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- December 31
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- Record Breaker! NASA Probe Slips into Orbit Around Asteroid Bennu
- NASA's New Horizons Spies Elongated Target Ultima Thule Ahead of Flyby
- China's Chang'e 4 Mission Ready for Farside Moon Landing
- With First-Ever Landing on Moon's Far Side, China Will Enter 'Luna Incognita'
- NASA to Make Historic New Year's Day Flyby of Mysterious Ultima Thule. Here's What to Expect.
- December 30
- December 29
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- How to Watch New Horizons' Ultima Thule Flyby on New Year's Day: A Webcast Guide
- Launch of New US Spy Satellite Delayed to Early 2019
- Space Oddity: 10 Bizarre Things Earthlings Launched into Space in 2018
- Making Asteroid Images Look Great: How OSIRIS-REx's Team Creates Those Bennu Photos
- Nancy Grace Roman, 'Mother of Hubble,' Dies at 93
- December 28
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- December 25
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- Elon Musk Teases New Details About SpaceX's Redesigned Next-Generation Launch System
- In Space, Astronaut Anne McClain Draws on Rugby, US Army Experience for Super-Productivity
- NASA Astronauts Will Still Ride Russian Rockets After US Craft Arrive
- Christmas in Space! Astronauts Celebrate a Special Cosmic Holiday in Orbit
- December 24
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- 50 Years After 'Earthrise,' a Christmas Eve Message from Its Photographer
- NORAD Still Tracking Santa Despite Government Shutdown
- Cosmic Wreath and Ornaments Decorate the Universe in These Space Telescope Photos
- In Photos: India's Amazing Launch of the GSAT-7A Communications Satellite
- Pentagon Analyzing Possible Missions for a New Space Development Agency
- US Air Force Releasing More Data on Orbits of Military Satellites
- George H.W. Bush's Overlooked Legacy in Space Exploration
- Massive Star Is So Big It Gives Birth to a Tiny Twin
- Earthrise: 50 Years Ago Today, Apollo 8 Changed Humanity's Vision of Earth Forever
- Against the Blackness of Space: From the First Atlas to 'Earthrise'
- December 23
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- Launch Photos! SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Soars with 1st GPS III Navigation Satellite
- SpaceX Launches Super-Accurate Next-Gen GPS Satellite for US Air Force
- Air Force Open to Reusable Rockets, but SpaceX Must First Demonstrate Performance
- NASA Data Breach Highlights Agency Cybersecurity Problems
- Storytime in Space: Canadian Astronaut Reads 'Explorers Club' Children's Book in Orbit
- A New Class of 'Light' Super-Earth May Be Heavy in Rubies and Sapphires
- The 100 Best Space Photos of 2018!
- December 22
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- Space Force Proposal Creates an Independent Service Under the Department of the Air Force
- Senate Passes Commercial Space Bill
- FCC Fines Swarm $900,000 for Unauthorized Smallsat Launch
- A Dazzling Fireball Over California Thrilled Skywatchers This Week! See the Photos.
- This Icy Crater Near Mars' North Pole Is a Winter Wonderland (Photos)
- These Christmas Videos by Space Station Astronauts Are Simply Adorable
- High Winds Delay SpaceX Launch of Advanced GPS Navigation Satellite
- Legendary Scoundrel Harry Mudd Returns In Final 'Star Trek: Short Trek' Trailer: 'The Escape Artist'
- The Brilliant California Fireball of Dec. 19, 2018 in Photos
- Christmas 'Hippo' Asteroid Is Buzzing Earth, Its Closest Flyby in 400 Years
- December 21
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- Watch the Apollo 8 Crew Recount Their Historic Moon Mission in This Epic NASA Video
- Ultima Thule Shines a Puzzling Light As New Horizons Spacecraft Approaches
- Government Shutdown 2018: How It Affects NASA
- December Solstice 2018! Satellites See the Seasons Change from Space
- Vibrant Nebulas and Zodiacal Light Gleam Over Portuguese Waterfall (Photo)
- Christmas Comet 46P Is Making the Season Bright (and Green) for Scientists
- Shuttle Veterans Buchli, Kavandi to Enter Astronaut Hall of Fame
- Winter Solstice 2018! Google Doodle Celebrates Year's Shortest Day
- Astronaut Mike Massimino on NASA's Apollo 8 Mission: Facebook Live and Giveaway Today!
- Wild 'Tunnelbot' Designs Could Crack Secrets of Icy Jupiter Moon Europa
- New Horizons May Make Yet Another Flyby After Ultima Thule
- Apollo 8 Launched 1st Astronauts Around the Moon 50 Years Ago Today Despite Big Risks
- Apollo 8 at 50: NASA Chief Speaks Out on a US Return to the Moon
- December 20
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- Track NASA's New Horizons Flyby of Ultima Thule with Free Pluto Safari App
- Virgin Galactic's Epic 1st Spaceflight Inspires Richard Branson's Message to Grandkids (Video)
- Virgin Orbit's Rocket-Launching Plane Keeps Taking Test Flights with LauncherOne
- Blue Origin Delays Next New Shepard Launch to Early 2019
- See the First 'Men In Black: International' Trailer!
- Dismal Weather Delays SpaceX Launch of GPS Satellite for US Air Force
- SpaceX's 1st Crew Dragon Spaceship Gets Ready for Debut Mission (Photos)
- NASA's InSight Lander Plops Seismometer on Mars to Hunt Marsquakes
- NASA Builds a 'Martian Rock Garden' to Prep Moves for InSight Mars Lander
- Brilliant Fireball in California Leaves Twisted Trail Over San Francisco (Photos)
- Soyuz Crew Returns to Earth After a Memorable 6 Months in Space
- Rocket Glitch Delays Spy Satellite Launch Again
- December 19
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- Wow! Geminid Meteor Shower and Comet 46P Dazzle Skywatchers (Photos)
- Arianespace Launches Spy Satellite for France on Soyuz Rocket
- Where's All the Water on Mars? Scientists (and Future Astronauts) Need to Know
- From Auroras to Airglow, Returning Astronaut's Home Video from Space Is a Holiday Treat
- India Launches Hefty Communications Satellite Into Orbit to Cap Busy 2018
- SpaceX, Blue Origin Postpone Rocket Launches Again Due to Technical Issues
- President Trump Issues Order to Create US Space Command
- Matter Sucked in by Black Holes May Travel into the Future, Get Spit Back Out
- NASA's InSight Lander Plays the Claw Game on Mars for 1st Time (Video)
- Cosmic Love Triangle forms with Moon, Venus and the Pleiades (Photo)
- New Horizons Spacecraft on Target for Superclose Flyby of Ultima Thule
- December 18
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- Air Force Launch Commander 'Not Confident' GPS 3 Satellite Will Lift Off as Scheduled
- World's First Private Moon Lander Will Carry Israeli Time Capsule
- SpaceX and Blue Origin Just Scrubbed Near-Simultaneous Rocket Launches (Arianespace and ULA, Too!)
- Elf on a (Really High) Shelf! Astronaut Brings Christmas Cheer to Space Station
- Swift As the Moon's Shadow: Special Solar Eclipse Flight Planned for July 2019
- NASA Looks to Private Companies for Help Building Reusable Moon Landers for Astronauts
- Blue Origin Delays New Shepard Launch Due to Ground Issue
- 'Mars' Finale Wraps Season 2 with Terror and Tragedy on the Red Planet
- Saturn's Rings Are Beautiful, But They Won't Last
- Metal Earth Model Kits Celebrate Apollo History and Starliner's Future
- Time Travel Is Possible — But Only If You Have an Object With Infinite Mass
- Could Life on Mars Be Lurking Deep Underground?
- Come Back Tomorrow: All Four of Today's Rocket Launches Postponed
- December 17
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- US Mint Reveals Coin Honoring American Indians in Space Program
- Steph Curry Tells Former Astronaut Scott Kelly Moon-Landing Comment Was 'Made in Jest'
- Blue Origin to Launch Next New Shepard Test Flight Tuesday
- Scientists Proposed a Nuclear 'Tunnelbot' to Hunt Life in Europa's Hidden Ocean
- 'Farout!' Newfound Object Is the Farthest Solar System Body Ever Spotted
- That Eerie Green Comet Visible in the Night Sky Now? We Almost Sent a Probe There.
- Apollo 8 Astronaut James Lovell Looks Back On a Historic Flight Around the Moon
- NASA Advisory Council Recommends Review of Planetary Protection Policies
- Secrets of Planet Birth Revealed in Amazing ALMA Radio Telescope Images
- What's the Weather On Mars? How NASA's Insight Lander Will Find Out.
- December 16
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- DARPA's Next Project: Design A Space Development Agency
- Virgin Galactic Flight Wins Praise From Government and Industry
- Tour Jezero Crater! Fly Over the Landing Site of NASA's Next Mars Rover (Video)
- Fireball That Exploded Over Greenland Shook Earth, Triggering Seismic Sensors
- Rocket Lab Launches 13 Cubesats on 1st Mission for NASA
- December 15
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- Awesome Photos! The Geminid Meteor Shower of 2018 in Pictures
- NASA Lunar Orbiter Now Supporting Commercial and International Missions
- The Rubber Ducky Comet Blasted a Magnetic Path Through Space
- Meet OWL and HIBOU! Japan's Asteroid Hoppers Get New Names
- Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson Looks Ahead to Beginning Commercial SpaceShipTwo Flights
- How to See Ghostly Green Comet 46P/Wirtanen Fly by Earth This Weekend
- December 14
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- Geminid Meteor Shower 2018: It's Not Too Late to Catch a 'Shooting Star'!
- Virgin Galactic's Historic Space Trip Heralds a Coming Age of New US Human Spaceflight Leaps
- This New Full-Length Trailer for 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 2 Is Spock-tacular!
- US Mint Marks 'First Strike' of Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Curved Coins
- NASA's Voyager 2 Went Interstellar the Same Day a Solar Probe Touched the Sun
- Early Universe 'Soup' Cooked Up in Weird Plasma Blobs
- 'Smoking Gun' Planet: This Neptune-Size Alien World Is Evaporating in Record Time
- See Mars Near the Moon in the Night Sky Tonight! Here's How.
- In Photos: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity Soars to Space in 4th Powered Test
- 'Billion-Dollar View'! See Incredible Footage from Virgin Galactic's 1st Spaceflight (Video)
- December 13
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- SpaceX, NASA Push 1st Crew Dragon Test Flight Back to Jan. 17
- Where DOES Space Begin? Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Flies Right into the Debate
- Small Magellanic Cloud: A Satellite Dwarf Galaxy Neighbor
- NASA's Insight Lander on Mars Spotted from Space!
- Here's the Weather Forecast for the 2018 Geminid Meteor Shower
- Hubble Space Telescope Will Track Comet 46P/Wirtanen As It Flies Close by Earth
- Millions of Degrees and Plasma Dreams: NASA's Parker Solar Probe Basks in the Sun
- Google Doodle Celebrates the Geminid Meteor Shower of 2018 (And It's ADORABLE!)
- Virgin Galactic's 4th Powered Test Flight of SpaceShipTwo Unity in Twitter Posts
- Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Reaches Space for 1st Time in Historic Test Flight!
- Black dwarf stars: The (theoretical) end of stellar evolution
- Boundary of Space Being Reconsidered as Virgin Galactic Test Program Advances
- Geminid Meteor Shower and Shining Comet 46P/Wirtanen Star in Slooh Webcast: How to Watch
- Look Up! Gleaming Geminid Meteor Shower of 2018 Peaks Tonight
- After Harrowing Launch Abort, Astronaut Nick Hague Is Ready for Another Chance at Space
- You May Not Even Need a Telescope to See Comet 46P/Wirtanen in the Night Sky This Month
- Auroras, Lightning and Rings of Jupiter Amaze in Surprising NASA Juno Photos
- Mars InSight's 'Mole' Should Start Burrowing into the Red Planet Next Month
- Rocket Lab Postpones Launch of NASA Cubesats Due to Bad Weather
- Exploding Stars Helped Kill Earth's Ancient Sea Monsters, New Study Suggests
- NASA Space Lasers Creating Most Detailed Map Ever of Antarctica's Ice
- December 12
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- Watch Rocket Lab Launch a Cubesat Fleet for NASA Tonight!
- Amazing Photos: Brilliant Comet 46P/Wirtanen Wows Stargazers
- Smithsonian, NASA Reflect on 'Spirit of Apollo' at National Cathedral
- Virgin Galactic to Attempt Flight to Space This Week
- China's Chang'e 4 Spacecraft Enters Lunar Orbit Ahead of 1st-Ever Far Side Landing
- China's Chang'e 4 Moon Lander and Rover to Touch Down As Toys
- A Gift from the Cosmos: Watch Comet 46P/Wirtanen's Holiday Visit Live Online
- Scientists Visualize the Sun's Mysteries Using 400 Years of Solar Observations
- NASA's OSIRIS-REx Prepares for New Year's Eve Date with Asteroid Bennu
- NASA's New Mars Lander Takes 1st Selfie, Scopes Out Workspace
- Corporate Power and Greed Reign Supreme in 'Mars' Episode 5
- Apollo Conspiracy? NASA Invites Skeptic Steph Curry to See Moon-Landing Evidence
- Cosmonauts on Spacewalk Cut Into Soyuz Spacecraft to Inspect Patched Hole
- December 11
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- 'Spirit of Apollo': Watch Apollo 8 50th-Anniversary Webcast Tonight
- Edmond Halley: An Extraordinary Scientist and the Second Astronomer Royal
- Puerto Rico from Space: NASA Videos Show Aftermath of Hurricane Maria
- In Photos: SpaceX's Dragon CRS-16 Cargo Launch and Rocket 'Water Landing'
- Named for a Cookie, New Planet-Hunting Telescope Snaps 1st Photo (And It's Sweet!)
- Physicists Keep Trying — and Failing — to Find Dark Matter in Dark Places
- NASA Offers Advice on Bringing Tony Stark Home
- Mars Rover Opportunity Team 'Still Holding onto a Sliver of Hope'
- What's Next for NASA's Voyager 2 in Interstellar Space?
- Three Surprising Facts About the Physics of Magnets
- Satellite Snowman! Saturn Moons Align in Dazzling Photo
- December 10
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- Asteroid Bennu Had Water! NASA Probe Makes Tantalizing Find
- You Can Beam a Message to NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft for Historic Flyby!
- Ultima Thule in Sight! New Horizons Probe Snaps New Photo of Its Target
- Iron Man Is Lost in Space in 'Avengers: Endgame' Trailer!
- Apollo 8 Astronaut Frank Borman Donates Artifacts for EAA Exhibit
- It's Official! NASA's Famed Voyager 2 Spacecraft Reaches Interstellar Space
- Dolphin-Shaped Cloud Swims Across Jupiter in This Awesome NASA View
- 2018 Geminid Meteor Shower This Week May Be the Year's Best
- Why Satellites Need Cybersecurity Just Like You
- December 9
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- December 7
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- Kepler Space Telescope: The Original Exoplanet Hunter
- This Galaxy Pic from the Hubble Telescope Shows How Astronauts Fixed Its Vision 25 Years Ago
- NASA's InSight Mars Lander 'Hears' Martian Wind, a Cosmic First
- Ultraprecise Atomic Clock Network on the Hunt For Dark Matter
- China Launches 1st Mission to Land on the Far Side of the Moon
- Mars InSight in Photos: NASA's Mission to Probe Core of the Red Planet
- Here's the Truth Behind a NASA Document on Aliens Visiting Earth
- Greenland Is Melting Faster Than Ever
- Astronomers Think They've Figured Out the Raging Swirls of Gas Around Supermassive Black Holes
- The Human Fossil-Fuel Addiction: Greenhouse Emissions Soar to Record Levels
- Avengers Endgame: Watch The Trailer Right Now
- Secretive Astra Space Suborbital Launch Fails
- NASA's InSight Lander on Mars Just Snapped Awesome New Views of Its Home
- Germinating a Passion for Space by Studying Germs in Space (Op-Ed)
- No Global Cooling Miracle: Sun's Activity Lull Will Stop Soon, Study Suggests
- Rocket Lab to Launch 10 Cubesats for NASA Next Week
- December 6
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- Einstein's 'Time Dilation' Gets Pinpoint Measure Thanks to Wayward Satellites
- Kepler Telescope Captures First Moments of a Star's Death
- An Astronaut Spotted a Soyuz Crew Launch from Space and the Video Is AMAZING!
- A Helium Tail Trails This Fluffy Alien Planet
- 'Last Man on the Moon' Filmmakers Team to Tell First Man's Story in 'Armstrong'
- What is the mass of the sun?
- The Most Powerful Ion Drive in Space Is Ready for Its Visit to Mercury
- China Preps for Launch of Historic Mission to Moon's Far Side on Friday
- The Extraterrestrial Next Door (Kavli Astrobiology Roundtable)
- Humanity's Largest Atom Smasher Takes a Pause, Will Wake Up Again in 2021
- December 5
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- Watch This SpaceX Rocket Splash Down During Failed Landing Attempt (Videos)
- 'Oumuamua Stays Quiet: Another SETI Search of Interstellar Visitor Comes Up Empty
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 2 Teaser Trailer Released! And Preview for Saru-Focused 'Short Trek'
- 'Blueberries' on Mars Have a Watery Past. But Scientists Are Still Baffled.
- SpaceX Launches Dragon Cargo Ship to Space Station, But Misses Rocket Landing
- The Awesome NASA Easter Eggs of Netflix's 'Lost in Space'
- What Are Meteorites?
- Watch the Second 'Captain Marvel' Trailer!
- The Sun's Turbulent North Pole Looks Like a Spooky Vortex in This Composite Image
- Delay of SpaceX Launch May Mean 36,000 Wormy Passengers Are Too Old for Their Planned Experiments
- Tiny Satellites Pose a Swarm of Opportunities — And Threats
- NASA's Insight Mars Lander Raises Robotic Arm in Touchdown Triumph Photo
- SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship Launches to Space Station Today. Here's How to Watch Live.
- Arianespace Rocket Launches India's Largest Satellite. South Korean Weather Satellite, Too.
- Will the Long-Forgotten Andromedid Meteors Return with a Flurry Tonight?
- December 4
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- What is the Large Magellanic Cloud?
- In Photos: Gemini 7 Makes 1st Crewed Rendezvous with Gemini 6A
- Stargazer Scopes Out the Cosmos with a Mobile Planetarium (Photo)
- Check Out This Weird, Shiny Rock on Mars Spotted by the Curiosity Rover!
- What's Next for NASA's OSIRIS-REx Probe at Asteroid Bennu?
- 4 Gravitational-Wave Detections Include Largest, Most Distant Black Hole Crash Ever
- Moldy Mouse Chow Delays SpaceX Dragon Launch to Space Station
- SpaceX Just Misses Catching Rocket Nose Cone — But Still Plans to Reuse It
- 'Apollo to the Moon' No More: Air and Space Museum Closes Gallery
- Canada Celebrates Launch of First Astronaut in 6 Years
- December 3
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- SpaceX Launches Artist's Satellite Memorializing First Black Astronaut
- NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Gets New Space Assignment After Scary Launch Abort
- A Dangerous Alien Illness Rises on Latest 'Mars' Episode
- Launch Photos: SpaceX Falcon 9 Lofts 64 Satellites (and Lands) on Historic 3rd Flight
- SpaceX Rocket Makes Historic 3rd Launch Into Space with 64 Satellites On Board
- Hello, Bennu! NASA Asteroid-Sampling Probe Reaches Its Target Space Rock
- These Astronaut Photos of a Soyuz Launch from Space Are Just Incredible!
- Watch SpaceX Launch 64 Satellites Into Orbit on a Really Used Rocket Today!
- Lasers, Crystals and 36,000 Worms Will Ride a SpaceX Dragon to Space Station
- NASA Arrives at Bennu Today, But Exactly Where Is That Asteroid?
- Liftoff! Russia Launches 1st Crewed Soyuz Rocket to Space Station Since Dramatic Abort
- Soyuz Return-to-Flight Launch Photos: Expedition 58 Crew Lifts Off for Space Station
- Planets in Two-Star Systems Could Boast Life-Friendly Moons
- December 2
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- NASA Mourns Death of President George H.W. Bush
- SpaceX Postpones Launch of 1st Falcon 9 Rocket to Fly 3 Times for Booster Checks
- You Can Watch 2 Rocket Launches and a Spacecraft Reach an Asteroid Monday!
- NASA's InSight Lander on Mars Just Set a Solar Power Record!
- Cosmic Airburst May Have Wiped Out Part of the Middle East 3,700 Years Ago
- We Could Spray Cheap Chemicals in the Air to Slow Climate Change. Should We?
- Fox, 'Cosmos' Producers Investigate Sexual Misconduct Claims Against Host Neil deGrasse Tyson
- December 1
