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September 30
- US military eyes nuclear thermal rocket for missions in Earth-moon space
- SpaceX's next astronaut flight for NASA to include heat shield tweak and more
- Japan's asteroid sample-return spacecraft Hayabusa2 gets extended mission
- Watch Firefly Aerospace test-fire its Alpha rocket in this stunning drone video
- SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts name Dragon capsule 'Resilience'
- You don't want to miss Mars shining bright this fall
September 29
- NASA astronauts on SpaceX's Crew-1 flight will vote from space
- Lego's The Child set will let you build Baby Yoda from 'The Mandalorian'
- NASA picks SpaceX to launch probe to study interstellar boundary
- Small air leak on space station traced to Russian service module
- A better way to search for traces of life on Mars — and beyond! (op-ed)
- Zombie storms are rising from the dead thanks to climate change
- Black holes so big we don't know how they form could be hiding in the universe
- What the Aztecs thought about solar eclipses
- SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA pushed back to Oct. 31
September 28
- We now know exactly how much radiation astronauts will face on the moon
- NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will vote from space
- On Mars, 4 supersalty lakes may be hiding under the south pole ice cap
- US faces tight timeline for 2024 moon landing, NASA chief tells Senate
- 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' will warp us all into Captain Pike's backstory
- World Space Week 2020: Join the UN satellite celebration next week
- 63 years after Sputnik, satellites are now woven into the fabric of daily life
- Climate scientists uncover new record-low temperature in Greenland
- Stunning images from Hubble, Chandra, and more reveal value of space telescope teamwork
- Climate fires and hurricanes collide in this shocking NASA satellite image
- SpaceX delays next Starlink satellite fleet launch due to bad weather
- Watch SpaceX launch 60 new Starlink internet satellites into orbit today
- Gold miners discover 100 million-year-old meteorite crater Down Under
- Did a migrating Jupiter turn Venus into hell?
September 27
- NASA launching new space toilet and more to space station this week
- 'Grand claims' of life on Venus lack evidence, skeptics say
- What if Earth had rings?
September 26
- You can watch a US spy satellite launch on a giant Delta IV Heavy rocket overnight tonight. Here's how.
- International Observe the Moon Night 2020: Celebrate with NASA's Artemis program in webcast tonight.
- An aurora that lit up the sky over the Titanic might explain why it sank
September 25
- Space Force OKs used SpaceX rockets for upcoming GPS satellite launches
- NASA's new $23 million space toilet is ready for launch
- SpaceX fires up in-space version of Starship's Raptor engine for 1st time (video)
- Shuttle astronaut Wendy Lawrence talks spacesuits, Mir and learning Russian in 'Virtual Astronaut' webcast Friday
- NASA gearing up for epic asteroid-sampling maneuver next month
- Are some black holes wormholes in disguise? Gamma-ray blasts may shed clues.
- Tiny cubesat launching next year to blaze trail for NASA moon-orbiting space station
- Estée Lauder paying NASA for skincare photoshoot on space station
September 24
- Where to next in the outer solar system? Scientists have big ideas to explore icy moons and more.
- 'Giant impact' theory of moon's formation gets another boost
- Blue Origin scrubs New Shepard rocket launch due to power glitch
- Blue Origin will launch its next New Shepard suborbital test flight today. Here's how to watch live.
- Earth life may have traveled to Venus aboard sky-skimming asteroid
- Rosetta's 'rubber ducky' comet has ultraviolet auroras
- SpaceX pops Starship tank on purpose in explosive pressure test
September 23
- Surprise! The ring around M87 galaxy's monster black hole wobbles over time.
- Earth may get a new minimoon — but it may just be 1960s space junk
- RV-size asteroid to get closer to Earth than the moon
- China's Chang'e 3 lunar lander still going strong after 7 years on the moon
- What could a space telescope just for solar system science do?
- 'Leviathan Falls': The 9th and final book of epic 'The Expanse' sci-fi series revealed
September 22
- Astronauts take shelter as space station dodges orbital junk
- NASA and US Space Force team up for planetary defense, moon trips and more
- Hello fall! Equinox kicks off autumn on Sept. 22
- NASA still targeting moon's south pole for 2024 crew landing
- Autumn's celestial sea: Catch these 'water' constellations in the night sky this fall
- 'Pi planet' alien world takes 3.14 days to orbit its star
September 21
- Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus has fresh ice in unexpected place
- 'Ultrahot Neptune' discovered around sunlike star
- Strange bright rocks reveal glimpse of asteroid Ryugu's violent past
- Astronauts, NASA chief mourn death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Meet Calypso, a daredevil mission concept to explore the surface of Venus
- A cat named Grudge is beaming into 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 3
September 20
- 'The Smallest Lights in the Universe' explores the possibilities of life on Earth and far beyond it
- Book excerpt: 'The Smallest Lights in the Universe'
- Melting ice sheets will add over 15 inches to global sea level rise by 2100
- What does space sound like? Explore the sounds of Netflix's 'Away'
September 19
- After a tantalizing discovery at Venus, what could an astrobiology mission look like?
- Rocket Lab gears up for 1st launch from US soil
September 18
- Historic Mount Wilson Observatory survives close call with Southern California's Bobcat Fire
- Here's every successful Venus mission humanity has ever launched
- 'Stupendously large' black holes could grow to truly monstrous sizes
- Tropical storms and billowing wildfire smoke rage in the same NASA satellite photo
- The 1st Artemis astronauts on the moon may not visit the lunar south pole after all, NASA says
- Astronauts to film Estée Lauder skincare serum on International Space Station: report
- Family, fellow astronauts to celebrate life of moon voyager Al Worden
- Pastel-colored Jupiter dazzles in gorgeous Hubble telescope photo
- Space Perspective partners with Exclusive Resorts for balloon rides to the stratosphere
- 'Space Hero:' Planned reality TV show wants to launch winner to International Space Station
September 17
- 'Kerbal Space Program' celebrates 9th anniversary with Enhanced Edition launch for Xbox One, Playstation 4
- Smoke from US wildfires spreads across country and into Europe
- SpaceX delays next Starlink satellite fleet launch due to rocket 'recovery issue'
- Stars paint stunning nebulas with stellar winds thanks to cosmic companions
- Is Earth-moon space the US military's new high ground?
- Netflix's 'Away' star Hilary Swank visits NASA's Johnson Space Center
September 16
- Big find! Scientists spot giant alien planet orbiting close to dead star's corpse
- Giant Magellan Telescope snags $17.5 million grant to test advanced optics
- Will this lander carry humans to the moon? Dynetics unveils lunar mock-up
- Satellites watch Hurricane Sally make landfall in Alabama
- 2 asteroids safely buzzed close by Earth this week
- Growing up observing the night skies from the Northern and Southern hemispheres
- Rocket Lab's plan to search for life on Venus in 2023 just got more exciting
September 15
- Venus, once billed as Earth's twin, is a hothouse (and a tantalizing target in the search for life)
- The sun has begun a new solar weather cycle. It should be pretty quiet, scientists say.
- Behold! Watch the 1st trailer for 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian' Season 2
- 'Challenger: The Final Flight' docuseries recounts space shuttle tragedy on Netflix
- Carbon-rich alien planets could be made of diamonds
- Satellites track Hurricane Sally ahead of US landfall (and 5 other big storms on Earth)
- China launches 9 satellites into space from ocean platform
- Life on Venus? Breakthrough Initiatives funds study of possible biosignature detection
- Earth barreling toward 'Hothouse' state not seen in 50 million years, epic new climate record shows
- Dark matter hunter who found unexpected, giant 'Fermi bubbles' wins $100,000 physics prize
September 14
- Virgin Galactic to launch its 1st suborbital spaceflight from Spaceport America in October: report
- The phosphine discovered in Venus' clouds may be a big deal. Here's what you need to know.
- Strange chemical in clouds of Venus defies explanation. Could it be a sign of life?
- The clouds of Venus join the shortlist for potential signs of life in our solar system
- Alien-hunting telescope suffered 'no damage to electronics' during mysterious midnight disaster
- Stark new imagery reveals the scary extent of West Coast wildfires
- Mind-blowing Andromeda galaxy and 'Cosmic Inferno' earn space photo contest's top prizes
- What makes Earth's atmosphere so special?
September 13
- See Venus swing by the crescent moon Monday morning
- SpaceX gearing up for 12-mile-high test flight with Starship SN8 prototype
September 12
- Astra may make 2nd orbital launch attempt this year after test flight failure
- Astra's 1st orbital test launch fails during first-stage engine burn
- The smoke from US West Coast wildfires is visible from nearly 1 million miles away (photo)
- Amateur astronomer discovers large asteroid that flew by Earth this week
September 11
- Space shuttle rocket boosters roll into California for Endeavour orbiter exhibit
- How to see Uranus in the night sky (without a telescope) this week
- Astronomy and the climate crisis: Scientists make some connections
- Hubble telescope observations highlight dark matter's weirdness
- Astronaut Clayton Anderson will promote children's literacy in 1st 'Virtual Astronaut' talk next week
- Everyone wants a Space Force — but why?
- Laika and her crew: 'Space Dogs' documentary explores Moscow through a stray's eyes
September 10
- 'The Mandalorian' season 2 will bring Baby Yoda back to us Oct. 30
- Lego unveils epic Mos Eisley Cantina set from 'Star Wars'
- Satellites monitor California wildfires from space (photos)
- Hitch a ride to space (and back) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in this awesome video
- NASA wants to buy moon dirt from private companies
- Pioneering gravity research snags $3 million physics Breakthrough Prize
- Space tug to test out robotic arm on 2022 demonstration mission
- Mystery of Jupiter's persistent geometric storms may be solved
September 9
- 'The Virtual Astronaut’ launches with live space explorer event series
- Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune' adaptation gets first trailer
- Interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua could actually be a cosmic dust bunny
- William Shatner wants the US Space Force ranks to use captains, not colonels
- Buff space mice could stop astronauts from losing bone and muscle mass
- Watch SpaceX's SN6 Starship prototype soar on test flight (video)
- Cargo spacecraft named for fallen NASA astronaut Kalpana Chawla
September 8
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' drops epic new trailer for season 3
- China's reusable experimental spacecraft returns to Earth after two-day mystery mission
- 3,200 megapixels! The camera heart of future Vera Rubin Observatory snaps record-breaking 1st photos
- California's fast-moving Creek Fire spawns 'fire cloud' visible from space
- 4 Indian astronauts are training in Russia for future spaceflights
September 7
- Chinese rocket booster appears to crash near school during Gaofen 11 satellite launch
- New quantum paradox throws the foundations of observed reality into question
- CBS will celebrate 'Star Trek' Day 2020 with an epic Trek panel marathon. Here's what to know.
- Leading scientists team up to create an at-home Astronomy course
September 6
- 'Sims 4' brings the Force of 'Star Wars' with 'Journey to Batuu' expansion
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 3 will introduce Trek's first transgender and nonbinary characters
- The 'Goat Star' is back: How to see Capella in the night sky this month
September 5
- The moon is rusty, and it’s likely Earth's fault
- NASA megarocket blasts past cost estimates, forces Congress notification
September 4
- China just launched a 'reusable experimental spacecraft' into orbit
- Trump signs Space Policy Directive-5 on space cybersecurity
- The same black hole can collide with its kin multiple times, lopsided merger suggests
- See Mars rendezvous with the moon this Labor Day weekend
- Netflix Mars mission series 'Away' lifts off with nods to NASA history
- Hilary Swank takes us to Mars in Netflix's 'Away' and tensions run high (review)
- Rocket limbo complicating NASA's Europa Clipper mission
- 'Venus: Death of a Planet': New 'Cloud Cities' documentary series imagines humans on the hellish world
- Don't ignore Venus — Earth's twin hides surprising opportunities (op-ed)
September 3
- Rocket Lab has launched its 1st homegrown Photon satellite
- NASA satellites track California wildfire's smoke plumes and burn scars from space
- 'Raised By Wolves' brings Ridley Scott's new sci-fi vision to HBO Max (review)
- SpaceX launches Starship SN6 prototype test flight on heels of Starlink mission
- Scientists spot a triple-star system shredding its planet-forming disk in a cosmic first
- In photos: SpaceX's SN5 Starship prototype soars on 1st test flight
- SpaceX launches 60 Starlink internet satellites, sticks rocket landing
- Stunning new sun images show our star's popcorn-like magnetic field structure
- Weightless wonder: Why people are choosing to fly with Zero-G in a pandemic
- Vega rocket launches 53 satellites in return-to-flight mission
September 2
- Vega rocket launching on return-to-flight mission tonight: Watch it live
- NASA test-fires its SLS megarocket booster for future moon missions (video)
- Space art-ifact: Uplift Aerospace offers to paint murals on Blue Origin spacecraft
- Future of space station commercialization needs fresh ideas and support, panel finds
- No 'Space Jump': How David Blaine's 'Ascension' compares to other balloon dives
- Gravitational waves point scientists to elusive missing-link black hole
- SpaceX will launch 60 new Starlink satellites Thursday. Here's how to watch live.
- Could the universe collapse into a singularity? New study explains how.
- Half the atoms in the planet could be digital data by 2245
September 1
- SpaceX makes Starship progress, despite test flight delays, Elon Musk says: Report
- An airplane-size asteroid gives Earth a close shave
- Ozone pollution levels have increased over the past 20 years, study finds
- Meet 'Lunar Cruiser': Japan's big moon rover for astronauts gets a nickname