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- December 27
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- 'The Mandalorian' Finale is an Electrifying End to Season 1
- After 600,000 Sold, US Mint is Concluding Sale of Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Coins
- Final Rockot Booster Launches Russian Satellites Into Orbit
- China's Huge Long March 5 Rocket Returns to Flight in Dazzling Nighttime Launch
- See Venus and the Moon Shine Together in Post-Christmas Gift (Earthshine, Too!)
- Asteroids, Comets, Black Holes — Oh My! The Year 2019 in Astronomy
- The Decade in Astronomy: These Space Discoveries Shaped the 2010s
- The Biggest Alien Planet Discoveries of 2019
- December 26
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- 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Thrills Skywatchers Around the World (and in Space, Too!)
- Queen Elizabeth Echoes Apollo 11 Moon Landing in Christmas Message
- Hello, Venus! Parker Solar Probe Makes Second Planetary Flyby.
- NASA's Decade in Space: The Highs and Lows of the US Space Agency's 2010s
- A 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse Occurs This Christmas! How to Watch Online.
- December 25
- December 24
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- Kaboom! The Biggest Space Bloopers of 2019
- Christmas Eve at the Moon: Apollo 8's Historic Message Beamed to Earth Today in 1968
- 'Lost In Space' Season 2 Launches on Netflix in a Gift for Sci-Fi Fans
- NASA Will Give Scientists a Lump of Moon Dirt to Unwrap Soon. They're Thrilled.
- After 'The Expanse' Move to Amazon Prime, Actors Hope to Film in Space
- 10 Things That Blasted Through Space in 2019
- The Greatest Spaceflight Moments of 2019
- Revamped SpaceX Crew Dragon Parachute Aces 10th Test in a Row (Photo)
- December 23
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- China Prepping for Comeback Launch of Heavy-Lift Long March 5 Rocket Friday
- Scientists Present Best Images Yet of Ionosphere From Space
- Boeing CEO Muilenburg Resigns 1 Day After Starliner's Historic Landing
- Astronaut Celebrates Hanukkah from Space with Festive Socks
- What to Expect from Season 2 of 'Lost in Space'
- A Real-Life Deluminator for Spotting Exoplanets by Reflected Starlight
- 'I Can't Wait to Try It Out': Starliner's 1st Riders Welcome Capsule Back to Earth
- Under a DAPPER Moon: NASA Eyes Wild Radio Science Projects on the Lunar Farside
- Planetary Confusion — Why Astronomers Keep Changing What It Means to Be A Planet
- The Most Energetic Flashes of Light in the Universe Produce Deadly Nuclear Reactions
- December 22
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- Back From Space, Boeing Starliner Lands New Astronaut-Chosen Name
- Catastrophic Ohio Methane Leak Stayed Hidden Until a Satellite Found It
- NASA Hails Historic Landing by Boeing's Starliner Capsule, But Next Steps Still Murky
- Earth's Magnetic North Pole Continues Drifting, Crosses Prime Meridian
- Boeing's 1st Starliner Spacecraft Lands in New Mexico After Shortened Test Flight
- December 21
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- Starliner Spacecraft's Landing on Sunday a Critical Moment for Boeing and NASA
- Boeing's 1st Starliner Spacecraft to Land Sunday After Launching Into Wrong Orbit
- Trump Officially Establishes US Space Force with 2020 Defense Bill Signing
- Google Doodle Celebrates Last Winter Solstice of the Decade
- Crescent Moon and Mars to Pair Up in the Sky Early Sunday
- The 2019 Ursid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight!
- Long March Rocket Launches Chinese-Brazilian Mission and 1st Ethiopian Satellite
- December 20
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- How Bad Luck Foiled Efforts to Get Starliner Back on Course toward Space Station
- 'A Lot of Things Went Right,' NASA Chief Says After Starliner Anomaly
- Stranded in Orbit: What's Next for Boeing's Starliner Capsule
- SpaceX's Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test Will Now Launch No Earlier Than Jan. 11
- NASA Astronauts Aren't Worried About Safety After Boeing Starliner Anomaly
- The Force of 'Star Wars': The Staying Power of a Sci-Fi Icon Explained
- Boeing's 1st Starliner Flight Test in Photos
- Hasbro's Baby Yoda Toys Coming in 2020 Are Just Adorable
- Boeing's Starliner Won't Reach Space Station After Launch Anomaly, NASA Chief Says
- The Private Spaceflight Decade: How Commercial Space Truly Soared in the 2010s
- Review: Hectic Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Feels 'Forced'
- Sorry, 'Star Wars' Fans. The Ewoks Are Probably All Still Dead from Death Star Fallout
- December 19
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- Boeing's Historic Starliner Launch May Be Visible from the U.S. East Coast Friday
- Astronauts Can't Wait to Watch Boeing's 1st Starliner Capsule Launch Into Space
- Boeing's Starliner Atlas V Rocket Ride Is Wearing a 'Skirt' for Launch. Here's Why.
- Historic 1st Photo of a Black Hole Named Science Breakthrough of 2019
- 'Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker' Writer Explains How 2 Previous Films Inform Rey's True Identity
- How Boeing's Starliner Orbital Flight Test Works: A Step-By-Step Guide
- Giant Gas 'Halos' Fed Hungry Black Holes at the Dawn of the Universe
- Boeing's 1st Starliner Spacecraft to Launch Critical Test Flight Friday. What to Expect
- Most Distant Star-Forming Galaxy Ever Seen Could Illuminate Universe's Past
- Tree Seeds, Snoopy Pins to Fly on Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test
- Methane Mystery on Mars May Get a Partial Answer Soon
- December 18
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- 'The Mandalorian' Episode 7 Is an Action-Packed First Half of a 2-Part Finale
- New 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Special Look Lands with 'The Mandalorian' Episode 7
- Boeing's 1st Starliner and Atlas V Rocket Arrive at Pad for Friday Launch (Photos)
- NASA's Mars Lander 'Mole' Is Digging Again as Marsquake Mystery Baffles Scientists
- The Asteroids Might Remember a Forgotten Giant Planet
- China's Farside Moon Rover Breaks Lunar Longevity Record
- Scientists Found the Deepest Land on Earth Hiding Beneath Antarctica's Ice
- Europe Launches CHEOPS Satellite to Study Alien Worlds
- December 17
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- Excitement Builds for Boeing's 1st Starliner Test Launch Friday
- Giant Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy May Have a Friend
- Astronaut Leland Melvin Talks 'Ad Astra,' Space Travel and Humanity's Future in the Final Frontier
- NASA Will Pick Up More Earth-Observation Data from Planet and Maxar
- On Mars, Auroras Glow All Summer Long in UV Light
- China Launches 2 Beidou Navigation Satellites, Nearly Completing Constellation
- From 'Abol' to 'Yvaga': 224 Stars and Planets Get New Names for Year of Indigenous Languages
- How to Watch Boeing's 1st Starliner Test Flight to the Space Station Online
- Alien Hunters Need Radio Silence on the Moon. Future Lunar Missions Could Wreck It.
- If We Find Life on Europa or Enceladus, It Will Probably Be a '2nd Genesis'
- Virgin Galactic's Next Spaceship Gets Its 'Feather' (Video)
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Heavyweight Satellite Into Orbit, Nails Rocket Landing
- December 16
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- European Planet-Hunter Set for Space Launch: How to Watch Live
- Rocket Glitch Delays Launch of European Mission to Hunt Alien Planets
- SpaceX to Launch Startup's Communication Satellite Into Space Tonight: Watch Live
- 'Big Bang Theory' Co-Creator Taps Astronaut Mike Massimino for NBC Comedy
- Scientists Spot Ancient Star Burst in Milky Way's Heart in Stunning New Image
- 'Star Trek: Picard' Gets a Season 2 Ahead of January 2020 Series Premiere
- Rosie, a Bandana-Clad Test Dummy, Will Be the First to Fly on Boeing's Starliner
- Blue Origin Will Fly Charitybuzz Auction Winner's Item of Choice to Space
- First Map of a Pulsar's Surface Reveals 'Hotspots' in Unexpected Places
- NASA's 'Treasure Map' of Water Ice on Mars Shows Where Humans Should Land
- Another Day, Another Exoplanet, and Scientists Just Can't Keep Up
- December 15
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- Moon FARSIDE: Lunar Astronomy Proposal Takes Aim at Cosmic Dark Ages and Exoplanets
- Rejoice, 'Copeng'! Belter Creole Returns on 'The Expanse' Season 4
- 'Lost' Iron Meteorites May Lurk Beneath Antarctic Ice. Scientists on Quest to Find Them.
- Lightning Bolts Create Glowing Auroral 'Elves' and Brilliant Gamma-Ray Flashes
- December 14
- December 13
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- 'The Mandalorian' Episode 6 Is the Most Original and Entertaining Yet
- Sunlight Shines on Mars Moon in Detailed New Photos from Orbiter
- Our Large, Adult Galaxy Is As Massive As 890 Billion Suns
- 'The Expanse' Is Back! Season 4 Launches Today on Amazon Prime
- 'The Expanse': Here's a Recap of Seasons 1-3 Ahead of Season 4 on Amazon Prime
- NASA Spacecraft Spies Huge New Storm on Jupiter After Death-Dodging Maneuver
- Curious Kids: Why is the Moon Called the Moon?
- Boeing Shows Off 1st Starliner Destined to Carry Crew to Space
- Europe Challenges Amateurs to be the First to Catch a Signal From Brand New Satellite
- December 12
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- It's No Lark: NASA Asteroid Mission Picks 'Nightingale' As Sampling Site
- Boeing's Starliner Astronaut Taxi Is 'Go' for Launch on Dec. 20
- How to See the 2019 Geminid Meteor Shower Peak Tonight, Despite Bright Moon
- Rocket Lab Opens US Launch Site for Small Satellite Missions
- Life on Mars? Europe Commits to Groundbreaking Mission to Bring Back Rocks to Earth
- 1st Global Map of Martian Winds Reveals 'Ripple Effects' from Extreme Terrain
- 'Monster Black Hole' Discovery Was Wrong — But That's How Science Progresses, Scientists Say
- Indian Rocket Marks Historic 50th Launch with Spy Satellite
- Star Wars' Bounty Hunters Assemble for Marvel Ongoing
- Blue Origin Sends Kids' Postcards to Space on New Shepard Launch
- How A.I. Could Help Find Alien Planets and Asteroids
- SpaceX to Make Starlink Satellites Dimmer to Lessen Impact on Astronomy: Report
- Geminid Meteor Shower's Parent Debris Trail Spotted for 1st Time (Photo)
- 'The Expanse' Season 4 Premieres This Week: Here's What to Expect.
- December 11
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- Europe's XMM-Newton Telescope Celebrates 20 Years of X-Ray Astronomy
- Satellite Sees Deadly New Zealand Volcano Eruption from Space (Photos)
- Blue Origin's New Shepard Makes Record 6th Launch to Fly NASA Science, Student Art to Space
- 'The Expanse' Cast Visited Blue Origin. Here's What Happened Next (Video)
- Enormous Craters Blasted in Seafloor by Nuclear Bombs Mapped for the First Time
- Neutron Flashes Never-Before-Seen Type of Magnetic Field at Earth
- Inside Story Behind Mesmerizing Sky Glow Named 'Steve' Revealed in New Documentary
- How NASA's Next Mars Rover Will Hunt for Alien Life
- Oscar Isaac Ships Poe & Finn from 'Star Wars' But Says 'People Are Too Afraid'
- December 10
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- The Space.com Merch Store Has Landed with Hats, Shirts, Mugs & More!
- HBO's 'Avenue 5' Space Cruise Comedy Gets a Jan. 19 Launch Date, New Trailer
- Two Chinese Kuaizhou-1A Rockets Launch Back-to-Back Flights Just Hours Apart
- Europe Is Launching a Suicide Robot to 'Hug' Space Trash Out of Orbit
- Planetary Society's LightSail 2 Paves Way for Future Solar Sail Missions, Bill Nye Says
- Moon Brightness Mystery Prompts Launch of Airborne Telescope
- Bad Weather Delays Blue Origin Launch of Reusable New Shepard Spacecraft
- Blue Origin Will Launch (and Land) a Reusable Spacecraft Wednesday. Watch It Live
- See Venus Near Saturn in the Night Sky This Week and Make Your (Skywatching) Season Bright!
- Beloved 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' Actor René Auberjonois Dies at 79
- Kablam! Watch NASA Crush a SLS Megarocket Fuel Tank Until It Explodes (Video)
- Mysterious 'Particle X17' Could Carry a Newfound Fifth Force of Nature, But Most Experts Are Skeptical
- Citizen Scientists Team Up with Canadian Space Agency to Test Commercial Spacesuit
- December 9
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- Mars: We May Have Solved the Mystery of How Its Landslides Form
- Are You Jedi Enough to Win Disney Plus' New 'Star Wars' Game Show?
- Some Sequences in 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' May Induce Seizures, Disney Warns
- Caroll Spinney, Big Bird on 'Sesame Street' Who Once Considered a Shuttle Flight, Dies at 85
- NASA Chief Shows Off 1st Core Stage of New Space Launch System Megarocket
- Weird Physics of 'Tiger Stripes' on Icy Saturn Moon Enceladus Finally Explained
- Mass-Market Robotic Arms for Spacecraft May Be Just Around the Corner
- Russian Cargo Ship Docks at Space Station to Cap Back-to-Back Arrivals
- Astronomers See Stars Slinging Comets at Earth for the First Time
- What Makes This Low-Mass White Dwarf So 'Impossible' to Behold?
- Lakes May Bubble Up into 'Magic Islands' on Saturn's Weird Moon, Titan
- December 8
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- December 6
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- 'The Mandalorian' Episode 5 Visits a Well-Known World in the 'Star Wars' Universe
- Boeing's 1st Starliner Test Launch Now Set for Dec. 20 After SpaceX Dragon Delay
- Watch SpaceX Test-Fire Its Crew Dragon Abort Engines in This Up Close Video
- In Photos: NASA Practices Emergency Astronaut Recovery with SpaceX, Boeing
- 'Cosmos' with Neil deGrasse Tyson Returns in March 2020 on Fox, NatGeo Channel
- Russian Cargo Craft Launches Toward Space Station
- The Universe Remembers Gravitational Waves — And We Can Find Them
- Love It or Hate It, Tesla Cybertruck Is Revolutionary
- Why Baby Yoda Won't Be Coming Home for Christmas
- When Did the 'Dark Ages of the Universe' End? This Rare Molecule Holds the Answer.
- Rocket Lab Launches 7 Satellites, Guides Booster Down toward Earth
- December 5
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- 'Wow.' Astrophysicist Eugene Parker Reacts to Namesake Sun Probe's 1st Science Results (Video)
- 19 Galaxies Are Apparently Missing Dark Matter. No One Knows Why.
- In Final 'Lost in Space' Season 2 Trailer, the Robinsons Set Sail (Literally) on Their Spaceship
- NASA's New Climate Science Recruits Are Elephant Seals with Fancy Hats
- New, Emotionally Intelligent Robot CIMON 2 Heads to Space Station
- Eruptions on Asteroid Bennu Hint at Causes of Space Rock Explosions
- SpaceX Launches Dragon Cargo Ship to Space Station for NASA, Sticks Rocket Landing
- NASA Planet-Hunting Telescope Spots Massive Burp from a Comet
- 'Star Trek' Writer D.C. Fontana Dies at Age of 80
- 'The Mandalorian' Changes Dates for Special Tie-In to 'Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker'
- 5G from Space Won't Solve All Slow Internet Problems, Analysts Warn
- ESA Gets Its Biggest Budget Ever, Supports Reusable Spaceship and ISS Extension
- There's Something Weird About the Craters of Asteroid Ryugu
- December 4
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- Apollo 16 Moonwalker is First Astronaut to be Named Texan of the Year
- Soyuz Space Capsule That Flew Emergency Abort Lands on Display in Moscow
- SpaceX Delays Dragon Cargo Launch for NASA Due to High Winds
- NASA's Sun-Kissing Parker Solar Probe Is Lifting the Veil on Our Closest Star
- Evidence of an Alien Planet Spotted Around a White Dwarf, a Cosmic First
- NASA's New Human Spaceflight Chief Optimistic for Moon 2024 Goals
- SpaceX to Launch Beer Experiment, 'Mighty Mice' and More for NASA Today. How to Watch
- Hoag's Object Is a Galaxy Within a Galaxy Within a Galaxy (and Nobody Knows Why)
- SpaceX Aiming to Launch Crucial Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test This Month
- December 3
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- 'Ad Astra' Space Thriller Lands on Digital, Blu-ray and DVD Just in Time for the Holidays
- Massive 'Dust Towers' on Mars Look Like Supersized Versions of Earth's Thunderstorms
- Icelandic Space Documentary Retraces Forgotten Apollo Footsteps
- Boeing's 1st Starliner Spacecraft Test Launch Delayed to Dec. 19
- China Just launched a New Earth-Watching Satellite Into Orbit
- Europe Officially Signs on for Asteroid-Smashing Effort
- It's 10 p.m., Do You Know What Your Astronauts Are Doing?
- December 2
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- Found! NASA Spots Crash Site and Debris from India's Lost Moon Lander
- Japanese Asteroid Probe Tests Ion Engine for Journey Home to Earth
- Scientists Spot Rare Minimoon Fireball Over Australia
- Radio Telescope Unfurls 3 Antennas Beyond the Far Side of the Moon
- 'Phantom' Vest-Wearing Dummies to Fly Around the Moon
- Gillette Apollo Collection Razor Inspired by First Moon Landing Mission
- Spacewalkers Splice in New Pumps to Repair $2B Cosmic Ray Detector
- Kids' Educational Tablets Up to 40% Off This Holiday Season
- There Might Be Cracks in the Universe — But We Can't See Them from Earth
- Old NASA Moon Orbiter Finds New Life for Artemis Lunar Landing Project
- Is the Universe Curved? Not So Fast
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