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October 15th
- NASA Moves Up 1st All-Female Spacewalk to This Week
- Today's Your Last Chance to Help Name an Alien Solar System!
- Watch Live Today! NASA Unveiling New Spacesuits for Orion and the Moon
- Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day
- Cute Goose (and Captain Marvel) Figure Set Coming in 2020
- On This Day in Space! Oct. 15, 1997: Cassini-Huygens Probe Launches to Saturn
- Space Junk Menace: New Guidelines Urged to Help Fight Orbital Debris Threat
- Venus May Not Have Been As Earthlike As Scientists Thought
- China's Chang'e 4 Completes 10 Lunar Days on Far Side of the Moon
- What's the Best 'Star Trek' Movie and Why Is It 'Galaxy Quest'? New Documentary Has Answers
October 14th
- Interstellar Comet Borisov Looks Pretty Normal, New Observations Suggest
- Scientists Propose New Satellite Tech to Dodge Space Junk from Megaconstellations
- Watch As a Supernova Morphs and Its Speedy Shock Waves Reverse
- 'Star Wars: Legends of Luke Skywalker' Manga Coming to U.S. in 2020
October 13th
- A Soviet Satellite Falls to Earth in 'The Walking Dead' Season 10. How Realistic Is It?
- The Biggest Spacecraft Ever to Fall Uncontrolled From Space
- Brilliant Midnight Fireball Lights Up Sky Over Northeast China
- The Story of 'Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker' Begins with 'Allegiance'
- 'Cosmic Mudball Meteorite' Smells Like Brussels Sprouts, Finds New Home at Museum
- Boeing Aims to Launch Unpiloted Starliner Test Flight to Space Station in December
October 12th
- UK's 1st Moon Rover to Launch in 2021
- Pyramid-Size Asteroid to Hurtle Past Earth (Again)
- A Second Interstellar Visitor Has Arrived in Our Solar System. This Time, Astronomers Think They Know Where It Came From
- Frozen Earth in 'Snowpiercer' Is a Grim (and Possible) Future for Our Warming Planet
- Space Photos: The Most Amazing Images This Week!
- Top Space Stories of the Week!
October 11th
- Astronauts Mourn Alexei Leonov, the World's 1st Spacewalker, While On a Spacewalk of Their Own
- Alexei Leonov: Spacewalk Pioneer
- 2019 Full Moon Calendar
- October Full Moon 2019: Hunter's Moon Is Smallest of the Year
- How the Universe Stopped Making Sense
- Playmobil Is Going Back to the Future in 2020!
- Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, Who Was First to Walk in Space, Dies at 85
- Venus Returns to Evening Sky After Weeks of Hiding Behind the Sun
- Jamie McKelvie Goes Into Deep Space for 'The Killing Horizon'
- 'Star Wars' Relaunches with New Marvel Ongoing Comic Series
- Purdue's Astronaut Alums Inspire Football Team's Moonwalk Helmets
- Virgin Orbit Could Launch Polish Cubesat Mission to Mars in 2022
- India's Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter at the Moon Is Now Tracking Solar Flares
- A Cosmic Mystery: Why is the Milky Way Galaxy Getting Gassier?
- A Churning 'Molten Blob' of Planet May Be Easier to Find. Here's Why.
- ICON: NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer Satellite Mission in Pictures
- NASA Launches Long-Delayed ICON Space Weather Satellite to Study Earth's Ionosphere
October 10th
- SpaceX Could Launch NASA Astronauts Into Space in Early 2020
- Solar System Planets: Order of the 8 (or 9) Planets
- Northrop Grumman Cargo Ship Launch to Space Station Delayed to November
- Scottish Spaceport to Begin Construction Soon
- Supermagnetic Stars May Form from Mergers
- Sally Ride's Life Partner Weighs in on the Future of LGBTQ+ Astronauts
- Earth's Magnetic Poles Can Flip Much More Often Than Anyone Thought
- Falling Fireballs Crashed in Chile Last Week. They Weren't Meteorites, Experts Say.
October 9th
- NASA Tests Mars 2020 Rover's Sky Crane Landing Tech
- NASA's Long-Delayed Space Weather Mission Just Got Delayed Again
- NASA Slammed a Rocket Body Into the Moon for Science 10 Years Ago Today
- First-of-Its-Kind Satellite Servicing Spacecraft Launches on Russian Rocket
- Starship and Super Heavy: SpaceX's Mars-Colonizing Transportation System
- Rocket Lab Swaps Satellite Customers for Electron Launch Next Week
- Mars Attacks! BBC Unveils 'War of the Worlds' Trailer
- 'Lucy in the Sky' Explained: A Q&A with Director Noah Hawley
- NASA Wants to Encourage Private Space Stations
- Could Elon Musk's Starship Threaten Alien Life?
- Moon 2024: NASA Wants Ideas for Lunar Spacesuit Tech
- Physicists Search Universe for Evidence That a Fundamental Force of Nature Is Out of Whack
- Most Extreme 'Hot Jupiter' Alien Planet Completes 1 Orbit Every 18 Hours
- SpaceX May Launch Crucial Crew Dragon Abort Test Next Month, Elon Musk Says
- You Can Watch a Plane Drop a Rocket to Launch a NASA's ICON Space Weather Mission Tonight
October 8th
- This Year's Nobel Prize in Physics Mixes 2 Research Fields — And Politics
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' and 'Picard': Here's a Closer Look at Those New Trailers
- Boeing to Invest $20 Million in Virgin Galactic
- Patrick Stewart, Billy Dee Williams Highlight a Common Misconception About Space Exploration
- Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster
- Chandrayaan-2: India's Orbiter-Lander-Rover Mission
- Meat Grown in Space for the First Time Ever
- Early Earthlings May Have Watched the Galaxy's Center Explode 3.5 Million Years Ago
- Nobel Prize in Physics Honors Scientists Who Transformed Our Ideas About the Cosmos
- No Place Like Home: Astronaut Luca Parmitano Reminds Us How 'Precious' Earth Is
- India's Chandrayaan-2 Moon Probe Just Beamed Back Its 1st Lunar Science
- From Brain Control to Multiverses, 'Rick and Morty' Gets Some Science Right
- Too Emotional to Go to Space — 'Lucy in the Sky' Reinforces Negative Stereotypes
October 7th
- 'Glad You Asked': New Web Series Tackles Mars Terraforming (Exclusive Clip)
- Astronaut Reveals First Playmobil Figures in Space — And They Look Like Him
- Why NASA's Annoyed About Elon Musk's Giant Rocket
- 20 New Moons Found Around Saturn, Snagging Satellite Record from Jupiter
- Twin Baby Stars Caught Feeding from Their Mother, a Twisted 'Pretzel' of Interstellar Dust
- Ancient Lake on Mars Turned Salty for a Spell, Curiosity Rover Finds
- Patrick Stewart Almost Turned Down 'Star Trek: Picard'
- An Algorithm May Be the 1st Thing to See Europa Clipper's Coolest Discoveries from Jupiter Moon
- Intuitive Machines, NASA's Hired Ride to the Moon, Aims for 2021 Lunar Landing
- NASA's 2024 Moon Goal: Q&A with Human Landing System Chief Lisa Watson-Morgan
October 6th
- Astronauts Complete First Spacewalk in Series to Upgrade Station Batteries
- Cosmic Record Holders: The 12 Biggest Objects in the Universe
- 2,000 Atoms Exist in Two Places at Once in Unprecedented Quantum Experiment
- Watch Live: NASA Begins Spacewalk Series Today to Replace Aging Batteries
- Netflix's 'Lost in Space' Season 2 Launch Date, Trailer Revealed at NYCC
- 'The Expanse' Season 4 Trailer Echoes JFK's Moonshot as Cast Talks Spaceflight
October 5th
- Will Riker and Deanna Troi Appear in 'Star Trek: Picard' NYCC Trailer
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 3 Trailer
- 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Relaunches in Comics in 2020
- NASA, Japan Consider Joint Crewed Moon Missions
- International Observe the Moon Night 2019: Skywatching Livestreams
- NASA Shares Incredible 3D Map of the Moon
- Want to See the First Satellite Propelled Solely by the Sun? Here's How.
- Watch Live Today! Slooh Celebrates International Observe the Moon Night Webcast
- 'Star Trek' Universe Panel: NYCC 2019
October 4th
- All-Female Spacewalk Back on After NASA Sends Up 2nd Medium Spacesuit
- Event Horizon Telescope Snags New Funding to Capture 1st Movie of a Black Hole
- NASA’s Stuck Mars 'Mole' Gets a Helping Hand from Arm Scoop
- The 1st All-Female Spacewalk Is Back on As NASA Gears Up for 10-EVA Marathon
- 'I Want the Solar System to Become Our Backyard,' Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Says
- Lego Unveils New Star Wars Sets for Triple Force Friday!
- Billy Dee Williams, Lando from 'Star Wars' Himself, Talks Humanity's Future in Space
- NASA Chief Talks Moon Landing and More in North Dakota
- New York Comic Con 2019: Amazing Space Cosplay Photos!
- Triple Force Friday: Hasbro Goes Big with 'Star Wars' Figures
- 'Lucy in the Sky' Review: Natalie Portman Stars in an Astronaut Love Triangle Inspired by Reality
- 3 'Women of Apollo' Discuss Sexism at NASA, Science and When We'll Get to Mars
- Blue Origin Probably Won't Launch People to Space This Year
- NASA Expects to Buy More Soyuz Seats for Astronauts in 2020, at $85 Million a Pop: Reports
October 3rd
- Rocket Lab's Electron Rocket
- Rocket Lab: Private Spaceflight for Tiny Satellites
- Faint Filaments of Universe-Spanning 'Cosmic Web' Finally Found
- Japan's Hayabusa2 Probe Drops Its Last Rover on Asteroid Ryugu
- Moon Will Pay Visits to Jupiter and Saturn This Week. Here's How to See It
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Cast Share Backstage Stories at DragonCon
- Stuck in Safe Mode, DSCOVR Earth-Watching Satellite May Finally Get Fixed: Report
- First Emirati Astronaut Returns to Earth with Russian-US Space Station Crew
- Organic Compounds Found in Plumes of Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus
- Stellina Smart Telescope Makes Astrophotography a Breeze: Review
- Elon Musk Takes Us Inside SpaceX's Starship Mk1 Prototype (Video)
October 2nd
- Dramatic Drone Video Captures Magic of Total Solar Eclipse
- Earthshine's Faint Illumination of the Moon Captured in Glorious Eclipse Photo
- The Force is Strong With Disney World's New 'Galactic Starship' Hotel
- SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Will Launch Private Moon Lander in 2021
- The Andromeda Galaxy Has Been Devouring Other Galaxies Since It Was a Baby (And Earth Is Next)
- In Photos: The Spacewalking Astronauts of Expedition 60
- The 1st Emirati Astronaut Has Had a Blast in Space, But It's Time to Come Home
- Virgin Galactic Will Launch a Crewed Research Flight for Italian Air Force
- Neptune-Size Exomoon Candidate May Be the Captured Core of a Giant Planet
- 'Dinks and Donks' and Marsquakes: Hear Weird Red Planet Sounds from a NASA Lander
- Neil Armstrong's Sons Help Open Exhibit of Father's Spacecraft in Cincinnati
- Is Our Solar System's Mysterious 'Planet 9' Really a Grapefruit-Size Black Hole?
- Black Holes As We Know Them May Not Exist
- With New Partnership, UN Aims to Make Space More Accessible to Developing Countries
- This Is China's New Spacecraft to Take Astronauts to the Moon (Photos)
October 1st
- World View's 'Stratollite' Balloon Stays Aloft for Record 32 Days
- Spread the Word: Space Development Benefits Earth (Op-Ed)
- Four Asteroids Are Buzzing Earth in Flybys Today (But Don't Worry)
- New York Comic Con 2019: Space Panels and Screenings to Watch
- Comic Artists McKelvie & Wilson Tease Space for New Image Creator-Owned Project
- The Four Fundamental Forces of Nature
- 'Trainwreck' Crash of 3 Monster Black Holes Would Warp Their Host Galaxies
- A Real-Life Astronaut Taught Brad Pitt How to Fly a Spaceship for 'Ad Astra'
- Elon Musk Doesn't Know Where the Aliens Are (So, Stop Asking)
- NASA Is Now Accepting Proposals for Artemis Landers to Fly Astronauts to the Moon
- Rocket Lab Gearing Up for 1st Launches from US Soil in Early 2020
- The Brightest Visible Planets in October's Night Sky: How to See them (and When)
- Night Sky, October 2019: What You Can See This Month [Maps]
- Best Night Sky Events of October 2019 (Stargazing Maps)

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