Spacecraft's Ring Dive Yields Saturn Surprises
- SETI Scientists Could Survey a Million Star Systems by 2037, Lawmakers Are Told
- Moon 'Logical Next Step' for Trump Milestone in Space, Bigelow Says
- April 27
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- 'Giant Hurricane' on Saturn: 1st Images Back from Cassini's Epic Ring Dive
- Researchers Probe Viability of Amino Acids in Alien Environments
- Piers Sellers: The Astronaut Who Wanted to Save the Earth
- NASA Returns First RED Camera From Orbit, Demos First Live 4K Video From Space
- On Saturn's Moon Titan, Twilight Outshines Daylight
- NASA's Dawn Probe at Dwarf Planet Ceres Loses Another Reaction Wheel
- Alien Planet with Earth's Mass Discovered ... But It's an 'Iceball'
- Cassini Saturn Probe Survives 1st 'Grand Finale' Dive
- Student's Genes in Space Test Looks at Effects of Microgravity on Chromosomes
- Cassini's Journey into the Unknown: NASA Engineer Talks Saturn Risks & Rewards (Video)
- April 26
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- Binge-Watch Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' on Twitch for Science Week
- US Launches Ballistic Missile Test Amid Rising Tensions with North Korea
- 'PACMan' Tool Could Help Figure Out Hubble's Observations
- Mars Had Surprising 400-Million-Year Lull Between Giant-Impact Eras
- Distant Dwarf Planet DeeDee Stirs Up the Pluto Planethood Debate
- Big Sun Storms and Little Solar Burps Have the Same Trigger
- Cassini's Grand Finale Is Saving the Best Saturn Science for Last
- Astronaut Peggy Whitson to Make 1st 4K Live Stream from Space Today: How to Watch
- Google Doodle Celebrates Cassini Probe's 'Grand Finale' Saturn Dive
- No Turning Back: Titan Flyby Assures Cassini's Crash Into Saturn
- 'Constellations' Game Flies Past Crowdfunding Goal
- Meet the Space Custodians: Debris Cleanup Plans Emerge
- As Cassini Makes 1st 'Grand Finale' Dive, More Saturn Mysteries Remain
- Cassini's 'Grand Finale' at Saturn: NASA's Plan in Pictures
- April 25
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- Lightning and Mystery Objects Spotted by Space Station (Video)
- Historic NASA Mission Control Consoles to be Restored by the Cosmosphere
- Experts Call for Legislation and Improved Tracking to Deal with Orbital Debris
- Latch Blamed for James Webb Space Telescope Vibration Test Anomaly
- 'Dragonfly' Drone Could Explore Saturn Moon Titan
- 'Genius': Albert Einstein's Wild Side Stars in New Nat Geo Series
- Sun's Magnetic Shield May Be a Bubble, Not Comet-Shaped
- Total Solar Eclipses: How Often Do They Occur (and Why)?
- Trump's Exuberance for Mars Faces Technical and Fiscal Challenges
- Lack of Oxygen Not a Showstopper For Life
- Make Mars Livable with Asteroids: Researchers Propose Terraforming Plan
- China's Cargo Craft Docks with Space Lab
- April 24
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- Hole in One! Mars Orbiter Spies Opportunity Rover's Crater Landing Site (Photo)
- Saturn Moon Tethys' Giant Canyon Snakes into Darkness in Cassini Photo
- Happy Birthday, Canadarm2! Spacecraft-Grabbing Robotic Arm Turns 16
- White House Calling! Astronaut Peggy Whitson Gets Congrats from President Trump & Ivanka
- An Aurora Called 'Steve'? Strange Sky Phenomenon Investigated
- Our Discovery of a Minor Planet Beyond Neptune Shows There May Not Be 'Planet Nine' After All
- Flat NASA Budgets Pose Risk to Researchers
- Peggy Whitson Breaks US Record for Most Time in Space by an Astronaut
- Far-Out Films: NASA Footage to Star in Space Movie Competition
- Mysteries of Crown-like Structures on Venus' Surface Unveiled in New Study
- April 23
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- 3 Planet-Hunters Make Time's List of 100 Most Influential People
- How NASA Satellite Will Watch Earth Breathe from Space
- Former Astronaut Leads March for Science in Los Angeles in Electric Hummer
- In March for Science, Earth and Space Take Center Stage
- In Photos: The Best Space Signs from the 2017 March for Science
- April 22
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- Tens of Thousands Protest 'Alternative Facts' at March for Science
- Scientists to Stage Protest Marches Around the World on Saturday
- Cygnus Cargo Ship S.S. John Glenn Arrives at Space Station
- Voyager Documentary 'The Farthest' Premieres at Tribeca Film Festival
- You Can Still Catch an Earth Day Meteor Shower
- New Commercial Crew Vehicles Could Serve As Space Station 'Lifeboats'
- April 21
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- Earth Day 2017: Amazing NASA Photos of Our Planet from Space
- Cosmic Speck: See Earth Through Saturn's Rings in Amazing Cassini Photo
- President Signs Commercial Satellite Weather Bill
- New Off-Broadway Play Spotlights 'Almost-First' Woman in Space
- Genius Bot: Chat with 'Einstein' Via Facebook Messenger
- Bill Nye's Back to Save the World
- Scientists to Stage Protest Marches Around the World on Saturday
- No Aliens Yet for $100 Million E.T. Hunt
- Spiral Galaxies Shimmer in Hubble Telescope's 27th Birthday Photos
- A Brief History of the Lyrid Meteor Shower, Which Peaks Tonight
- Onward! Opportunity Rover on Mars Embarks on New Journey
- Celebrate Earth Day and the Lyrid Meteor Shower with Slooh
- April 20
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- Bizarre Superfluid with Negative Mass Created in a Lab
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Warns Science Denial Could 'Dismantle' Democracy
- Soyuz Crew's Official and Unofficial Mission Patches Draw from Space History
- Saturn Moon Enceladus Is Able to Host Life – It's Time for a New Mission
- Among The Clouds: Skywatcher Captures Unique Photo of the Andromeda Galaxy
- Cassini's Final Chapter: 1 More Titan Flyby Before 'Grand Finale' at Saturn
- 'Tomatosphere'! How Kids Are Helping to Grow Future Space Food
- A Star Explosion Times 4: Supernova Image Quadrupled in Rare Sight
- Quadruple Supernova Explosion (Photos)
- China Launches Its First Space Cargo Ship Into Orbit
- Today Is the Best Day to Plan for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2017
- Death by Asteroid: The Most Likely Ways for a Space Rock to Kill You
- Melding Mind and Machine: How Close Are We?
- Grab Piece of the Planet with NASA's Earth Day Adoption
- Astronaut and Cosmonaut Launch to Space Station on Russian Soyuz
- A Space Fan's Guide to Saturday's March for Science
- Gullies Streak Down Mars Crater in Stunning NASA Photo
- Breakthrough Initiatives to Webcast Search for Life Conference on Newfound Exoplanets
- 'Space Hamburger' Spotted in Astronomical First
- April 19
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- President Trump to Call NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson in Space Monday
- New US-Russian Space Station Crew Launching Early Thursday: Watch It Live
- Astronaut's Daughter, Pilot Selected to Train to be Germany's First Woman in Space
- Big Peanut-Shaped Asteroid Caught on Radar as It Zooms by Earth (Video)
- Newfound Alien Planet Is Best Place Yet to Search for Life
- Could Cubesats Trigger a Space Junk Apocalypse?
- Mars Mesa Rises Above Rippling Sand Dunes (Photo)
- Secretive X-37B Military Space Plane Marks 700 Days in Orbit
- Massive Asteroid Will Pass by Earth Today: Watch the Slooh Webcast
- Ay, Caramba! 'Bart Simpson' Landslide Reveals Ceres' Icy Innards
- Forget About Terraforming Mars. Here's Why.
- How Would NASA Search for Extraterrestrial Life on Enceladus?
- How to Mitigate the Threat Space Junk on Mars Poses to Future Missions
- Arctic Palette: Vivid Blue-Hued Channels Cut Through Glacier (Photo)
- Ghost in the Machine? Mysterious 'Sterile' Neutrinos May Not Exist
- April 18
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- Space Cats Push the Furry Frontier in New 'CatStronauts' Book Series (Excerpts)
- Space Tails: 'CatStronauts' Meow Boldly Through the Cosmos
- Giant Peanut-Shaped Asteroid to Pass Harmlessly by Earth Wednesday
- Slooh Observatory Revamps Website to Welcome More Skywatchers
- Titan's Trick Explained: 'Magic Islands' on Saturn Moon May Be Bubbles
- Atlas V Rocket Launches Private Cygnus Cargo Ship to Space Station
- Godspeed, S.S. John Glenn: Orbital ATK's OA-7 Cygnus Cargo Launch in Pictures
- 'Cooper's Treasure': New TV Series Follows Astronaut's Treasure Map From Space
- Aliens, Very Strange Universes and Brexit — Martin Rees Q&A
- Atlas V Rocket Poised for Space Station Cargo Run Today
- Can You Keep Kosher or Halal in Space?
- NASA Will Webcast 360-Degree View of Cargo Ship Launch Today: Watch It Live
- Astronomers Capture the First 'Image' of the Dark Matter That Holds the Universe Together
- April 17
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- March for Science Organizers to Kickstart New Social Movement
- Black Marble: Amazing Earth at Night Photos from Space
- The First Mars Colony Could Be 3D Printed From Red Planet Dust
- SpaceVR's Satellite Gets Added Funding Boost From HTC
- How Doctor Who's TARDIS Measures Up with Real Instruments of Space & Time
- Aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard: My Imaginary Journey to Space
- Some 'Tatooine' Alien Planets May Be Able to Support Life
- Saturn Moon Titan's 'Electric Sand' Would Make Super Castles
- April 16
- April 15
- April 14
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- Thank You, Houston: Unsung Heroes Star in New 'Mission Control' Doc
- How to Survive the Total Solar Eclipse of 2017
- Lander Designed for Titan's Methane Seas Tests Tech on Chilean Lake
- US Mint to Launch Design Contest for Moon Landing 50th Anniversary Coins
- Cassini Snaps Best Ever Images of Saturn's 'Flying Saucer' Moon Atlas
- Space Agency Heads See the Moon on the Path to Mars
- Enceladus' Subsurface Energy Source: What It Means for Search for Life
- China's National Space Agency Boss Outlines Space Exploration Agenda
- The Full Moon that Determines Easter
- April 13
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- Orion EFT-1 Flown Spacecraft Joins Display in 'NASA Now' Exhibit
- Giant Water Plume Detected Again on Jupiter Moon Europa
- Photos: Enceladus, Saturn's Cold, Bright Moon
- Live Long and Prosper: 'Star Trek'-Like 'Tricorder' Wins $2.6M Prize
- Potential Energy Source for Life Spotted on Saturn Moon Enceladus
- That Pale Blue Dot: Astronauts Celebrate Earth Day for Slooh (And You Can, Too)
- Refit Bomber Aircraft Will Help Scientists Study the Total Solar Eclipse
- Auroras from Jupiter's Volcano Moon Shine Light on Its Interior
- Asteroids Are Bad at Making Waves
- Redshirts Aren't Likeliest to Die — and Other 'Star Trek' Math Lessons
- Powerful Black Hole Found Within Unconventional Galaxy Merger
- April 12
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- On a Mission: Restoration to Return NASA Mission Control Room to Apollo Glory
- Could Moon Miners Use Railguns to Launch Ore into Space?
- Boldly Smell: 'Star Trek' Beams Up New Fragrances in June
- Distant Object 'DeeDee' Makes the Dwarf Planet Grade
- Ultra-Distant Galaxy Is Exceptionally Unexceptional
- Yuri's Night: Celebrate Space with Brews and Crews Near You
- Beyond Space Tourism: Jeff Bezos Sees Many Uses for Blue Origin Rocket
- NASA's Pluto Probe New Horizons Begins 5-Month Nap
- April 11
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- Gorgeous Green 'San Diego Fireball' Lights Up Western Sky (Video)
- Harvard Researchers Are Preparing to Geoengineer the Atmosphere
- NASA Could Use a Miniaturized Satellite to Test Europa Moon's Dust and Radiation
- Surprise! Jupiter Has a Great 'Cold' Spot, Too
- Bill Nye Has an Exclusive 'Science Is Universal' Shirt for the March for Science
- Metal Detected in Mars' Atmosphere
- No Bathrooms, No Barf Bags: What Blue Origin's Space Tourists Can Expect
- 2017 March for Science: What You Need to Know
- April 10
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- NASA to Reveal New Discoveries About Oceans Beyond Earth Thursday
- See the First Full Moon of Northern Spring Overnight Tonight
- Auroras on Uranus Dazzle in New Hubble Telescope Views
- Violent Star Collision Triggers Cosmic Fireworks Display
- SpaceX Rocket Could Be 100-Percent Reusable by 2018, Elon Musk Says
- Cosmonaut Georgy Grechko, Launched to Salyut Space Stations, Dies at 85
- Space Station Crew Returns to Earth Safely on Soyuz Capsule
- Wild Interstellar Flight System Is Among 22 Futuristic Ideas NASA Just Funded
- Volcanic Activity on Ancient Mars May Have Produced Organic Life
- Big, Shiny Asteroid to Fly (Safely) Past Earth on April 19
- The Mystery of How Black Holes Collide and Merge Is Beginning to Unravel
- April 9
- April 8
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- In Photos: Astronaut Pioneer John Glenn Laid to Rest at Arlington National Cemetery
- Microbes Set the Stage for First Animals
- Happy Anniversary! Used SpaceX Rocket's 1st Flight Was 1 Year Ago Today
- Reusable Rockets to Rocket Simulators: 2017 National Space Symposium Highlights
- Can the Search for Alien Life Be Spurred by a Lottery?
- Huge Astronomy Expo Lands in New York Area This Weekend
- April 7
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- Hubble Telescope, Skywatchers Prep for Spectacular Views of Jupiter Tonight
- How to Plan for (and Preview) the 2017 Solar Eclipse on Your Phone
- Travel to Mars (Virtually) with Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
- Go 'ThunderBuzz'! Buzz Aldrin Takes to the Sky with USAF Thunderbirds Team
- In Pictures: Buzz Aldrin Flies with the US Air Force's Thunderbirds
- Pay What You Want: Learn to Code 2017 Bundle [Sponsored]
- Blue Origin's Reusable Rockets Will Help Support Humans on the Moon
- Next Job for US Air Force: Space Cop?
- Now Is the Best Time to See Jupiter in the Night Sky
- April 6
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- SpaceX Gaining Substantial Cost Savings From Reused Falcon 9
- Photographer Spies Little Dumbbell Nebula in a Sea of Stars
- Award Honors Former Astronaut Piers Sellers for Climate Change Work
- Watch a Livestream of the 2017 Solar Eclipse From 100,000 Feet in the Air
- Close-Approaching Jupiter Dazzles in New Hubble Photo
- Watch a Used SpaceX Rocket Ace Its 2nd Landing (Video, Photos)
- Iron Man-Style Exosuit Turns Inventor into Real-Life Superhero
- Reshaping the Universe: VR Landscapes Explore Mind-Bending Geometry
- Jeff Bezos Is Selling $1 Billion in Amazon Stock Yearly to Fund Blue Origin
- Discovery! Atmosphere Spotted on Nearly Earth-Size Exoplanet in First
- John Glenn, First US Astronaut to Orbit Earth, Interred at Arlington Cemetery
- NASA to Air Service Honoring Astronaut John Glenn Today
- Mars Has Pebbly Lizard Skin in New Photo by NASA Probe
- April 5
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- NASA's Record-Breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson Gets 3 Extra Months in Space
- Orbital ATK Developing New Rocket Family to Compete with SpaceX, ULA
- Lego Reveals Exclusive 'Star Wars' Celebration Set
- Photographing a Black Hole: Historic Campaign Now Underway
- NASA and JAXA to Develop Replacement X-Ray Astronomy
- Launchspace Pitches Debris Sweeper That Doubles as Satellite Tracker
- Russia Open to Extending Life of International Space Station to 2028
- Old Weather Satellite Headed to 'Graveyard Orbit'
- Arduino Enthusiast E-Book Bundle Now Over 90 Percent Off [Sponsored]
- Virgin Galactic Aiming for 1st Spaceflight This Year, Branson Says
- Dwarf Planet Ceres & the Case of the Vanishing Ice Volcanoes
- New Model: Nearby Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e May Be Just Right for Life
- April 4
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- Epic Cassini Saturn Mission Begins 'Grand Finale' This Month
- Relatively Pricey: Einstein Letter Fetches $54K at Auction
- SpaceX to Launch Falcon Heavy with Two 'Flight-Proven' Boosters This Year
- NASA Plays Down Proposed Earth Science Cuts
- Zip Line to Safety: ULA Installs Launchpad Escape System for Astronauts
- In Photos: ULA's Zip Line Astronaut Escape System for Boeing's Starliner
- Neighbor Galaxy Has a Secret: Andromeda Hosts Massive Pulsar
- A Car-Size Asteroid Just Whipped by Earth
- NASA Pluto Probe Is More Than Halfway to Next Flyby Target
- Dark Side of Saturn's Rings Revealed by Cassini Spacecraft
- Solar Blast! Sun Surprises with 3 Powerful Flares (Video)
- 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' for Blu-Ray Is Here
- Ancient Young Rings: Saturn Still Puzzles Astronomers
- The Sun's Got Waves — Like Earth's Atmosphere
- Dwight Schrute To Revive Classic Star Trek Villain for Discovery
- 'Planet Nine' Video Among Winners of Science Visualization Awards
- Why Is Hydrogen the Most Common Element in the Universe?
- April 3
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- Neil deGrasse Tyson: I'll Fly to Mars with SpaceX, After Elon Musk Sends His Mom
- Peculiar X-Ray Burst Has Astronomers Stumped
- NASA Helps Steer Effort to Create Self-Driving Cars
- Where's Planet Nine? Citizen Scientists Spot 4 Possible Candidates
- Shaken & Chilled: Tests Give James Webb Telescope a Taste of Deep Space (Exclusive Interview)
- These Three Killer Apps Could Help Humans Colonize Mars
- 'Mars Base Camp': Lockheed Fleshes Out Red Planet Space Station Plan
- April 2
- April 1
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- April Fools' Day Space Pranks: A Trip to Mars and Legendary Moon Golf Found
- April Fools' Comet Passes by Earth, Took Nearly a Century to Identify
- In Photos: SpaceX Launches, Lands 1st Reused Falcon 9 Rocket
- Europa Lander Work Continues Despite Budget Uncertainty
- Ringo Is a Beatle, Hawaii Is a State—Why Isn’t Pluto a Planet?
- Nano-Scale Materials Could Shield Devices From Extreme Environments in Space
