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- April 25th
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- National Geographic's 'Rookie Moonshot: Budget Mission To The Moon' Airs Tonight!
- The Space Age Invades Marvel's Cinematic Universe
- 'Avengers: Endgame': It's Epic, Surprising, Satisfying ... and Impossible to Review
- 'Aliens' Reebok Stomper Sneakers Available Once Again on Alien Day
- Relativity Space to Launch Thai Satellite on 3D-Printed Rocket
- Stunning 'Star Trek' Comic Art Sells for Nearly $14K in Recent Auction
- Image of the Day
- On This Day in Space! April 25, 1990: Hubble Space Telescope Is Deployed on STS-31!
- Life May Have Evolved Before Earth Finished Forming
- RIP Pikachu: Ashes of Beloved Cat Will Launch to Space in Cosmic Burial
- Physicists Closer to Solving Mystery of Weird Glowing Ring Around Milky Way's Black Hole
- An Incredibly Powerful White-Light Superflare Erupted from a Small, Faint Star
- Ultima Thule's Mystery Mounds Puzzle Scientists
- New 'Star Trek: Discovery' Comic Book Miniseries Will Go Boldly Into Spock's Past
- April 24th
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- You Can See the Moon Occult Saturn Thursday! Here's How.
- Lessons of Apollo Can Help NASA Ace Return to the Moon, Experts Say
- Russia May Soon Mothball Its Most Historic Launchpad: Report
- The Emergency Launch Abort Systems of SpaceX and Boeing Explained
- Landslides on Mars Spotted from Space in Amazing NASA Photo
- The Best Hubble Space Telescope Images of All Time!
- You Can Now Build Boeing's Starliner Capsule With Cobi Toy Blocks
- Virgin Galactic Expects Rapid Conclusion of SpaceShipTwo Test Flights After Downtime
- Why We Need to Avoid More Anti-Satellite Tests
- Captain Marvel Catches Up on Earth Culture in 'Avengers: Endgame' Audi Commercial
- Space Calendar 2019: Launches, Sky Events & More
- High-Altitude Auroras Create 'Speed Bumps' for Satellites
- Meet OSCaR: Tiny Cubesat Would Clean Up Space Junk
- There Are Toxic Fungi in Space and No One Knows If They're Dangerous
- The Moon's Surface Is Totally Cracked
- April 23rd
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- X-Men Call NASA in Final 'Dark Phoenix' Trailer
- Marsquake! NASA's InSight Lander Feels Its 1st Red Planet Tremor
- Watch Live Now! Exploring New Space Frontiers with USRA
- Asteroid Bennu Goes Technicolor in 3-D NASA View
- Celebrate 50 Years of Space Feats with USRA Symposium Today! How to Watch
- Ryugu Proves Perilous Target in Asteroid-Mining Thriller 'Delta-v'
- SpaceX Crew Dragon Accident Another Bump in the Road for Commercial Crew
- 1969 Moon Landing Heads Up ABC Documentary Series About That Memorable Year in the US
- College Students Hatch Nuclear-Powered Magnetic Plan to Protect Marsonauts from Cosmic Rays
- Turbulent Blobs in Earth's Core May Explain Sudden Jerks in the Magnetic Field
- April 22nd
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- Earth Day 2019: How NASA Data Helps US Deal with Disasters and Climate Change
- Women in Space: A Gallery of Firsts
- Earth Day 2019: These Amazing NASA Images Show Earth from Above
- Now You Can Watch Japan's Hayabusa2 Shoot a Bomb at an Asteroid
- On Titan, the Polar Vortex Can Last a Shiver-Inducing 22 (Earth) Years
- Fisher Space Pen Marks Apollo 11 50th With Moon-Flown Material
- SpaceX Cargo Launch Still On Track Despite Crew Dragon Anomaly, NASA Says
- SpaceX Crew Dragon Accident May Impact NASA Plans to Launch Astronauts from US Soil
- Celebrate Earth Day 2019 with This Animated Google Doodle
- NASA's Webb Space Telescope Will Capture a Galactic 'Jellyfish'
- Alan Tudyk Returns as K-2SO in Cassian Andor Disney+ Series
- What Makes the Strong Force So Special?
- The Moon Shines with Jupiter and Saturn This Week! Here's How to See It
- April 21st
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- Orange Lush: California's 'Superbloom' Wows from the Air
- A Communications Satellite Just Died in Orbit. It's Potentially Dangerous Space Junk Now
- Lyrid Meteor Shower 2019 Peaks Overnight Tonight and Monday!
- What If Winter Lasted for Years Like It Does on 'Game of Thrones'?
- SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule Suffers Anomaly During Engine Test
- April 20th
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- The Most Amazing Space Photos This Week!
- Mars 2020 Rover Assembled and Tested Ahead of Launch Next Year
- Independent Report Concludes 2033 Human Mars Mission Is Not Feasible
- Iger: Star Wars Movies Will Go on 'Hiatus' After Episode IX
- These Wisps Around Black Holes Could Reveal How the Cosmic Beasts Eat
- April 19th
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- Here's How to Share Your 'Earth Day' Photos with NASA
- Tickets on Sale for 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' Documentary 'What We Left Behind'
- SpaceX's Next Space Station Cargo Launch Delayed to April 30
- Defense Officials Get a Grilling at Space Force Hearing
- Cosmic Crustacean Makes Great Birthday Card for Hubble's 29th Year (Image)
- Part 1 of 'The Orville' Season Finale Shows Humanity in Series' Characters
- We Could Soon Watch a Black Hole in Action, Gobbling Up Matter in Real Time
- Is Emperor Palpatine Returning in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker?
- April's Lyrid Meteors Peak Early this Week, But the Moon May Interfere
- Tiny Mercury May Have a Solid Metallic Core That Rivals Earth's
- April Full Moon 2019: The 'Pink Moon' Rises Tonight!
- Cygnus Cargo Spaceship Makes Easter Delivery to International Space Station
- The 'Star Trek: Discovery' Finale Leaves a Confusing Conclusion to Season 2
- Make Your Own Gravitational Waves with 'BlackHoles@Home'
- Jerrie Cobb, Record-Breaking Pilot and Advocate for Female Spaceflight, Has Died
- 50 Years Later, Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins is Still 'Carrying the Fire'
- April 18th
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- China to Launch Ambitious Asteroid-Comet Mission in 2022
- Power and Romance Clash in 'Star Wars' Costumes, Analysis Shows
- Indian Anti-Satellite Test Proves Early Test for Space Fence
- A House-Size Asteroid Zipped by Earth Today
- This Is the Last Photo Israel's Beresheet Moon Lander Ever Took
- Astronomers Finally Spot Universe's First Molecule in Distant Nebula
- 'Speed' Docuseries Shows What Light-Powered Cubesat Might Look Like in Space (Video)
- Notre Dame Fire Damage Spotted from Space (Photo)
- Space Investment Hits Record High in 2018
- Second NASA Astronaut to Spend Nearly a Year in Space — For Science
- Air-Breathing Rocket Engine Gets Green Light for Major Tests
- Stopping an Earth-Bound Asteroid in its Tracks (Op-Ed)
- Captain Marvel, Special Relativity and 'Avengers: Endgame' Connection Explained
- Antares Rocket Launches Cygnus Cargo Ship on Marathon Mission for NASA
- April 17th
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- What It Was Like to Fly the 'Roc' — Stratolaunch's Massive Rocket-Carrier Airplane
- Breaking Records: How Astronaut Christina Koch's Extended Space Mission Will Make History
- Manual Command Likely Caused Israeli Moon Lander's Crash
- Boom! Another Neutron-Star Crash Spotted
- A Rocket Launch to the Space Station Today Could Be Visible Along US East Coast!
- Asteroid Hunting Mission Releases 5th Year of Data
- NASA Astronaut Christina Koch Will Spend Nearly a Year in Space
- Here's How Scientists Turned the World Into a Telescope (to See a Black Hole)
- Did NASA Experiment Survive Israeli Moon Lander's Crash?
- You Can Watch a Cygnus Cargo Ship Launch to the Space Station Today! Here's How
- Physicists Think You Could Be Rescued from a Black Hole — But Don't Risk It
- Rocket Stage Launched 10 Years Ago Disintegrates into Trail of Space Junk (Video)
- April 16th
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- Budweiser Brews Limited Lager for Moon Landing 50th Anniversary
- Tiny Robots, Wearable Tech and More Weird Science Will Launch to Space Station Wednesday
- Pepsi Drops Plans to Use Orbital Billboard
- The First Known Interstellar Meteor May Have Hit Earth in 2014
- Owen Garriott, Skylab and Space Shuttle Astronaut, Dies at 88
- Discovery! 3rd Planet Found in Two-Star 'Tatooine' Star System
- Rare Comet Fragment Found Inside Rocky Meteorite
- NASA's TESS Exoplanet Mission Finds 1st Earth-Size Alien World
- 'Captain Marvel' Is Full of Space (and 90s) Easter Eggs
- Is Dark Matter Fuzzy?
- April 15th
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- SpaceX's Center Core Booster for Falcon Heavy Rocket Is Lost at Sea
- Science Channel Chronicles Israel's 1st Moon Mission in Documentary Tonight
- Saturn's Moon Titan May Have 'Phantom Lakes' and Caves
- Tax Day 2019 Reaches Astronauts in Space, Too
- The Moon Loses Water When Meteoroids Smack the Lunar Surface
- Apollo 11 Spacecraft on Display in Seattle for 50th Anniversary
- Of Mice and Microgravity: How Spacefaring Rodents Adapt to Life in Space (Video)
- LIGO Is Up and Running Again and Already Spotted Two Possible Black Hole Mergers
- It Rains on the Sun (Just Not the Way You Think)
- There Are Bacteria and Fungi All Over the Space Station, and Now We Know What They Are
- Stargazing T. Rex Gets a 67-Million-Year-Old View of the Night Sky
- April 14th
- April 13th
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- Stratolaunch Flies World's Largest Plane for the First Time
- Israel Will Build Another Moon Lander
- The Sun Is Spitting Out 'Lava Lamp Blobs' 500 Times the Size of Earth
- Lego Unveils New Darth Vader Building Set for Star Wars Celebration
- Lego Breaks Guinness World Record for Largest Display of 'Star Wars' Minifigures
- 3 Huge Questions the Black Hole Image Didn't Answer
- April 12th
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- Possible 2nd Planet Spotted Around Proxima Centauri
- Looking Up from Down Under: Australia Partners with Boeing to Boost Its Young Space Program
- Black Holes Are Awesome. Why Are Their Names Usually So Boring?
- NASA Chooses SpaceX to Launch Asteroid-Walloping Mission
- First 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Trailer
- 3 New Rockets Are on Track for 1st Test Flights in 2021
- Israeli Moon Lander Suffered Engine Glitch Before Crash
- The All-Male Moclan Culture Is Problematic Again in 'The Orville' Episode 'Sanctuary'
- 'Star Wars: Episode IX' Panel: Watch It Live!
- Exploring the Moon in April: A Night-to-Night Description
- 'Black Hole Hunters' Shows Epic Chase to Capture First Images
- SpaceX Recovered Falcon Heavy Nose Cone, Plans to Re-fly it This Year (Photos)
- 'Such Sweet Sorrow' Is a Befuddled Buildup to the 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 2 Finale
- See the X-ray Neighborhood of the First-Ever Black Hole Photo in This Space Telescope View
- Israeli Lander Failure Marks 1st Moon Crash in 48 Years
- All Your Questions About the New Black Hole Image Answered
- Lockheed Martin Proposes 'Early Gateway' to Put Astronauts on the Moon by 2024
- April 11th
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- SpaceX Falcon Heavy Sticks Triple Rocket Landing with 1st Commercial Launch
- Watch SpaceX Attempt a Triple Rocket Landing During Falcon Heavy Launch Today!
- Israel's Beresheet Spacecraft Crashes Into Moon During Landing Attempt
- Here's What Mission Control Is Like Before Israel's Beresheet Moon Landing
- Landmark NASA Twins Study Reveals Space Travel's Effects on the Human Body
- Israeli Beresheet Spacecraft to Attempt Historic Moon Landing Today! Watch Live
- The Future of Black Hole Photography: What's Next for the Event Horizon Telescope
- Why Is the First-Ever Black Hole Photo an Orange Ring?
- Yuri's Night Celebrations Honor 'An Amazing Year' For Human Spaceflight
- Virgin Galactic Trio, Including the 1st Woman, Receives Their Commercial Astronaut Wings
- Google Doodle Celebrates the 1st Black Hole Image by the Event Horizon Telescope
- SpaceX Postpones Falcon Heavy Launch Due to High Winds
- April 10th
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- Help Name the Largest Unnamed World in the Solar System
- Historic First Images of a Black Hole Show Einstein Was Right (Again)
- New Book 'Shoot for the Moon' Earns High Praise From Apollo 11 Astronaut
- What's Eating Mars' Methane? ExoMars Results Deepen Mystery
- Fingerprints of Venus Transformation May Be Hidden in Plain Sight
- SpaceX Drops Protest of NASA Launch Contract
- How the Event Horizon Telescope Hunts for Black Hole Silhouettes
- Eureka! Scientists Photograph a Black Hole for the 1st Time
- This Single Mission Could Solve 2 of the Biggest Mysteries of the Universe
- 'Monster Black Hole: The First Image' Premieres Tonight on Science Channel (Video)
- Event Horizon Telescope to Unveil Big Black Hole News Today! Watch Live
- April 9th
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- Astronauts on the Moon in 2024? US Can't Do It Alone, NASA Chief Says
- Watch the International Space Station Photobomb the Moon in These Awesome NASA Views
- Israeli Moon Lander Poised for Lunar Touchdown Thursday
- Space Launch Startup Rocket Lab Is Building Satellites Now, Too
- Iron Volcanoes on Some Asteroids May Have Ejected Molten Metal
- What Exactly Is a Black Hole Event Horizon (and What Happens There)?
- US Space Dominance Dominates 35th Space Symposium Agenda
- 'Alien' Lights in Norway Were a NASA Test, Not an Extraterrestrial Visit
- Astronauts Whipped Up a Pizza Dinner to Prep for Spacewalk (And It Looks Tasty)
- An Ice Giant and Warped Disk? Weird Star's Mysteries Just Get Weirder
- April 8th
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- The Moon Will Make a Dramatic Swoop to the South of Mars Tuesday Night
- SpaceX Delays 1st Commercial Launch of Falcon Heavy Rocket to Wednesday
- Spacewalking Astronauts Battle Stuck Panel, Wrangle Cables on Space Station
- Astronaut Hall of Fame Adds Space Shuttle Fliers Jim Buchli, Janet Kavandi
- Interstellar Objects Like 'Oumuamua Might Jump-Start Planet Formation
- The Event Horizon Telescope Is Trying to Take the First-Ever Photo of a Black Hole
- See SpaceX Assemble Its Falcon Heavy Rocket for Arabsat 6A Satellite Launch (Time-Lapse Video)
- This 'Habitable Planets Catalog' Will Help NASA Probe's Hunt for Alien Worlds
- Watch 2 Astronauts Take a Spacewalk Outside the International Space Station Today!
- April 7th
- April 6th
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- SpaceX's Starhopper Prototype for Starship Reaches End of Its Rope In Test Hop
- NASA Announces $100,000 Winners of Virtual 3D-Printed Mars Habitats
- 'Earthshine' Lights the Way to a Saturn Moon in Stunning Night-Sky Photo
- NASA Approves Extension of Boeing Starliner Commercial Crew Test Flight
- Physicists Stuffed a Ghostly 'Skyrmion' Full of 'Antiskyrmions'
- April 5th
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- Relativity Signs Contract with Telesat for Launching LEO Constellation
- SpaceX Fires Up Falcon Heavy Ahead of Rocket's 2nd-Ever Launch Next Week
- The Avengers Are Heading to Space in Last 'Avengers: Endgame' Trailer
- Amazon Planning 3,236-Satellite Constellation for Internet Connectivity
- Look in the April Night Sky! Is It a Herdsman, Bear Driver … Or Ice Cream Cone?
- Pow! Japan's Hayabusa2 Bombs Asteroid Ryugu to Make a Crater (Photo)
- Air Force Space Launch Competition Caught in Political Crossfire
- NASA Announces Trashy Award-Winning Ideas for Cleaning Space Station
- Israeli Lunar Lander Snaps Amazing Photos of the Far Side of the Moon
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Is Guided to a New Time Crystal in 'Through the Valley of Shadows'
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe Makes 2nd Daring Flyby of the Sun
- NASA Will Test 5 Habitat Designs for Its Lunar Gateway Space Station
- Japan's Hayabusa2 Shoots Copper Bomb at Asteroid Ryugu to Create Artificial Crater
- April 4th
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- NASA's Curiosity Rover Just Saw 2 Eclipses on Mars! Now You Can, Too
- NASA Test-Fires Megarocket Engine That May Take Astronauts to the Moon (Video)
- Behind the Scent: Lockheed Martin Bottles Astronaut's Smell of Space
- Shard of Shattered Alien Planet Spotted Around Dead Star
- Four New Satellites Ride Into Space To Join Growing SES Constellation
- Wow! Astronaut Spots Cargo Ship Launch from Space Station (Photo)
- Pioneering Israeli Lunar Lander Arrives in Orbit Around the Moon
- April New Moon 2019: Catch Mars, the Pleiades and Spring Constellations in the Moonless Night Sky
- There Are 2 Rocket Launches, a Moon Arrival and Asteroid Crash Today! Here's How to Watch
- Watch Live from Mission Control As Hayabusa2 Makes a Crater on an Asteroid
- Cosmic 'Wild Ducks' Flock Together in Dazzling in Hubble Telescope Photo
- Airplane Wing Assembles Like a Jigsaw Puzzle and Can Morph Into Any Shape
- Russian Cargo Ship Launches on Superfast Trip to Space Station
- SpaceX's 'Starhopper' Starship Prototype Just Aced Its 1st Hop, Elon Musk Says
- April 3rd
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- Israel's Moon Lander Arrives in Lunar Orbit Tomorrow
- NASA's Moon-by-2024 Push Could Help Put Astronauts on Mars by 2033, Chief Says
- Rocket Lab to Launch 3 Satellites for US Air Force This Month
- Boeing Delays Starliner Test Flights
- A Newborn Monster Black Hole May Get the Boot When Its Parent Galaxies Collide
- Spacesuit Sizing Stymied a Historic NASA Moment, and It May Always Be Tricky
- These Simulations Reveal What Happened During India's Anti-Satellite Missile Test (Videos)
- Here's What Elon Musk Had to Say to NASA's Chief Before SpaceX's 1st Crew Dragon Test Flight (Video)
- This New Barbie Doll Launches Real-Life Astronaut's Face Into a Toy World
- Why Next-Generation Astronauts Will Need the 'New Right Stuff' for Space Travel
- April 2nd
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- NASA Won't Have 2 Medium-Size Spacesuits Ready Any Time Soon Despite Criticism
- Mars 2020 Rover Instrument Survives Termination Review
- 'Captain Marvel' Nears $1 Billion, More Comic Milestones Within Reach
- The Spice Must Flow: New 'Dune' Movie Starts Shooting
- NASA Chief Says 'Nothing Off the Table' as Agency Develops New Moon Plan
- Northeast Astronomy Forum 2019 Gathers Space Fans This Weekend
- All-Female Spacewalk Was Cancelled on 'My Recommendation,' Astronaut Anne McClain Says
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- Mars May Have Lots of Water Deep Underground
- Physicists Just Detected a Very Odd Particle That Isn't a Particle at All
- 'Groundbreaking Result' Coming from Black-Hole Hunting Event Horizon Telescope Next Week
- The Lunar South Pole Is a Rich Target for NASA's 2024 Moon Goal
- California's 'Superbloom' of Wildflowers Looks Spectacular from Space!
- The Brightest Planets in April's Night Sky: How to See them (and When)
- April 1st
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- Israeli Moon Lander Tweaks Orbit to Prep for Thursday Lunar Arrival
- India Follows Anti-Satellite Missile Test with 29-Satellite Launch
- See Venus Shine with the Crescent Moon Tuesday Morning!
- India's Anti-Satellite Test Created Dangerous Debris, NASA Chief Says
- Brilliant Green Fireball Lights Up Florida Sky
- Astronaut Anne McClain Loves Aidy Bryant's Take on Her on 'Saturday Night Live'
- Lockheed Martin Unveils 'Vector' Fragrance for that Space-y Smell
- Surprise! Sun's Magnetic Field Is Stronger Than We Thought
- China's Chang'e 4 Moon Lander, Yutu 2 Rover Awake for 4th Lunar Workday
- Why Does Enceladus Have an Underground Ocean? New Research Probes Differences Between Saturn's Moons
- There Is Definitely Methane on Mars, Scientists Say. But Is It a Sign of Life?
- Life on Jupiter's Moon Europa? Lander Design Team Hopes to Be the Ones to Find It
- Here's What a Spacecraft Orbiting Uranus Could Learn
- Violent Planetwide Storm Spotted Above Distant Exoplanet
- Dash of Meson, Pinch of Baryon: Scientists Find Recipe for Ultrarare Pentaquarks