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- July 31
- July 30
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- Ariane 5 rocket launches 2 communications satellites to orbit
- Blue Origin protest of NASA moon lander choice nixed by government agency
- Boeing's Starliner capsule rolls away from pad after launch delay (photos)
- 1 year after launch, NASA's Perseverance rover prepares to collect 1st sample on Mars
- Russia says 'software failure' caused thruster misfire at space station
- The truth is still out there: why the current UFO craze may be a problem of intelligence failings
- Watch NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity explore intriguing Raised Ridges in new video
- China's Zhurong Mars rover scopes out dunes on journey south
- Elon Musk shows off wild plumbing for 29-engine Super Heavy booster (photo)
- Why does the Milky Way have spiral arms? New Gaia data are helping solve the puzzle
- These 10 super extreme exoplanets are out of this world
- Ariane 5 rocket launching 2 communications satellites today: Watch it live
- July 29
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- Boeing Starliner OFT-2 launch to space station delayed following Russian module mishap
- Russia's Nauka module briefly tilts space station with unplanned thruster fire
- Boeing's Starliner capsule rolls out to pad ahead of crucial Friday launch (photos)
- Mars' buried polar 'lakes' may just be frozen clay
- Move asteroids now before they become a threat, researchers argue
- Astronomers catch fizzled-out gamma-ray burst from supernova
- Russia's Nauka multipurpose lab module docks to space station
- Discovery of slow waves on the sun could shed light on magnetic field mystery
- Space telescopes spot light 'echoing' from behind black hole for the first time
- Stakes are high for Boeing Starliner's 2nd space station try this week
- Rocket Lab launches US military satellite on return-to-flight mission
- Artist Amoako Boafo to paint Uplift triptych on Blue Origin rocket exterior
- July 28
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- No life will survive the death of the sun — but new life could be born after, new research suggests
- China launches classified satellites, tests landing nose cone with parachute
- How do 'Tatooine' planets survive with 2 suns?
- Black holes warp the universe into a grotesque hall of mirrors
- Rocket Lab will launch a US Space Force experimental satellite Thursday: Watch live
- Astronauts are celebrating their own Summer Olympics in space (satellites, too)
- Astronomers propose 'SatHub' to address growing threat of satellite megaconstellations
- Space and Dinos! NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg designs "Dinos in space" clothing line [Giveaway]
- American Rocketry Challenge sees Portland school take 2021 championship
- We could hunt gravitational waves on the moon if this wild idea takes off
- July 27
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- The Space Forums are giving away a SpaceX Crew-3 prize pack!
- Astronaut watches Russian space station module fall from space in fiery demise (photos)
- Jeff Bezos asks NASA for moon lander contract, offers to cover billions in costs
- Fireball streaks across North Texas, creating light show and sonic boom
- SpaceX retires giant net boats that caught rocket nose cones
- Water vapor detected on huge Jupiter moon Ganymede for 1st time
- German X-ray space telescope captures most complete map of black holes ever
- Flashing meteor that exploded over Norway landed somewhere in a nearby forest
- EA unveils 'Dead Space' remake plans for next-gen game consoles
- We found a new type of stellar explosion that could explain a 13-billion-year-old mystery of the Milky Way’s elements
- 8 ways life would get weird on a flat Earth
- New FAA rules change who qualifies for commercial astronaut wings
- July 26
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- In photos: Blue Origin's 1st New Shepard passenger launch with Jeff Bezos
- Space tourism: Rockets emit 100 times more CO2 per passenger than flights – imagine a whole industry
- Can we stop Earth from heating up?
- 'Galileo Project' will search for evidence of extraterrestrial life from the technology it leaves behind
- Asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza just flew (safely) by Earth
- Neutron star 'mountains' may be blocking our view of mysterious gravitational waves
- Russia discards Pirs docking port to clear way for new space station module
- Is there really a 'crisis' in cosmology?
- The rise of space tourism could affect Earth's climate in unforeseen ways, scientists worry
- July 25
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- NASA's Mars helicopter soars past 1-mile mark in 10th flight over Red Planet
- 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite found in horseshoe footprint
- 52-foot-tall 'megaripples' from dinosaur-killing asteroid are hiding under Louisiana
- Jeff Bezos went to the edge of space. Does that make him an astronaut?
- Seeing the 'real' Big Bang through gravitational waves
- Could microbes communicate with alien species?
- July 24
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- This flying fire sensor could help track wildfires from a satellite in space
- Wildfire smoke spreads across US in striking images from space
- LeBron James' 'Space Jam: A New Legacy' swaps outer space for cyberspace (review)
- Skywatcher spots Russia's Nauka science module headed to space station (photo)
- July 23
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- New 'Star Trek' movie slated for 2023 lands 'Wandavision' director Matt Shakman
- The first four 'Star Trek' films are getting remastered to warp back into stores in 4K UHD
- A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA's Europa Clipper mission to icy Jupiter moon
- NASA beams into Comic-Con@Home this weekend to talk space travel and more
- Kidrobot launches limited-edition astronaut Dunny and other exclusives for Comic-Con@Home 2021
- 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' new season 2 teaser trailer does not disappoint
- Watch the first trailer for 'Star Trek: Prodigy,' an animated Trek series for kids
- Jupiter's volcanic moon Io is emitting strange radio waves and NASA's Juno probe is listening
- Marsquakes reveal Red Planet has surprisingly large core, thin crust
- See July's Full Buck Moon of 2021 rise tonight
- Can rocky worlds exist between alien gas giants?
- Mars helicopter Ingenuity gearing up for 10th Red Planet flight this weekend
- 'Alien abduction' stories may come from lucid dreaming, study hints
- July 22
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- Skittles is celebrating its flight into space with limited Zero-G candy packs
- Boeing's Starliner capsule is 'go' for July 30 test launch for NASA
- What would happen if the moon were twice as close to Earth?
- New 'Dune' trailer is guaranteed to send tingles down your spine
- Wildfires are turning the sun and moon red
- Russia delays detaching old space station docking port while testing new research module in orbit
- Boeing's Starliner spacecraft just met its rocket for NASA test launch July 30
- Scientists want to build a new, very different Arecibo Telescope to replace fallen icon
- Astronomers spot 1st moon-forming disk around an alien world
- NASA's Perseverance rover gears up to capture its 1st Mars rock sample
- Oregon congressman proposes new space tourism tax
- Europe's Mars orbiter finds no trace of methane on Red Planet
- Meet SuperBIT, the next-generation space telescope that rides above the clouds on a balloon
- July 21
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- Nighttime weather on Venus revealed for the 1st time
- Earth's clouds are likely to increase global heating, scientists find
- Russia launches huge Nauka science module to space station after years of delays
- Astronauts move their SpaceX Dragon spaceship in orbit ahead of Boeing's Starliner launch
- Russia will launch a new science lab to the International Space Station Wednesday. Here's how to watch.
- Jeff Bezos says his launch to space gave him greater appreciation of Earth's fragility
- NASA's Perseverance rover is ready to hunt signs of life on Mars. See the 1st science results today.
- Our universe might be a giant three-dimensional donut, really.
- Aviation pioneer Wally Funk, the oldest person to fly in space, can't wait to go back after Blue Origin launch
- July 20
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- Jeff Bezos and crew flew aviation artifacts, Skittles on Blue Origin spaceflight
- 'Woohoo!' Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin's first passengers revel in their launch to space
- Blue Origin will launch 2 more passenger spaceflights this year after 1st astronaut launch success
- New Urwerk wristwatch inspired by NASA space shuttle Enterprise controls
- Jeff Bezos launches into space on Blue Origin's 1st astronaut flight
- Blue Origin to launch its 1st astronaut flight with Jeff Bezos and crew of 3 today
- Amateur astronomer discovers a tiny moon around Jupiter
- How to watch Blue Origin launch Jeff Bezos into space today
- Disabled space enthusiasts can now apply for Zero Gravity space training
- How much will Jeff Bezos' New Shepard rocket warm the planet?
- What is suborbital flight? (And why do we care?)
- SpaceX test fires massive Super Heavy booster for Starship for 1st time (video)
- July 19
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- See the first photos from the Hubble Space Telescope after a major computer malfunction
- Here's how Blue Origin trained Jeff Bezos and his crew for an 11-minute launch into space
- Hubble telescope revived after a grueling month of darkness. Here's what went wrong.
- The search for alien life
- Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos says crew will not wear spacesuits during historic launch
- Space station cargo ship named after first Asian American astronaut
- 'Mercury 13' pilot Wally Funk will carry 60 years of history to space on Blue Origin flight
- A powerful jet emerges from a black hole in unprecedented detail in new images
- A lifelong dream and 20 years of work: How Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos arrived at their 1st astronaut launch
- 10 wild theories about the universe
- With all these planets, why haven't we found any exomoons?
- Astronomers discover a quartet of teenage alien planets far, far away
- July 18
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- Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket is 'go' to launch Jeff Bezos (and crew) on 1st astronaut flight
- Blue Origin's first human launch with Jeff Bezos: When to watch and what to know
- Blue Origin launch will be the 1st fully automated flight with civilian astronauts: report
- Meet the crew launching on Blue Origin's 1st astronaut flight on July 20
- Blue Origin will break records for oldest and youngest astronaut with July 20 launch
- NASA uncovers hidden system of mysteriously draining lakes under Antarctica
- How many atoms are in the observable universe?
- July 17
- July 16
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- Satellites over Europe track massive floods in Germany and Belgium
- Blue Origin: Everything you need to know about the private spaceflight company
- Rocket start-up Skyrora wants to salvage an iconic UK satellite in space for museum display
- NASA revives ailing Hubble Space Telescope with switch to backup computer
- NASA celebrates New Horizons' historic Pluto flyby in 2015 with awesome new videos
- Cosmic fireworks in nearby galaxies shine light on star formation
- 'Alien burp' may have been detected on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover
- Astronauts are growing chile peppers in space in spicy first
- Can we solve the black hole information paradox with 'photon spheres'?
- Space weather is difficult to predict — with only an hour to prevent disasters on Earth
- July 15
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- China's Mars rover Zhurong just found its parachute and backshell (video)
- Here's how a French astronaut celebrated Bastille Day 2021 in space
- New Shepard: Rocket for space tourism
- Jeff Bezos donates $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution ahead of Blue Origin launch
- Cruise by Jupiter and its giant moon Ganymede in this gorgeous Juno flyby video
- The smoke from wildfires in Oregon and beyond is covering vast areas of US, satellites show
- Jeff Bezos: Blue Origin and Amazon founder
- In George RR Martin's new 'Joker Moon,' space history is a 'Wild Card'
- Future Genius: Discover our new knowledge magazine for kids aged 7 to 11, out now!
- Blue Origin will launch an 18-year-old as its final passenger on 1st crewed flight
- What does it take to do a spacewalk? Skill, courage, and being able to wear a men’s size medium.
- Astronomers spot first activity on giant megacomet beyond Saturn
- Can artificial intelligence help scientists spot gravitational waves?
- City-sized asteroids smacked ancient Earth 10 times more often than thought
- Hubble trouble is latest glitch in space telescope's long and storied history
- Blue Origin donates $19 million to space nonprofits ahead of Jeff Bezos' launch
- July 14
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- NASA may finally know what caused the Hubble Space Telescope's major computer glitch
- 7-Eleven is delivering a Slurpee to 'space,' and you could win the cup
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 3 Blu-ray sneak peek: Visit an Icelandic glacier in this exclusive clip
- Rare 'teardrop' star and its invisible partner are doomed to explode in a massive supernova
- In photos: Virgin Galactic's 1st fully crewed spaceflight with billionaire Richard Branson
- The Sentinel 6 satellite is now tracking Earth's rising sea levels with unprecedented accuracy
- US Air Force celebrates end of the world's largest uncrewed satellite, which studied Earth's radiation belts
- What makes a planet look bright? It's complicated.
- NASA, DOE fund three nuclear thermal space propulsion concepts
- NASA prepares 1st moonbound Orion spacecraft to receive its launch abort system
- Telescope maker Unistellar teams up with camera giant Nikon to increase access to high-tech skywatching
- Video of Richard Branson's desert bike ride was recorded before Unity 22 launch day, Virgin Galactic clarifies
- July 13
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- 'The Mandalorian' receives 24 Emmy nominations, including Best Drama Series
- Strange chemical on Venus may come from volcanoes, not life
- Dark stars: The first stars in the universe
- New photos from the Mars helicopter Ingenuity's 9th flight help refine Perseverance rover science goals
- The hunt for wormholes: How scientists look for space-time tunnels
- Start-up Spiral Blue hopes computers in space could revolutionize access to Earth-observation data
- China wants to launch asteroid-deflecting rockets to save Earth from Armageddon
- The private Inspiration4 crew launching with SpaceX experience zero gravity for 1st time
- A lander on Jupiter's icy moon Europa may have to dig at least 1 foot down to find signs of life
- A 'wobble' in the moon's orbit could result in record flooding in the 2030s, new study finds
- NASA is mapping out plans for bigger, more capable Mars helicopters
- July 12
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- Elon Musk will fly to space with Virgin Galactic: reports
- Always bring mementos: Richard Branson reveals Unity 22 keepsakes
- Join our Space.com Forums giveaway to win a space shuttle Endeavour model!
- Amazing Virgin Galactic video shows Richard Branson's Unity 22 crew soaring into space
- Russia's new Nauka module readied for launch to International Space Station
- Apple TV+ delivers mindblowing new trailer for 'Foundation' sci-fi TV series
- Dozens of starless 'rogue' alien planets possibly spotted
- These are the best astronomy images of 2021
- Can we explain dark matter by adding more dimensions to the universe?
- Four ways artificial intelligence is helping us learn about the universe
- China could gain a monopoly on space stations. Here's what to expect.
- With Virgin Galactic's launch of Richard Branson in the books, all eyes are on Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos
- Elon Musk unveils SpaceX's newest drone ship for rocket landings at sea
- South African telescope captures stunning image of radio galaxy
- 14 years of solar eclipse chasing (and counting): a team travels the world to study solar wind
- July 11
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- Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity 22 launch with Richard Branson. See video and photos of the flight.
- Virgin Galactic teams with Omaze to raffle off 2 tickets to space to the public
- 'Welcome to the dawn of a new space age,' Richard Branson says after Virgin Galactic flight
- From iron rain on exoplanets to lightning on Jupiter: four examples of alien weather
- Werner Herzog documentary 'Last Exit: Space' coming to Discovery+ this year
- Virgin Galactic launches Richard Branson to space in 1st fully crewed flight of VSS Unity
- Virgin Galactic will launch billionaire Richard Branson into space today. Here's how to watch it live.
- Billionaire Richard Branson rode a bike to Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 launch site ahead of his big spaceflight
- This NASA-supported plant experiment will launch to space on Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 flight
- SpaceX's Elon Musk and celebrities cheer on Virgin Galactic's Unity 22 launch (video)
- Virgin Galactic slightly delays launch of Richard Branson and crew due to bad weather
- June 2021 smashed heat records in North America
- July 10
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- Billionaires and Space — The Right Race (op-ed)
- Meet the crew launching on Virgin Galactic's 1st fully crewed flight Unity 22
- Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic crew to sign flight log with special space pens
- It's been a long road to passenger spaceflight for Virgin Galactic and rival Blue Origin
- Stephen Colbert will host Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity launch on Sunday
- July 9
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- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin throws shade at Virgin Galactic ahead of Richard Branson's launch
- Mystery of Jupiter's powerful X-ray auroras finally solved
- Venus and the moon pass a fading Mars in the evening sky this weekend
- The last voyage of NASA's space shuttle: Looking back at Atlantis' final mission 10 years later
- Earth-observing satellite startup Planet is going public
- Celebrations to mark 60 years since second suborbital spaceflight
- Mars helicopter Ingenuity spotted a 'heart' in Perseverance rover's tracks on 9th flight (video)
- Rare 'hypernova' explosion detected on fringes of the Milky Way for the first time
- As space billionaires take flight, 'the right stuff' for space travel enters a new era
- Former NASA astronaut's return to space on private Axiom flight will be 'a dream come true' (exclusive)
- US intelligence report on UFOs: No aliens, but government transparency and desire for better data might bring science to the UFO world
- July 8
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- Star cluster overrun with black holes may dissolve into space, study finds
- China's Chang'e 5 moon landing site finally has a name
- Richard Branson: Music mogul & space tourism entrepreneur
- Repurposed communications satellites could help save humanity from an asteroid impact
- Who is Virgin Galactic and what do they do?
- SpaceX Dragon cargo ship departs space station after stormy delays
- China's Chang'e 6 mission will collect lunar samples from the far side of the moon by 2024
- New measurement may resolve cosmological crisis
- Will Richard Branson actually reach space on Virgin Galactic's 1st fully crewed launch?
- July 7
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- SpaceX drone ship moves to California for West Coast rocket landings
- Virgin Orbit gearing up for autumn launch and a busy 2022
- China picks up the launch pace with three space missions in four days
- Methane in plume of Saturn's moon Enceladus could be sign of alien life, study suggests
- Marvin the Martian attacks a Mars rover in HBO Max's 'Looney Tunes Cartoons' Season 2: Exclusive clip
- Destiny 2's month-long Solstice of Heroes event is free to play
- The Hubble Space Telescope is facing its most serious glitch in a decade and NASA really wants to fix it
- Satellites and astronauts track Tropical Storm Elsa from space (photos)
- Tropical Storm Elsa delays SpaceX Dragon cargo ship's return to Earth
- Small-launch startup Astra aiming for 300 missions per year by 2025
- Space tourism, 20 years in the making, is finally ready for launch
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope passes key review ahead of fall launch
- Richard Branson says he isn't racing Jeff Bezos into space with Virgin Galactic launch
- July 6
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- NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center: A hub for historic and modern-day rocket power
- Europe will launch a new two-handed robotic arm to the International Space Station soon
- New NASA chief Bill Nelson brings a politician's eye to space agency
- How big is Earth?
- NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity sails through 9th flight on the Red Planet
- Enormous Antarctic lake vanishes in 3 days
- Wally Funk to break John Glenn's spaceflight record with Blue Origin flight
- New exhibit tells 'stranger than fiction' tale of aerospace medicine
- Could we really terraform Mars?
- July 5
- July 4
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- Chinese astronauts install tools on first spacewalk outside new space station
- Hubble telescope spots red, white and blue stars in sparkly cluster
- Sun erupts with biggest solar flare in 4 years in early Fourth of July fireworks (video)
- No long weekend this Fourth of July holiday for American astronauts in space
- 'Last Ice Area' in the Arctic may not survive climate change
- Most Americans think intelligent aliens exist, and half think they have visited Earth
- July 3
- July 2
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- NASA wants to change the way it protects astronauts from radiation
- 'The Tomorrow War' won't win any awards, but it's a watchable action romp (review)
- Europe's ExoMars parachute still experiencing problems in drop test
- SpaceX rolls giant Super Heavy rocket to launch pad for testing (video)
- Queen Elizabeth II reviews Spire's Earth-observing satellites in Glasgow (photos)
- Space miners may use rockets to harvest the moon's water ice (video)
- Russian Progress cargo ship docks at space station after two-day journey
- July 1
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- Virgin Galactic says it will launch Richard Branson to space on July 11
- Transgender astronomers speak out about outdated name change policies
- Newly found mega comet may be the largest seen in recorded history
- Supermassive black holes could host giant, swirling gas 'tsunamis'
- Chris Pratt tells of his love for sci-fi as 'The Tomorrow War' arrives on Amazon Prime Video
- Smallest, densest white dwarf ever discovered packs the sun's mass into a moon-size stellar corpse
- NASA preparing to switch glitchy Hubble Space Telescope to backup hardware if needed
- The Cygnus spacecraft: Northrop Grumman's cargo ship
- Blue Origin will fly female aviator Wally Funk, one of the Mercury 13, on 1st crewed launch
- UAE's Hope Mars orbiter spots elusive aurora on Red Planet
- Arianespace Soyuz rocket lofts 36 new OneWeb internet satellites
- Many nearby Earth-size exoplanets could be hiding in plain sight
- On its first try, China's Zhurong rover hit a Mars milestone that took NASA decades
- Mars methane mystery may be starting to clear up
