On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: X-15 sets world altitude record
On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker flew an X-15 rocket plane higher than any pilot…
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Partial lunar eclipse August 2026: Where will it be visible from?
Here's where the 96% partial lunar eclipse will be visible from on Earth.
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What happens when a galaxy's supermassive black hole turns off? These dying radio galaxies could show us
Astronomers have discovered a hitherto unseen population of galaxies with fading radio lobes, revealing what happens to…
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Trump signs new national space policy to enable 1,000 US rocket launches per year
The United States is updating its approach to managing spaceflights and reentries, with the goal of expanding the…
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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' cast talks losing sleep, living up to their character's legacy, and learning to ride a horse for season 4 (interview)
"We lose so much sleep, we have crazy hours, we say crazy things, we even look crazy."
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Trump to award NASA's Artemis II astronauts the Congressional Space Medal of Honor
The NASA astronauts who flew around the moon on the Artemis II mission will receive the Congressional Space Medal of…
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Japan unveils Mars moon sample-return spacecraft ahead of Oct. 19 launch (photos)
Japan recently gave the world a look at the spacecraft of its MMX mission, which will launch on Oct. 19 to grab pieces…
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SpaceX fires up Starship ahead of megarocket’s 1st orbital flight (video)
SpaceX completed a single-engine test-firing of its next Starship spacecraft to prepare for its coming test flight,…
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'Dark stars' could be the seeds of supermassive black holes, scientists say
A mysterious hum of gravitational waves that fills the cosmos may be the echo of long-dead "dark stars" that served as…
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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea (video, photos)
SpaceX launched yet another Starlink mission today (Aug. 21), sending 29 more of the broadband satellites to orbit from…
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Ancient stars dazzle in a celestial chandelier | Space photo of the day for Aug. 21, 2026
Stars scattered across the cosmos sparkle in the appropriately named Chandelier Cluster.
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On this day in space! Aug. 21, 1914: Total solar eclipse expedition crashed by WWI
On Aug. 21, 1914, a total solar eclipse temporarily darkened skies across Europe and Asia.
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My favorite thing in the night sky appears on Aug. 28 — and it proves Earth is a sphere
We'll soon get a chance to see a giant curved shadow in space move slowly across the moon during a very deep partial…
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Could 'dark photons' explain dark matter?
New research suggests that if dark matter is composed of "dark photons," it would not have heated the early cosmos like…
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China's Chang'e 7 moon probe will launch this weekend on the most ambitious lunar mission in history
China aims to launch its Chang'e 7 moon mission on Aug. 24 to send a lander, a rover, a hopper and a wide range of…
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SpaceX will try for 1st Starship tower catch 'in a few months,' Elon Musk says
SpaceX will likely try to make the first-ever catch of its Starship upper stage a few months from now, according to…
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Microbes from Earth may survive on the moon, scientists find
"Even a bootprint or a rover's tread may create a habitable area."
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'Wet Hot American Summer': The raunchy 2000s comedy that was actually about a space station falling to Earth
Reminiscing about the summer camp Skylab disaster movie on its 25th anniversary.
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A weather satellite 22,000 miles above Earth saved my 2026 total solar eclipse cruise on the Mediterranean Sea
Joe Rao took to sea aboard the cruise ship Le Boréal to watch the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026. Here's what it…
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Ludicrous, nonsensical, an affront to canon — 'Strange New Worlds'' puppet episode is an instant classic
It could have been a disaster, but "Star Trek"'s collaboration with the Jim Henson Company is a hilarious masterpiece
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Mars Express orbiter captures detailed new video of the crater where Mark Watney was stranded in 'The Martian'
Europe's Mars Express orbiter has captured stunning telemetry to create a new flyover visualization of the Red Planet's…
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Try not to be hypnotized by the 'Eye of Africa' | Space photo of the day for Aug. 20, 2026
This geologic feature has been mesmerizing astronauts since 1965.
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On this day in space! Aug. 20, 1977: Voyager 2 launches to the outer planets
On this day in space! Aug. 20, 1977: NASA launched the Voyager 2 spacecraft on a mission to explore the outer planets.
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James Webb Space Telescope finds 'hidden stars' making the universe's 1st galaxies much bigger than we knew
James Webb Space Telescope is finding that between the brightest stars, the cosmic skyscrapers, there are much fainter…
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Partial lunar eclipse live: Latest news, viewing tips and live updates from Aug. 27-28 eclipse
Follow our live coverage as we count down to the deepest partial lunar eclipse until December 2028, with the latest…
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Partial lunar eclipse Aug. 27-28 live updates: 3 days to go, here's what you need to know
Follow our live coverage as we count down to the best lunar eclipse until December 2028, with the latest news, viewing…
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Partial lunar eclipse Aug. 27-28 live updates: 2 days to go, what time is the eclipse?
Follow our live coverage as we count down to the best lunar eclipse until December 2028, with the latest news, viewing…
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A 96% partial lunar eclipse is just 1 week away: Here's what you need to know
Earth's curved inner shadow will darken the moon's disk during the Aug. 27-28 partial lunar eclipse.
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Rocket Lab launches private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit (video)
Rocket Lab launched its ninth mission for the Japanese company iQPS this morning (Aug. 20), sending an…
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Scientists just found the fastest known star in the Milky Way. It zooms around our black hole at 15,500 miles per second
Astronomers have found the fastest known star in the Milky Way, a faint object racing around Sagittarius A*, the…
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Private mission to save NASA's Swift space telescope fails
A private spacecraft tasked with boosting the orbit of NASA's Swift Observatory has failed in its mission, meaning the…
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Scientists create 'laundry gun' for astronauts to clean their clothes by shooting out plasma
A pen-sized apparatus called a "laundry gun" could sterilize astronauts' clothes in space.
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'The Mandalorian and Grogu' finally blasts onto Disney+ next month
Will this underwhelming spinoff of "The Mandalorian" find new life in the streaming world?
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Dark matter could magnify the jets of a ravenously feeding supermassive black hole
A jet erupting from a distant supermassive black hole-powered blazar is being gravitationally lensed by an unseen clump…
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A SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon this month — and a NASA spacecraft has spotted its lunar grave (photos)
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the crater gouged out on the moon by a SpaceX rocket on Aug. 5, finding…
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Mysterious Russian 'space activity' causes US Air Force flight to Antarctica to turn around: report
A mysterious incident over the South Pacific forced a U.S. Air Force aircraft to turn around on Aug. 18, due to a…
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