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- August 31
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- SpaceX launches back-to-back Falcon 9 rockets within 65 minutes and aces 2 landings days after a failed booster touchdown (video)
- Rocket Lab's Mars probes reach launch site ahead of 1st flight on Blue Origin New Glenn rocket (photos)
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 126 — Danger! Rogue Planets!
- Roll out with Optimus Prime in new 'Transformers One' trailer (video)
- Who is Rook, the Renaissance station's robot science officer in 'Alien: Romulus?'
- NASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in space
- August 30
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- SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket can return to flight, FAA says
- No, NASA's DART asteroid impact probably won't spark meteor showers on Earth — but maybe on Mars
- 'Deadpool & Wolverine' has a sneaky Canadarm robot arm cameo at the end of time — but blink and you'll miss it
- 'Slingshot' is a surreal sci-fi head trip that questions its own reality (review)
- Former U.S. Navy Seal Jonny Kim will be 1st Korean-American astronaut on ISS in March 2025
- What were the Bell Riots in the greatest 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' time travel episode?
- The best 50s sci-fi movies
- NASA gives Intuitive Machines $117 million for 2027 mission to moon's south pole
- NASA's Perseverance rover begins ambitious ascent up a Mars crater rim
- NASA cuts 2 astronauts from SpaceX Crew-9 mission to make room for Boeing Starliner crew
- Boeing Starliner astronauts will spend at least 240 days stuck in space — is that a new record?
- 'Doomed' comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS survives brush with sun — may be visible to naked eye this fall
- Early galaxies weren't mystifyingly massive after all, James Webb Space Telescope finds
- How AI is revealing the universe's original 'settings'
- Aurora season is here: What to expect from the northern lights in 2024/25
- Boeing's 1st crewed Starliner to return to Earth without astronauts on Sept. 6
- August 29
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- New record: Blue Origin launches youngest woman beyond Kármán line
- Private astronauts of Polaris Dawn mission patiently await SpaceX launch amid multiple delays
- Netflix's 'Terminator Zero' restores faith in an ailing sci-fi franchise (review)
- SETI searches for alien life in over 1,000 galaxies using unexplored radio frequencies
- NASA Inspector General issues harsh report on delayed SLS mobile launcher project
- Archaeologists find huge, 2,500-year-old Egyptian astronomy observatory
- Satellite watches as hazardous wildfire particles drift into the air
- Trump says he'd create a Space National Guard if elected
- Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket to debut Oct. 13 with NASA Mars launch
- Space tourism: What are the pros and cons?
- 'One of the cleanest flights I've seen.' Blue Origin launches 6 people to space, lands safely on NS-26 flight (video)
- August 28
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- Astronaut John McFall carries Paralympic flag at opening ceremony Aug. 28
- The FAA is investigating SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket landing failure, launch delays possible
- Mock shuttle Pathfinder restored atop its stack at Alabama rocket center (photos)
- Japan declares its SLIM moon lander dead at last
- SpaceX rocket catches fire, falls over while landing at sea after record-breaking Starlink launch (video)
- Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aces 2nd test flight (photos)
- 'Alien: Romulus' has the same problem as 'Prometheus' and 'Alien: Covenant' — and it's bad news for the franchise
- What time is Blue Origin's private NS-26 astronaut launch on Aug. 29 (and how to watch live)
- Auroral substorm sparks stunning northern lights visible at mid-latitudes (photos)
- Astronomers discover new 'odd radio circle' near the center of our galaxy
- Watch Chinese astronauts conduct medical tests and grow plants in orbit (video)
- Astronaut John McFall explains how the Paralympic Games shaped his space career (exclusive)
- SpaceX delays Polaris Dawn astronaut launch until at least Aug. 30 due to bad weather
- August 27
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- Scientists find surprising clue about Venus' past in its atmosphere
- 'Star Wars Outlaws' enters our galaxy this week! Watch the new launch trailer (video)
- NASA's DART asteroid crash really messed up its space rock target
- Salsa's last dance: This European satellite will fall from space soon in a spicy reentry
- We finally know why Astrobotic's private Peregrine moon lander failed
- James Webb Space Telescope finds 6 wandering 'rogue' planets that formed just like stars
- The Local Bubble: How our solar system got caught up in a cosmic crime scene
- How 2 fatal shuttle disasters weighed on NASA's decision to bring Boeing Starliner astronauts home on SpaceX Dragon
- 'Terminator Zero' embraces the horror of time-traveling killer robots in new Netflix series
- New Hubble Telescope image captures peculiar ring-shaped galaxy
- India to launch Gaganyaan crew capsule test flight by end of 2024
- SpaceX delays Polaris Dawn astronaut launch to Aug. 28 due to helium leak
- August 26
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- SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts will conduct high-flying research in Earth orbit
- Blue Origin's next space tourism flight will launch on Aug. 29
- Mattel rolling out Matchbox toy of SpaceX's Tesla astronaut transport
- SpaceX fires up Falcon 9 rocket ahead of Polaris Dawn astronaut launch (photos)
- Europe's JUICE probe snaps hi-res pics of Earth and the moon on its way to Jupiter (photos)
- Get a sneak peek at the new video game anthology series 'Secret Level' (trailer)
- Ancient grains of dust from space can be found on Earth − and provide clues about the life cycle of stars
- SpaceX to launch private Polaris Dawn spacewalk mission overnight on farthest human spaceflight since Apollo
- 'Fireflies' help NASA map radiation around Jupiter and its moons
- How can we protect humans on Mars from dangerous solar storm radiation?
- What time does SpaceX's Polaris Dawn private spacewalk mission launch?
- Rare Milky Way star cluster is packed with red supergiants 1 million times brighter than the sun
- August 25
- August 24
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- Boeing Starliner astronauts will return home on a SpaceX Dragon in 2025, NASA confirms
- Quantum data beamed alongside 'classical data' in the same fiber-optic connection for the 1st time
- SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn mission will set altitude record for female astronauts
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 125 — Back to Space School 2024
- What happens when your warp drive fails? Scientists have the answer
- August 23
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- Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns – but their growth has slowed as the universe aged
- Japanese company to deorbit big hunk of space junk by 2029
- StarFOX autonomous satellite tech could level up space exploration
- 3 decades of satellite images show how cities keep getting higher
- What is the 'Offspring' creature in the 'Alien: Romulus' finale?
- 200 meteorites on Earth traced to 5 craters on Mars
- Why the 7 worlds of TRAPPIST-1 waltz in peculiar patterns
- NASA will give a Boeing Starliner update on Aug. 24 and you can watch live
- Get a sneak peek at upcoming 'Avatar Land' in Disney's California Adventure Park
- The Cassiopeia constellation is surrounded by celestial treasures. Here's how to see them
- How will the stuck Boeing Starliner astronauts perceive time after 6 months in space?
- SpaceX launching private Polaris Dawn astronaut mission Sept. 10: How to watch live online
- August 22
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- Save $120 on the Celestron SkyMaster 25x100 binoculars
- Will our galaxy really collide with Andromeda? Maybe not
- SpaceX stacks 2nd Starship launch tower in Texas (photos)
- Save 20% on the Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon
- The sun hides its age with magnetic activity
- The moon was once covered by an ocean of molten rock, data from India's space mission suggests
- SpaceX delays launch of Polaris Dawn private spacewalk mission to Aug. 27
- Watch Leela and Amy tour a robot winery in new 'Futurama' Season 12 clip (video)
- How SpaceX modified a Dragon crew capsule for Polaris Dawn's historic private spacewalk
- 'Earth Defense Force 6' unleashes retro alien invasion chaos
- Gravitational waves hint at a 'supercool' secret about the Big Bang
- How NASA's Curiosity rover changed Mars landings forever (photos)
- August 21
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- SpaceX shows off Dragon capsules for Polaris Dawn, Crew-9 astronaut missions (photos)
- What happens if you throw a star at a black hole? Things get messy (video)
- Scientists collect high-resolution images of the North Star's surface for 1st time
- 'Apollo 13: Survival' documentary has 'go' for Sep. 5 launch on Netflix
- Jupiter-bound JUICE probe slingshots by Earth on way to Venus (photos)
- Take a mind-bending trip to Titan in exclusive 'Slingshot' featurette (video)
- Polaris Dawn mission: Meet the crew taking 1st commercial spacewalk
- Space mining startup AstroForge aims to launch historic asteroid-landing mission in 2025
- Earth's days once got 2 hours longer — and that may have triggered one of the biggest evolutionary explosions in history, study suggests
- Astrophotographer captures Saturn vanishing behind the moon in mesmerizing photo
- Giant exoplanet the size of 2 Jupiters has a hidden companion disturbing its orbit
- Perseverance rover's Mars samples must be brought back to Earth, scientists stress
- How do supermassive black holes 'starve' their galaxies to halt star formation?
- August 20
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- SpaceX Polaris Dawn private spacewalk mission: Live updates
- 'Star Wars: The Acolyte' canceled after just 1 season
- Some rocky exoplanets could have huge amounts of water in their molten cores
- Orange you glad there's fruit in space? These astronauts sure are (video)
- Europe's 1st commercial rocket by RFA explodes on test stand at Scotland spaceport
- Get $240 off the Celestron NexStar 8SE computerized telescope
- SpaceX launches 22 Starlink internet satellites into orbit, lands brand-new rocket (video)
- Have astronomers found the 'secret recipe' for rapid planet growth?
- Photographer captures rare double 'moonbow' ahead of Supermoon Blue Moon. 'It was a wonderful sight to behold!'
- Are we alone? Intelligent aliens may be rare, new study suggests
- Satellites capture Hurricane Ernesto racing across the Atlantic (images)
- Perseverance Mars rover begins 820-foot climb up 'Witch Hazel Hill'
- Mental health in space: ISS experiments help keep astronauts happy off Earth
- Supermoon Blue Moon 2024: Top photos from around the world
- Microsoft co-founder's space art, artifacts to be sold by Christie's
- Watch Saturn disappear behind the moon in free livestream Aug. 20
- What happens to the wreckage created when extreme dead stars clash?
- Europe's JUICE Jupiter probe zooms by the moon in historic flyby (photos)
- August 19
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- Billionaire's Polaris Dawn crew arrives at SpaceX launch site for 1st-ever private spacewalk flight (photos, video)
- Telescopes capture Jupiter-bound JUICE probe during historic Earth-moon flyby (photos)
- What is Weyland-Yutani? The 'Alien' universe megacorporation explained
- Watch Chinese researchers test out new Mars and moon rover tech (video)
- Mars rock samples show signs of water in Jezero Crater — could life have once existed there?
- With space agencies racing to the moon, scientists are making a lunar 'time zone'
- 'Once-in-a-lifetime' photo: Perseid meteors, northern lights and rare glowing arc shine over 11th-century castle
- Doritos new safe-for-outer-space chips set for blast off: Here's how to get your own
- Scottish rocks could hold clues about Earth's past as a snowball
- Help scientists find new black holes with this free smartphone app
- How satellites could protect archaeology sites vulnerable to climate change
- Watch the Supermoon Blue Moon rise today with this free livestream
- August 18
- August 17
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- Perseid meteor shower rains 'shooting stars' over Stonehenge in glorious astrophotography image
- Robotic Russian Progress 89 cargo ship docks at ISS with tons of fresh supplies (video)
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 124 — Space For Everyone
- 'Star Trek: Prodigy' is the 'Voyager' spin-off you never knew you wanted — and we love it
- Why is a 'once-in-a-decade' Supermoon Blue Moon happening twice in 2 years?
- August 16
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- 'Alien: Romulus' is a visceral return to form for a venerable sci-fi franchise (review)
- SpaceX launches 116 satellites on epic Transporter 11 rideshare mission, lands rocket (video)
- Angel City Brewery releases Weyland-Yutani's Aspen Beer from 1979's 'Alien'
- Astronomers find black hole's favorite snack: 'The star appears to be living to die another day'
- Dark Energy Camera's new galactic portrait delves into dark-matter central
- Astrophotographers capture rare Jupiter and Mars encounter (photos)
- Scientists drill longest-ever piece of Earth's mantle from underwater mountain near 'Lost City'
- How a quantum sensor on the ISS could revolutionize space exploration
- Here's what Boeing Starliner astronauts are doing on the ISS as NASA works on their ride home
- August 15
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- James Webb Space Telescope adds to the confusing drama of Hubble tension
- The sun might've just had a record-breaking number of visible sunspots
- Intense solar storm opens '2-way highway' for charged particles, sparking rare auroras on the sun
- The discovery of a new Earth-like planet could shed further light on what makes a planet habitable
- Save over $100 on these Vortex Crossfire HD binoculars
- The Supermoon Blue Moon rises today. Here's what to expect
- Is asteroid Psyche actually a planetary core? James Webb Space Telescope results cast doubt
- Petition calls for halt of megaconstellation launches for environmental review
- SpaceX launches 2 sharp-eyed Earth-imaging satellites to orbit Aug. 15 (video)
- Astronauts on ISS practice moon base cement-mixing tech in microgravity
- The Higgs particle could break physics throughout the universe. Here's why it hasn't.
- India launches Earth-observing satellite on 3rd mission of new rocket (video)
- August 14
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- Wildfires in Greece have burned land twice the size of Manhattan, satellite images reveal
- Darth Jar Jar? This 'Lego Star Wars: Rebuild The Galaxy' trailer imagines an odd, twisted universe (video)
- Will Boeing's Starliner astronauts ride a SpaceX Dragon home in 2025? NASA could decide next week
- SpaceX's Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president. Here's what it could mean for US space policy (op-ed)
- To decode mysteries of Mars, scientists are turning to machine learning
- SpaceX refutes reports that its Starship launch pad system polluted Texas waters
- July 2024 sets new records for global heat and climate disasters
- James Webb Space Telescope strikes again, delivers new shining galaxy image
- How do you measure wind on Mars? These scientists have a plan
- NASA may use lasers to livestream from the moon one day
- Colossal X-class solar flare erupts from 'rule-breaking' sunspot and Earth is in the firing line (video)
- Researchers want to build 'streetlights' on the moon — and they'd be taller than the Statue of Liberty
- Russia launches 89th Progress cargo spacecraft to ISS (video)
- SpaceX to launch 1st space-hardened Nvidia AI GPU on upcoming rideshare mission
- New ISS research project will benefit cancer patients on Earth
- Listen online: NASA provides update about troubled Boeing Starliner astronaut mission
- Get 40% off the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ telescope
- August 13
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- Weird, 'watermelon shape' asteroids like Dimorphos and Selam may finally have an explanation
- New ISS images showcase auroras, moon and space station in glorious photos (video)
- Watch a Perseid fireball light up the skies above Macedonia in this striking video
- Highly magnetic dead star launches mysterious blast of energy
- Roller coaster tech could help NASA’s Artemis moon astronauts in case of a launch emergency
- Ocean's worth of water may be buried within Mars — but can we get to it?
- Drugs can partially prevent muscle loss caused by microgravity, experimental study finds
- Airplane contrails are a tricky, and surprising, contributor to global warming
- 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew:' First adventurous trailer lands at Disney's D23 fan event
- Newly found star 30 times the size of the sun has an unexpected chemical composition
- Chinese company CAS Space takes steps toward 1st launch of reusable rocket
- Recent star death leaves behind highly magnetic stellar corpse
- Boeing needs to improve quality-control work on SLS moon rocket, NASA Inspector General finds
- Scientists hail scientific legacy of comet-chasing Rosetta probe on 10th anniversary
- August 12
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- SpaceX to launch 4 people on historic Fram2 mission over Earth's poles in late 2024
- Aurora alert: Geomagnetic storms from solar flares may supercharge northern lights across US, Canada
- Axiom Space's next astronaut mission to the ISS with SpaceX delayed to spring 2025
- NASA satellite data adds key pollutant to national environmental justice database
- Chinese astronauts celebrate Olympics on Tiangong space station (video)
- Everything we know about Blade Runner 2099: Release date, plot, cast & more
- Massive star's gory 'death by black hole' is the biggest and brightest event of its kind
- The Lego UCS Millennium Falcon is now Amazon's lowest price this year
- Marvel's Darth Vader and Princess Leia rule the galaxy as father and daughter
- Rare display of northern lights and Perseid meteor shower delights skywatchers worldwide (photos, video)
- New Mars terraforming idea: engineered, heat-absorbing dust nanoparticles
- See Mars and Jupiter form 'double planet' early Aug. 14
- Mars orbiter hears the siren song of a salty Red Planet 'mermaid'
- August 11
- August 10
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- Rocket Lab launches sharp-eyed private radar satellite to orbit (video)
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites a day after launch abort (video)
- SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 123 — The Mighty Perseids
- Which Autobots and Decepticons will we see in 'Transformers One?'
- Archaeology on the ISS? Scientists study how astronauts use and store stuff in space
- How can we build landing and launch pads on the moon?
- August 9
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- Starship is ready for its 5th test flight, SpaceX says (photos)
- 'Alien: Romulus' is just 1 week away. Watch 2 new terrifying clips to get ready (video)
- Watch an exclusive clip from Hulu's 'Solar Opposites' Season 5 (video)
- NASA shuts down NEOWISE asteroid hunter after almost 15 years in space
- Get a sneak peek at Virgin Galactic's new Delta class space plane (video)
- Sun unleashes X-class solar flare, blasts 3rd coronal mass ejection toward Earth in a week (video)
- Astrophotography under Kyrgyzstan's clear pristine skies, a stargazer's paradise
- Space Perspective unveils mothership boat for stratospheric balloon trips
- Watch how NASA's Artemis astronauts could escape their rocket in an emergency (photos, video)
- 'Galaxy Zoo' project needs your help classifying tens of thousands of galaxies
- How to tell the difference between meteor and satellite streaks in photos
- Will SpaceX carry Boeing Starliner crew home? Here’s how Dragon could do it
- August 8
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- Chinese rocket breaks apart after megaconstellation launch, creating cloud of space junk
- Big news! 'The Orville' is getting a 4th season, actor confirms
- Mars Express orbiter takes a deep dive into ancient Red Planet lake (images)
- These nearby star systems could be good targets in the search for alien life (video)
- Over 350 asteroids have hidden moons, Gaia space telescope finds
- Astronaut Jon McBride, early NASA space shuttle pilot, dies at 80
- Aurora alert: Possible geomagnetic storm could see northern lights alongside Perseid meteor shower this weekend
- 'World's oldest calendar' discovered carved into ancient monument
- How to watch the Perseid meteor shower live online tonight (Aug. 12)
- US Space Force will make history when SpaceX's Crew-9 mission launches in September
- Astronaut captures gorgeous green aurora shining behind Russian spacecraft docked at ISS (photo)
- Newborn moon may have had many mini-siblings in Earth orbit long ago
- August 7
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- James Webb Space Telescope finds a shock near supermassive black hole (image)
- SpaceX targeting Aug. 26 for historic Polaris Dawn astronaut mission
- Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Mission updates
- NASA considers sending Boeing Starliner astronauts home on SpaceX Dragon
- China launches 1st batch of satellites for planned 14,000-strong megaconstellation (video)
- Private space launches could double by 2028, FAA says
- Over 300 hidden planet-devouring stars within the Milky Way found by AI
- Bubble-blowing dead stars could create 'most violent phenomena in the universe'
- Group of ancient stars spotted near the sun could rewrite the Milky Way's history
- Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe finds fresh clues to decades-old mystery surrounding the sun
- Satellite imagery reveals hidden monastery at Buddhist holy site: report
- Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket generate sonic boom during landing (video)
- Life on the moon: Lockheed Martin shares exploration vision for 2044
- NASA moon probe plays laser tag with Japanese lunar lander
- August 6
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- Meet the crew for Axiom Space's Ax-4 mission to the ISS
- Stellar oddball: Nearby star rotates unlike any other
- SpaceX's Crew-9 astronaut launch delayed to Sept. 24 due to Boeing Starliner issues
- Planets of Milky Way's most common stars are less habitable than thought, dead NASA telescope reveals
- ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps' sounds like it's dripping in Space Race nostalgia
- Everything we know about Terminator Zero: Release date, plot, cast & more
- 1st 'hyperspectral' image of aurora borealis reveals true colors of northern lights
- How NOAA's Hurricane Hunter aircraft help satellites build a 'full picture of the storm'
- Earth's 'evil twin' Venus may have mirrored our planet more than expected
- 'Wonder material' found in lunar samples hints at moon's origins
- SpaceX's new direct-to-cell Starlink satellites are way brighter than the originals
- August 5
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- Private Cygnus freighter arrives at the ISS with 4 tons of supplies (video, photos)
- How satellite technology made it into 2024 Olympic swimsuits
- Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida as satellites watch from space (video)
- 10 new dead star 'monsters' discovered at the heart of the Milky Way
- The sun fires off 2 powerful X flares in less than 2 hours (video, photo)
- New 'Terminator Zero' trailer depicts Judgment Day's nuclear nightmare (video)
- Perseid meteor shower 2024 peaks this weekend. Here's how to see summer's best 'shooting stars'
- Pennies to heaven: NASA launches 2 cents to space station
- Everything we know about 'Transformers One'
- Astrophotographer captures stunning views of northern lights and STEVE during brief encounter (photos, video)
- The sun is a 'runaway world collector' that can trap passing rogue planets
- See brilliant Venus, exquisite Earthshine and the Perseid meteor shower peak this week
- China's secretive space plane caught on camera in orbit (photos)
- Was life on Earth sparked by cloud-to-ground lightning strikes?
- August 4
- August 3
- August 2
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- Canadarm2 was not designed to catch spacecraft at the ISS. Now it's about to grab its 50th
- The moon's thin atmosphere is made by constant meteorite bombardment
- Test your space debris catching skills in new game released by Astroscale
- Don't miss the 'unconventional' Supermoon Blue Moon tonight
- New 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' comic series coming this fall
- Venus may be able to support life, new atmospheric evidence suggests
- Artemis 2 exercise device soars in parabolic flight (photos, video)
- NASA reveals astronauts flying on SpaceX's Crew-10 mission to the ISS
- Aurora alert: Moderate geomagnetic storm could bring northern lights as far south as New York this weekend
- Possible signs of Mars life: Astrobiologist explains Perseverance rover's exciting find
- August 1
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- SpaceX to resume astronaut launches on Aug. 18 with Crew-9 mission to ISS
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)
- Never played the Borderlands games? Here's what you need to know ahead of the Borderlands movie
- Could galaxy cluster collisions be used as dark matter detectors?
- 'Cosmic dawn:' NASA's Roman Space Telescope will get baby pictures of our universe
- This mesmerizing NASA animation shows how carbon dioxide moves through Earth's atmosphere (video)
- If we want to settle on other planets, we’ll have to use genome editing to alter human DNA
- Saturn threw a comet out of the solar system at 6,700 mph. Here's how
- New Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle features 'most accurate details' in a Lego set
- After ISS: The private space station era is dawning
