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- February 28
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- SpaceX Starlink satellite internet terminals arrive in Ukraine
- Russian attack sets Ukrainian home-improvement store ablaze (satellite photo)
- Rocket Lab launches Earth-observation satellite in 1st mission from new pad
- NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity helicopter aces 20th flight on Red Planet
- SpaceX hints at replacing Russian space station services
- Ax-1, 1st all-private crewed flight to ISS, aims to blaze trail for future missions
- China's moon rover spots 2 strange glass spheres on lunar far side
- Humanity faces 'grave and mounting threat' of climate change — unless we act, IPCC report reveals
- Mysterious new substance possibly discovered inside Earth's core
- A mystery in Jupiter's atmosphere sheds light on solar system's past
- Atlas V rocket rolls out to launch pad with GOES-T weather satellite for NASA, NOAA (video replay)
- Rocket Lab will launch its 1st mission from new pad today. Here's how to watch live
- Tonga volcano eruption yields insights into asteroid impacts on Earth
- New GOES-T weather satellite to offer scientists sharper eyes on Earth's climate
- NASA, SpaceX and Axiom will preview private Ax-1 ISS mission today: Watch live
- Soviet-era space shuttle carrier aircraft destroyed in Russian attack on Ukraine
- February 27
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- Advanced new GOES-T weather satellite is 'go' for launch on March 1, NASA says
- Elon Musk says SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service is active in Ukraine with more terminals on the way
- The moon meets up with Mercury and Saturn early Monday morning
- Physicists get closer than ever to measuring the elusive neutrino
- Venus' extreme surface heat drives swirling winds in upper atmosphere, study finds
- Tonga underwater volcano eruption shattered two records
- Curious Kids: Can black holes become white holes?
- February 26
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- Russia halts Soyuz rocket launches from French Guiana over European sanctions on Ukraine invasion
- This crater on dwarf planet Ceres that may hold another icy volcano, scientists say
- Mysterious repeating fast radio burst from space looks strangely familiar, scientists realize
- New sky map showcases more than 4 million galaxies, stars and other objects
- See the moon align with Venus and Mars in Sunday's morning sky
- Europe's space chief says cooperation with Russia will continue, but experts aren't so sure
- February 25
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- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 4, Episode 9 begins setting up the big season finale
- Russian space program chief says US sanctions could 'destroy' International Space Station partnership
- 'Radio Spaceman' first look: Hellboy's Mike Mignola blasts into outer space with new Dark Horse Comics miniseries
- SpaceX launches 50 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea
- James Webb Space Telescope is nearly halfway through its mirror alignment stages
- Herzog doc 'Last Exit: Space' examines our future off Earth (exclusive trailer sneak peek)
- Major James Webb Space Telescope project will map half a million early galaxies
- Should we be looking for intelligence on a planetary scale?
- Swirling winds of Saturn trigger never-before-seen auroras
- NASA's daring Parker Solar Probe spacecraft zips past the sun again today
- Satellite photos reveal details of Russian invasion into Ukraine
- New Russia sanctions won't imperil International Space Station operations, NASA says
- Stratolaunch's Roc soars again: Biggest airplane ever built aces 4th test flight
- February 24
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- NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission, 1st flight of new megarocket, won't launch until May
- When a rogue rocket hits the moon March 4, NASA orbiter will hunt for its crater grave
- NASA control center named for Apollo launch director Rocco Petrone
- Strangely tilted black hole challenges formation theories
- James Webb Space Telescope instrument checkouts on track amid mirror alignment
- US sanctions on Russia over Ukraine invasion will degrade Russian space program, Biden says
- What does the Ukraine invasion mean for US-Russian partnership in space?
- Hubble eyes two stunning galaxies before future James Webb Space Telescope observations
- Lightning UK deal: Save 42% on this moon lamp night light
- Rocket Lab aims to break in new launch pad with next space mission
- Virgin Galactic plans to start flying paying customers this year
- 'Frozen in place' fossils reveal dinosaur-killing asteroid struck in spring
- Replay: NASA will update us all on its Artemis 1 moon mission today. How to follow it online.
- Is our universe a holographic projection? Scientists are using black holes and quantum computing to find out.
- Russian military could target satellites amid Ukraine conflict, NRO chief warns: report
- A giant Mars dust pile is sculpted by the wind in this photo by a European probe
- Cosmic detectives investigate the origins of Milky Way material
- February 23
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- European space partnerships with Russia face uncertain future amid Ukraine tension
- US launch providers eyeing Russia-Ukraine situation
- Hubble telescope spots a 'Space Triangle' galaxy crash with 'tsunami of starbirth'
- IDW honors 'The Rocketeer' 40th anniversary with daring new comic book miniseries
- Loop quantum gravity: Does space-time come in tiny chunks?
- Real shooting stars exist, but they aren't the streaks you see in a clear night sky
- Petition calls for US government release of UFO videos
- Can you build and manage orbital stations in Orbit.Industries?
- Moon mystery: Who launched the rocket that will slam into the lunar far side?
- 'Tatooine-like' planet spotted from Earth points to future discoveries
- The European Space Agency wants to be able to launch its own astronauts
- Tiny nanosat aims to spot volcanic eruptions from space before they happen
- February 22
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- Military activity in Russia spotted in satellite photos as tensions rise in Ukraine
- NASA's 'quiet' X-59 supersonic plane moves to Texas for testing and calibration
- How dark is your night sky? An observer's guide
- Blue Origin plans to boost spaceflight launches in 2022: report
- Save a whopping 50% on Starship Samurai board game
- Sony unveils the PlayStation VR 2, giving a first look at the new design
- Stunning image shows galactic dance of stars swirling around a supermassive black hole
- China says moonbound rocket stage was not from 2014 lunar mission: report
- 'Burning' hydrogen plasma in the world's largest laser sets fusion records
- Researchers unlock the keys to designing an interstellar sail
- Rogue planets: How wandering bodies in interstellar space ended up on their own
- Fly around SpaceX's giant Starship rocket in this stunning drone video
- February 21
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- Climb aboard a haunted spaceship in S.A. Barnes' new sci-fi horror novel 'Dead Silence' (exclusive)
- NASA successfully retests Artemis 1 moon rocket core stage engines after fault
- James Webb Space Telescope will study Milky Way's flaring supermassive black hole
- Three galaxies are tearing each other apart in stunning new Hubble telescope image
- 'Moon Gallery' prototype arrives at space station with 64 works of art
- NASA's gamma-ray observatory is back in action after technical glitch
- Cygnus cargo ship arrives at space station
- Metal clouds and liquid gems spotted in the atmosphere of hot Jupiter WASP-121 b
- SpaceX launches 46 Starlink satellites, lands Falcon 9 rocket for 100th time
- James Webb Space Telescope will do a galaxy deep dive into the dust
- Avoiding satellite collisions: NOAA unveils prototype warning system
- 1st sighting of 'ball lightning' in England uncovered
- A large asteroid zips past Earth today, here's how to watch it live
- February 20
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- Zack Snyder's 'Rebel Moon' space opera is coming to Netflix. Here's the 1st concept art and full cast.
- 'Star Trek: Picard' Season 2 is going to be a wild, time-traveling ride, SFX reveals
- NASA: No current plan for return of space station parts for museums
- 'Star Trek Online' debuts Captain Janeway on PC
- Making spaceflight history: John Glenn orbited Earth 60 years ago today
- Astronauts, Australian airport mark 60 years since John Glenn first orbited Earth
- February 19
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- Northrop Grumman rocket launches Cygnus cargo ship on 2-day trip to space station
- Cosmic chaos reigns in new trailer for 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'
- Chinese astronaut Wang Yaping celebrates Lantern Festival with traditional music from space (video)
- Record-breaking winds blast Europe in the worst storm in decades
- Fowl play: Turkey turmoil at NASA center in California
- 'The Book of Boba Fett' season finale is pure 'Star Wars,' in all that's both good and bad
- February 18
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- Solar Orbiter spacecraft captures huge eruption on the sun (video)
- Star twinkles 18 times in new James Webb Space Telescope image
- Cosmonaut brains are 'rewired' by space missions, scientists find
- Astronauts snap stunning views of February's Full Snow Moon from space (photos)
- Astronomers spot remains of long-lost galaxy eaten by the Milky Way
- 'Ghost particle' coming into focus: Scientists put upper limit on mass of neutrinos
- When the next interstellar object comes, James Webb Space Telescope will be there to study it
- 'Space Force' returns to Netflix for a 2nd season of high-flying hilarity
- After a year on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is on course for big discoveries
- 1 year later, Ingenuity helicopter still going strong on Mars
- February 17
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- Coca-Cola launches 'Starlight' limited-edition drink inspired by space
- NASA opens Nighttime Precision Landing Challenge to help future moon missions
- Fire-safety experiment among science gear launching to International Space Station this weekend
- NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars is watching the clouds drift by and they're beautiful
- Soar over the desert in footage from drone practicing for mission to Saturn's strangest moon
- Astronomers discover massive radio galaxy 100 times larger than the Milky Way
- Mount Etna is erupting and astronauts are watching it from space
- James Webb Space Telescope has locked onto guide star in crucial milestone
- NASA's InSight Mars lander bounces back from dust storm, but its days are numbered
- Scientists spot 10,000th medium near-Earth asteroid in planetary defense milestone
- What's the maximum number of planets that could orbit the sun?
- Russian Progress freighter delivers 2.8 tons of supplies to International Space Station
- February 16
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- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suffers camera glitch, stalling science
- China aims to complete space station, break launch record in 2022
- New atomic clock loses only one second every 300 billion years
- How did Earth get its water? Moon rocks suggest it might have been here all along.
- Final space shuttle crewmates among three entering Astronaut Hall of Fame
- Rogue rocket poised to hit moon is Chinese, not a SpaceX Falcon 9, student observations confirm
- Scientists spot supermassive black hole hiding inside thick cosmic dust
- The Full Snow Moon of February 2022 rises tonight!
- Historic sea level rise predicted by NASA and government task force
- Celebrate Perseverance rover's 1-year 'Marsiversary' with these events
- Luxury watchmaker Ulysses Nardin unveils 'Blast Moonstruck' watch that charts moon phases
- 1st image from NASA's new IXPE X-ray telescope looks like a ball of purple lightning
- NASA probe snaps stunning photos of crescent Jupiter and its moon Ganymede
- February 15
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- Marvel Comics profiles the legendary Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in new 'Star Wars' miniseries
- Virgin Galactic is reopening space tourist ticket sales for a limited time
- See a large robotic arm 'crawl' across China's space station (video)
- Russia launches cargo ship to the International Space Station
- Mysteries of Stephen Hawking's doodle-filled blackboard may finally be solved
- Save money and the galaxy with this Lego Millennium Falcon deal at Amazon UK
- Incredibly rare stellar merger may have created strange stars
- The Sturm strike back in John Birmingham's brash sci-fi sequel, 'The Shattered Skies' (exclusive)
- Astronauts spot an ancient heart-shaped oasis in Egypt just in time for Valentine's Day
- February 14
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- Hope for the future of space exploration lies at the heart of SpaceX's new 'Polaris' missions
- FAA pushes back review of SpaceX's Starship to March 28
- Send your valentine a spacey e-card, with NASA's help this Valentine's Day
- Cosmic robbery: New study explains how smaller galaxies lose their dark matter
- Billionaire's 'Polaris Program' to set space records on SpaceX Dragon, Starship
- Moon group pushes for protection of ultraquiet lunar far side
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 4, Episode 8 review: A not-awful installment for its TV return
- 'Invisible' earthquake caused mysterious 2021 tsunami, scientists find
- Want to use the James Webb Space Telescope? Here's how scientists book time with the giant observatory.
- India launches Earth-observing satellite and 2 others in first space mission of 2022
- February 13
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- The out-of-control rocket about to hit the moon is not a SpaceX Falcon 9, astronomers now say: report
- What would a Super Bowl on Mars look like? Spacesuits and lower gravity for sure (video)
- Moon-crashing SpaceX rocket will create new crater – here's what we should worry about
- A new Chinese rocket company has raised more than $100 million
- February 12
- February 11
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- February full moon 2025: See Mars disappear behind the Snow Moon
- 'Holy cow!' How the James Webb Space Telescope took a selfie in space
- SpaceX's new Starship video animation is Tron meets Blade Runner in space
- Want a free trip to suborbital space? Apply by Feb. 15 to become a 'citizen astronaut'
- The James Webb Space Telescope's first images have scientists excited (and a bit relieved)
- Behold the 1st images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope!
- Elon Musk shows off fully-stacked SpaceX Starship as 1st orbital launch nears
- Deep interior of Mars might have led to the loss of the planet's atmosphere
- NASA space telescope spots most powerful light ever seen on Jupiter, helps solve 30-year-old mystery
- Russia aims to rekindle moon program with lunar lander launch this July
- NASA to unveil 1st images from James Webb Space Telescope today. Here's where to find them.
- SpaceX's Starship will reach orbit this year on road to Mars, Elon Musk says
- Replay: Watch Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship update for 2022
- James Webb Space Telescope's groundbreaking optics explained by NASA
- February 10
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- 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Star Wars spinoff series premieres May 25 on Disney Plus
- Astra rocket suffers catastrophic failure in 1st Florida launch, 4 satellites lost
- NASA is concerned about SpaceX's new generation of Starlink satellites
- Asteroid Ryugu samples, now on Earth, reveal inner workings of the space rock
- Arianespace launches 34 OneWeb satellites on Soyuz rocket in 1st launch of 2022
- Elon Musk shows off massive Starship, the world's tallest rocket, ahead of SpaceX update
- Astra rocket launch from Florida fails (update)
- Massive methane leaks mapped from space
- Fusion experiment smashes record for generating energy, takes us a step closer to a new source of power
- Possible 3rd planet spotted around Proxima Centauri, the sun's nearest neighbor star
- China's Tianwen 1 Mars mission marks 1st full year in orbit
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe has captured the first visible-light images of Venus
- 'The Book of Boba Fett' Chapter 6 is full of surprises, for better or for worse
- February 9
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- Solar geomagnetic storms could threaten more satellites after Elon Musk's Starlink
- Emperor Zurg makes his evil appearance in new trailer for 'Lightyear,' the Buzz Lightyear origin story
- Fiery death of SpaceX Starlink satellites captured on video after geomagnetic storm
- Mt. Everest's highest glacier lost 2,000 years worth of ice since the 1990s
- Last-minute Star Wars Valentine's day gifts and deals
- 'Zombie' star caught snacking on dead planet's remains
- What happened at the Arecibo Observatory? New inquiry launched into iconic telescope's collapse.
- NASA asteroid detector 'looks up' to scan entire sky every 24 hours
- SpaceX is stacking its giant Starship ahead of Elon Musk's big update this week
- Jupiter's auroras arise from a magnetic 'tug-of-war' with volcanic eruptions on its moon Io
- UAE's Hope spacecraft marks 1 year in orbit around Mars
- SpaceX says a geomagnetic storm just doomed 40 Starlink internet satellites
- February 8
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- Comet impact may have triggered decline of Ohio's Hopewell people 1,600 years ago
- Paint it black: behind the James Webb Space Telescope's signature color
- Mars rover Perseverance sets distance record on the Red Planet
- Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 19th flight after historic Red Planet weather delay
- NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build rocket to carry Mars samples back to Earth
- Rugged Mars has taken big bites out of the Curiosity rover's wheels (photos)
- You can still see the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster on a collision course with the moon in a live webcast today
- A rogue rocket is on course to crash into the moon. It won't be the first.
- The 'morning star' Venus returns to the dawn sky this month
- India to attempt its next moon landing with Chandrayaan 3 launch in August
- Russia wants to speed up space station cargo deliveries with shorter, one-orbit flights
- February 7
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- SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage breaks up in Earth's atmosphere, 5 years after launch
- SpaceX rocket stage on a collision course with the moon captured in telescope images
- Astra rocket aborts 1st Florida launch attempt at last second (video)
- Olay erects statue of rocket engineer Mary Golda Ross to promote STEM equity
- Elon Musk giving update on SpaceX's Starship Mars rocket Thursday
- Farewell, Jupiter! The gas giant will disappear from the evening sky this month
- This SpaceX video of a Falcon 9 rocket stage separation during launch is just amazing
- Asteroid sharing Earth's orbit discovered — could it help future space missions?
- Strange twin asteroids, the youngest ever seen, likely broke apart just 300 years ago
- Greenland lost enough ice in last 2 decades to cover entire US in 1.5 feet of water
- International Astronomical Union launches new center to fight satellite megaconstellation threat
- Rogue black hole spotted on its own for the first time
- February 6
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- Watch SpaceX launch a US spy satellite and land a rocket in this mesmerizing drone video
- US Space Force's 'Orbital Prime' project aims to attack space debris by recycling or removing junk
- Ancient evils arise in IDW's new 'Transformers: War's End' comic book miniseries
- 'John Carter of Mars' blasts back to Barsoom in new comic series from Dynamite
- Titan Books celebrates vintage 'Flash Gordon' comic strips in a deluxe new collection
- Scientists discover lost range of 'supermountains' three times longer than the Himalayas
- Lightning bolt breaks record for longest ever recorded
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is cooling down for its next trick: Observing the universe
- February 5
- February 4
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- The International Space Station will plunge into the sea in 2031, NASA announces
- Young stars illuminate 'Chamaeleon' stellar nursery in new Hubble image
- Director Roland Emmerich says he's finished with the 'Stargate' franchise
- Winter Olympics 2022: See China's stadiums from space in these snowy satellite photos
- SpaceX and NASA eye Dragon parachute issue ahead of next astronaut launch
- 'Moonfall' pulls scenes from space shuttle Endeavour move 10 years ago
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage to crash into moon 1 month from today
- Axiom Space's 1st space station crew approved by NASA, ISS partners
- NASA prepares for moon's dark south pole in eerie lights-out 'spacewalk' (photo)
- NASA, SpaceX to provide Crew-4 astronaut launch update today. How to listen live.
- NASA honors Black History Month with live webcasts
- The chances of early life on Mars faced a meteorite problem
- 'Moonfall' director Roland Emmerich talks disaster, destruction and the inspiration for his moon-crashing new film (video)
- Purple space 'lightning' spews from stellar corpse, creating cosmic shock waves (photo, video)
- February 3
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- China's Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter takes amazing video selfie for lunar New Year
- The alignment of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has begun
- Life-enabling moons can probably only form around small planets, study finds
- NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins to set new record for Black women in space: report
- The top 5 deep-space objects to look for in the winter night sky
- SpaceX launches 49 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on droneship at sea
- The 1st poster for 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' evokes the (final) frontier for new Paramount Plus spinoff
- Megaconstellations like SpaceX's Starlink may interfere with search for life by world's largest radio telescope
- Astra aiming for 1st Florida launch on Saturday
- NASA hopes James Webb Space Telescope will unlock secrets of 'super-Earths' and hot rocky worlds
- Watch live as SpaceX launches more than four dozen Starlink satellites today
- Advanced GOES-T weather satellite to launch in March with instrument fix
- Making 'Moonfall': Geophysicist Mika McKinnon talks about the fun of annihilating Earth in the fictional disaster film (video)
- February 2
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- SpaceX launches classified spy satellite for US military, lands rocket
- NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission rocket faces new delays
- Lego Star Wars Boba Fett's Starship is 20% off on Amazon
- 'Moonfall' filmmakers saved NASA shuttle simulator now in museum
- These photos of SpaceX's Italian satellite launch and rocket landing are amazing
- Fisher debuts Artemis, Moonwalker space pens for return to moon
- The moon and Jupiter pair up in the night sky tonight! Here's what to expect.
- NASA delays rollout of Artemis 1 moon mission's SLS megarocket until March. Hear why today.
- SpaceX will launch a classified spy satellite on a new Falcon 9 rocket today and you can watch it live
- Update: No launch day doubleheader for SpaceX's NRO and Starlink launches
- NASA lays out plan for the International Space Station's final years
- Watch NASA astronaut Victor Glover and colleagues talk space station research today
- Tom Cruise asks NASA astronaut Victor Glover all about spaceflight (video)
- The mission to reduce the carbon footprint of astronomy
- February 1
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- 'The Book of Boba Fett' chapter 5 is an incredible episode of 'The Mandalorian'
- Powerful solar flare from recent sun eruption should reach Earth Wednesday
- New Milky Way mosaic reveals nearly 1,000 strange 'filaments' at the heart of our galaxy
- Mars rover Perseverance collects new sample after clearing pebble clog
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope turns on cameras to look at first star target
- Earth has an extra companion, a Trojan asteroid that will hang around for 4,000 years
- Lunar New Year 2022 roars in with celebratory Google doodle
- Chinese astronauts celebrate lunar new year on Tiangong space station, a first
- Hubble Space Telescope spots an 'oddball' starburst
- The first life on Earth depended on a deadly poisonous gas, study suggests
- SpaceX launches Italian Earth-observation satellite, lands rocket
