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- August 31
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- NASA moon orbiter spots crash site of Russia's failed Luna-25 lander (photos)
- SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites toward orbit
- James Webb Space Telescope snaps stunning view of supernova's expanding remains (photos)
- Pentagon UFO office unveils official website for US government personnel to report sightings
- Black astronauts celebrate ISS, Artemis 2 moon missions while reflecting on history
- Amateur astronomers spot new impact on Jupiter
- Get ready for the epic 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse of October 2023 with this epic NASA trailer (video)
- Drift through space with a dreamy track from 'Starfield's' original score by composer Inon Zur (exclusive)
- NASA's exoplanet hunter TESS spots warm Jupiter with longest known year
- How to watch the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14 from anywhere
- This gamma-ray space mystery may finally be solved with new black hole simulations
- Sun launches surprise blob of plasma at Mars, could trigger eerie Martian auroras
- Last Super Blue Moon until 2037 lights up skies around the world (photos)
- A blue supermoon and soaring ocean temperatures created a perfect storm for Hurricane Idalia
- SpaceX launches 13 satellites for US Space Force, lands rocket — and ties its own record (video)
- Clues to spotting life on Mars are right here on Earth
- August 30
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- NASA conducts crucial drop test ahead of Sept. 24 arrival of OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample
- See more gorgeous photos of SpaceX's Starship engine test
- Hurricane Idalia slams into Florida as astronauts and satellites track it from space (video, photos)
- Old Soviet satellite breaks apart in orbit after space debris collision
- India's Chandrayaan-3 moon rover Pragyan snaps 1st photo of its lander near the lunar south pole
- 'Astroneer' lead designer explains why the sandbox sci-fi game remains so relevant (exclusive)
- Scorching Neptune-size world is way too massive for astronomers to explain
- SpaceX resupply mission will bring NASA laser communication system to ISS this year
- See Saturn snuggle up to the Super Blue Moon in the night sky tonight
- Ahsoka season 1 episode 3 review: Democratizing the Force
- Dead 'vampire' star is feeding on a companion and firing out cosmic cannonballs
- NASA discussing September arrival of OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample: Watch live today
- India's Chandrayaan-3 moon rover reveals surprising sulfur find in lunar south pole soil
- The last Super Blue Moon until 2037 rises tonight. Here's how to see it
- August 29
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- Hackers shut down 2 of the world's most advanced telescopes
- Private company wants to clean up space junk with 'capture bags' in Earth orbit
- Bizarre super-puffy exoplanet hosts rare 'thermometer molecule'
- Satellites capture Burning Man festival's fire from space (photos)
- James Webb Space Telescope gazes into the Whirlpool galaxy's hypnotic spiral arms (photos)
- Satellites watch powerful Hurricanes Idalia and Franklin churn (video)
- Get a sneak peek at new 'Star Wars' short story collection, 'From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi'
- This daring skydiver could be the 1st woman to jump from Earth's stratosphere. Here's how she plans to do it (exclusive)
- Hera Rising will attempt the 1st stratospheric skydive by a woman in 2025 (exclusive)
- New data reveal US space economy's output is shrinking – an economist explains in 3 charts
- Did the Tonga undersea volcano eruption cause this year's extreme heat?
- India to name Chandrayaan-3's moon landing site 'Shiv Shakti Point'
- The rare Super Blue Moon rises tonight and you can watch it online for free
- August 28
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- The CIA knows a lot about other nations' space programs. You can too with its new 'World Factbook' update
- India to launch Aditya-L1, its 1st solar probe, on Sept. 2
- James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble will help NASA's Juno probe study Jupiter's volcanic moon Io
- Scientists discover strange 'singularities' responsible for exotic type of superconductivity
- 'Dune: Part 2' delayed to March 2024 due to Hollywood strikes
- William Shatner of 'Stars on Mars' on colonizing planets, swatting Aussie flies and healing Earth (exclusive)
- Virgin Galactic to launch next space tourist flight on Sept. 8
- NASA's Psyche mission to a metal world may reveal the mysteries of Earth's interior
- What time is the Super Blue Moon of 2023?
- Atlas V rocket launches the Space Force's Silent Barker 'watchdog' satellites in dazzling morning liftoff (video)
- India's Chandrayaan-3 takes the moon's temperature near lunar south pole for 1st time
- Quantum 'yin-yang' shows two photons being entangled in real-time
- Pragyan, Vikram, Vikas: How did India's Chandrayaan-3 moon mission get its names?
- Landslides on Mars suggest water once surrounded Olympus Mons, tallest volcano in the solar system
- Astronauts' immune systems could be disturbed by microgravity, scientists find
- August's rare Super Blue Moon, the biggest full moon of 2023, rises tonight
- August 27
- August 26
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- SpaceX Crew-7 Dragon capsule docks at space station with international astronaut team (video)
- 'Sasha' the sloth breaks speed records as SpaceX Crew-7 zero-g indicator (photos)
- NASA and Forest Service offer seedlings to grow Artemis 'moon trees'
- James Webb Space Telescope instrument experiences glitch — but observatory remains in 'good health'
- Will newfound Comet Nishimura really be visible to the naked eye? Experts aren't so sure
- SpaceX launches truly international astronaut team on Crew-7 flight to space station for NASA (video)
- August 25
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- US Department of Justice sues SpaceX for hiring discrimination
- Private Ax-2 astronaut releasing free educational videos filmed in space today
- See Saturn at its biggest and brightest of 2023 this weekend
- NASA's New Horizons mission faces an uncertain future (op-ed)
- Atlas V rocket rolled to pad for 'Silent Barker' spysat launch (photos)
- Japan will launch SLIM moon lander and space telescope today after delays. Here's how to watch it live.
- Watch new NASA sensor measure US air pollution from space in real time (video)
- SpaceX fires up giant Starship booster for 2nd time ahead of test flight (video)
- Japan's SLIM spacecraft, a 'moon sniper,' to join lunar landing rush
- Watch Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover take its '1st steps' on the moon (video)
- Watch the 1st full trailer for Zack Snyder's sci-fi epic 'Rebel Moon' (video)
- Satellite imagery captures wildfires breaking across Greece (photo)
- Watch the sun over the next 2 weeks to plan the ideal total eclipse 2024 viewing location
- SpaceX Crew-7 and Crew-6 astronaut missions: Live updates
- Newly discovered black hole 'speed limit' hints at new laws of physics
- SpaceX launches 5,000th Starlink satellite toward orbit (video)
- Why Chandrayaan-3 landed near the moon's south pole — and why everyone else wants to get there too
- SpaceX, NASA delay launch of Crew-7 astronauts to International Space Station
- August 24
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- Wreckage of Russian warlord's plane spotted from space (satellite photo)
- SpaceX's Crew-6 astronauts readying to wrap up their record-breaking flight
- 'I get the UFO question?' New Jersey's Chris Christie promises honesty on aliens in 1st Republican presidential debate
- 0 for 2: North Korea suffers 2nd satellite launch failure this year
- Russian cargo spacecraft arrives at ISS with nearly 3 tons of supplies
- 'Failed star' with radiation belt could be a big deal for astronomy. Here's why
- Solar Orbiter observes rapid, tiny jets on sun that may be the solar wind's power source
- ISS fires thrusters to avoid oncoming space junk
- What's next for India's Chandrayaan-3 mission on the moon?
- 'Star Wars: Dark Droids' writer breaks down Marvel Comics' spooky new series (exclusive)
- Satellites reveal catastrophic year for emperor penguins amid climate crisis in Antarctica (photos)
- Weird dark spot on Neptune may have a bright spot buddy
- Google celebrates India's Chandrayaan-3 moon landing with adorable Doodle
- India's Chandrayaan-3 moon rover Pragyan rolls onto the lunar surface for 1st time
- SpaceX to launch Crew-7 astronauts to ISS for NASA before dawn on Aug. 26. Here's how to watch online for free.
- HTC back to school deals can save you up to £300
- China's Yutu 2 rover reveals deep layers below far side of the moon
- Who is Hera Syndulla?
- OSIRIS-REx science chief reveals NASA's 1st asteroid sampling mission nearly didn't make it (exclusive interview)
- See the moon eclipse the red supergiant star Antares tonight
- Rocket Lab launches booster with preflown engine for 1st time (video)
- August 23
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- Tantrum-throwing young stars caught belting high-energy gamma rays for the 1st time
- SpaceX to launch next Starship test flight 'soon,' Elon Musk says (photos)
- India's historic Chandrayaan-3 moon landing celebrated by ISS astronauts
- Good news for astronauts: Fatty tissue helps replenish bone and red blood cells in space
- India's successful Chandrayaan-3 moon landing 'belongs to all of humanity,' Prime Minister Modi says
- SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts will handle over 200 science experiments on ISS
- See 1st photos of the moon's south pole by India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander
- DARPA wants to build a 'thriving commercial economy' on the moon in 10 years
- What time will SpaceX launch the Crew-7 astronauts for NASA on Aug. 26?
- Ahsoka season 1 episodes 1 & 2 review: A continuation, but also an expansion of the Star Wars canvas
- We could start a settlement on Mars with just 22 people, scientists say
- James Webb Space Telescope reveals active supermassive black holes were surprisingly rare in early universe
- India on the moon! Chandrayaan-3 becomes 1st probe to land near lunar south pole
- Why 'Star Wars' needs its own answer to 'Star Trek: Lower Decks'
- SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts rehearse ahead of Aug. 25 launch (photos)
- August 22
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- Clearspace-1 space debris cleanup target in orbit just got struck by space debris
- North Korea planning to launch a satellite this week amid military tensions
- India's Chandrayaan-3 probe to attempt historic moon landing on Aug. 23: Watch it live
- China launches Gaofen Earth-observation satellite (video)
- Supermassive black hole chews up huge star, spits stellar 'guts' into space (video)
- Aurora season has begun! Northern lights spotted in the Arctic Circle (photo)
- Hubble Space Telescope captures 'ghostly' glow of distant galaxy (photo)
- Mars astronauts could make rocket fuel on the Red Planet someday. Here's how
- Spies and hackers are targeting the US space industry: report
- Embrace the dark side of the Force in new 'Star Wars: Visions' comic from Peach Momoko
- Artemis 3 rocket hardware arrives in Florida for crewed moon mission
- Russian Progress cargo spacecraft launches toward the ISS
- What time will India's Chandrayaan-3 probe land on the moon today? Here's how to watch live.
- New XRISM X-ray mission to study the most violent events in the universe will launch on Aug. 26
- What does the Luna-25 moon lander crash mean for Russia's lunar exploration plans?
- August 21
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- SpaceX, NASA declare Crew-7 astronaut mission 'go' for launch
- Perseverance Mars rover spies big sunspot rotating toward Earth (photos)
- Watch Hurricane Hilary hit California hours after earthquake in this satellite video
- India's Chandrayaan-3 images far side of the moon ahead of Aug. 23 landing try (photos)
- James Webb Space Telescope offers a mesmerizing look at the Ring Nebula (photos)
- Gravitational wave detectors on the moon could be more sensitive than those on Earth
- SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of Aug. 25 launch (photos, video)
- SpaceX rolls rocket to pad ahead of Crew-7 astronaut launch (photos)
- 10 episodes of Star Wars to watch before Ahsoka
- Turns out you can transmit sound in a vacuum, just not very far
- SpaceX lights up the skies with midnight Starlink launch (photos)
- Are we really made of 'star stuff' and what does that even mean? (video)
- We still don't know what dark matter is, but here's what it's not
- August 20
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- Russia says its Luna-25 lunar lander has crashed into the moon
- China's rover maps 1,000 feet of hidden 'structures' deep below the dark side of the moon
- Fountains of diamonds erupt from Earth's center as supercontinents break up
- NASA flew a modified U-2 spy plane into thunderstorms to study super-energetic gamma-rays
- How many potentially dangerous asteroids narrowly miss Earth each year?
- NASA's Lunar Trailblazer satellite is ready to hunt for water on the moon
- August 19
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- Russia's Luna-25 moon lander suffers 'emergency situation' in lunar orbit
- Karol 'Bo' Bobko, former NASA astronaut who flew three shuttle missions, dies at 85
- Legacy Effects wizard J. Alan Scott on creating the Gorn for 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' (exclusive)
- Odds of 'strong' El Niño now over 95%, with ocean temperatures to 'substantially exceed' last big warming event
- See Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket come together at Florida space coast factory (photo)
- This Canadian satellite was supposed to last 2 years in space. It's now celebrating 20
- I flew weightlessly on a parabolic flight to see incredible student science soar
- August 18
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- Hubble images a museum of galaxies, and some are gravitationally warped (photo)
- SpaceX shows off newly modified Starship Super Heavy booster (photos)
- 'Foundation' space advisor on keeping Asimov's fictional galaxy realistic (exclusive)
- A nearby supernova could reveal the secret lives of ghostly neutrinos. Here's how.
- Bakery 'Kochs up' kolache to honor moon-bound Artemis astronaut
- Satellites watch powerful Hurricane Hilary swirl above the Pacific Ocean (video)
- Bright cluster packed with stars shines in gorgeous new infrared image
- India's Chandrayaan-3 snaps close-up photos of moon ahead of landing try (video)
- NASA propulsion technology brings 'flying cars' closer to reality
- SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at launch pad ahead of Crew-7 liftoff (photos)
- NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter aces 55th Red Planet flight
- We could be 16 years into a methane-fueled 'termination' event significant enough to end an ice age
- NASA rolls Artemis 2 mobile launch tower to pad for tests (photos)
- See the moon and Mars enjoy the sunset together tonight
- Astronomers find 1st evidence of heavy black hole seeds in the early universe
- August 17
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- Neptune's clouds have vanished, and the sun may be to blame (video)
- Maui satellite photo shows full scale of deadliest US fire in more than a century
- Take an interstellar cruise into the cosmos in new limited series 'The Space Between' (exclusive)
- Satellites watch wildfires rage across Canadian northwest (photos)
- Russia's Luna-25 moon lander snaps 1st photo of lunar surface
- James Webb Space Telescope confirms 'Maisie's galaxy' is one of the earliest ever seen
- Powerful helium star could finally reveal secrets about highly magnetic stellar corpses
- SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea
- Astronaut-artist Karen Nyberg unveils quilt portraits of first women to fly in space
- India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander successfully separates, prepares for Aug. 23 touchdown
- Perseid meteor shower 2023 lights up the sky in these gorgeous reader photos (gallery)
- Watch how 'Ahsoka' explores the bond between Jedi masters and apprentices in 'Star Wars' (video)
- A 142-year-old astronomy building was serendipitously unearthed in Michigan (photos)
- The only Blue Moon of 2023 to shine next week
- Rare iron meteorite could help reveal secrets of early solar system
- SpaceX's Crew-7 mission will launch international crew to ISS next week
- August 16
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- Deadly wildfires in Hawaii seen from International Space Station (photo)
- These 3 teams just hacked a US Air Force satellite in space ... and won big cash prizes
- NASA's New Horizons will investigate Uranus from the rear (Neptune, too). Here's how you can help
- SpaceX submits Starship mishap report to the FAA
- How NASA's Curiosity rover overcame its steepest Mars climb yet (video)
- Artemis 4 astronauts will be 1st crew to use NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway in 2028
- India prepping to launch 1st sun-studying spacecraft next month
- US Space Force creates 1st unit dedicated to targeting adversary satellites
- Russia's Luna-25 moon lander reaches lunar orbit
- The sun rages with solar flares in epic time-lapse footage (video)
- Satellites show Mount Etna volcano erupt after weeks of puffing out smoke rings (photos)
- 25 years after its discovery, dark energy remains frustratingly elusive
- This Artemis 2 tour showed me the 'Canadian genius' aiding NASA's next moon mission
- 'A Million Miles Away' trailer previews the true-life story of astronaut José Hernández
- SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea
- NASA working to get private space stations up and running before ISS retires in 2030
- August 15
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- Intuitive Machines sets Nov. 15 launch date for private moon lander on SpaceX rocket
- Record-breaking 'failed' star orbiting stellar corpse is 2,000 degrees hotter than the sun
- Japan's Interstellar Technologies aims to launch 1st orbital rocket in 2025
- Hubble telescope captures a 'ghostly' galaxy glowing in distant space (photo)
- Fly along with Virgin Galactic's 1st private astronauts on landmark mission (video)
- Mars Society begins simulated Red Planet mission in Canadian Arctic
- How ordinary spacecraft sensors could improve our understanding of space weather
- Space mining company developing nuclear reactor and more for moon projects
- What 1st Canadian astronaut on moon mission is learning from his crewmates (exclusive)
- Chandrayaan-3 vs. Luna-25: Are India and Russia racing to the moon's south pole?
- 100-year 'megastorms' on Saturn shower the ringed planet in ammonia rain
- 'Star Trek' creature designer Neville Page on creating aliens and his new book (exclusive)
- Space pictures! See our image of the day
- The August new moon is ideal for spotting stunning deep sky objects tonight
- Supersonic tsunamis 3 times as tall as our sun are breaking on a distant 'heartbreak star'
- August 14
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- Researchers dig deep underground in hopes of finally observing dark matter
- July 2023 was the hottest month on Earth since at least 1880 'by a longshot,' NASA says
- August Super Blue Moon guide 2023: The biggest and brightest moon of the year snuggles up to Saturn
- First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history
- 'Strange New Worlds' season 2 finale brings back those alien antagonists, the Gorn
- Watch celebronauts search for a missing robot dog in this exclusive 'Stars on Mars' clip (video)
- Russia's Luna-25 moon lander snaps 1st pictures from space (photos)
- Our Milky Way galaxy was not always a spiral. Here's how it changed shape
- Greenland and Faroe Islands issue stamp for Danish astronaut's ISS mission
- Perseid meteor shower 2023 thrills stargazers around the world. See their amazing photos.
- Meet the SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts launching to the ISS on Aug. 25
- Gravitational waves show black holes prefer certain masses before they collide
- China makes Chang'e 5 moon samples open to international researchers
- August 13
- August 12
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- The largest known asteroid impact structure on Earth is buried in southeast Australia, new evidence suggests
- Bizarre 'demon' particle found inside superconductor could help unlock a 'holy grail' of physics
- Wobbling muon experiment could reveal a 5th force of nature — if the results hold up
- Watch the Perseid meteor shower tonight with this free telescope livestream
- Supermassive black holes may solve mystery of our universe's gravitational-wave 'hum'
- August 11
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- Why Venus is now a slim crescent and will disappear from the evening sky this weekend
- NASA test-fires rocket motors that will help launch samples off Mars (video)
- Win a free 'Asteroid City' Blu-ray and more in this Facebook giveaway!
- Instruments for NASA's VERITAS Venus mission get a test in Iceland (photos)
- After 17 years away, NASA's sun-studying spacecraft will visit Earth on Aug. 12
- This shoebox-sized gadget will make sure astronauts breathe safely on NASA's Artemis moon missions
- Asteroid struck by NASA's DART probe to be radar-scanned with Hera mission
- Ancient mud cracks on Mars suggest Red Planet may have been more habitable than thought
- Aftermath of Hawaii's deadly wildfire inferno revealed in gut-wrenching satellite images
- Vaonis' Hestia Kickstarter to turn smartphones into smart telescopes crosses $2 million with a week to go
- Cosmonaut Alexander Viktorenko, who flew to Mir space station four times, dies at 76
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe to make closest flyby of Venus on Aug. 21
- Shiny Perseid meteors light up a dark sky in Portugal (video)
- Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend — but 2028's show might be one for the ages
- Exoplanets in the Trappist-1 system more likely to be habitable than scientists once thought, study suggests
- August 10
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- Russia launches Luna-25 moon lander, its 1st lunar probe in 47 years
- Watch a trippy trailer for 'Strange Planet,' a bizarre animated sci-fi show on Apple TV+
- The 2023 Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend! Here's what you need to know.
- China launches new radar satellite for disaster mitigation (video)
- Wildfire smoke is warming the planet more than previously thought, scientists say
- SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea
- Virgin Galactic launches 1st mother-daughter team and 1st Olympian to space on 2nd commercial flight (video)
- NASA's Psyche asteroid mission will test next-gen laser communications in space
- GPS satellites threatened more by mild solar storms than monster sun flares
- Watch Ingenuity Mars helicopter fly in amazing video from Perseverance rover
- Russia will launch Luna-25, its 1st moon mission since 1976, today and you can watch it live
- Stunning time-lapse video captures 17-year journey of exoplanet around its star
- August 9
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- Russian cosmonaut becomes first to ride European robotic arm on ISS spacewalk
- What time is Virgin Galactic's Galactic-02 space tourist launch today? Here's how to watch live.
- Scientists are using NASA satellite data to text Bangladeshi farmers water-saving strategies
- NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission is on track, but questions remain about Artemis 3
- The powerful winds of super magnetic stars could destroy the possibility for life on their exoplanets
- Earendel revealed: James Webb Space Telescope lifts veil on the most distant star known in the universe
- Queen Rock legend Brian May launches Space.com astrophotography competition for signed copy of his asteroid book (video)
- Mars is spinning faster and its days are getting shorter. Scientists aren't sure why
- Galaxy from the 'teenage' universe reveals its water map for the 1st time
- 1st launch of Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket slips to 2024
- China aims to boost low-cost space science with 'Innovation X' rideshare program
- These new photos of SpaceX's giant Starship Booster 9 engine test are just gorgeous
- Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts conduct spacewalk outside ISS today
- South Korea marks anniversary of 1st lunar probe with new moon photos
- August 8
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- The chemical contamination of the International Space Station is out of this world (and not in a good way)
- Can't wait for 'Dune Part 2'? Let your creativity flow with this official 'Dune' coloring book
- This 'Star Wars' auction could put Han Solo's blaster or Chewbacca's bowcaster in your hands
- Meet the crew of Virgin Galactic's 2nd commercial spaceflight
- Russian rocket debris falls from space in spectacular fireball over southern Australia (video)
- Artemis 2 astronauts eager to prep Orion spacecraft for more moon missions
- Trio of tiny autonomous NASA rovers will launch to the moon next year
- Powerful sun storm knocks out radio transmissions across North America
- AI algorithm discovers 'potentially hazardous' asteroid 600 feet wide in a 1st for astronomy
- Mars helicopter Ingenuity spies Perseverance rover during 54th Red Planet flight (photo, video)
- See the moon dance with the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades before dawn on Aug. 9
- Stay up late to see the half-lit moon during its last quarter phase tonight
- Astroscale aims to capture old space junk with robotic arm in 2026 (exclusive video)
- August 7
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- China launches Fengyun-3F meteorological satellite to orbit
- SpaceX launches 15 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea
- All the 'Star Trek' news we found from San Diego Comic-Con 2023
- Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA to March 2024 (at the earliest)
- 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' showrunners reveal origins of that historic (and epic) musical episode
- New 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' crossover featurette reveals its 'Lower Decks' animation to live-action shift (video)
- 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season two's musical may be the best Trek episode ever made
- Scientists reconstruct Aeolus satellite's fiery fall to Earth from space
- World's largest radio telescope gets help from smart maintenance robots
- How European satellite's landmark demise can aid the fight against space junk
- Artemis 2 moon mission practice recovered crew from an Orion spacecraft at sea
- India's Chandrayaan-3 moon rover enters lunar orbit, snaps stunning photos (video)
- Artemis 1 cubesat finishes mission after detecting water and ice on the moon
- How climate change alters rivers on both Earth and Mars
- Chinese launch startup tests landing rockets with jet-powered prototype
- See Jupiter and the half moon join up in the night sky tonight
- Top 10 best (or worst) terms in astronomy and physics
- August 6
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- SpaceX fires up giant new Starship booster ahead of test flight (video)
- NASA unveils new website and streaming new service landing later this year
- Giant 'bubbletrons' shaped the forces of the universe moments after the Big Bang, new study suggests
- Sun blasts out highest-energy radiation ever recorded, raising questions for solar physics
- SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea
- August 5
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- Curious Kids: What comes after space?
- SpaceX's private control of satellite internet concerns military leaders: report
- Watch China test fire new engine for its planned crewed moon rocket (video)
- The James Webb Space Telescope spotlights Einstein's genius. A fellow Holocaust survivor remembers him as a friend
- August 4
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- Watch William Shatner call the U.S. government's UFO hearings 'ridiculous' (video)
- NASA and Axiom Space sign-on for 4th private astronaut mission to space station
- Watch NASA's sci-fi-looking X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet roll out of the hangar (video)
- NASA Artemis moon rocket mockup to stand alongside historic boosters at Alabama space museum
- NASA selects astronauts for SpaceX Crew-8 mission to International Space Station
- A Jupiter-size exoplanet formed around a tiny star. Astronomers aren't sure how
- Mars helicopter Ingenuity breaks 3-month flight gap with 53rd Red Planet hop
- Two new 'Star Wars' books offer daring tales from the galaxy far, far away
- SpaceX launch pad work delays Crew-7 astronaut launch for NASA to Aug. 25
- China keeps its eye on NASA's budget uncertainty
- How long can an asteroid 'survive'?
- Cygnus space freighter arrives at space station with 8,200 pounds of cargo aboard
- New ISS experiment will help develop air conditioning for future space habitats
- Watch a brilliant fireball shine brighter than the full moon (video)
- August 3
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- 'Star Trek's' Jonathan Frakes on directing the 'Strange New Worlds' crossover episode
- New book 'Stargazing: Contemplating the Cosmos to Find Inner Peace' teaches meditation to bring stargazing down to Earth
- Asteroid collisions may be responsible for mysteriously magnetic meteorites on Earth
- The Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ is over $115 off
- Queen's Brian May talks to Space.com about his role in NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission and new book on asteroid Bennu (video)
- Weird cosmic object identified as the remains of an exploded dead star
- James Webb Space Telescope reveals the colorful Ring Nebula in exquisite detail (photos, video)
- 'Strange New Worlds' Season 2 episode 8 offers a gutsy, gritty look at the horrors of war
- How long could you survive in space without a spacesuit?
- New Stephen Hawking book 'You and the universe' asks kids to save the Earth (exclusive)
- New Lego Technic Perseverance Mars rover was a 'thrill' says JPL advisor
- 1st solar eruption to simultaneously impact Earth, moon and Mars shows dangers of space radiation
- August 2
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- NASA's interstellar Voyager 2 probe resumes communication with Earth
- The Perseid meteor shower peaks in August. Here's how to see it
- James Webb Space Telescope unveils the gravitationally warped galaxies of 'El Gordo'
- 'Loki' Season 2 trailer reveals the god of mischief skipping through timelines
- 'Starfield' animated anthology introduces gamers to its inhabited planets (videos)
- The Greyhill Incident offers the most boring UFO invasion yet
- SpaceX's Falcon Heavy delays Crew-7 astronaut launch for NASA to Aug. 23
- SpaceX launches communications satellite, lands rocket at sea
- What is the difference between science and pseudoscience?
- James Webb Space Telescope captures vibrant details of the Milky Way's galactic neighbor (photo)
- Sturgeon supermoon lights up skies around the world (photos)
- NASA's Psyche mission to metal asteroid undergoes vital testing for October launch
- AI is helping scientists reveal star ages. Here's how
- Black hole jet surprises scientists with 'peculiar' radio signal
- See the moon snuggle up to Saturn in the night sky this week
- August 1
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- Massive sun 'umbrella' attached to asteroid could help fight global warming, scientist says
- Mystery of space debris found on Australian beach may be solved
- Amazon's Project Kuiper opens satellite facility at Kennedy Space Center
- Space weather forecasts to get a boost from new probe on the International Space Station
- NASA's interstellar Voyager 2 probe suffers a communication breakdown, leaving it alone in deep space
- The forgotten story of the real first Barbie to fly into space (on a still-secret mission)
- 'Star Wars' fan favorite Lando Calrissian gets his own TV series on Disney Plus
- 'The Expanse' still a hit with astronauts and scientists as new video game releases
- Watch the supermoon of August 2023 rise today with free telescope livestream (video)
- Antares rocket makes its final launch, sending cargo to the International Space Station
