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- September 30
- September 29
- September 28
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- Wow! Asteroid Ryugu's Rubbly Surface Pops in Best-Ever Photo
- Steely Spaceship: Apollo 11 Capsule Lands on Display in Pittsburgh
- Bizarre Particles Keep Flying Out of Antarctica's Ice, and They Might Shatter Modern Physics
- Thousands of Worms Are Launching Into Space Soon. You Know...for Science.
- This Small Japanese Re-Entry Capsule Is Ready for a Test Flight from Space Station
- ULA Selects Blue Origin to Provide Main Engine for New Vulcan Rocket
- NASA Roadmap Report Provides Few New Details on Human Exploration Plans
- Patrick Stewart's First Star Trek Revival Photo!
- Super Typhoon Trami Looks Tremendous from Space in These Amazing Astronaut Photos
- How the Curiosity Rover Detected a Monster Mars Dust Storm Will Surprise You
- September 27
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- SEC Suing Elon Musk for Fraud
- Politics and Space Meet at UN with 'Space2030: Space as a Driver for Peace'
- Japanese Cargo Ship Arrives at Space Station
- Japan's Hopping Rovers Capture Amazing Views of Asteroid Ryugu (Video)
- Free Tickets! See Neil Armstrong Biopic 'First Man' for NASA's 60th Anniversary
- Watch Nerd Dream-Team Stephen Colbert and Neil deGrasse Tyson Drive a Mars Rover in NYC!
- Next Moon Landings Will Go Much Further Than Apollo, NASA Chief Tells Senate
- Will the US Military Space Force's Reach Extend to the Moon?
- Moon Is Stepping Stone, Not Alternative to Mars, NASA Says
- Primeval Black Holes Could Reveal How the Universe Formed
- Inky Black, Polluted Rivers Seep into Ocean After Hurricane Florence in NASA Image
- This Super-Strong Magnet Literally Blew the Doors Off a Tokyo Laboratory
- WWII Bombs Had Rippling Effect on the Edge of Space
- September 26
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- Hop, Don't Roll: How the Tiny Japanese Rovers on Asteroid Ryugu Move
- 'Ask a Spaceman' Tells Why Milky Way's on a Collision Course
- Why Alternate Universes Might Also Host Life Around their Stars
- Space2030: Space as a Driver for Peace - World Leaders Proclaim Innovative Space Diplomacy as the New Frontier for Peace on Earth
- NASA Is Hosting a 'Technosignatures' Workshop on How to Find Alien Technology
- Japanese Startup ispace to Launch Moon Lander Missions on SpaceX Rockets
- From Falling Out of Trees to Standing on the Moon — New Book Inspires Kids with Neil Armstrong's Story
- A Base on Mars? It Could Happen by 2028, Elon Musk Says
- Kids Can Build, Drive Mars Rovers with New littleBits Kit
- Travel Through Space and Time with 400 Years of Planetary Maps
- Ariane 5 Rocket Lofts 2 Satellites on Milestone 100th Launch
- September 25
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- See the Harvest Moon of 2018 in These Gorgeous Photos!
- Silent Opportunity Mars Rover Spotted from Space (Photo)
- Dust Storms Rage on Saturn Moon Titan, Just Like on Mars and Earth
- NASA Mars Orbiter Snaps Selfie to Mark 4 Years at Red Planet
- The Stuff Falling into This Black Hole Is Moving at Almost 56,000 Miles a Second!
- 'Oumuamua Isn't from Our Solar System. Now We May Know Which Star It Came From
- Space2030: At the UN, World Leaders Create a Vision of Peace in Space
- Did a Huge Impact Blast Out Moons of Mars? Old Data Bolsters Theory
- Ancient Mars Had Energy Source for Potential Life Underground
- Are Moon Caves Safe for Astronauts? Earth's Lava Tubes Can Help Us Find Out
- A Schoolkid Will Name NASA's Next Mars Rover
- Here Comes the Sun! Parker Solar Probe Instruments See 'First Light'
- September 24
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- Astronaut Trump? Ivanka Says She Wanted to Go to Space in NASA Visit
- 'Personal Space': Museum Exhibits Astronauts' Spaceflight Mementos
- How Do Flat-Earthers Explain the Equinox? We Investigated.
- Planet Earth Wobbles As It Spins, and Now Scientists Know Why
- Here Comes Fall: Harvest Moon 2018 Rises Tonight!
- Antarctica Greenhouse Produces Cucumbers, Tomatoes and More in Mars-Like Test
- Commercial Crew Providers Believe They Now Meet NASA Safety Requirements
- Air Force Association Opposes Establishment of a Space Force, Says Air and Space Are 'Indivisible'
- NASA Balloon Observes Glowing Blue Clouds in Earth's Upper Atmosphere (Video)
- September 23
- September 22
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- Japanese Cargo Ship Launches Toward Space Station
- They Made It! Japan's Two Hopping Rovers Successfully Land on Asteroid Ryugu
- Hologram of NASA Astronaut Mae Jemison Arrives at NYC's Intrepid Museum
- Japanese Cargo Ship Launching Toward Space Station Today: Watch Live
- Rover Team Confident Curiosity Will Bounce Back from Glitch
- Why the Autumnal Equinox Doesn't Fall on the Same Day Every Year
- Peace in Space: World Leaders to Discuss Peaceful Uses of the Cosmos at UN Event
- September 21
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- A Space-Themed Band from London Just Rocked Out with NASA's Shuttle Enterprise in NYC
- Are Japanese Hopping Robots Safe on Asteroid Ryugu?
- Rockers Coheed and Cambria Are Heading to a 'Planetary Prison'
- Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Launches Exclusive Retro 51 Pen
- The New BFR: How SpaceX's Giant Rocket-Spaceship Combo for Mars Has Changed
- After Pluto, New Horizons Probe Draws Near to Its Next Target: Ultima Thule
- NASA's New Planet-Hunting Telescope Spots Its Second Possible World Already
- Air Force Secretary Lays Roadmap to a New Space Force
- By Jove! Juno Snaps Picture of Elusive 'Brown Barge' on Jupiter
- Japanese Probe Drops Tiny Hopping Robots Toward Big Asteroid Ryugu
- September 20
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- Distant Whirling-Dervish Stars Spin in Super-Weird Patterns
- Watch a Satellite Net a Cubesat in Awesome Space Junk Cleanup Test
- Delta II to 'Live Among Giants' in Kennedy Space Center Rocket Garden
- Dream Chaser Space Plane Set to Land as Matchbox Sky Busters Toy
- Fly Me to the Moon: Japanese Billionaire to Achieve 'Lifelong Dream' on SpaceX Lunar Trip
- You Can See Photos from Japanese Asteroid Probe's 1st Rover Landing Attempt Right Now!
- SpaceX Will Livestream Moon Tourist Flight in HD Virtual Reality, Elon Musk Says
- For Tiny Light Particles, 'Before' and 'After' Mean Nothing
- This Experiment Will Shoot Ghostly Particles Through Earth, Answer Why We Exist
- Child-Porn Investigation Caused New Mexico Observatory Closure: Report
- Astronauts Going to Mars Will Absorb Crazy Amounts of Radiation. Now We Know How Much.
- Why NASA Needs a New Logo
- Yusaku Maezawa's #dearMoon Project Aims for Lunar Art. Here's What Some Artists Think.
- September 19
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- NASA's New Planet Hunter Just Found Its 1st Alien World — an Evaporating 'Super-Earth'
- A Japanese Probe Is About to Drop Two Hopping Robots Onto Asteroid Ryugu
- NASA's Curiosity Rover on Mars Sidelined by Glitch
- NASA's New Planet-Hunter TESS Beams 'First Light' Image to Earth
- 'Ask a Spaceman' Reveals Why You Wouldn't Want to Enter a Wormhole
- The Strongest Material in the Universe Could Be (Nuclear) Pasta
- Why the SpaceX Lunar Tourists Won't Walk on the Moon
- Japanese Cargo Ship Gets New Launch Date for Space Station Delivery
- SpaceX's New BFR Spaceship Really Does Look Like Tintin's Moon Rocket
- Giant Ice Volcanoes Once Covered Dwarf Planet Ceres
- New Stephen Hawking Graphic Biography to Reveal the Scientist — and the Man
- Japan's Hayabusa2 Sees Its Shadow on Asteroid Ryugu in New Photos
- Weird Infrared Signal Emanates Across Space, But What Created It?
- September 18
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- Bizarre Physics Phenomenon Suggests Objects Can Be Two Temperatures at Once
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Reminds Us Why Smoking Weed in Space Is a Bad Idea
- Yusaku Maezawa Will Fly Around the Moon, Taking His Passion for Art with Him
- Space & Science Festival Launches at NYC's Intrepid Museum This Week
- Hey, Spock! Real-Life 'Planet Vulcan' Orbits Sun Featured in 'Star Trek'
- First 'Captain Marvel' Trailer Lands on Earth!
- SpaceX's Lunar BFR Mission Isn't the 1st Private Moon Tourist Plan. Not Even for SpaceX.
- Will Elon Musk Fly on SpaceX's Private Moon Flight in 2023 with Japanese Billionaire?
- What on Earth Could Live in a Salt Water Lake on Mars? An Expert Explains
- #dearMoon: SpaceX's 1st Passenger Flight Around the Moon Will Be an Epic Art Project
- SpaceX Will Fly a Japanese Billionaire (and Artists, Too!) Around the Moon in 2023
- September 17
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- Interplanetary Umbrella: New Heat Shield Could Land Bigger Payloads on Planets
- Tiny Satellites Headed to Mars Likely Are First of Many
- Mars Explorers Could Live in 'Igloo' Near Red Planet's North Pole
- Changing the Launch Equation: Q&A with Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck
- New Mexico Solar Observatory Re-Opening Monday After Criminal Investigation
- SpaceX to Unveil 1st Passenger for Private BFR Moon Trip Tonight! How to Watch.
- September 16
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- Delta Blue: Last Delta II Rocket Launch Leaves Behind Colorful Legacy
- Martian Manhunter Back On Detective Beat in New Orlando/Rossmo Comics Series
- New Pentagon Memo Lays Out Action Plan to Space Force by 2020
- 'Captain Marvel': New Villain, Plot Details Revealed
- New 'Doctor Who' Premieres in October
- For William Shatner, Early 'Star Trek' Was Far From Glamorous
- September 15
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- Last Delta II Rocket Launches NASA Satellite to Map Earth's Ice with Space Laser
- In Photos: Last Delta II Rocket Soars With NASA's ICESat-2
- See Venus Get Super Bright Before It Exits 2018 Night Sky
- Celebrating Cassini: NASA Saturn Probe Died 1 Year Ago Today
- Hulu's 'The First' Confronts the Drama of Getting Humans to Mars
- Final Delta II Launch to Mark End of First Pioneering Era of US Rockets
- September 14
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- Japan Delays Launch of New Space Station Cargo Ship Again
- Hurricane Florence Is 50 Miles Larger, with 50% More Rain, Thanks to Climate Change
- Typhoon Mangkhut Bears Down on the Philippines with 165-Mph Winds
- Hurricane Florence Is Dumping a Huge Amount of Rain on the Carolinas
- Unexplained 'Security Issue' Keeps National Solar Observatory Facility Shuttered
- You Can Watch NASA Launch a Laser-Toting, Ice-Tracking Satellite Saturday. Here's How.
- Watch Hurricane Florence Make Landfall in This Incredible Space Station Video
- 'Science Fair' Documentary Showcases the Real-Life Genius of Teenage Scientists
- Hulu's 'The First' Highlights the Real Science (and Painful Realities) of Space Exploration
- SpaceX Has Apparently Tweaked Its Giant BFR Rocket Design. And It Looks Awesome!
- Does 'The Predator' Live Up to the Original? (Film Review)
- Japan to Launch New Cargo Ship to Space Station Today! Watch It Live
- Farewell, Titan! Cassini's Last View of Saturn Moon Shows Fabulous Methane Lakes
- SpaceX Will Fly a Private Passenger Around the Moon on Its Giant BFR Rocket
- September 13
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- NASA's Ice-Monitoring Space Laser Ready for Saturday Launch
- How Space Exploration Can Teach Us to Preserve All Life on Earth
- Watch Hurricane Florence Churn Toward the East Coast in NASA and NOAA GIFs
- Galaxies from a Long Time Ago and Far, Far Away Star in Amazing Hubble View
- Russian Space Agency to NASA: Investigation Into Space Station Leak Is Under Way
- 2018 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics: A Conversation with Ewine van Dishoeck
- New Videos Show Hurricane Florence Ready to Unleash Its Fury on US East Coast
- National Air and Space Museum to Mark Apollo 11 50th Anniversary
- Hurricane Florence Makes Its Way Toward North Carolina
- Meet the Astronaut 'Den Mother' Who Takes Care of NASA's 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class
- Earth's Oceans May Go Back to the Planet's Birth
- How NASA Will Use a Space Laser to Measure Earth's Thinning Ice Sheets
- The Closest Exoplanet to Earth Could Be 'Highly Habitable'
- September 12
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- Space Station Commander: It's 'Absolutely a Shame' to Suggest Astronauts Caused Air Leak
- Hurricane Florence: How Satellites Are Tracking the Monster Storm from Space
- NASA's Orion Space Capsule Aces Final Parachute Test Before Moon Flight
- Hurricane Florence Is a 'No-Kidding Nightmare' in These New Astronaut Photos
- Chinese Startups OneSpace, iSpace Succeed With Suborbital Launches
- Experts: A Separate Military Service for Space May Be Too Much Too Soon
- Hurricane Florence in Photos: See the Massive Storm from Space
- In New 'Ask a Spaceman' Episode, Black Holes Are Doomed to Die
- A Skywatcher Shows You Where to Find the North Star (Photo)
- NASA Starts 45-Day Clock to Contact Mars Rover Opportunity as Dust Storm Wanes
- This Giant, Ultrathin NASA Balloon Just Broke an Altitude Record
- Newfound Alien World May Bridge Rare Gap in Planet Types
- Will Canadian Astronaut David Saint-Jacques Match Chris Hadfield's Popularity?
- Strange Binary Asteroid Shows Solar System Upheaval Happened Early
- NASA to Test Orion Spacecraft Parachutes Ahead of Moon Mission Today: Watch It Live
- Asteroid Hides Behind Sparkling Spiral Galaxy in This Dazzling Telescope View
- September 11
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- Hurricane Florence Isn't Alone: 4 Powerful Storms Seen from Space in 1 Day
- NASA's Asteroid-Sampling Spacecraft Begins Its Science Work Today
- Hole in Sun's Atmosphere Amps Up Northern Lights
- NASA Commemorates 9/11 with New Photos of New York from Space
- Holy Space Rocks! The Vatican Is Hosting Its First Meteorite Convention
- Happy Birthday, LHC: Here's to 10 Years of Atom Smashing at the Large Hadron Collider
- New High-Res Map of Antarctica Shows the Icy Continent in Astonishing Detail
- 7 Quantum Particles Act Like Billions in Weird Physics Experiment
- What It's Like to Snag a Spacecraft with the International Space Station's Robotic Arm
- How NASA's Mission to 'Touch the Sun' May Reveal Clues About Alien Worlds
- Mysterious Light Flashes Are Coming from Deep Space, and AI Just Found More of Them
- September 10
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- NASA Plans to Build a Moon-Orbiting Space Station: Here's What You Should Know
- Take a Look Inside Lockheed Martin's Proposed Lunar 'Gateway' Habitat for Astronauts
- India Unveils Its Own Spacesuit Design for 2022 Astronaut Flights
- Huge Hurricane Florence Looms Large in New Views from Space (Video)
- Cassini's 'Grand Finale' at Saturn Lands NASA an Emmy
- Is Pluto a Planet? New Paper Adds to Decade-Long Debate
- Evoking Apollo, NASA Launch Tower Enters Vehicle Assembly Building
- Army Soldiers on the Front Lines of Space Wars
- Air Force Secretary Affirms Support for Space Force
- Typhoon Delays Launch of Japanese Cargo Ship to Space Station
- Galaxy Punches Through Neighbor to Spawn Giant Ring of Black Holes
- SpaceX Launches New Communications Satellite, Sticks Rocket Landing
- September 9
- September 8
- September 7
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- The End is Near for NASA's Historic Dawn Mission to the Asteroid Belt
- Japanese Space-Elevator Experiment Launching to Space Station Next Week (Really!)
- A Chinese Satellite Just Watched OneSpace Launch a Rocket, and the Video Is Awesome
- Puzzling Swirls on the Moon May Come from Ancient, Magnetized Lava
- A Bright Green Comet Will Grace September's Skies
- Jupiter's Weird Magnetic Field Gets Even Weirder
- Jupiter's Icy Moon Europa Has a Really Weird Cold Spot
- NASA Rocket Launch Tests Supersonic Parachute for Mars Rover Landings
- Behold, the Milky Way! Our Galaxy Glitters in This Spectacular Photo
- NASA to Talk Triumphs and Fate of Dawn Asteroid Mission Today: Watch Live
- We're Probably Living in a Simulation, Elon Musk Says
- Curiosity Rover Snaps Gorgeous Panoramic Selfie on Mars Mountain (Photo)
- Air Leak on Soyuz Spacecraft Doesn't Worry Upcoming Space Station Crew
- Hurricane Florence Looks Like a Giant Cotton Ball in This Astronaut Photo from Space
- New Apollo 8 'Earthrise' Documentary Is a 'Love Letter to the Earth'
- September 6
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- Scientists Spot Ancient, Ultra-Fast Wind from the Early Universe
- Scientist Robbed of Nobel in 1974 Finally Wins $3 Million Physics Prize — And Gives It Away
- See Two Bright-Green Comets in 2018's Night Sky: How, Where and When to Look
- Hole That Caused Leak in Russian Spacecraft Possibly Traced to Assembly or Testing: Report
- NASA's 1st Orion Spaceship to Carry Astronauts Is a Step Closer to Reality
- SpaceX Sets Weekend Launch Date for Telstar Communications Satellite
- NASA Will Launch 2 Rockets to Test a Mars Parachute and Track 'Nanoflares'
- Pulsar Discoverer Jocelyn Bell Burnell Wins $3 Million Breakthrough Prize
- Alien Life Could Exist on Worlds Overflowing with Water, New Research Suggests
- Amazing Photos: The Comets 21P/Giacobini-Zinner and 46P/Wirtanen of 2018
- September 5
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- Morning, Kepler! NASA's Planet-Hunting Spacecraft Wakes Up Again
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (July 2018)
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (June 2018)
- To Find Alien Life, NASA Needs Bigger, Bolder Exoplanet-Hunting Telescopes
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (May 2018)
- Is That the Death Star? Japanese Probe's Pictures of Ryugu Show a Divot on Top
- Faster Than Light? Neutron-Star Merger Shot Out a Jet with Seemingly Impossible Speed
- Why Are Black Holes So Weird? 'Ask a Spaceman' Explains in New Episode
- See Tropical Storm Gordon from the International Space Station (Video)
- NASA's $1 Million Mars-Settling Challenge: Turn CO2 into Sugar
- TRAPPIST-1 Worlds Are Rocky and Rich in Water, New Research Uncovers
- Photos: Large Numbers That Define the Universe
- How Massive Is the Milky Way?
- Physicists, Hunting the 'Dark Photon,' Will Blast a Diamond with Antimatter
- September 4
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- Live Like an Explorer for the Day at This National Geographic Event in NYC
- Buzz Aldrin Has Some Thoughts About 'First Man' and the Flag
- Bizarre Hexagon on Saturn May Be 180 Miles Tall
- Supernovas That Made the Stars May Have Left Traces in Meteorites
- Space Station Leak May Have Been Caused by Human Error, Russian Reports Say
- Mars Ice House: Tour a Concept Martian Home in Pictures
- Brazil's Biggest Meteorite Survives Museum-Destroying Fire
- Watch SpaceX's Dragon Bid Farewell to Space Station in This Incredible 4K Video
- SpaceX Rockets, Space Station Among Fan Ideas for Future Lego Sets
- Grand Tour: Astronomer Spots 8 Planets in a Single Night (Photos)
- Was Young, Wet Mars Once Close Enough to the Sun to 'Dance' with Venus?
- The US Geological Survey Is Getting Serious About Space Resources and Mining
- September 3
- September 2
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- NASA Chief Supports Increased Funding for Agency's Flight Opportunities Program
- This Impact Crater on the Moon Is Nearly the Size of Hawaii's Big Island (Photo)
- 'To Pluto & Beyond' Takes Readers of All Ages on an Amazing Voyage With New Horizons
- In Photos: The Space Station Spacewalks of Expedition 56
- Earth's Oxygen Increased in Gradual Steps Rather Than Big Bursts
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