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- September 11
- September 10
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- Watch 1st look clip from 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 5 (video)
- Space MacGyver: NASA astronaut and inventor Don Pettit eager to return to ISS on Sept. 11
- These 2 monster black holes may be the closest pair ever discovered (video)
- Legendary actor and 'Star Wars'' voice of Darth Vader, James Earl Jones dies at 93
- Satellites watch Tropical Storm Francine threaten Gulf Coast (video)
- China moves Mars sample-return launch up 2 years, to 2028
- Partial lunar eclipse of the Harvest Moon: Everything you need to know
- Elon Musk's pet dog inspires young girl's design for Polaris Dawn zero-g indicator
- A long-lost moon could explain Mars' weird shape and extreme terrain
- SpaceX's historic private Polaris Dawn astronaut launch lights up predawn sky (photos)
- 7 years ago today, the sun unleashed a record-breaking solar flare
- Just how dark is the universe? NASA's New Horizons probe gives us best estimate yet
- China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035
- SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn astronauts to attempt world's 1st-ever private spacewalk (video)
- September 9
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- NASA's Europa Clipper probe to icy Jupiter moon takes big step toward its Oct. 10 launch
- Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing's Starliner during landing, NASA says
- SpaceX's Polaris Dawn astronauts will make a daring trek into Earth's Van Allen radiation belt
- The moon might still have active volcanoes, China's Chang'e 5 sample-return probe reveals
- 'Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2' charges bravely onto PC and consoles today (video)
- Life on alien planets probably wouldn't experience day and night – here's how that may change evolution
- How AI is helping us search the universe for alien technosignatures
- A particularly active 'aurora season' could be just weeks away
- The biggest galaxies live in our universe's supercluster 'cities'
- Watch a 100,000-mile-high tower of plasma erupt from the sun in this stunning video
- September 8
- September 7
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- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 127 — Space Stations Inc.
- Boeing's Starliner capsule just landed with no crew aboard. What's next for this astronaut taxi?
- See Saturn at its biggest and brightest tonight before its rings 'disappear' in 2025
- Boeing Starliner capsule lands back on Earth, without astronauts, to end troubled test flight (video)
- September 6
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- Mars leaks faster when closer to the sun
- James Webb Space Telescope zooms in on giant question mark in space (image)
- NASA delays ESCAPADE Mars launch on Blue Origin's giant New Glenn rocket to 2025 to avoid potential cost overruns
- Boeing's Starliner all packed up to return to Earth from ISS today
- The best 60s sci-fi movies
- 'Slingshot' exclusive: Director Mikael Håfström discusses his haunting new sci-fi thriller
- An annular solar eclipse will put a 'ring of fire' above one of the most isolated spots on Earth: Easter Island
- Netflix's 'Apollo 13: Survival' is a superb examination of NASA's finest hour (review)
- 'We're confident in it': Boeing Starliner's parachute team readies for Crew Flight Test landing without astronauts on Sept. 7
- Happy Star Trek Day: Paramount serves up free sample of TV shows to celebrate
- China to test lunar-soil bricks in space to pave the way for its planned moon base
- China's mysterious space plane returns to Earth after 268 days in orbit
- NASA's solar sail spacecraft is visible in the night sky. Here's how to see it
- BepiColombo probe captures stunning Mercury images in closest flyby yet
- Boeing Starliner departs ISS without its astronaut crew. How to watch it land on Earth tonight
- SpaceX launches next-gen US spy satellites on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader (video)
- September 5
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- A partial lunar eclipse of the Harvest Moon Supermoon is coming this month. Here's everything you need to know
- Watch eerie 1st teaser for Hulu's 'Alien: Earth' TV series (video)
- NASA spacecraft captures 1st photo of its giant solar sail while tumbling in space
- 'No Man's Sky' receives fishing, diving, and exo-skiffs via 'Aquarius' update (video)
- The 1st Milky Way black hole image was groundbreaking — the next could be even better
- NASA astronauts can't wear Boeing Starliner spacesuits in SpaceX's Dragon. Here's why
- Used SpaceX rocket launches 7,001st Starlink satellite (and 20 others), lands at sea (video)
- Meet Phaethon, a weird asteroid that thinks it's a comet – our new research may explain what's going on
- The Andromeda Galaxy glows rosy red in gorgeous new Hubble Telescope image
- Is the Sagittarius constellation a teapot or an archer?
- Astronaut watches a meteor explode over Earth in a bright green fireball in stunning video from ISS
- Listen to the eerie sounds of an exploded star in new NASA video
- Lucky alignment of 2 spacecraft reveals how solar wind gets a magnetic push
- Boeing Starliner astronauts have years of medical studies helping them with longer stay in space
- September 4
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- Chinese astronauts study ancient microbes aboard Tiangong space station (video)
- Hubble Telescope spies a very sparkly mini-galaxy (image)
- Blue Origin droneship arrives in Florida ahead of 1st New Glenn launch (video, photos)
- 'There was some tension in the room', NASA says of decision to bring Boeing's Starliner spacecraft home without astronauts
- NASA clears Europa Clipper mission for Oct. 10 launch despite Jupiter radiation worries
- A huge asteroid crash permanently altered Jupiter's biggest moon Ganymede
- Watch 2 SpaceX rockets launch new Starlink fleet and secret US spy satellite in space doubleheader today (Sept. 5)
- Tiny asteroid burns up harmlessly in Earth's atmosphere over Philippines. 'Discovered this morning,' ESA says
- Belief in alien visits to Earth is spiraling out of control – here's why that's so dangerous
- New 'StarRupture' gameplay trailer is a killer bug hunt on a crazy planet (video)
- Should we regulate the moon? Scientists call for international plan to share lunar water and resources
- UAE on track to launch bold 7-asteroid mission in 2028
- September 3
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- Hubble telescope spies a sparkling 'cosmic fossil' 3 million light-years away (image)
- Thruster issues delay BepiColombo probe's Mercury arrival until November 2026
- Scientists make lab-grown black hole jets
- 'It basically lifts the skies up.' NASA discovers Earth's electrical field at last after 60-year search
- Europe's Vega rocket aces its final mission (video)
- Shelved NASA spacecraft could spy on asteroid Apophis before 2029 Earth flyby
- Statue of fallen 'Teacher-in-Space' Christa McAuliffe unveiled at NH state house
- NASA science mission spacecraft are at risk from hackers, but a new law could help protect them
- Supercharged 'cocoon of energy' may power the brightest supernovas in the universe
- Some black holes have a 'heartbeat' — and astronomers may finally know why
- 'A lot has changed': NOAA is rewriting the book on how to rank solar storms
- Artemis 3 astronauts will walk on the moon with 4G-equipped spacesuits
- September 2
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- Satellites are making the night sky brighter — as a launch site, New Zealand has a duty to combat light pollution
- Stick to the shade in new extended 'Dune: Awakening' gameplay trailer (video)
- 'Unbreakable' quantum communication closer to reality thanks to new, exceptionally bright photons
- Star-packed Triangulum Galaxy shines in new Hubble Telescope image
- Heaviest antimatter particle ever discovered could hold secrets to our universe's origins
- Orion capsule used in abort test 'lands' at University of North Dakota
- The pieces of NASA's next 3 Artemis moon missions head to Florida launch site (photos)
- 'Warm Jupiter' exoplanet 300 light-years away found by amateur astronomers
- Astrophotographer captures Comet C/2023 E1 Atlas in rare encounter with Flying Bat and Squid Nebula
- Astronomers discover oldest known eclipse reference in 6,000-year-old Hindu text
- NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore reports 'strange noise' coming from Boeing's Starliner spacecraft (video)
- 1 month until the annular solar eclipse 2024: Here's what you need to know
- September 1
