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- May 16
- May 15
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- Huge, solar flare-launching sunspot has rotated away from Earth. But will it return?
- How do you forecast a solar storm? Space weather experts explain
- Cosmic butterfly or interstellar burger? This planet-forming disk is the largest ever seen
- To better predict volcanic eruptions, you have to dig deep — very deep
- Where did Earth's water come from? This ancient asteroid family may help us find out
- Wow! Satellite views International Space Station from only 43 miles away (photo)
- Cotton candy exoplanet is 2nd lightest planet ever found
- Learn how to become an astrobiologist in new issue of NASA's graphic novel series
- Milky Way's halo is filled with 'magnetic donuts' as wide as 100,000 light-years
- Earth-size planet discovered around cool red dwarf star shares its name with a biscuit
- Supernova-filled galaxy dazzles in new Hubble Telescope image
- NASA details plan to build a levitating robot train on the moon
- How NASA's Ingenuity helicopter opened the Mars skies to exploration
- Artemis 2 astronauts simulated a day in the life on their moon mission. Here's what they learned (exclusive)
- May 14
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- Satellite images of Rafah illustrate Palestinians fleeing the city
- Big decision! Curiosity rover keeps following possible Mars river remnant
- Blue Origin targeting May 19 for 1st crewed spaceflight since 2022
- Car-size asteroid gives Earth a close shave in near-miss flyby (video, photo)
- Sun unleashes massive X8.7 solar flare, biggest of current cycle, from super-active monster sunspot (video)
- Jupiter's mysterious moon Amalthea spied crossing the Great Red Spot (photo)
- New York Times best-selling author revisits 1986 space shuttle tragedy in 'Challenger' (interview)
- Helium leak delays Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch to May 21
- Giant 'rogue waves' of invisible matter might be disrupting the orbits of stars, new study hints
- The summer of 2023 was Earth's hottest in 2,000 years, scientists find
- SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on 50th mission of the year (video)
- New book 'Challenger: A True Story of Heroism & Disaster on the Edge of Space' out today
- How SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts will attempt the 1st-ever 'all-civilian' spacewalk
- This time, we take it from no one: Why opening the High Frontier of space can be different (op-ed)
- May 13
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- 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' reinvigorates an aging 'Apes' franchise (review)
- SpaceX Starship's next launch 'probably 3 to 5 weeks' away, Elon Musk says
- AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilizations
- Space Force aims to launch 1st 'Foo Fighter' satellites in 2027 to track hypersonic threats
- NASA appoints 1st AI chief to keep agency on 'the cutting edge'
- SpaceX Starlink satellites doing just fine after weekend solar storm, company says
- 'A Quiet Place: Day One' trailer reveals why Earth went silent after alien invasion (video)
- Lego rolls out details about Apollo lunar rover model coming in August
- New algorithm slashes time to run most sophisticated climate models by 10-fold
- The surface of this volcanic exoplanet is hotter than some stars
- Stunning image shows atoms transforming into quantum waves — just as Schrödinger predicted
- How a giant sunspot unleashed solar storms that spawned global auroras that just dazzled us all
- May 12
- May 11
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- The stormy sun erupts with its biggest solar flare yet from a massive sunspot — and it's still crackling (video)
- Houston, we have an encore: ISS virtual reality experience 'The Infinite' returns
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 110 — Voyager 1's Brush with Silence
- DARPA's autonomous 'Manta Ray' drone can glide through ocean depths undetected
- 'World's purest silicon' could lead to 1st million-qubit quantum computing chips
- Jaw-dropping northern lights from massive solar flares amaze skywatchers around the world. 'We have a very rare event on our hands.' (photos)
- NASA's Chandra spacecraft spots supermassive black hole erupting in the Milky Way's heart
- May 10
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- Watch monster flare-spewing sunspot grow to be 15 times wider than Earth (video)
- Cracking! Some binary black holes may roll around each other in egg-shaped orbits
- NASA's Roman Space Telescope will hunt for the universe's 1st stars — or their shredded corpses, anyway
- Our neighboring galaxy's supermassive black hole would probably be a polite dinner guest
- How to watch new 'Doctor Who': Stream Ncuti Gatwa episodes from anywhere
- 'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis will come to Earth in 2029 — and it could meet some tiny spacecraft
- Asteroid that exploded over Berlin was fastest-spinning space rock ever recorded
- FAA to conduct new environmental review for SpaceX's Starship operations in Florida
- Science and music festival Starmus VII is about to rock Bratislava with a stellar lineup
- Behemoth sunspot AR3664 unleashes its biggest solar flare yet, sparking radio blackouts on Earth (video)
- Netflix's asteroid-impact series 'Goodbye Earth' is an insufferably slow disaster saga (review)
- Scientists use XRISM spacecraft to predict fate of matter around monster supermassive black hole
- China's Chang'e 6 probe to the moon's far side has a big lunar mystery to solve
- May 9
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- 4 large incoming solar bursts could supercharge the auroras this weekend
- Sierra Space's 1st Dream Chaser space plane aces key tests. Next stop: Florida launch site.
- NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will hunt for tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang
- 'Star Wars: Tales of the Empire' review: A gorgeous but ultimately uneven set of stories
- James Webb Space Telescope chief scientist Jane Rigby receives highest US civilian award
- Gargantuan sunspot 15-Earths wide erupts with another colossal X-class solar flare (video)
- Historic space-baked cookie lands in the Smithsonian
- China launches 4 satellites on 1st flight of new Long March 6C rocket (video)
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 7 'Eirgah' is the best yet of this final season
- 'Major lunar standstill' may reveal if Stonehenge is aligned with the moon
- 'I don't see any evidence of aliens.' SpaceX's Elon Musk says Starlink satellites have never dodged UFOs
- White dwarfs are 'heavy metal' zombie stars endlessly cannibalizing their dead planetary systems
- SpaceX fires up Starship rocket for upcoming 5th test flight (photos, video)
- Blinded by the light: How bad are satellite megaconstellations for astronomy?
- May 8
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- Boeing's Starliner rolled off launch pad to replace 'buzzing' rocket valve (photo)
- A failed star and an ammonia trail could reveal how some giant exoplanets form
- World's largest visible light telescope spies a galaxy cluster warping spacetime
- SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from California (video)
- Star Wars makes Darth Jar Jar official in 'Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy' mini-series (video)
- NASA's TESS spacecraft resumes exoplanet hunt after recovering from glitch
- Axiom Space eyes the moon while continuing to dream big in Earth orbit
- This diamond exoplanet lost its atmosphere — then it grew another
- Solar eclipse 2024: Live updates
- China just sent a secret mini-rover to the far side of the moon on its Chang'e 6 sample-return probe
- Sun explodes in a flurry of powerful solar flares from hyperactive sunspots (video)
- China's Chang'e 6 mission to collect samples of the far side of the moon enters lunar orbit (video)
- Private lunar lander to carry 'memory disk' of 275 human languages to the moon in 2024
- SpaceX launches 23 satellites from Florida on 1st leg of Starlink doubleheader (video)
- Fall into a black hole in mind-bending NASA animation (video)
- 1st astronaut launch of Boeing's Starliner delayed to May 17 to replace 'buzzing' rocket valve
- May 7
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- Next-gen satellites will paint a clearer picture of a changing Earth
- Could alien life be hiding in the rings of Saturn or Jupiter?
- James Webb Space Telescope suggests supermassive black holes grew from heavy cosmic 'seeds'
- 'God's Hand' interstellar cloud reaches for the stars in new Dark Energy Camera image (video)
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates
- The Force is strong with new 'Star Wars: The Acolyte' trailer (video)
- See the sun's corona revealed in all its glory during 2024 total solar eclipse (photo)
- See this galaxy's bright center? It's home to a voracious supermassive black hole
- Black hole collision 'alerts' could notify astronomers within 30 seconds of detection
- New moon of May 2024 tonight welcomes the stars of summer
- Should we seal DNA samples of Earth's endangered species in a moon crater?
- 'Warp drives' may actually be possible someday, new study suggests
- 'Buzzing' rocket valve pushes 1st astronaut launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule to May 10
- Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates
- Boeing Starliner's historic 1st astronaut launch delayed by Atlas V rocket issue
- 'Sparkly' narwhal toy trades sea for space as Boeing Starliner zero-g indicator
- May 6
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- Watch 2 bus-size asteroids make close flybys of Earth this week (video)
- Spacecraft captures absolutely incredible video of plasma swirling on the sun
- Starliner's Mission Control team 'very excited' for capsule's 1st-ever astronaut launch (exclusive)
- SpaceX reveals new EVA suit for 1st private spacewalk on upcoming Polaris Dawn spaceflight (video)
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video)
- Boeing's Starliner launch will be the 1st astronaut flight on an Atlas V rocket. How did NASA and ULA get it ready for crews? (exclusive)
- Sun unleashes X-class solar flare, radio blackouts reported (video)
- The ISS may be more visible in the night sky throughout May. Here's how to see it
- 1st woman to command a US spacecraft Eileen Collins 'signs' patch to inspire girls
- Boeing Starliner brings astronaut launches back to Atlas rocket and Cape Canaveral
- How 'Earth's twin' Venus lost its water and became a hellish planet
- Euclid telescope: A scientist tells us of his quest to understand the nature of dark matter and dark energy
- Boeing's Starliner to join exclusive spacecraft club with 1st astronaut launch today
- 'Lost' satellite found after orbiting undetected for 25 years
- Boeing's Starliner is a 'big piece of America's overall strategy for access to low Earth orbit,' astronaut says
- Handle Mars with care: Guidelines needed for responsible Red Planet exploration, experts say
- May 5
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- NASA astronaut and director Ellen Ochoa awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Happy National Astronaut Day 2024! Holiday's founder talks importance of honoring America's spaceflyers (exclusive)
- After an 'emotional rollercoaster,' NASA astronauts are ready to fly on Boeing Starliner
- X-ray spacecraft reveals odd 'Cloverleaf' radio circle in new light (image)
- Where will the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024 be visible?
- May 4
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- Boeing Starliner rolls out to launch pad for 1st astronaut flight on May 6 (photos)
- Star Wars Day 2024: 'Star Wars: Tales of the Empire' premieres today on Disney+
- Free Comic Book Day 2024: Get Marvel Comics 'Star Wars #1' for free
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 109 — Music of the Spheres
- Darth Vader's vile Jedi-killers are on the hunt in Marvel Comics' 'Star Wars: Inquisitors'
- What's next for Boeing Starliner after its 1st crew flight test?
- What time is Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA on May 21?
- Their other vehicle is the Starliner: Boeing's 1st crew to ride Astrovan II to the launch pad
- May 3
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- Virgin Galactic to launch 7th commercial spaceflight on June 8
- Does a cosmic 'glitch' in gravity challenge Albert Einstein's greatest theory?
- Boeing Starliner spacecraft 'go' for 1st astronaut launch on May 6, NASA says
- Long ago, a lake on Mars might have been sprawling with microbes
- Celebrate Lego Star Wars Day with 20% off the Millennium Falcon
- The 2024 Humans to Mars Summit is happening now. Here's how to watch live.
- Did the James Webb Space Telescope really find life beyond Earth? Scientists aren't so sure
- Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak could spawn over 100 'shooting stars' per hour this weekend
- 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary today
- Citizen scientists find remarkable exoplanet, name it after Harry Potter character
- China launches Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to moon's far side (video)
- 2 colossal solar flares explode from the sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)
- Happy National Space Day 2024! Here's how 8 lucky kids can win a trip to Florida's Space Coast
- How the XRISM spacecraft can study the X-ray universe with only 36 pixels
- Boeing drone dressed as 'Star Wars' X-wing lands at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
- Boeing's Starliner is ready to fly astronauts after years of delay. Here's what took so long.
- May 2
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- Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler
- Astronauts on the moon could stay fit by running in a Wheel of Death
- Watch live: China launching Chang'e 6 mission to far side of the moon early May 3 (video)
- Watch ULA assemble Atlas V rocket ahead of Boeing Starliner astronaut test flight (video)
- NASA's Hubble Telescope is back in action — but its TESS exoplanet hunter may now be in trouble
- NASA selects Rocket Lab for back-to-back climate change research launches
- SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites in 2nd half of spaceflight doubleheader (video)
- Some planets 'death spiral' into their stars and scientists may now know why
- NASA inspector general finds Orion heat shield issues 'pose significant risks' to Artemis 2 crew safety
- Restored Atlas rocket erected on display as Mercury astronaut's ride to orbit
- NASA picks 9 companies to develop Mars 'commercial services' ideas
- AI discovers over 27,000 overlooked asteroids in old telescope images
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 6 goes old school and benefits because of it
- May the deals be with you in the Lego Star Wars Day 2024 sale
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 2 satellites on record-tying 20th flight (video)
- Somehow, Star Wars has returned to Fortnite for May the 4th (video)
- Here's what to expect during Boeing Starliner's 1st astronaut test flight on May 6
- May 1
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- SpaceX's Crew-8 astronauts move Dragon at the ISS to make way for Boeing's Starliner
- 'It almost feels unreal': NASA astronauts excited for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner launch May 6
- NASA prepares for intense sun storms on Mars during 'solar maximum'
- James Webb Space Telescope forecasts clouds of melted rock on this blisteringly hot exoplanet
- A Switzerland-size hole opened in Antarctica's sea ice in 2016-17. Now we know why
- Yellowstone Lake's weird resistance to climate change could be about to crack
- Best sci-fi movies with 90%+ on Rotten Tomatoes
- Astronomers close in on the mystery of the erupting Orion star system (video)
- Star Wars: Hunters launches in June for Nintendo Switch and mobile (video)
- Lego releases 7 new Star Wars sets ahead of 'Star Wars Day' on May 4
- Sun unleashes near X-class solar flare: M9.5 eruption sparks radio blackouts across the Pacific (video)
- Asteroid Ryugu holds secrets of our solar system's past, present and future
- 2 astronaut taxis: Why NASA wants both Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Dragon
- How to watch Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch tonight live online