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May 14
- Netflix powers up 'Love, Death + Robots' Volume 2
- Space station simulator 'Base One' launches for PC and Mac and it's 20% off
- Russian film crew passes medical checks for October launch to space station
- Rocket Lab will launch its 20th mission and recover a booster early Saturday
- Pictures from space! Our image of the day
- China to attempt its first Mars rover landing today
- China's Mars rover landing: How Zhurong will attempt to touch down on the Red Planet
- Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to fly to space station in December
- Watch NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity fly in 3D (video)
- The 'Mass Effect: Legendary Edition' has landed. Here's what space fans should know.
- Astronomers keep finding mysterious circular rings in the sky and don't know how to explain them
- Space launch traffic may influence mysterious night-shining clouds in Earth's atmosphere
May 13
- NASA partners with deep-ocean explorers to develop tech for Europa mission
- Beam up our breakdown of the 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 4 and 'Lower Decks' season 2 teaser trailers
- NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has found some mysterious rocks (photos)
- See the 1st teaser for 'The Tomorrow War,' a new sci-fi thriller coming to Amazon Prime
May 12
- NASA rocket launch may spark visible light show over US East Coast and Bermuda tonight
- Watch live tonight! NASA sounding rocket launch to make colorful cloud show over eastern US
- China's Yutu 2 rover about to 'wake up' on the far side of the moon
- SpaceX will launch a moon mission funded by Dogecoin in 2022
- The commander pulls an April Fools' Day prank on the crew – Commander's Report: lunar day 2
- The bright 'evening star' Venus returns to the night sky this month
- China launches more classified Yaogan satellites into orbit
- Rocket Lab to recover Electron booster from ocean after Saturday launch
- Never-ending detonations could blast hypersonic craft into space
- A longstanding Venus mystery has been cracked by a NASA sun probe
- Abundant harvest in Antarctic greenhouse shows promise for moon agriculture
- On This Day in Space! May 12, 2000: Last spacewalk at Mir space station
- NASA really wants a Mars sample return mission. Here's what's in store.
- Scientists find liquid water inside a meteorite, revealing clues about the early solar system
May 11
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope unfolds its giant mirror for last time ahead of Oct. 31 launch
- Stunning new images of Jupiter reveal atmosphere details in different light (video)
- The great lunar 'bake off' of knots and moon rocks — Commander's report: lunar day 13
- Mars may still be volcanically active, study finds
- Coldplay connects with astronaut to debut 'Higher Power' on space station
- May new moon 2021: See Mercury, Venus and Mars in the moonless evening sky
- First bottle of wine 'aged in space' is for sale at Christie’s
- NASA and Axiom ink deal for 1st private astronaut mission to space station
- Moonshot Museum to feature window into Astrobotic lunar lander work
- Is war in space inevitable?
May 10
- Want to bid on Blue Origin's space tourist seat auction? Be sure to read the fine print
- Farewell, Bennu! NASA spacecraft leaves asteroid to bring pieces of space rock to Earth
- Brilliant fireball spotted over Minnesota by doorbell cameras
- China's huge rocket that fell from space highlights debris risk of uncontrolled reentries
- Surprise meteor shower! 'Finlay-id' 'shooting stars' will appear for the first time in 2021.
- NASA's asteroid-sampling mission will bid farewell to asteroid Bennu today
- ESA launches hilarious 'European Space-Ody' with spin on a classic Queen song
- 'Oddball' star shocks scientists with strange supernova
May 9
- SpaceX's Elon Musk lands on 'Saturday Night Live' to talk space, Mars (and yes, Dogecoin)
- Physicists get close to taming the chaos of the 'three-body problem'
- 8 extremely rare 'millisecond pulsars' discovered inside globular clusters
- Huge Chinese rocket booster falls to Earth over Arabian Peninsula
- SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites in record 10th liftoff (and landing) of reused rocket
May 8
- A huge Chinese rocket will fall to Earth this weekend. Here's how to track it online.
- SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket on its 10th flight Sunday and you can watch it online
- The top space stories of the week!
- Space photos: The most amazing images this week!
- Space junk removal is not going smoothly
- Astronomers chart invisible ocean of dark matter swirling outside the Milky Way
- World's 1st multinode quantum network is a breakthrough for the quantum internet
- NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity lands at new airfield after 5th flight
May 7
- You can see the International Space Station (and China's Tianhe, too) in the night sky this weekend
- A huge Chinese rocket booster is falling from space, but don't worry. It likely won't hit you.
- 'Debris' on NBC is a sci-fi show with enormous potential
- US Space Command is tracking China's falling rocket booster, but won't shoot it down
- Perseverance rover captures sounds of Mars helicopter Ingenuity's flight in awesome first (video)
- This week on the forums: Going to Mars, SpaceX giveaway and an alternate Earth!
- Visit 'Mars' with me in Space.com's new 'Space Traveler' mini-documentary out now
- 'Spaghettified' star wrapped around a black hole spotted for the first time
- NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity will head to new airfield today on 5th flight
- Mystery of strange new 'dune' auroras solved, scientists say
- How long is a day on Venus? It's always changing, new study reveals
May 6
- SpaceX's Elon Musk hosting 'Saturday Night Live' this weekend
- Falling Chinese rocket debris spotted in space as White House weighs in (photo)
- Boeing, NASA target July 30 for 2nd test flight of Starliner capsule
- Exclusive: 'The Martian' author Andy Weir aims for the stars with new sci-fi thriller 'Project Hail Mary'
- Radiation resistance is baked into the Perseverance Mars rover. Here's why that's important.
- Welcome to Mars! Bill Nye and Robert Zubrin hail new Red Planet visitors.
- Is there a pattern to the universe?
- How do you clean a space station? Astronaut Thomas Pesquet shares orbital spring cleaning tips
May 5
- SpaceX launches Starship SN15 rocket and sticks the landing in high-altitude test flight
- SpaceX will try to launch its Starship SN15 rocket in Texas today (updated)
- China's huge rocket booster falling from space highlights orbital debris problem
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will launch its 1st astronaut flight on July 20 and you can bid for a seat
- Red wine in space may age faster than on Earth, study finds
- SpaceX's next flight for Crew Dragon Resilience is a private launch of 4 civilians
- 'For All Mankind' FAQ: How did the space shuttle fly to the moon?
- Stars made of antimatter could exist in the Milky Way
- Private Dream Chaser space plane to land on NASA's former shuttle runway
- Smithsonian inspects first US astronaut's space capsule, suit 60 years on
- US spaceflight at 60: A lot has changed since NASA's 1st crewed mission
- Photos: Freedom 7, America's 1st Human Spaceflight
- '2 Funny Astronauts': NASA vets Mike Massimino and Garrett Reisman launch new podcast
May 4
- Boba Fett takes on the galaxy in Marvel Comics' bold new series 'Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters'
- SpaceX's Star Wars Day launch puts 60 Starlink satellites in orbit, lands rocket
- Hasbro's new animatronic Baby Yoda eats snacks, uses the Force and coos
- Witness visual effects magic in ILM's 'The Mandalorian' Season 2 sizzle reel
- The best Star Wars deals and gifts for 2021
- In photos: NASA's SLS megarocket core stage arrives in Florida for 1st Artemis moon mission
- Here's a first look at Disney Cruise Line's upcoming 'Star Wars: Hyperspace Lounge'
- Watch SpaceX launch a Falcon 9 rocket packed with Starlink satellites this Star Wars Day
- Celebrate the 'Taco Moon' with a free taco from Taco Bell tonight!
- Celebrate Star Wars Day with an explosive premiere of 'The Bad Batch' on Disney Plus
May 3
- Rocket debris from China's space station launch is falling back to Earth — but where?
- Florida lawmakers protect spacecraft parts from finders, keepers
- 'Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark' is only 99 cents for May the 4th
- Star Wars video games are up to 75% off for May the 4th
- Former Senator Bill Nelson sworn in as new NASA Administrator
- The Eta Aquarid meteor shower of 2021 peaks this week. Here's how to see it.
- Dark matter could be destroying itself inside the bellies of exoplanets
- Space junk is blocking our view of the stars, scientists say
- The youngest exoplanet found by the Hubble telescope is the size of Jupiter (and still growing)
- Europe plans to launch space telescope to monitor orbital debris
May 2
- SpaceX Crew Dragon makes 1st nighttime splashdown with US astronauts since Apollo era
- Exclusive Peek: Soar Inside 'The Art Of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge'
- Disney Imagineers reveal new robotic 'Baby Groot' in new video
- Is there anything beyond the universe?
- SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut mission to the International Space Station in photos
- SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut mission for NASA: Live updates
- SpaceX Dragon leaves space station for NASA's 1st nighttime crew splashdown since 1968
May 1
- Vice President Kamala Harris to lead National Space Council under Biden administration
- How did you spend your week? NASA pretended to crash an asteroid into Earth.
- A SpaceX Dragon will make the 1st nighttime splashdown with NASA astronauts in 53 years. Watch it live.
- Earth's crust is way, way older than we thought
- HI-SEAS crew struggle to keep up hope as relentless storms foil their 'moonwalks' — Commander's report: lunar day 10
- Lego offers sweet Star Wars deals for May the Fourth