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August 31
- SpaceX delays launch of next 60 Starlink internet satellites to Thursday
- The Andromeda galaxy's halo is even more massive than scientists expected, Hubble telescope reveals
- Vintage NASA satellite falls to Earth, meets fiery doom after 56 years in space
- Commercial crews and private astronauts will boost International Space Station's science
- NASA asteroid mission Lucy begins spacecraft assembly before 2021 launch
- Black hole 'hair' could be detected using ripples in space-time
- Rocket Lab's Electron booster returns to flight with Earth-observing satellite launch
August 30
- SpaceX launches Earth-observation satellite for Argentina, nails rocket landing
- SpaceX delays Starlink fleet launch due to weather, aims for another rocket flight tonight
- Earth's core is a billion years old
- Hunting for medium-sized black holes with the next generation of gravitational wave detectors
August 29
- SpaceX doubleheader! Watch 2 Falcon 9 rockets lift off from Florida Sunday
- US spy satellite launch delayed a week after abort in final seconds
- California wildfire damage spotted from space (photos)
- Mars dust devil! Curiosity rover spots Red Planet twister (photos)
August 28
- Boeing's Starliner could launch to the space station in December
- International Space Station at 20: Commercialization increases as end of life looms
- Skylab 4 capsule to land in new exhibit at Oklahoma History Center
- NASA delays new astronaut selection due to coronavirus constraints
- 56-year-old NASA satellite expected to fall to Earth this weekend
- Jupiter's ocean moons raise tides on each other
- Want to find life on Venus? Check for spores in the atmosphere, new research suggests.
- United Launch Alliance debuts first-ever 3D projection on a Delta IV Heavy rocket
- See Jupiter and Saturn with the moon this weekend
August 27
- NASA-sponsored moon mission will launch on a SpaceX rocket
- NASA event marks 100th anniversary of women's voting rights
- Earth may have been born wet
- NASA Mission Control braces for Hurricane Laura as astronauts watch from space
- Submarine could explore seas of huge Saturn moon Titan
- Three big threats to satellites — and what to do about them (op-ed)
August 26
- A huge Delta IV Heavy rocket will launch a new US spy satellite overnight. Here's how to watch.
- Astronaut Jerry Carr, who led NASA's final Skylab crew, dies at 88
- Mars ahead! UAE's Hope spacecraft spots Red Planet
- LightSail 2 solar sail spots Hurricane Laura from space as satellites track storm's path
- Launchapalooza! You can watch 5 rockets launch in 4 days this week
- Satellite megaconstellations could have 'extreme' impact on astronomy, report finds
- Astronomers discover the fastest-spinning white dwarf yet — and it's a vampire
August 25
- Astronaut and satellites see tropical storms Laura and Marco from space
- NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps to make rookie spaceflight aboard Boeing's Starliner
- Hubble telescope catches stunning view of Comet NEOWISE after its spectacular summer sky show
- China's Mars mission tests instruments on its way to the Red Planet
- Mars lander InSight picks up tiny ground tilt caused by Phobos moon transit
- Space station crew spend extra night in Russian segment as air leak investigation continues
August 24
- New 'Raised By Wolves' trailer offers more clues into HBO Max's exciting sci-fi series
- 'Star Trek: Fleet Command' mobile strategy game is beaming up the entire Trek timeline
- Iowa crop damage from Derecho thunderstorms seen from space
- Rocket Center gets $500K grant to 'save' mock NASA space shuttle
- SpaceX fires up SN6 Starship rocket prototype ahead of potential test flight
- Rocket Lab's return-to-flight mission for its Electron booster launches this week
- Did a supernova cause Earth's mass extinction 360 million years ago?
- Rainbow meteorite discovered in Costa Rica may hold building blocks of life
- No, an asteroid will not hit Earth the day before Election Day
- Could carbon-foam probes bring interstellar flight within reach?
- Mysterious cold gas rockets out from our Milky Way galaxy's center
- Interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua could still be alien technology, new study hints
August 23
- Astonishingly old Antarctic space rock could explain mystery of life's weird asymmetry
- SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule for next NASA astronaut launch arrives in Florida
August 22
- Russian cosmonaut spots 'space guests' amid dazzling auroras in video. They're not aliens.
- SpaceX's most-flown Falcon 9 rocket booster yet returns to Florida home port
- California wildfires threaten historic Lick Observatory
- First ever double hurricane could hit the Gulf of Mexico
August 21
- India's Chandrayaan-2 moon mission hits 1-year mark in lunar orbit
- Sunrise at Copernicus crater: How to see the 'Monarch of the Moon'
- SpaceX raises $1.9 billion in latest funding round: report
- Astronaut spots California wildfires from space, sends 'thoughts and prayers' to victims
- Cold as (lunar) ice: Protecting the moon's polar regions from contamination
- Scientists find evidence for Einstein's general relativity in the cores of dead stars
- Tour China's 'Mars yard' for its Tianwen-1 rover mission (video)
- NASA creates Mars sample-return independent review board
August 20
- Astronaut snaps amazing views of Hurricane Genevieve (now a tropical storm) from space
- Blue Origin-led 'National Team' delivers mock-up moon lander to NASA for tests
- Raging California wildfires spotted from space (photos, video)
- NatGeo sets October launch date for 'The Right Stuff' on Disney Plus
- Japanese startup ispace raises $28 million in new funding for private moon landings
- NASA investigating small air leak on International Space Station
- How Earth-orbiting satellites are tracking the 2020 hurricane season
- First American flag launched and returned from orbit 60 years ago
- Japanese HTV cargo ship, the last 'White Stork' in space, burns up in Earth's atmosphere
- Asteroid flyby: How Earth's gravity changed record-breaking space rock's path forever
- The FCC has approved Amazon's plan for its Kuiper satellite constellation. Here's what that means.
August 19
- Japan's Hayabusa2 asteroid sample-return capsule cleared for landing in Australia
- Astronomers bounced a laser off a spacecraft whirling around the moon
- Volunteers spot almost 100 cold brown dwarfs near our sun
- Watch SpaceX boat catch falling payload fairing in giant net (video)
- Trump administration urges more commercial activities in space
- Mysterious gamma-ray 'heartbeat' detected from cosmic gas cloud
August 18
- UAE's Hope Mars orbiter nails first big maneuver in deep space
- Japan's final HTV cargo spacecraft leaves space station for fiery end
- NASA watches as weird 'dent' in Earth's magnetic field splits in two
- A car-sized asteroid made the closest Earth flyby a space rock has ever survived
- SpaceX launches 58 Starlink satellites and 3 SkySats, sticks rocket landing
- Entire cities could fit inside the moon's monstrous lava tubes
- The fastest star ever seen is moving at 8% the speed of light
- Rocket Lab aims to recover Electron booster on upcoming flight
August 17
- Death Valley tops 130 F, setting possible global heat record
- Mars rover Perseverance refines course toward Red Planet
- SpaceX to launch dozens of Starlink satellites and 3 Planet SkySats Tuesday. Here's how to watch live.
- What does the Pentagon's new UFO task force mean? Experts weigh in.
- Violent thunderstorms on Jupiter may form 'mushballs' that fall from the sky
- Here's how 2 Indian schoolgirls discovered a 'Mars-Crosser' asteroid
- Rocket Lab aims to launch private Venus mission in 2023
August 16
- Dark energy: Map gives clue about what it is — but deepens dispute about the cosmic expansion rate
- NASA powers up Ingenuity Mars helicopter in space for the 1st time
- Mars 2020: The hunt for life on the Red Planet is about to get serious
August 15
- Ariane 5 rocket launches robotic space tug into orbit alongside 2 communications satellites
- Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 3 is packed with astronauts and we're thrilled
- Here's the 1st trailer for 'Raised By Wolves,' Ridley Scott's sci-fi project for HBO Max
- 16 amazing dark sky preserves around the world that protect the night sky
August 14
- 'Space salsa' adds spicy kick to astronaut freeze-dried food
- The investigation into why a cable mysteriously broke on the Arecibo Observatory has begun
- SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA now targeted for Oct. 23
- See Venus and the moon cozy up with winter constellations early Saturday
- Leading group of Earth and space scientists commits to fighting systemic racism
- SpaceX ramping up Starship prototype tests in Texas (and looking for a resort manager)
- Perseid meteor shower 2020 brings celestial fireworks to the night sky (photos)
- Japan's ispace aims for 2022 moon landing for private Hakuto-R spacecraft
- Shockingly young galaxy surprises scientists with its impressive bulge
- Ride shotgun with NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe as it buzzes Bennu (video)
- Scientist calculates the 'sad, lonely' end of the universe
August 13
- Scientists probe the weird, alien water inside of Uranus and Neptune
- The bizarre dimming of bright star Betelgeuse caused by giant stellar eruption
- Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico suffers serious damage after cable breaks
- Quantum communication takes a major leap with satellite-based experiment
- Students grow 'rocket lettuce' from space seeds
August 12
- You can see the 2020 Perseid meteor shower in a free Slooh webcast tonight
- Beck teams up with NASA and AI for 'Hyperspace' visual album experience
- NASA to stop using racist nicknames for cosmic objects
- Inspired by real astronauts, Netflix sends Hilary Swank 'Away' to Mars
- 'Butterfly' nebula glides across a starry sky in beautiful new video
- Canada's last intact ice shelf just collapsed
- NASA astronaut mourns Beirut blast victims from space
- NASA maps Beirut explosion damage from space with satellites
- Meet 'Tenacity': 1st Dream Chaser space plane gets a name
- Oil spill off Mauritius is visible from space
- Japan may extend Hayabusa2 asteroid mission to visit 2nd space rock
August 11
- Biden's VP pick Kamala Harris could inherit a 21st-century National Space Council
- 'Space cola wars' at 35: When Coca-Cola, Pepsi tested soda in space
- NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting space telescope wraps up primary mission
- Russia names its 1st COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V' after space race triumph
- Perseid meteor shower 2020 weather forecast: Here's what to expect in the US for tonight's peak!
- The Perseid meteor shower of 2020 peaks tonight! Here's how to watch live.
- What happens if black holes fall into wormholes? A new way to find out.
- 'Spacepower': US Space Force releases foundational doctrine
- Firefly aims to debut its Alpha rocket for small satellites this fall
August 10
- Pentagon picks SpaceX, ULA to launch national security missions
- This giant crater on Ceres with bright spots may be the most fascinating place in the solar system
- NASA cameras catch early fireballs from Perseid meteor shower of 2020 (video)
- Heavy atom spills its guts in decade-long experiment
- Two Canadian ice caps have completely vanished from the Arctic, NASA imagery shows
- Physicists watch quantum particles tunnel through solid barriers. Here's what they found.
- Space tourists will face big risks, as private companies gear up for paid suborbital flights
- Extragalactic planets? Gravitational waves could help us find them.
August 9
- 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' warps into the animated comedy frontier with 'Second Contact'
- Mysterious 'fast radio burst' detected closer to Earth than ever before
- Dropped emissions during COVID-19 lockdown will do 'nothing' for climate change
- You can book a weightless flight with Zero Gravity again after hiatus due to coronavirus
August 8
- Arecibo Observatory weathers Tropical Storm Isaias to track potentially dangerous asteroid
- SpaceX's toasted Crew Dragon returns home after historic NASA astronaut splashdown
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 3 release date revealed
- Experimental DragRacer satellites will test 'Terminator Tape' for space junk cleanup this fall
- NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft prepares for final asteroid-sampling rehearsal
August 7
- Jupiter's huge moon Ganymede may have the largest impact scar in the solar system
- Poop stains visible from space reveal hidden colonies of Antarctic penguins
- Russia gearing up to launch moon mission in 2021
- Is our solar system shaped like a deflated croissant?
- The eerie green 'nightglow' of Mars pulses in ultraviolet light in new NASA views
- Moon may outshine Perseids this 'meteor month'
- A super speedy acid cloud has been hiding on Venus for decades
- Scientists peer inside Mars to measure layers of Red Planet
- SpaceX launches 57 more Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea
August 6
- Glaciers on Pluto might 'grow' with the seasons
- Earth's magnetic field may change faster than we thought — new research
- SpaceX launching 57 more Starlink satellites early Friday: How to watch it live
- Scientists use moon as a mirror to study Earth during lunar eclipse
- Signs of 'missing' neutron star found in heart of supernova
- On its way to Mars, Chinese spacecraft spots Earth and moon, aces steering maneuver
- China launches 2 satellites from desert launch site
- Demo-2 success keeps SpaceX on track for tourist flights in late 2021
- Teens who named Mars rover and helicopter are 'over the moon' following launch
- Thousands of Earthlike 'blanets' might circle the Milky Way's central black hole
August 5
- Beirut explosion devastation spotted from space (satellite photos)
- Weather satellite and robotic telescope spot Perseverance rover en route to Mars
- Trump says 'NASA was Closed & Dead' before he took charge. That's not true.
- What 'Star Trek' has taught us about diversity
- From floating guts to 'sticky' blood — here's how to do surgery in space
- Astronauts: SpaceX capsule could land in Smithsonian, someday
- Happy anniversary, Curiosity! NASA rover marks 8 years on Mars
- 'The Relentless Moon' imagines a lunar base with Apollo-era technology
- Book excerpt: 'The Relentless Moon' explores the challenges of lunar habitation
- Casetify launches NASA-branded tech accessories on day of Perseverance rover launch
- SpaceX's Starship SN5 prototype soars on 1st test flight! 'Mars is looking real,' Elon Musk says
August 4
- 'It sounds like an animal': NASA astronauts describe the Crew Dragon reentry experience
- Duckweed is an incredible, radiation-fighting astronaut food — and by changing how it is grown, we made it better
- Virgin Galactic delays commercial SpaceShipTwo spaceflights until 2021
- Satellites watch Tropical Storm Isaias batter eastern US
- The best place to see stars from Earth also happens to be the coldest place on the planet
- NASA's Nancy Grace Roman space telescope will send the hunt for exoplanets into warp speed
- 'Space dad' jokes: NASA astronauts made prank calls after historic SpaceX splashdown
August 3
- Trump hails SpaceX's 1st splashdown with NASA astronauts. Obama, too.
- Cosmic singer Grace Potter will rock a space-themed set tonight. Watch it live online!
- Join astrophysicist Joe Pesce for an AMA about Mars, the cosmos (and more) in our Space.com Forums!
- On Mars, massive ice sheets — not rivers — may have carved ancient valleys
- Astra's 1st orbital launch attempt scuttled by wayward boat
- Virgin Galactic unveils Mach 3 design for supersonic passenger flights
- 'I prayed for this one,' SpaceX's Elon Musk says after NASA astronauts' splashdown success
- Super space sunblock made from skin pigment could shield astronauts from radiation
- 'Red Dwarf' cast gather for Comic-Con panel, latest installment now available in the US
- NASA hails success of SpaceX's 1st astronaut mission: 'This is just the beginning'
August 2
- Boaters gatecrash SpaceX's 1st splashdown with astronauts. 'We need to do better,' NASA chief says
- SpaceX Crew Dragon makes historic 1st splashdown to return NASA astronauts home
- SpaceX's historic Demo-2 Crew Dragon astronaut test flight: Full coverage
- SpaceX to return NASA astronauts to Earth for the 1st time today. You can watch it live.
- US Space Force hires a horse to boldly go where rockets can't. (The beach)
- Pentagon's secret, defunct UFO-hunting program may still exist
- SpaceX Crew Dragon undocks from space station to bring NASA astronauts home for 1st time
August 1
- Russian Proton rocket launches Express communications satellites in stunning nighttime liftoff (video, photos)
- SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying NASA astronauts to depart space station today. Here's how to watch it live.
- The 1st NASA astronauts to come home on SpaceX's Crew Dragon are ready for anything. Even seasickness.