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- July 31
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- Rocket Lab will resume Electron launches in August after July 4 failure
- Comet Neowise: An increasingly rare opportunity to spot an icy wanderer with the naked eye
- We could one day predict the most dangerous solar flares 24 hours in advance, study suggests
- NASA astronauts set to ride a SpaceX Crew Dragon back to Earth for the 1st time this weekend
- NASA's Mars rover Perseverance is fine and out of 'safe mode'
- A European rocket will launch a space tug and 2 satellites today. Here's how to watch live.
- NASA's Perseverance rover launch kicks off audacious Mars sample-return project
- The first interplanetary helicopter is on its way to Mars
- A weird long cloud on Mars has returned. It's right on schedule, scientists say.
- A space race to Mars? Not quite — here’s why.
- When worlds collide: Stunning 3D simulation shows what happens in giant planetary crashes (video)
- July 30
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- NASA: Mars rover Perseverance in 'safe mode' after launch, but should recover
- SpaceX fires up Starship SN5 rocket prototype ahead of first test flight
- NASA's Perseverance launch sparks new Zippo 'Mars 2020' lighter
- William Shatner of 'Star Trek' fame hints at a private trip to space
- China's Chang'e 4 moon mission completes 20th day on lunar farside
- NASA launches Mars rover Perseverance to seek signs of ancient life
- NASA's next Mars rover, Perseverance, will launch today. Here's how to watch.
- July 29
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- SpaceX, NASA watch weather for historic astronaut splashdown on Sunday
- NASA's Perseverance rover packs microphones to hear the Red Planet
- How NASA's Demo-2 astronauts will make a historic splashdown on Earth
- NASA's Perseverance rover to test future spacesuit materials on Mars
- Why NASA's Mars rover Perseverance will use nuclear power to keep itself warm
- NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has a key role in the search for ancient life
- Replay: Space.com talks 'Summer of Mars' with NASA, Planetary Society
- Virgin Galactic outlines SpaceShipTwo test flight plan to snag FAA license for passenger trips
- NASA's next Mars rover rolls out to launch pad atop Atlas V rocket
- July 28
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- Strange gas signature on Mars may help explain methane mystery
- Virgin Galactic unveils sleek interior of SpaceShipTwo spaceliner (photos, video)
- NASA announces astronauts to launch on SpaceX's Crew-2 Dragon in 2021
- Donations needed to 'Save Space Camp' after pandemic shortfall
- Mars sample return: NASA's Perseverance rover to return Martian meteorites to Mars
- An asteroid the size of a car just zipped by Earth in close flyby
- Virgin Galactic to debut passenger cabin design for SpaceShipTwo today. Here's how to watch live.
- How do you prepare for Mars? NASA tells all at Comic-Con@Home.
- How NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will get to the Red Planet
- Weird behavior of Earth's magnetic field over South Atlantic dates back 11 million years
- July 27
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- Rene Carpenter, pioneering space writer and last member of 'astronaut wives club,' dies at 92
- China launches 3 satellites into orbit, including a 'lobster-eye' to hunt dark matter
- NASA's Mars 2020 rover Perseverance is 'go' for launch
- See Hurricane Hanna from space as seen by astronauts and satellites (video)
- NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will use some of the best Martian maps ever made
- Rare ghostly particles produced inside the sun just detected under a mountain in Italy
- Oldest surviving light reveals the universe's true age
- 'Mini-Neptunes' may be rocky water worlds
- Steampunk Venus rover ideas win NASA contest to 'explore hell' with clockwork robots
- July 26
- July 25
- July 24
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- NASA asteroid camera spots China's Tianwen-1 Mars spacecraft speeding away from Earth
- How to see a cosmic 'Coat Hanger' rise with the little fox in the night sky
- Astra aiming for 1st orbital launch in early August
- Behold! Saturn has no summertime blues in this amazing Hubble telescope photo
- Democratic Party voices support for NASA in 2020 platform
- The curtain is about to come down on Comet NEOWISE
- NASA Jupiter probe images huge moon Ganymede like never before (photos)
- 'Star Trek' showrunner Alex Kurtzman talks about toxic fandom
- July 23
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- Going nuclear: NASA's Perseverance Mars rover gets its power source for July 30 launch
- Space Force unveils its official logo and motto: 'Always Above'
- Meet 'Star Trek: Prodigy:' New animated series finally gets a name
- A Space Fan's Guide to San Diego Comic-Con 2020
- Russia has tested an anti-satellite weapon in space, US Space Command says
- Russia launches robotic cargo ship on zippy space station delivery mission
- China launches ambitious Tianwen-1 Mars rover mission
- NASA's Mars rover Perseverance is ready for its July 30 launch
- SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA now targeted for late September
- How did Earth crack? New study may explain origins of plate tectonics on our planet.
- July 22
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- Comet NEOWISE is making its closest approach to Earth. Here's how to see it live online.
- Watch Russia launch a new cargo ship to the International Space Station today
- 'Star Trek' fans rejoice! Holodeck spotted in L.A. park
- Satellites uncover widespread illegal fishing in Pacific Ocean
- Why Persevere — to Mars? (Op-Ed)
- Multiplanet system around sunlike star photographed for 1st time ever
- Mistaken identity? Researchers uncover true nature of monster black holes
- China's Tianwen-1 Mars rover mission gets a boost from international partners
- Homebound NASA scientist grows radishes to practice for future moon farming
- July 21
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- How to spot the bright Comet NEOWISE using mobile apps
- Book excerpt: 'How to Die in Space' on the beauty and danger of nebulas
- 'How to Die in Space' explores the dangers of astrophysics
- Asteroid shower rained space rocks on Earth and the moon 800 million years ago
- Watch SpaceX catch an entire rocket nose cone that fell from space for the 1st time (video)
- NASA astronauts tie spacewalk record while prepping space station for upgrades
- China's first Mars rover Tianwen-1 launches this week. Here's what it will do.
- For Mars, Hope (and a little Perseverance, too) shines in UAE's 'Apollo moment'
- Watch two astronauts take a milestone spacewalk outside the International Space Station right now!
- July 20
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- New monument shines light on Houston suburb's link with NASA
- Apollo 11 spacecraft joysticks top $780K at auction, despite NASA concerns
- SpaceX launches South Korea's 1st military satellite, nails rocket landing at sea
- Venus probably has active volcanoes right now
- Comet NEOWISE shines over SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (photo)
- NASA jettisons Apollo moon landing stats to reach 300th American spacewalk
- Google doodle celebrates female Turkish astrophysicist Dilhan Eryurt
- Watch SpaceX launch a South Korean military satellite today
- What's next for Hope Mars orbiter? UAE faces long journey to Red Planet.
- Apollo 11 'disaster' video project highlights growing danger of deepfake tech
- Tubby 'tardigrade' crawls across sun's surface in spectacular images
- A Russian cosmonaut successfully performed tissue engineering in space with a magnetic field
- July 19
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- United Arab Emirates launches 'Hope' mission to Mars on Japanese rocket
- Comet NEOWISE: 10 big questions (and answers) about the icy wanderer
- The United Arab Emirates will launch its 1st-ever Mars mission today. Here's how to watch live.
- The universe's clock might have bigger ticks than we imagine
- See Jupiter and Saturn at their brightest this week
- Physicists discover new, exotic flavor of tetraquark
- July 18
- July 17
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- NASA's inspector general raises questions with cost management of Orion spacecraft
- The mystery of a black hole's disappearing (and reappearing) meal may be solved
- How to photograph Comet NEOWISE: NASA tips for stargazers
- SpaceX's historic 1st crewed mission set to end on Aug. 2
- China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission rolls out to launch pad (photos, video)
- Citizen scientists and astronomers find two strange, ancient brown dwarfs
- Are there any black holes left over from the Big Bang?
- Interstellar space travel will have language complications for astronauts
- July 16
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- NASA delays launch of flagship James Webb Space Telescope to Oct. 31, 2021
- Spacewalking astronauts replace old space station batteries as part of years-long upgrade
- The Falcon 9 rocket for SpaceX's next NASA astronaut flight arrives at launch site (photo)
- The UAE's Hope Mars orbiter launch delayed to next week due to bad weather
- 'A Day in Space': Watch the National Space Society's virtual event now!
- 'Smell of space' bottler sets sights on the moon, plans 'Eau de Luna'
- Weird country-size 'campfires' on the sun revealed in closest-ever photos
- How to see Comet NEOWISE in the evening sky now. It won't be back for 6,800 years.
- Dazzling Comet NEOWISE could be an astronomical bonanza
- Why is the speed of light the way it is?
- July 15
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- Video astronomy: Bring the universe to your friends with Celestron's RASA 8 telescope
- New climate study shows that we need to be patient when it comes to emissions mitigation
- Japanese capsule carrying pieces of asteroid Ryugu will land on Earth Dec. 6
- US launches 4 secret spy satellites to orbit
- Comet NEOWISE has a sodium tail. Here's what it looks like.
- Amazing photos of Comet NEOWISE from the Earth and space
- Comet NEOWISE spotted by more NASA spacecraft (video, photos)
- 'Geyser' aurora and 'cosmic bat' nebula shortlisted for astronomy photo prize
- 'Partial supernova' blasts white dwarf star across the Milky Way
- July 14
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- The electric hum of life may have originated with primordial lightning
- Astronomers discover South Pole Wall, a gigantic structure stretching 1.4 billion light-years across
- See Jupiter at its brightest for 2020 tonight!
- Grant Imahara, TV Mythbuster and beloved science personality, dies at 49
- The Space Force will launch 4 secret satellites from Virginia Wednesday and you can watch it live
- SpaceX delays launch of South Korean military satellite to perform rocket checks
- Bad weather delays launch of UAE's first mission to Mars
- Pluto flyby photos: New Horizons mission leader Alan Stern reveals 10 of his favorite epic views
- Pluto revealed: 5 years ago, NASA's New Horizons gave us our first close look at this distant world
- The moon is 85 million years younger than previously thought
- July 13
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- 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' warps onto TV Aug. 6. See the 1st full trailer!
- 'Star Wars: The Bad Batch' is coming to Disney Plus in 2021
- Why are scientists trying to manufacture organs in space?
- How to make a hypernova
- Historic Saturn V swapped for SLS rocket on new Alabama license plate
- Astronomers want to get in on NASA's push to the moon
- The UAE wants to rewrite what we know about weather on Mars
- 4 mysterious objects spotted in deep space are unlike anything ever seen
- Earth's magnetic field changes 10 times faster than once thought
- July 12
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- SpaceX test-fires rocket for South Korean military satellite launch this week
- Join the National Space Society for 'A Day in Space,' a celebration of spaceflight, this week
- Where did all the baryons go?
- NASA wants a return to the moon in 2024. New human spaceflight chief makes no guarantees.
- NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson on going to the moon, Mars and leading the next generation
- July 11
- July 10
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- Apple TV+ drops 1st teaser for adaptation of Isaac Asimov's sci-fi epic 'Foundation'
- How to see Comet NEOWISE in the night sky this month
- Dazzling Comet NEOWISE spotted by NASA sun-studying probe (photo)
- China's Kuaizhou-11 rocket fails hours after Long March booster soars to space
- Earth's moon had a magma ocean for 200 million years
- NASA's Mars rover Perseverance mated to rocket ahead of July 30 launch
- Volcanic island spewing ash and lava spotted from space
- Pulsar discovery may solve mystery of strange neutron star crashes
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe swings through Venus 'tail' in flyby today
- NASA's Curiosity rover starts Red Planet road trip up Martian mountain
- Can energy be sucked out of a black hole?
- July 9
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- NASA unveils new rules to protect the moon and Mars from Earth germs
- The 'morning star' Venus is at its brightest for 2020 this week. Here's how to see it.
- What color is the sunset on other planets?
- Satellite sees 'Godzilla' dust plume sweep across the Atlantic Ocean
- Most of the Milky Way's life-hosting planets may have formed early on
- Vega rocket's 53-satellite launch delayed to August
- A Mars 'Hope': The UAE's 1st interplanetary spacecraft aims to make history at Red Planet
- New map of the universe unveils a stunning X-ray view of the cosmos
- Netflix's Mars sci-fi series 'Away' gets a launch date. See the 1st teaser trailer
- July 8
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- Comet NEOWISE is 'an awesome sight' from space, astronaut says (video)
- 'The Sirens of Mars' tells of the search for life on Mars
- Book excerpt: 'The Sirens of Mars' on early views of the Red Planet
- Space has a diversity problem — and big institutions like universities can do something about it
- The 'mole' on Mars from NASA's InSight lander may be stuck again
- Bad weather delays SpaceX launch of Starlink, BlackSky satellites
- NASA completes investigation on flawed Boeing Starliner capsule test flight
- Mysterious radiation spike detected over Scandinavia
- NASA mission to weird metal asteroid Psyche remains on track for 2022 launch
- SpaceX to launch Starlink and BlackSky satellites into orbit today. Here's how to watch live.
- July 7
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- China launches 3 satellites on 2 rockets in 3 days
- House bill would nix White House's proposed 2021 NASA budget boost
- Chinese scientists reveal analysis of weird substance found on the moon's far side by Yutu 2 rover
- Yale astronomy students speak out against institutional racism
- 'Clyde's Spot,' a new storm on Jupiter, discovered by amateur astronomer (photos)
- Israel launches Ofek 16 reconnaissance satellite into orbit
- It's the month of Mars! 3 Red Planet missions set to launch in July
- Astronauts bound for Mars should swing by Venus first, scientists say
- July 6
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- Astrophysicist Joe Pesce answers your questions about the universe (AMA Recap!)
- An astronaut got a blood clot in space —now our study shows how to best protect crew
- Comet NEOWISE shines in stunning photos from the International Space Station
- There's more metal on the moon than we thought
- The 1st-ever Mars helicopter will start flying next year. Here's how.
- July 5
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- July 2
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- Virgin Galactic to reveal SpaceShipTwo cabin design on July 28
- This new, super-accurate way to pinpoint our solar system's center may help spot monster black hole crashes
- Tulsa Air and Space lands last of NASA's shuttle crew cabin trainers
- NASA's first Space Launch System megarocket core powers up for 'green run' test
- Tiny, simple moon rovers will bring cubesat science to the lunar surface
- Quantum 'kick' on big object measured for 1st time ever
- July 1
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- Spacewalkers complete penultimate set of battery upgrades for space station
- Exposed planetary core spotted circling distant star
- 'Kerbal Space Program' launches epic European missions in 'Shared Horizons' expansion
- Going with a view? A spacewalk is the 'best view for a bathroom,' astronaut says
- Astronauts are taking a spacewalk outside their space station today. Watch it live!
- Betelgeuse's weird dimming caused by gigantic starspots
- 'The Goblin' dwarf planet and an ancient quasar receive Hawaiian names
