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- September 30
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- Brilliant Harvest Moon, the last supermoon of 2023, wows stargazers around the world (photos)
- Lasers cut through star trails in beautiful photo from the European Southern Observatory
- Celebrate 'Star Wars Rebels' 10th anniversary with Marvel Comics
- New York City is sinking — and it's not just because of the flooding
- Watch the glow of the Milky Way and ghostly zodiacal light during the 2023 Perseid meteor shower (video)
- September 29
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- Watch a dust devil swirl across Mars in this video from NASA's Perseverance rover
- See green comet Nishimura's tail get whipped away by powerful solar storm as it slingshots around the sun (video)
- Time-lapse video shows a supernova's aftermath ballooning into space
- These photos of Stoke Space's 'Hopper' reusable rocket test are just amazing
- Light from the cosmic web connecting galaxies has been seen for the 1st time (video)
- How methane studies on Earth could inform the search for alien life in our solar system
- 'Einstein ring' snapped by James Webb Space Telescope is most distant gravitationally lensed object ever seen
- SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video)
- NASA delays launch of Psyche asteroid mission by 1 week, to Oct. 12
- Japan's ispace nabs $55 million NASA moon landing deal, slips 3rd lunar launch to 2026
- September 28
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- China adds yet another Yaogan spy satellite to its orbital fleet (launch video)
- Right before exploding, this star puffed out a sun's worth of mass
- Watch Chinese astronauts light a match on Tiangong space station (video)
- NASA to address concerns about Mars Sample Return mission's 'unrealistic budget'
- Iran launches 3rd military satellite to orbit
- Commercial spaceflight research needs a code of ethics, scientists say
- Japan and India plan 2025 moon mission to hunt for water near the lunar south pole
- Astronomers discover thousands of active red galaxy hearts with powerful radio signals
- How fast will October's annular solar eclipse travel?
- NASA astronaut Jan Davis recounts career, father's POW experience in new book
- A giant moon collision may have given rise to Saturn's iconic rings, study suggests
- Radio telescope will launch to moon's far side in 2025 to hunt for the cosmic Dark Ages
- SpaceX launch of NASA's Psyche asteroid mission is just 2 weeks away
- September 27
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- 1st black hole imaged by humanity is confirmed to be spinning, study finds
- Watch a 180-year-old star eruption unfold in new time-lapse movie (video)
- FAA closes investigation of Blue Origin launch failure
- Japan's 'moon sniper' probe snaps photo of Earth from orbit
- Mammals may be driven to extinction by volcanic new supercontinent Pangaea Ultima
- Private astronaut sets HALO skydiving record (video, photos)
- 'Dark universe' telescope Euclid faces some setbacks during commissioning
- What would colors look like on other planets?
- NASA picks 3 museums to display OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples
- NASA opens OSIRIS-REx's asteroid-sample canister (photos)
- Antimatter responds to gravity like Einstein predicted, major CERN experiment confirms
- 'Ahsoka' season 1 episode 7 review: Fast-paced action in the vein of Rebels ahead of the big finale
- Harvest moon 2023, the last supermoon of the year, kicks off fall stargazing on Sept. 29
- Record-setting NASA astronaut lands with Russian crewmates after 1 year on space station
- Giant Magellan Telescope project casts 7th and final mirror (photos)
- The artist who sculpted the 4-dimensional fabric of space and time
- September 26
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- Antarctic sea ice hits 'record-smashing' low this year, satellite data shows
- New AI algorithm can detect signs of life with 90% accuracy. Scientists want to send it to Mars
- Artemis 2 moon rocket now has all 4 powerful engines on board (photo)
- New Lockheed Martin system will manage satellite constellations from the cloud using AI
- These Navajo Tribal Parks will be closed during the Oct. 14 annular solar eclipse
- Fungi creepily infiltrates space stations — but scientists aren't scared. They're excited
- Watch a NASA astronaut and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth after 1 year in space on Sept. 27
- Accidental 1-year astronaut crew hands over command of ISS ahead of Sept. 27 landing
- This TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet seems to have no atmosphere — the truth may hide in its star, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
- James Webb Space Telescope reveals ancient galaxies were more structured than scientists thought
- Artemis moon program will prioritize ethics, good of society, NASA says
- See the Super 'Blue' Moon of 2023 rise over a castle in this epic photo and time-lapse video
- Learn the true stories of NASA's 1st women astronauts in new book 'The Six' (exclusive)
- SpaceX flight-proven rocket hardware to go on display at Smithsonian
- How our Milky Way galaxy would look in gravitational waves (video)
- See the moon and Saturn shine side-by-side in the night sky tonight
- September 25
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- OSIRIS-REx's asteroid sample lands in Houston (photos)
- NASA wants more 'space tug' ideas to deorbit the International Space Station in a fiery finale
- NASA's delayed VERITAS Venus mission tests key technology in Iceland (photos)
- NASA's Perseverance rover sets record for longest Mars drive on autopilot
- James Webb Space Telescope sees early galaxies defying 'cosmic rulebook' of star formation
- 'I literally broke into tears': The scientist leading NASA's epic OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission just had the greatest day ever
- Possible hints of life found on distant planet – how excited should we be?
- NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return to Earth: Live updates
- Last supermoon of 2023 rises tonight. Don't miss the Harvest Moon shine with 3 bright planets
- Heating and cooling space habitats isn’t easy – one engineering team is developing a lighter, more efficient solution
- Nuclear 'pasta' cooked up by dead stars could unravel the secrets of stellar afterlife
- After NASA's epic OSIRIS-REx capsule landing success, spacecraft heads to asteroid Apophis on new mission
- Our entire galaxy is warping, and a gigantic blob of dark matter could be to blame
- September 24
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- NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule just landed with samples of asteroid Bennu. Next stop: Texas
- NASA's OSIRIS-REx lands samples of asteroid Bennu to Earth after historic 4-billion-mile journey
- SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites into orbit from California
- NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft releases asteroid sample capsule toward Earth in flyby, heads to Apophis
- Spending time in space can harm the human body — but scientists are working to mitigate these risks before sending people to Mars
- Mathematicians find 12,000 new solutions to 'unsolvable' 3-body problem
- September 23
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- SpaceX rocket launches on record-tying 17th mission
- Humans battle hostile AI in final trailer and first clip from new sci-fi thriller, 'The Creator' (video)
- Watch NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe approach Earth in this free telescope video
- How NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will help protect Earth against asteroid Bennu and its flyby in 2182
- OSIRIS-REx probe will bring pristine asteroid samples to Earth today. Watch it live
- Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests
- No, the OSIRIS-REx probe will not bring back asteroid space 'germs'
- September 22
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- Astronauts on ISS gaze into the eye of Hurricane Nigel (photos)
- Will NASA's OSIRIS-REx stick its asteroid sample landing? Scientists are 'very much confident' as zero hour nears
- India tries waking up Chandrayaan-3 moon lander, without success (so far)
- US Space Force launch may have accidentally punched a hole in the upper atmosphere
- New poppy seed-sized fuel pellets could power nuclear reactors on the moon
- Green comet Nishimura survives its superheated slingshot around the sun. Will we get another chance to see it?
- Tom Hanks would clean toilets for a chance to go to space: report
- See Mercury reach its highest point in the morning sky early on Sept. 23
- How long will the annular solar eclipse last on Oct. 14?
- Hulu's 'No One Will Save You' serves up a fresh dose of alien invasion terror (exclusive)
- 'Star Trek' advisor warps into NASA to talk real science of sci-fi
- James Webb Space Telescope detects 1st evidence of carbon on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
- Satellite spots marine heat wave off the California coast (image)
- US Postal Service drops new OSIRIS-REx stamp ahead of asteroid sample return
- See Artemis 2 astronauts explore moon-like crater in Canada (photos)
- What time is NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return capsule landing on Sept. 24?
- Autumnal equinox 2023 brings fall to the Northern Hemisphere today (Sept. 23)
- FAA proposes rule to reduce space junk in Earth orbit
- September 21
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- We need a better way to map Earth's magnetic field. Finding it could win 1 of these teams $2 million
- Chinese launch startup's rocket fails during satellite launch
- Watch the trailer for new UFO conspiracy flick 'Monsters of California' from Blink-182's Tom DeLonge (video)
- Close call! 2 huge pieces of space debris had a near-miss in Earth orbit
- Don't panic if you see balloons hovering during America's two upcoming solar eclipses
- Telescope spots NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe as it brings asteroid samples to Earth (photo)
- New Horizon Prize in Physics awarded to scientists chasing mysterious black hole photon spheres
- NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return needs an awesome soundtrack. Here's how you can submit your favorite songs
- Hypothetical 'dark photons' could shed light on mysterious dark matter
- Who will get OSIRIS-REx's asteroid samples after they land this weekend?
- Tom Hanks returns to the moon with 'The Moonwalkers,' a new visual experience
- Artemis 2 astronaut crew suits up for moon launch dress rehearsal (photos, video)
- Next stop, Europa? Nano subs to get test beneath Antarctic ice in 2026
- How NASA's OSIRIS-REx will bring asteroid samples to Earth in 5 not-so-easy steps
- September 20
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- Virgin Galactic's next flight will take a Pakistani to space for the 1st time
- $100,000 Breakthrough physics prize awarded to 3 scientists who study the large scale structure of the universe
- Bang! Inflatable space station module blows apart in explosive test (video)
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies through major coronal mass ejection — and survives to tell the tale
- Evidence of mysterious 'recurring nova' that could reappear in 2024 found in medieval manuscript from 1217
- New Hubble telescope image reveals intergalactic bridge between two merging realms
- Water ice on the moon may be key for future space missions. But is there enough?
- Comet Nishimura photobombs NASA spacecraft after its close encounter with the sun (photos)
- China's astronauts have been tending a 'space garden' in orbit (video)
- 'Ahsoka' season 1 episode 6 review: Myths and legends
- Watch NASA's OSIRIS-REx's asteroid sample-return capsule land on Earth in this free livestream on Sept. 24
- Supermassive black holes eat more quickly than expected, 3D simulations suggest
- Solar storm slams into Earth and sparks stunning northern lights display (photos)
- After 1 year in space, what's next for an astronaut? 'Peace and quiet' on Earth, Frank Rubio says (video)
- Japan's SLIM moon lander completes 1st critical phase in Earth orbit
- NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft changed how we think about asteroids. Here's how.
- DARPA wants new ideas for space weapons
- September 19
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- NASA's Curiosity Mars rover reaches perilous ridge on Red Planet after 3 failed attempts
- OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe makes final maneuver before Sept. 24 sample delivery
- China's new wide-field survey telescope scopes out Andromeda galaxy
- SpaceX rocket launches Starlink satellites on record-breaking 17th flight (video)
- Stoke Space gets closer to 100% reusable rocket with successful 'Hopper' test flight (video)
- India to launch test of Gaganyaan crew capsule's emergency escape system this year
- NASA's Ingenuity helicopter breaks altitude record on 59th Mars flight
- World's 1st mountaintop impact crater discovered in northeastern China
- Asteroid hit by NASA's DART spacecraft is behaving unexpectedly, high school class discovers
- The complete series of 'Babylon 5' will be available on Blu-ray in December
- Polaris Spaceplanes wraps up MIRA-Light prototype flight tests
- NASA launches Spanish-language podcast 'Universo Curioso' for Hispanic Heritage Month
- Incredible new moon images show Artemis 3 landing sites near the lunar south pole (photos)
- NASA astronaut assigned to International Space Station mission with Russia, Belarus
- See distant Neptune at its brightest in the night sky tonight
- What if NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid-sample capsule crashes to Earth this weekend?
- How much of asteroid Bennu is NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe delivering to Earth this weekend?
- Rocket Lab suffers anomaly during launch, Earth-observation satellite lost
- September 18
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- Heart of the 'Squid Galaxy' reveals how supermassive black holes dictate galactic chemistry
- Very Large Telescope surprisingly finds exoplanet lurking in 3-body star system
- R2-D2 and Chopper return in 'Star Wars: Dark Droids: D-Squad #1'
- Mars Society proposes institute to develop tech needed for Red Planet settlement
- NASA seeks citizen scientists to capture April 2024 total solar eclipse
- New drug shows potential to aid astronauts during future missions to moon and Mars
- Venezuela may put an astronaut on a Chinese moon mission
- 'Star Wars' fan favorite Lando Calrissian is getting his own movie on Disney+
- Watch Rocket Lab launch radar Earth-observation satellite early Sept. 19
- NASA's new greenhouse gas detector will help track down 'super-emitters' from space
- 'A Million Miles Away' director and astronaut José Hernández reveal cameo in new film from Amazon
- Massive eruption on sun hurls coronal mass ejection toward Earth, auroras likely Sept. 19 (video)
- SpaceX inks 14-launch deal to loft Telesat's 'Lightspeed' internet constellation
- How asteroid Bennu caught NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft by surprise and nearly killed it along the way
- Powerful observatories reveal 5 breathtaking corners of the universe hidden to human eyes (images)
- The loss of dark skies is so painful, astronomers coined a new term for it
- A squishy robot built for Mars is helping 1st responders on Earth in rescue operations
- September 17
- September 16
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- Are we about to see a rare green comet light up the sky? An expert explains what to expect from Comet Nishimura
- NASA confirms summer 2023 was Earth's hottest on record
- SpaceX Starship engine passes key test for Artemis 3 moon-landing mission (video)
- Germany signs on to NASA's Artemis Accords for moon exploration
- Kennedy Space Center post office closing after 58 years of postmarks
- Stunning image of Andromeda galaxy takes top astronomy photography prize of 2023 (gallery)
- September 15
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- Satellites watch as Hurricane Lee swirls towards Canada (video)
- High-energy electrons in Earth's magnetic tail may form water on the moon
- Distant Neptune and Uranus make for excellent night sky sights this week. Here's how to see them
- Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying 3 spaceflyers arrives at ISS (video)
- NASA appoints new head of UFO research
- New record! Firefly Aerospace launches Space Force mission 27 hours after receiving order
- James Webb Space Telescope could detect life on Earth from across the galaxy, new study suggests
- Russian rocket launches 3 spaceflyers for up to yearlong stay on ISS (video)
- Hubble telescope spots glowing galactic disk floating in deep space (photo)
- NASA's Juno mission captures stunning view of Jupiter with its volcanic moon, Io (photo)
- Watch the inspiring true story of NASA astronaut José Hernández in 'A Million Miles Away' on Amazon Prime (video)
- Perseverance rover spies 'avocado' rock on Mars (photo)
- Satellites reveal how deadly Morocco earthquake moved ground (photos)
- Why is Neptune's moon Triton so weird?
- Alien mummies in Mexico? NASA's UFO study team says don't bet on it
- Watch NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and 2 cosmonauts launch to the ISS on a Russian rocket today
- September 14
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- SpaceX could get license for 2nd Starship launch in October, FAA says
- Stunning James Webb Space Telescope image shows young star blasting supersonic jets
- Our universe holds more 'spectacular' polar ring galaxies than once thought, scientists say
- Space is 'more contested' than ever by world's militaries, US Space Force chief says
- SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites after 1-day delay (video)
- Hubble Space Telescope discovers 11-billion-year-old galaxy hidden in a quasar's glare
- A 'Planet Nine' far from Earth could explain the odd behavior of icy bodies beyond Neptune
- Humanity's current space behavior 'unsustainable,' European Space Agency report warns
- Virgin Galactic to launch next space tourist mission on Oct. 5
- Watch China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts clean the Tiangong space station (video)
- NASA UFO report finds no evidence of 'extraterrestrial origin' for UAP sightings
- The other astronauts in 'A Million Miles Away' react to the new film and its focus
- This was the hottest summer ever recorded on Earth
- Luna-25 failure won't be end of Russia's moon program, Putin says
- Astronomers weigh ancient galaxies' dark matter haloes for 1st time
- September's new moon points the way to Mars, Jupiter and more
- 'Lightning' on Venus is actually meteors burning up in planet's atmosphere, study says
- September 13
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- 'It's been an incredible challenge:' NASA astronaut tells all on setting new record for longest US spaceflight (video)
- Scientists may finally know why the sun's outer atmosphere is so freakishly hot
- James Webb Space Telescope watches seasons change on Saturn (video)
- Einstein cross! Gravitationally lensed 'flower' spotted in deep space (photo)
- Vladimir Putin meets North Korea's Kim Jong-un at Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome spaceport for 5-hour summit
- 'I am horrified': Archaeologists are fuming over ancient human relative remains sent to edge of space
- Devastation wrought by Medicane Daniel revealed in satellite photos
- Axiom Space names Ax-3 astronaut crew for SpaceX mission to ISS
- China sends record-setting Tianzhou 5 cargo spacecraft to fiery death (video)
- Russia rolls Soyuz rocket to the pad ahead of Sept. 15 astronaut launch to ISS (photos)
- 'For All Mankind' needs recruits for Mars in 4th season on Apple TV+ (video)
- NASA's Lucy asteroid-hopping probe captures 1st snapshot of space rock 'Dinky' (photo)
- A big telescope on the moon could peer deeper into the universe than James Webb
- 'Ahsoka' season 1 episode 5 review: The trip down memory lane fans were waiting for
- James Webb Space Telescope deepens major debate over universe's expansion rate
- NASA's UFO study team to announce results Sept. 14. Here's how to watch live.
- Asteroid Apophis will visit Earth in 2029. Why do scientists want NASA to send a probe there first?
- SpaceX completes required 'corrective actions' ahead of 2nd Starship flight, Elon Musk says
- September 12
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- UAE's 1st long-duration astronaut says a moon mission is within reach
- NASA astronaut Frank Rubio surprised by his accidental record in space (video)
- Neil deGrasse Tyson takes a 'candid look' at the history of spaceflight in new StarTalk book (exclusive)
- Not a fake, JFK 'choose the moon' lectern restored to public display
- Satellites watch rare, destructive Mediterranean hurricane Daniel swirl above the Sahara (photos)
- How does Earth's relationship with the sun affect our planet's climate?
- 'The Six' author Loren Grush: 1st female astronauts set example for picking woman to land on moon
- NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara ready for Soyuz launch to relieve delayed crew in space
- 'Space: 1999' documentary focusing on the iconic Eagle spacecraft launches campaign on Kickstarter
- New survey outlines what NASA must do over the next 10 years to help astronauts thrive beyond Earth
- See Comet Nishimura at its closest point to Earth this week. It won't visit again for 435 years.
- Astronomers may have discovered the closest black holes to Earth
- OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe heads toward Earth for Sept. 24 sample delivery
- Virgin Galactic just launched 2 million-year-old fossils of human ancestors to space on tourist flight
- India, NASA to cooperate on human spaceflight and planetary defense
- 1 year after launch failure, Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket remains grounded
- September 11
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- SpaceX launches 21 new Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket
- Boeing to test DARPA's upcoming 'Glide Breaker' hypersonic interceptor
- India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander shines in radar images from lunar orbit (photos)
- Kombucha on Mars? It could be key for astronauts' survival off Earth
- Electronics on world's largest radio telescope are more radio-quiet than a smartphone on the moon
- China launches Yaogan 40 spy satellite on Long March 6A rocket (video)
- Exoplanet's surface may be covered in oceans, James Webb Space Telescope finds
- Get a sneak peek at Hulu alien-invasion flick 'No One Will Save You' (video)
- China wants ideas to name spaceship and lander for astronauts on the moon
- 'Star Trek's' Celia Rose Gooding reveals how she channels Lt. Uhura interview excerpt (exclusive)
- OSIRIS-REx's Dante Lauretta shares final preparations for Sept. 24 asteroid-sample return
- 'Artificial star' helps test satellite navigation systems (photo)
- Hitchhiking microbes on ISS cargo ships can make astronauts sick. Scientists have a solution
- Japan's SLIM moon lander is carrying this transforming ball robot (it's not BB-8)
- Astronaut Frank Rubio breaks US record on way to spending a year in space
- Mysterious moonquake traced to Apollo 17 lunar lander base
- September 10
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- Experience the Overview Effect with the Felix & Paul VR trilogy 'Space Explorers: Blue Marble'
- Globular cluster glitters in stunning new Hubble telescope photo
- Astronaut wields new space camera to see lightning strikes on Earth
- India's Chandrayaan-3 robotic moon explorers don't have heaters. Can they survive the frigid lunar night?
- September 9
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- The US Space Force has a new mission statement to secure everything 'in, from and to space'
- NASA may have unknowingly found and killed alien life on Mars 50 years ago, scientist claims
- India's lunar lander finds 1st evidence of a moonquake in decades
- Hurricane Lee looks absolutely terrifying in this footage from inside its eye (video)
- September 8
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- Ultra-powerful space explosion, 1st of its kind, may have been triggered by black hole star-destroyer
- NASA's mighty SLS megarocket for Artemis moonshots 'unaffordable' for sustained exploration, audit finds
- Watch Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket fire up its engine for the 1st time (video)
- SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites in nighttime liftoff (video)
- How NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory will search exoplanets for signs of alien life
- Venus is now a beacon in the early morning sky. Here's how to see it
- FAA closes investigation of SpaceX's Starship rocket launch mishap, 63 fixes needed
- New 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan' book goes behind the scenes of a true sci-fi classic (exclusive)
- Virgin Galactic launches 3 of its original space tourist customers to the final frontier (video)
- Why Artemis 2 moon launch with astronauts is different from Artemis 1
- How helicopters on Mars could find hidden magnetism in planet's crust
- Astronauts just 3D-printed knee cartilage in space for the 1st time and it's as weird as it sounds
- NASA's Perseverance Mars rover wraps up MOXIE oxygen-making experiment
- SpaceX's Starship rocket spotted from space ahead of key test flight (satellite photo)
- Warp into Star Trek Day 2023 today with new animated 'very Short Treks'
- September 7
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- Virgin Galactic will launch some of its 1st space tourist customers on 'Galactic 03' today. But who's flying?
- Atlas V rocket rolled to pad for 2nd time for 'Silent Barker' spysat launch (photos)
- Newfound Comet Nishimura got its tail blown off by a solar storm. It grew back and still looks gorgeous (photos)
- India's Aditya-L1 solar probe takes an epic selfie with Earth and moon (photos, video)
- Powerful Hurricane Jova spotted from space (video)
- China launches classified Yaogan remote sensing satellites (video)
- Newly discovered asteroid zooms within 2,500 miles of Earth
- See the Great Square of Pegasus trot through the night sky this month
- This black hole is devouring a dying star — but it only feasts once a month
- US military scrubs hypersonic missile test launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
- Japanese brand Cosmology to provide skincare for astronauts aboard the ISS
- Dark matter 'clumps' found by tapping into Einstein's general relativity theory
- Enormous fireball meteor turns the sky over Turkey green in eerie viral video
- US test launches unarmed ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base
- Watch NASA's VIPER moon rover practice leaving its lunar lander (video)
- Japan launches SLIM moon lander, XRISM X-ray telescope on space doubleheader (video)
- September 6
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- Tropical Storm Lee could become an 'extremely dangerous major hurricane' by this weekend
- NASA's Ingenuity helicopter soars past 100 minutes of total Mars flight time
- Bubble of galaxies spanning 1 billion light-years could be a fossil of the Big Bang
- SpaceX launch of NASA's Psyche mission to bizarre metal asteroid just 1 month away
- Hubble Space Telescope sees lonely galaxy looming in isolation (photo)
- 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' drops a wild new Season 4 trailer and official poster (video)
- See the sun's atmosphere like never before thanks to a simple Solar Orbiter camera hack (video)
- Here's our last look at Europe's Aeolus satellite falling to its fiery death (photo)
- Orbiting debris trackers could be a game changer in space junk monitoring
- Could an 'Earth-like' planet be hiding in our solar system's outer reaches?
- Caroline Herschel was England's first female professional astronomer, but still lacks name recognition two centuries later
- Earliest magnetic galaxy ever detected offers clues about Milky Way history
- 'Ahsoka' season 1 episode 4 review: Fateful encounters and a return
- Eerie, ultra-detailed photo of a lightning 'sprite' exposes one of nature's least understood phenomena
- Space junk in Earth orbit and on the moon will increase with future missions − but nobody's in charge of cleaning it up
- See the half-lit last quarter moon ride the Bull tonight
- SpaceX stacks giant Starship rocket ahead of 2nd test flight (video, photos)
- Sleeping on the ISS isn't easy. This lamp for astronauts could help
- September 5
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- Australia launching moon rover on NASA Artemis mission as soon as 2026
- 'Twisty' new theory of gravity says information can escape black holes after all
- Black holes keep 'burping up' stars they destroyed years earlier, and astronomers don't know why
- Star blows giant exoplanet's atmosphere away, leaving massive tail in its wake
- Is 'Starfield' a far-flung fantasy or a glimpse of mankind's space-bound future?
- Supermassive black hole accretion disk seen 'on the edge' for 1st time
- Sex between space tourists will happen eventually. But are we ready for babies conceived off Earth?
- Tiny satellites use AI to sniff for methane leaks on the ground (photos)
- India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander spotted from lunar orbit (photo)
- Weirdly wobbly jets may be evidence of elusive supermassive black hole pairings
- 'Star Trek: Picard's Academy' comic shows how a young Jean-Luc got schooled
- Perseverance Mars rover spots 'shark fin' and 'crab claw' rocks on Red Planet (photo)
- 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite could reveal how Earth formed different layers
- Photographer captures rare 'gigantic jets' of upside-down lightning blasting out of Atlantic hurricane
- Europe hopes to announce Ariane 6 debut flight date by the end of October
- Europe assembles Hera spacecraft to eye aftermath of DART asteroid crash (video, photos)
- The ozone hole above Antarctica opened early this year. Huge Tonga undersea volcano eruption may be to blame
- September 4
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- Marvel's 'Predator vs. Wolverine #1' claws its way through 8 awesome variant covers
- Astronauts on ISS can face muscle loss in microgravity — a new ESA experiment may help
- Chandrayaan-3 rover and lander in sleep mode but might wake up later this month
- 'NightWatch' stargazing guide scores a brand-new updated edition for 2023
- Star Trek Day 2023: How to celebrate Trek's 1966 'Original Series' today with warptastic specials
- Hundreds of supernova remnants remain hidden in our galaxy. These astronomers want to find them
- Galaxy shapes can help identify wrinkles in space caused by the Big Bang
- NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission almost bit the dust — then Queen guitarist Brian May stepped in
- The European Space Agency has a transparency problem — but it's completely legal
- See the moon meet up with Jupiter in the night sky tonight
- SpaceX's Crew-6 astronauts splash down after 6-month stay on ISS
- September 3
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- India's Chandrayaan-3 landed on the south pole of the moon − a space policy expert explains what this means for India and the global race to the moon
- Did 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'' second season overdo the gimmicks?
- Taking out the trash: Here's how private companies could be vital for space debris removal
- SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on record-breaking 62nd mission of the year
- Boom's supersonic jet moves toward debut flight (photos)
- September 2
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- SpaceX Dragon with Crew-6 astronauts undocks from space station. Here's how to watch its landing live tonight.
- NASA's Ingenuity helicopter flies on Mars for the 56th time
- India tests parachutes for Gaganyaan crew capsule using a rocket sled (video)
- India launches Aditya-L1 solar observatory, its 1st-ever sun probe
- September 1
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- Crucial test of Europe's long-delayed Ariane 6 rocket delayed
- Atomic clocks on Earth could reveal secrets about dark matter across the universe
- 'Invasion' Season 2 will feature alien hunter-killers and an homage to 'The Abyss' water tentacle (exclusive)
- Amazing satellite video shows China's space station come together in Earth orbit (video)
- SpaceX, NASA delay Crew-6 Dragon astronauts' return to Earth due to bad weather
- SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts say goodbye from ISS and prepare for return to Earth
- Watch Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover adorably avoid a lunar crater (video)
- You can watch India's Aditya-L1 solar probe launch live on Sept. 2. Here's what it will do.
- Star-studded stellar nursery shines in new Hubble Telescope photo
