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By Andrew Jones Published
A decade after Elon Musk publicly unveiled plans for the fully reusable megarocket, Starship has reached orbit. How far away is Mars?

By Hanneke Weitering Published

By Mike Wall Published
Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch will become NASA's acting deputy chief engineer on Nov. 1. All four Artemis II crewmates have now stepped away from active spaceflight duties.

By Ian Stokes Published
Trust no one.

By Chelsea Gohd Published
A "jellyfish" in the early-morning sky created by SpaceX's launch of the CRS-35 cargo mission on Oct. 13, 2026.

By Josh Dinner Published
After more than 2 months, Ship 40 is back home at Starbase.

By Meghan Bartels Published
NASA's DART mission made a cosmic mess four years ago — and now a new spacecraft is ready to scout out exactly what the first-of-its-kind collision accomplished.

By Robert Lea Published
Scientists have discovered that some of the universe's most powerful explosions, hypernovas, may not happen at all.

By Hanneke Weitering Published
On Oct. 13, 1773, a French astronomer named Charles Messier discovered the "Whirlpool Galaxy," also known as Messier 51, or M51. Here's why it mattered.
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