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- February 29
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- SpaceX's Starship SN1 prototype appears to burst during pressure test
- Foul weather delays Astra's 1st DARPA Launch Challenge liftoff in Alaska
- Elon Musk approves of the US Space Force, eyes 'Star Trek' potential
- 'Starter' Earth grew in a flash. Here's how the planet did it.
- Happy Leap Day 2020! Google doodle celebrates Earth's extra day, but why?
- Astra to loft 1st mission for DARPA Launch Challenge Monday: Here's how to watch live
- February 28
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- Smithsonian Open Access launches with space artifact 2D and 3D images
- Freeman Dyson, quantum physicist who imagined alien megastructures, has died at 96
- Boeing defends Starliner space capsule ground tests after problematic debut flight
- RIP, MarCO! The world's first cubesats to Mars are gone for good
- Relativity Space will 3D-print rockets at new autonomous factory in Long Beach, California
- How scientists found Earth's new minimoon and why it won't stay here forever
- Lost space dreams: How Al Crews missed out on becoming an astronaut — twice
- Critical rocket escape system motor for NASA's Orion spacecraft aces final test
- February 27
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- 'Star Trek: Picard' beams up its best yet in episode 6
- Northrop Grumman test fires new OmegA rocket second stage motor in Utah
- Boom! Scientists spot the biggest known explosion in the universe
- SpaceX's next Starship prototype moves to launchpad for testing (video)
- 'Star Wars: The High Republic' revealed: New books will introduce a bygone Jedi era
- Two private satellites just docked in space in historic first for orbital servicing
- Possible new 'minimoon' discovered orbiting Earth
- How to see Venus shining with the moon tonight
- Trump hails India's 'impressive strides' on moon exploration, pledges greater cooperation on space
- Baby Yoda toys from 'Star Wars' will launch an unstoppable campaign of cuteness this year
- 'Superpuff' alien worlds could be ringed giant planets just like Saturn
- February 26
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- SpaceX delays next Dragon cargo ship launch for NASA due to rocket issue
- How to spot Canis Major, the big dog of winter
- 15-million-year-old crater on Earth reveals clues about Mars' watery past
- Chinese moon rover peers beneath surface of mysterious lunar far side
- NASA's VIPER moon mission to seek out lunar water slips to 2023
- Virgin Galactic gearing up to start selling suborbital spaceflight tickets again
- Mars lander reveals new details about the Red Planet's strange magnetic field
- Can a rogue star kick Earth out of the solar system?
- This 'hot Jupiter' alien planet is dancing with death with its 18-hour year
- February 25
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- Isle of Man marks Apollo 13 50th with new 'One Giant Leap' stamps
- 12 trippy objects hidden in the zodiac
- Cosmic cookies! Astronaut weighs in on the future of baking in space
- Cut derelict spaceships into spare parts in 'Hardspace: Shipbreaker'
- Meet the 17-year-old who discovered an alien planet: A Q&A with high school student Wolf Cukier
- Hot Wheels is rolling out 2 remote-controlled Cybertrucks (cracked widow and all) in 2020
- What can the coronavirus outbreak teach us about bringing Mars samples back to Earth?
- Kerbal Space Program 2 trailer shows off nuclear propulsion, metallic hydrogen and torchships
- NASA has a new idea to get the InSight lander's 'mole' on Mars digging again
- NASA picks moon catapults, lasers, electricity and other wild lunar projects for student contest
- On the far side of the moon, Chinese lander and rover begin 15th lunar day
- Alien-life hunters are eyeing icy ocean moons Europa and Enceladus
- February 24
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- 'Mad Mike' wasn't trying to prove 'flat Earth' theory on ill-fated homemade rocket launch
- Astra's 1st flight for DARPA Launch Challenge set to fly Saturday
- Smithsonian documentary 'Black in Space' looks at race and the space race
- See record-high temperatures strip Antarctica of huge amounts of ice
- Katherine Johnson, pioneering NASA mathematician of 'Hidden Figures' fame, dies at 101
- Mars is a seismically active world, first results from NASA's InSight lander reveal
- Full moon and the 'Belt of Venus' glow over Lisbon during 1st eclipse of 2020 (photo)
- Japan to launch a sample-return mission to Mars moon Phobos in 2024
- NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope reveals a double star system with an alter ego
- Hubble telescope test inspires changes to combat gender bias in some NASA programs
- February 23
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- Luke Skywalker gets a new yellow lightsaber this May
- 'No Man's Sky' update adds freaky living spaceships you can hatch from eggs
- Blue Origin opens new rocket engine factory in Alabama
- Tiny star's violent outburst catches astronomers' attention — years late
- 'Mad Mike' Hughes, daredevil who built a homemade steam rocket, dies in launch attempt
- February 22
- February 21
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- Milky Way's seasonal transition captured in gorgeous night sky photo
- Rocket glitch fixed, Russia launches satellite to enhance military communications
- Coronavirus isn't stopping China from launching rockets
- DARPA's hypersonic 'Glide Breaker' could blast missile threats out of the sky
- Hilton's first cookie baked in space offered to Smithsonian for display
- Lego unveils 'Baby Yoda' BrickHeadz and epic Razor Crest from 'The Mandalorian'
- 'Mad Mike' will try to launch his steam rocket again for 'Homemade Astronauts' TV show
- How the universe could possibly have more dimensions
- Seven of Nine gets long overdue closure in 'Star Trek: Picard' episode 5
- See the moon, 3 planets and red star Antares arc over NYC (photos)
- February 20
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- Behold, Baby Yoda! Hasbro reveals animatronic 'Child' and more from 'The Mandalorian'
- New book 'How We Got to the Moon' will reveal a stunning look at Apollo 11 (cover reveal)
- HBO renews quirky sci-fi cruise comedy 'Avenue 5' for second season
- Fortnite flashback: Just how accurate was the black hole that launched Chapter 2?
- What's up with that rock? China's moon rover finds something strange on the far side.
- LightSail 2 captures stunning photos of Earth from space
- Scientists eye the Martian underground in search for alien life
- February 19
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- Russia replaces two cosmonauts on next space station crew, citing medical reasons
- Watch Mars 'sneak' behind the crescent moon in these amazing views (video)
- 'By any means necessary': Vice President Pence urges NASA on moon-Mars goal
- NASA needs to put a price on its moon landing missions to gain support from Congress
- See the new Solar Orbiter's 1st space measurements (and an awesome video)
- Firefly CEO speaks out against online criticism and ties between investor and shady sites
- 'Pale Blue Dot' shines anew in Carl Sagan Institute video to mark iconic photo's 30th anniversary
- Stealthy startup Astra's bid to win $12 million DARPA Launch Challenge lifts off next week
- Jeff Bezos putting $10 billion toward climate-change fight
- In photos: First look inside Orbex's Scotland rocket factory
- February 18
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- Ariane 5 rocket launches satellites for Japan, South Korea into orbit
- Avoiding space debris might require new legal framework, US lawmakers say
- Historic Apollo 11 capsule completes two-year, five-city 'Destination Moon' tour
- Zero Gravity partners with NASA to provide weightless flights for science
- Rocket Lab will launch a cubesat to the moon for NASA next year
- An Ariane 5 rocket will launch 2 satellites for Japan, Korea today. Watch it live!
- SpaceX will fly space tourists on Crew Dragon for Space Adventures
- Saturn's weird, Earth-like moon just failed a key test for alien life
- Pete Yorn's new music video is 'out-of-this-world!' (Exclusive premiere)
- Cygnus cargo ship delivers cheese, candy and science gear to space station astronauts
- Meet the unknown female mathematician whose calculations helped discover Pluto
- How dark is the cosmic web?
- February 17
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- SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites for new megaconstellation, misses rocket landing
- Hackers could shut down satellites — or turn them into weapons
- The moon will 'eclipse' Mars before dawn Tuesday! Here's how to see it.
- Here's how to watch SpaceX launch 60 new Starlink satellites into orbit today
- In photos: See the Antares rocket's Cygnus NG-13 cargo ship launch to space station
- February 16
- February 15
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- Northrop Grumman launches Cygnus cargo ship to space station for NASA
- One of Antarctica's fastest-shrinking glaciers just lost an iceberg twice the size of Washington, D.C.
- SpaceX Crew Dragon arrives at launch site for the 1st orbital crew flight from US soil since 2011
- Disney's new 'Rise of the Resistance' ride puts you in an epic 'Star Wars' battle
- You'll be able to make a reservation for Disney's Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser this year
- SETI search of interstellar Comet Borisov finds no sign of alien 'technosignatures'
- February 14
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- SpaceX tests Falcon 9 rocket for next Starlink satellite fleet launch
- Puppy love! Astronaut's reunion with her dog after a nearly yearlong flight made us cry
- Google Doodle celebrates Valentine's Day 2020 with super-adorable aliens
- Valentine's Day Cygnus cargo ship launch to space station delayed by high winds
- Pearl Jam gets cosmic with 'Superblood Wolfmoon' AR experience, new album
- Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane arrives at New Mexico spaceport
- Satellite megaconstellations prompt new warning from astronomy group about impact on science
- Satellite crashes, asteroid impacts and space weather pose big risks, US lawmakers say
- Cosmic love: Heart and Soul nebulas will capture your heart on Valentine's Day (photo)
- NASA eyes Venus, bizarre moons of Jupiter and Neptune for low-cost space missions
- Northrop Grumman to launch Valentine's Day cargo ship to space station today. How to watch live.
- China prepares to launch new rockets as part of push to boost space program
- Supersymmetry is super-awesome. Here's what it means for particle physics.
- Pale Blue Dot at 30: Voyager 1's iconic photo of Earth from space reveals our place in the universe
- NASA's Mars 2020 rover arrives at Florida launch site for July liftoff
- February 13
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- 10 brilliant discoveries NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory made in its first decade in space
- 'Star Trek: Picard' episode 4 surrenders quality for more setup
- Arrokoth unmasked: NASA probe's 'space snowman' encounter reveals how planetesimals are born
- Home from space, Christina Koch reflects on move from orbit to Earth
- Hasbro's rolling out a Star Wars Imperial Troop Transport this spring
- Scientists just watched a newfound asteroid zoom by Earth. Then they saw its moon.
- Water on Mars? Boulder shadows may spawn short-lived pools of brine.
- How rainbow-chasing chemists put the twinkle in modern astronomy's eye
- Will record-setting NASA astronaut Christina Koch be the 1st woman on the moon?
- February 12
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- NASA's iconic 'Pale Blue Dot' photo of Earth from space just got a 21st-century makeover
- With eye on moon, NASA to seek new astronaut applicants in March
- SpaceX hires former NASA human-spaceflight chief
- Mars took way longer to form than we thought, ancient impacts reveal
- 'Apollo 13' launching back into theaters for NASA moonshot's 50th anniversary
- Devastating solar storms could be far more common than we thought
- Satellite 'license plates' and re-igniting rocket fuel could head off space junk crashes
- NASA has a plan for yearly Artemis moon flights through 2030. The first one could fly in 2021.
- February 11
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- Trump's 2021 NASA budget request supports X-59 experimental supersonic jet development
- Mysterious 'fast radio bursts' from deep space repeat themselves every 16 days
- Massive asteroid Pallas has a violent, cratered past, study reveals
- For stargazers, the Big Dipper is a celestial compass, clock, calendar and ruler. Here’s how to use it.
- 2 Russian satellites are stalking a US spysat in orbit. The Space Force is watching. (Report)
- What's next for Solar Orbiter after its historic launch to the sun
- Europe's planet-hunting CHEOPS telescope beams down its first image. It's better than expected
- NASA's Mars sample-return plans get a boost in 2021 budget request
- Solar Orbiter: The US-European mission to explore the sun's poles in photos
- February 10
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- Space Force gets $15.4 billion in 2021 budget request
- Trump's 2021 NASA budget proposal axes 2 telescopes, 2 Earth science missions & STEM grants
- Iran satellite launch fails to reach orbit
- Trump calls for $25 billion NASA budget for 2021 to boost moon and Mars goals
- To find alien life, we should focus on white dwarf stars
- Our sun will never look the same again thanks to two solar probes and one giant telescope
- Satellite spies gigantic 'fuzzball' clouds spreading near Australia coast
- 'Planetary simulator' could help identify habitable alien worlds
- Solar Orbiter launches on historic mission to study the sun's poles
- Northrop Grumman aborts Cygnus cargo launch to space station
- February 9
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- Space double-header tonight! You can watch a Cygnus cargo ship and Solar Orbiter launch live online
- Space Force: What will the new military branch actually do?
- The dimming star Betelgeuse is acting weird. Here's how to spot it in Orion's shoulder.
- Sunset rocket launch in Virginia tonight may be visible along the US East Coast
- Solar Orbiter probe launching today to unveil secrets of the sun's poles
- February 8
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- Northrop Grumman 'go' to launch its 13th Cygnus cargo ship for NASA Sunday
- Boeing's 2nd Starliner software glitch could have led to an in-space collision
- Rosetta's 'rubber ducky' comet changed color as it neared the sun. Here's why.
- Real-life 'Aeronauts': the true stories of high-altitude balloonists
- Bacteria, bone and more: Here's the science launching to the space station Sunday
- Heat shield 'sandwich' will keep Solar Orbiter cool close to the sun
- February 7
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- Joint US-European Solar Orbiter 'go' for Sunday launch to study sun's poles
- Two invisible stars are bending space-time deep in the Milky Way
- NASA's experimental X-59 supersonic jet could be built by the end of 2020
- Boeing's Starliner test flight had a 2nd critical software issue, NASA panel finds (report)
- A super-rare 'Zee burst' in Antarctica could one day unlock a key mystery of ghostly neutrinos
- Voyager 2 bounces back from glitch in interstellar space
- Could 'flammable ice' be the key to discovering alien life?
- Sun science rises with new trove of Parker Solar Probe studies
- A single grain of Apollo moon dust opens new world of lunar science
- February 6
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- OneWeb launches 34 internet satellites into orbit to boost broadband megaconstellation
- NASA honors Tuskegee Airman lauded by Trump in State of the Union address
- SpaceX is holding a Starship career day to ramp up its Mars colonization effort
- Jean-Luc assembles a crew in 'Star Trek: Picard' episode 3
- The Solar Orbiter up close: Inside the clean room with the next sun probe (photos)
- In photos: NASA astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after record-breaking spaceflight
- This picture is from Mars. It's probably not what you think.
- OneWeb will launch 34 internet satellites today: Here's how to watch it live
- How to die on Mars
- Rare monster galaxy grew rapidly 12 billion years ago … then suddenly died
- Photons could reveal 'massive gravity,' new theory suggests
- Astronaut Christina Koch lands on Earth after record-setting space station mission
- February 5
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- Three astronauts will return to Earth Thursday. You can watch their landing live.
- NASA taps SpaceX to launch PACE satellite to study Earth's oceans, climate change
- Discovery of 'rifts' and 'layers' above Mars may aid radio communications on Earth
- Oddball sexaquark particles could be immortal, if they exist at all
- The big science of NASA astronaut Christina Koch's near-year in space in photos
- Trump touts Space Force, moon and Mars plans in State of the Union address
- Spectacular rainbow cloud in space spawned by cosmic showdown between stars
- Private companies aim to help blaze a new trail to the moon
- Pluto's famous heart powers icy winds on the dwarf planet
- House committee staff members defend NASA authorization bill
- British 'X-Files' of UFO sightings is going public
- February 4
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- 'Star Wars: Obi-Wan' show on Disney Plus on hold — Report
- Star Trek Online's 'Legacy' update lets you live your 'Star Trek: Picard' dreams
- Record-breaking astronaut Christina Koch talks space records and more
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe spotted 'stealth' outburst on the sun
- Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' Lands at NYC Museum
- In Photos: Expedition 61 mission to the International Space Station
- February 3
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- New 'Star Trek' series 'Section 31' to start filming when 'Discovery' season 3 wraps
- Lego releases International Space Station, offers bonus space patch
- 'Star Wars: Underworld' test footage reveals what George Lucas' TV show could have looked like
- Blue Origin will test moon lander engine at Air Force rocket lab
- Identity-Switching Neutrinos Could Reveal Why We Exist At All. But Can We Find Them?
- NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS space telescope moonlights in studying stars
- In a rare sighting, astronomers observe burst of activity as a massive star forms
- When did the universe 'wake up'?
- February 2
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- Curious Kids: Why Can't We Put People on Mars?
- Black holes shouldn't echo, but this one might. Score 1 for Stephen Hawking?
- Super Bowl 2020: Here's all the space-themed commercials so far
- Balloon-lofted camera built to hunt alien worlds aces first flight
- European crew wraps up mock moon mission on volcano in Hawaii
- February 1
