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Boeing Starliner Landing: What You Need to Know

Boeing Starliner Landing: What You Need to Know

Trump Authorizes a Space Command. Next, He Wants a Space Force.

Trump Authorizes a Space Command. Next, He Wants a Space Force.

From Dubai to Mars, With Stops in Colorado and Japan

From Dubai to Mars, With Stops in Colorado and Japan

SpaceX Prepares to Destroy Rocket for NASA in Safety Test

SpaceX Prepares to Destroy Rocket for NASA in Safety Test

James Beggs, 94, Is Dead; NASA Chief Championed Space Shuttle

James Beggs, 94, Is Dead; NASA Chief Championed Space Shuttle

Should That Minor Planet Be Named Gonggong? Astronomers Want the Public’s Help

Should That Minor Planet Be Named Gonggong? Astronomers Want the Public’s Help

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Jeff Bezos’ Shot at the Moon? Blue Origin to Announce Vision for Space

Jeff Bezos’ Shot at the Moon? Blue Origin to Announce Vision for Space

May 9, 2019

It Blasted an Asteroid. Now This Japanese Spacecraft Will Inspect Its Work.

It Blasted an Asteroid. Now This Japanese Spacecraft Will Inspect Its Work.

July 10, 2019

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September 28, 2019
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There’s Water and Ice on the Moon, and in More Places Than NASA Once Thought

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There’s Water and Ice on the Moon, and in More Places Than NASA Once Thought

Future astronauts headed to the moon may have an easier time finding and digging up frozen water than had ...

Future astronauts headed to the moon may have an easier time finding and digging up frozen water than had been thought.Scientists reported on Monday that in addition to big, frigid, deep, potentially ...

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When to Watch NASA’s OSIRIS-REX Mission to Bennu Asteroid

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When to Watch NASA’s OSIRIS-REX Mission to Bennu Asteroid

On Tuesday, a NASA spacecraft, OSIRIS-REX, will attempt to briefly touch an asteroid, Bennu, and suck up ...

On Tuesday, a NASA spacecraft, OSIRIS-REX, will attempt to briefly touch an asteroid, Bennu, and suck up some rocks and dirt. If it succeeds, it will bring those materials back to Earth for closer stu ...

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Orionids Meteor Shower 2020: Watch It Peak in Night Skies

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Orionids Meteor Shower 2020: Watch It Peak in Night Skies

All year long as Earth revolves around the sun, it passes through streams of cosmic debris. The resulting ...

All year long as Earth revolves around the sun, it passes through streams of cosmic debris. The resulting meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you might be ab ...

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A Black Hole’s Lunch: Stellar Spaghetti

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A Black Hole’s Lunch: Stellar Spaghetti

Astronomers call it “spaghettification,” and it’s not a pretty idea: It’s what happens when you venture t ...

Astronomers call it “spaghettification,” and it’s not a pretty idea: It’s what happens when you venture too close to a black hole and fall in. Tidal forces stretch you and break you like a noodle, the ...

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Stuart Bowyer, Astronomer Who Lent His Ear to the Cosmos, Dies at 86

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Stuart Bowyer, Astronomer Who Lent His Ear to the Cosmos, Dies at 86

This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about othe ...

This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here.Only the hottest stars shine with the searing but invisible blue-beyond-blue light call ...

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How a 2nd-Grade Class Sent a Science Experiment to Space

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How a 2nd-Grade Class Sent a Science Experiment to Space

Back in 2015, students in Maggie Samudio’s second-grade class at Cumberland Elementary School in West Laf ...

Back in 2015, students in Maggie Samudio’s second-grade class at Cumberland Elementary School in West Lafayette, Ind., were contemplating an offbeat science question: If a firefly went to space, would ...

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Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work on Black Holes

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Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work on Black Holes

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez on Tuesd ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez on Tuesday for their discoveries that have bettered understanding of the universe, including work on bl ...

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The Search for Life on Venus Could Start With Rocket Lab

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The Search for Life on Venus Could Start With Rocket Lab

Elon Musk wants to settle humans on Mars with his rocket company SpaceX. Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, wa ...

Elon Musk wants to settle humans on Mars with his rocket company SpaceX. Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, wants a trillion people living in space. But the chief executive of one private space company is ...

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Mount Wilson Observatory, Icon of Cosmology, ‘Declared Safe’ From Fires

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Mount Wilson Observatory, Icon of Cosmology, ‘Declared Safe’ From Fires

Mount Wilson Observatory, where astronomers a century ago first described the expansion of the universe, ...

Mount Wilson Observatory, where astronomers a century ago first described the expansion of the universe, appears to have survived a close call with the Bobcat fire, which has been ravaging the San Gab ...

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On Venus, Cloudy With a Chance of Microbial Life

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On Venus, Cloudy With a Chance of Microbial Life

In recent years the discovery of extremophiles, bacteria that live in nuclear reactors, hot ocean vents a ...

In recent years the discovery of extremophiles, bacteria that live in nuclear reactors, hot ocean vents and other unlikely places, and of exoplanets has spurred new work and ideas about habitable plan ...

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