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- February 29
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- Goodnight, Odysseus. Intuitive Machines' private moon lander goes offline — but could it rise again?
- China names the spacecraft that will put its astronauts on the moon (video)
- SpaceX Starship docking system readies for moon missions in tests with NASA
- Richard Truly, space shuttle astronaut and NASA administrator, dies at 86
- James Webb Space Telescope reveals how stellar blasts of radiation stunt planet birth
- Everything we know about Dune: Awakening
- SpaceX launches Leap Day Starlink satellites into orbit, lands rocket at sea (video)
- Magic secrets on the moon: Q&A with David Copperfield (exclusive)
- 'Axion stars' that went boom after the Big Bang could shed light on dark matter
- Air is leaking from a Russian ISS module, but 'no impact to crew,' NASA says
- Get to the choppa! Artemis 2 moon astronauts practice splashdown with U.S. Navy (images, video)
- Why NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps waited an extra 6 years for her ISS space mission
- A baby star's planet-forming disk has 3 times more water than all of Earth's oceans
- SpaceX delays Crew-8 astronaut launch for NASA to March 2 due to bad weather
- What time is the SpaceX Crew-8 astronaut launch for NASA today?
- February 28
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- Watch the bittersweet trailer for 'Star Trek: Discovery's final season (video)
- Private Odysseus moon lander broke a leg during historic touchdown. 'He's a scrappy little dude.' (new photos)
- How to watch SpaceX launch Crew-8 astronauts to the space station on March 3 (free livestream)
- James Webb Space Telescope sees the infrared skeleton of a galaxy (image)
- 'Constellation' season 1 episode 4 review: Compelling drama makes up for a thin mystery
- Near miss! NASA satellite, dead Russian spacecraft zoom past each other in orbit
- India unveils astronauts for 1st human spaceflight mission in 2025
- Meet the SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts launching to the ISS on March 2
- 'It's white-knuckle time:' NASA chief stresses safety for Crew-8 astronaut launch
- Can you capture the comet's tail? Scientists need help from astrophotographers
- How to fly a drone: Three simple practice maneuvers to improve your flight skills
- James Webb Space Telescope finds dwarf galaxies packed enough punch to reshape the entire early universe
- SpaceX's longest-ever astronaut cruise was a smooth ride, Ax-3 crewmembers say
- Noomi Rapace and Jonathan Banks on making Apple TV+'s twisty space thriller, 'Constellation' (exclusive)
- Get a free solar filter worth $249 with the purchase of any Unistellar telescope
- SpaceX fires up rocket ahead of March 2 astronaut launch (photos)
- Possibly habitable Trappist-1 exoplanet caught destroying its own atmosphere
- February 27
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- NASA radar images show stadium-size asteroid tumbling by Earth during flyby (photos)
- Apollo astronaut's granddaughter opens immersive 'Lunar Light' moonwalk experience in Dallas
- Put on your eclipse glasses and look up to see the biggest sunspot in years before it disappears from view
- NASA's Dana Weigel will be the 1st female ISS program manager
- Intuitive Machines' Odysseus probe beams home more photos from historic moon landing
- James Webb Space Telescope finds 'extremely red' supermassive black hole growing in the early universe
- India completes critical test for Gaganyaan flight crewed by humanoid robot later this year
- Computer-simulated moon dust may help lunar robots pass a major hurdle
- Black hole's powerful eruption creates a string of stellar jewelry
- Radar images reveal damage on Europe's doomed ERS-2 satellite during final orbits
- Radar could help scientists find potentially threatening asteroids. Here's how
- SpaceX rolls out rocket, capsule for Crew-8 astronaut launch (photos)
- SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts eager for launch to ISS on March 2: 'Things surprise you, but we're ready'
- Cooperation on the moon: Are the Artemis Accords enough?
- February 26
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- FAA closes investigation into explosive 2nd flight of SpaceX's Starship megarocket
- Intuitive Machines' historic moon landing builds momentum for Artemis, astronaut Tracy C. Dyson says (exclusive)
- President Biden congratulates Intuitive Machines on historic moon landing
- Ingenuity Mars helicopter snapped rotor blade during hard landing last month (video, photo)
- It's alive! JAXA's SLIM moon lander sends home new photos after surviving frigid lunar night
- Zombie star earns metal scar while chewing its own planets: 'Nothing like this has been seen before'
- Gravitational anomalies reveal seamount 3 times the height of world's tallest building
- Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander beams home 1st photos from lunar surface
- NASA's asteroid-impacting DART mission completely changed the shape of its target
- Brash new 'Borderlands' trailer takes fans to the abandoned planet of Pandora
- See February's Full Snow Moon light up the night sky around the world (photos)
- The mathematically perfect exoplanet system — a great place to search for alien tech
- NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe wakes up after surviving close pass by the sun
- The Milky Way's enormous, star-studded 'Radcliffe Wave' is literally waving
- What is the big rip, and can we stop it?
- SpaceX, NASA 'go' to launch Crew-8 astronaut mission to ISS on March 2
- February 25
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- ISS astronauts witness 'spectacular' auroras from space (photos)
- James Webb telescope finds ancient galaxy larger than our Milky Way, and it's threatening to upend cosmology
- 'A wonderful spectacle': Photographer snaps rare solar eruption as 'magnetic noose' strangles the sun's south pole
- Artemis 2 moon astronauts will enjoy maple cream cookies and smoked salmon thanks to Canada
- February 24
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- SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from Florida
- Do you want to spend a year inside a mock Mars base for science? If so, NASA wants you.
- India plans to include a helicopter on its next Mars mission
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 99 — Moonshots, Falling Satellites & Starships!
- February's Full Snow Moon rises tonight, the smallest full moon of 2024
- The 1st private moon landing just happened. Is it time for lunar law?
- Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander tipped over on the moon during 'spicy' lunar landing
- February 23
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- Kerbal Space Program game director and ULA CEO talk STEM collaboration and companies' futures (exclusive)
- Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket rises on launch pad ahead of debut liftoff (photo)
- 3 tiny new moons found around Uranus and Neptune — and one is exceptionally tiny
- Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander didn't deploy camera during historic descent
- 'Quantum gravity' could help unite quantum mechanics with general relativity at last
- Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander is alive and well on the moon
- Sun erupts with most powerful solar flare since 2017 amid explosive week (video)
- 'Spaceman' sees Adam Sandler shine as a cosmonaut in crisis in Netflix's somber sci-fi film (review)
- Why a VR headset on the ISS 'really makes a difference' for astronaut exercise
- See Varda Space's private in-space manufacturing capsule's historic return to Earth in photos
- Our solar system map may need an update — the Kuiper belt could be way bigger
- Space Perspective is nearly ready to fly tourists on luxury balloon rides near the edge of space (exclusive)
- Intuitive Machines lands on moon in nail-biting descent of private Odysseus lander, a 1st for US since 1972
- February 22
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- NASA Eclipse Soundscapes Project will record how 2024's total solar eclipse impacts nature
- James Webb Space Telescope spots neutron star hiding in supernova wreckage
- Radio signals from Orion nebula reveal new data about strange celestial objects: 'JuMBOS'
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ties 19 flight-record with launch from California (video)
- New 'Lunarcraft' game lets you build your own moon base in the Minecraft world
- Intuitive Machines moon lander sends home a haunting crater picture ahead of touch down today
- 'Intruder' stars have changed Earth's climate over the eons. Here's how.
- Powerful twin solar flares erupt from sun as cell phone outages spike across US (video)
- Astronauts celebrate success of 1st surgery robot on ISS: 'It's a real game-changer'
- 'Constellation' episodes 1-3 review: A well-made thriller that may be revealing its cards too soon
- Here's what just landed on the moon aboard Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander
- Watch Intuitive Machines' private Odysseus lander attempt historic moon landing
- February 21
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- An asteroid the size of a bus will fly near Earth on Feb. 22 — but don't worry (video)
- What time will Intuitive Machines' private Odysseus probe land on the moon today?
- Delta Air Lines opens up 2nd 'totality' flight for 2024 total solar eclipse
- Private Varda Space capsule returns to Earth with space-grown antiviral drug aboard
- Bus-sized European satellite crashes to Earth over Pacific Ocean
- Scientists create 5 new isotopes to learn how neutron star collisions forge gold
- Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lander is aiming for a crater near the moon's south pole. Here's why
- NASA's new UVEX mission will explore the ultraviolet universe
- Intuitive Machines' private Odysseus lander snaps 1st moon photo, enters lunar orbit
- James Webb Space Telescope finds neutron star mergers forge gold in the cosmos: 'It was thrilling'
- Must-see astronaut thriller 'Constellation' lifts off today at Apple TV+
- Dead, 5,000-pound satellite is falling to Earth today. Will any debris survive the fiery reentry?
- See the sun's surface rage as solar maximum approaches (photo)
- NASA brings back retro 'worm' logo for upcoming Artemis 2 moon mission (photos)
- An asteroid will hit Earth at some point. What can we do about it?
- February 20
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- Scientists say 2 solar system dwarf planets may harbor underground oceans
- Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket put a satellite in the wrong orbit in December. Now we know why.
- Sian Proctor on her legacy of being the 1st Black woman to pilot a spacecraft
- Everything we know about '3 Body Problem'
- Former Disney TV star Bridgit Mendler co-founds satellite 'data highway' startup
- Intuitive Machines' private Odysseus moon lander on track for Feb. 22 lunar landing
- Studying lake deposits in Idaho could give scientists insight into ancient traces of life on Mars
- These supernovas are whipping up a storm, contributing to cosmic life and death
- 'We are approaching the tipping point': Marker for the collapse of key Atlantic current discovered
- SpaceX launches Indonesian satellite on 300th successful Falcon 9 mission (video)
- Black hole-like 'gravastars' could be stacked like Russian tea dolls
- Very Large Telescope snaps gorgeous shot of Milky Way's star-studded core (photo)
- February 19
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- Massive underground laboratory in China joins the quest to find dark matter
- Australia seeks public help to design its 1st moon rover, Roo-ver
- South Pole Telescope has a 'treasure map' to the secrets of dark matter
- Major X-ray sky survey could relieve crisis surrounding the universe's 'lumpiness'
- For this dead star, 72 years is a single Earth day
- Star Trek's Seven of Nine returns in new novel 'Picard: Firewall' (exclusive)
- Brightest quasar ever seen is powered by black hole that eats a 'sun a day'
- Build your own moon base and explore the lunar surface in 'Moonshot' (video)
- NASA's twin spacecraft will go to the ends of the Earth to combat climate change
- Private Varda space capsule to land in Utah today in historic in-space manufacturing reentry (update)
- Big, doomed satellite seen from space as it tumbles towards a fiery reentry on Feb. 21 (photos)
- February 18
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- Our universe is merging with 'baby universes', causing it to expand, new theoretical study suggests
- Watch trailer for 'Space: The Longest Goodbye,' new film exploring astronaut mental health (video)
- I put Abisko's 'cloud-busting weapon' to the test during a Sweden northern lights adventure and was not disappointed
- Rocket Lab launches ADRAS-J space junk inspection satellite for Astroscale (video)
- February 17
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- Private Odysseus moon lander beams home 1st photos from space
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 98 — Inside NASA with Pam Melroy
- Uruguay signs Artemis Accords for responsible space exploration
- Get a sneak peek inside the Artemis 2 spacecraft that will fly astronauts to the moon for the 1st time in 50 years (photos)
- Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket simulator seen on launchpad from space (photos)
- NASA's Voyager 1 glitch has scientists sad yet hopeful: 'Voyager 2 is still going strong'
- Solar eclipse jam: How to avoid getting stuck in traffic on April 8, 2024
- Japan's new H3 rocket reaches orbit for 1st time (video)
- Last chance! Grab the Lego Marvel Black Panther bust for 40% off
- February 16
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- NASA has more than twice the asteroid Bennu samples it could have hoped for from OSIRIS-REx probe
- Russia's Progress 87 cargo ship arrives at International Space Station
- ISS astronauts show what it's like to capture a spacecraft with a robotic arm (video)
- India launches powerful new weather satellite INSAT-3DS into orbit on 'naughty boy' rocket (video)
- Russia's nuclear anti-satellite weapon poses 'no immediate threat' to Earth, White House says
- Get ready for the 2024 total solar eclipse with Space.com with our 'Eclipses' bookazine
- Amateur astronomers can make breathtaking discoveries. This new photobook on Kickstarter shows how
- SpaceX and NASA say Crew-8 astronauts won't launch to ISS until March 1 after private moonshot
- See the moon meet up with the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades tonight
- Could the solar system be teeming with interstellar objects? We'll soon find out (op-ed)
- Watch Japan launch its H3 rocket on return-to-flight mission tonight
- Save 30% on the absolutely massive Lego Marvel Hulkbuster
- February 15
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- Saturn's ocean moon Titan may not be able to support life after all
- China eyes May 2024 launch for 1st-ever lunar sample-return mission to moon's far side
- Private Odysseus lunar lander heads for the moon after SpaceX launch
- China wants to send plants, microbes and lunar resource experiments to the moon in 2028
- 1st look: 'Ahsoka' returns as a Marvel Comics 'Star Wars' miniseries
- Save 19% on these iconic Lego Star Wars helmets with Amazon
- Russian plans for space-based nuclear weapon to target satellites spark concern in US Congress
- NASA's interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft isn't doing so well — here's what we know
- Dead star 'glitches' could reveal the origins of fast radio bursts
- US space science could fall behind China if private successors to ISS are delayed, Congress warns
- Lunar lining: Columbia coat tech insulates Intuitive Machines' newly launched moon lander
- SpaceX launches private 'Odysseus' lander on pioneering moon mission by Intuitive Machines (video)
- February 14
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- Water found on the surface of an asteroid for the 1st time ever
- SETI searches for alien signals synchronized with supernova 1987A
- Watch NASA unfurl basketball-court-sized solar sail for deep space propulsion (video)
- Neil deGrasse Tyson's new StarTalk TV streaming channel launches on Pluto TV
- 'Odd couple' kissing stars created by unromantic cannibalistic feeding dance
- How to watch 'Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight' online and from anywhere now
- Russia launches a Valentine's Day Progress supply ship to the ISS
- This astronaut took 5 spacewalks. Now, he's helping make spacesuits for future ISS crews (exclusive)
- Fire but no brimstone: Where is the universe's missing sulfur?
- SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites on 3rd leg of spaceflight tripleheader (video)
- Best solar viewing kit 2024: Observe the April 8 solar eclipse
- The moon and Jupiter go on a Valentine's Day date in the night sky tonight
- SpaceX launches classified USSF-124 satellites on secret Valentine's Day mission for US Space Force (video)
- SpaceX deorbiting 100 older Starlink satellites to 'keep space safe and sustainable'
- SpaceX delays launch of private Intuitive Machines moon lander due to methane fuel issue
- February 13
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- Valentine's Day 2024 means 3 rocket launches, a SpaceX doubleheader and a moon probe for space lovers
- Apes ponder their place in the universe in 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' trailer (video)
- SpaceX stacks giant Starship rocket ahead of 3rd test flight (video, photos)
- Our luscious blue Earth used to be a frozen snowball
- A tiny asteroid just snuck between the Earth and moon
- SpaceX to launch Intuitive Machines lander Feb. 15 on 2nd try for NASA's commercial moon program
- Astronauts may accidentally threaten Mars missions with their gut bacteria, scientists warn
- SpaceX could launch Starship again 'in about 3 weeks,' Elon Musk says
- SpaceX delays Crew-8 astronaut launch for NASA to Feb. 28 to make way for private moon mission
- Pearl Jam's cosmically charged rock journey continues with new album 'Dark Matter' — Listen to the 1st single
- The Celestron Inspire 100AZ is now $80 off on Amazon
- How will Artemis 2 astronauts exercise on the way to the moon?
- Dark matter detected dangling from the cosmic web for 1st time
- What time is SpaceX's IM-1 private moon lander launch for Intuitive Machines on Feb. 15?
- February 12
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- SpaceX rolls giant Starship rocket to launch pad ahead of 3rd test flight (photos)
- How NASA's moon landing with Intuitive Machines will help pave the way for Artemis astronaut missions
- Watch China launch Smart Dragon-3 rocket from the sea (video)
- Greece signs Artemis Accords for responsible moon exploration
- See new trailer for NatGeo's 'The Space Race' documentary saluting Black astronauts (video)
- Canadian astronaut reveals Indigenous art patch for Artemis 2 moon mission
- Orbital resonance — the striking gravitational dance done by planets with aligning orbits
- Solar eclipse on Mars! Perseverance rover sees Martian moon Phobos cross the sun in epic video
- Life on Mars could have thrived near active volcanoes and an ancient mile-deep lake
- The mystery of the missing super-Earths and mini-Neptunes may finally be solved
- What would happen if you moved at the speed of light?
- A star's extreme outburst could be tormenting baby planets
- James Webb Space Telescope tracks a galaxy's history back to just after the Big Bang
- February 11
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- How to watch SpaceX launch the private Intuitive Machines moon lander IM-1 on Feb. 15 live online
- It's good! Space station astronauts talk football - and Taylor Swift - for Super Bowl 2024 (video)
- World's 1st fault-tolerant quantum computer launching this year ahead of a 10,000-qubit machine in 2026
- Intuitive Machines moon lander to carry tiny NASA cameras to study lunar surface (video)
- Cosmic Super Bowl? The Milky Way's black hole is shaping spacetime into a football
- February 10
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- New 'Judas' game trailer teases a dystopian sci-fi romp in outer space
- NASA is 'learning to listen to the X-59' by simulating sonic thumps with fighter jets (photos)
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 97 — Europa Clipper - Attempt No Landing There?
- Meet the maestro behind 'The Galilean Suite' — an epic space symphony dedicated to Jupiter's largest moons
- Happy Lunar New Year 2024! Chinese astronauts welcome Year of the Dragon in space
- February 9
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- Mars helicopter Ingenuity's final resting place named after 'Undying Lands' in 'Lord of the Rings'
- How Earth's new Rubin Observatory will usher in the next era of asteroid space missions
- See SpaceX's breathtaking launch of NASA's PACE satellite (photos)
- Hubble Space Telescope tells a starry 'tail' of 12 mingling galaxies
- Celestron AstroMaster LT 70AZ beginner telescope is now under $60
- Watch a massive X-class solar flare explode from the sun on Feb. 9 (video)
- Nuclear fusion lab sets record for most energy created with single reaction
- US Space Force wants satellite 'jetpacks' to keep old spacecraft alive in orbit
- SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn orbital mission delayed to summer 2024
- February's 'super' new moon leaves the night sky nice and dark tonight
- 20 people in space! Humanity quietly tied a record last month
- February 8
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- Relive SpaceX Starship's epic 2nd test flight in newly released NASA footage (video)
- Donated Renaissance-era astronomy book surprises university with hidden text
- Did monster black holes or galaxies come first? The James Webb Space Telescope may have a surprise answer
- 'It takes courage to make the right decision:' Artemis 2 astronaut explains why moon mission was delayed to 2025 (exclusive)
- NASA's Juno probe sees active volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (images)
- How the Large Hadron Collider's successor will hunt for the dark universe
- 'Martian' sunspot 15 times wider than Earth could soon bombard us with solar flares (photo & video)
- Watch terrifying aliens invade Earth in new trailer for 'A Quiet Place: Day One' (video)
- Geminid meteors may be 10 times older than thought, simulations of oddball asteroid Phaethon suggest
- Ax-3 astronauts leave precious parting gift behind for ISS crew: peanut butter
- China's Chang'e-5 moon samples contain 'perplexing combination' of minerals
- Hidden moon may hold together rings of strange comet-like object between Jupiter and Neptune
- SpaceX Dragon carrying Ax-3 astronauts splashes down in Atlantic to end longest private spaceflight for Axiom Space
- SpaceX launches NASA's PACE satellite to study Earth's oceans, air and climate (video)
- February 7
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- 1st look: Mace Windu protects a galactic secret in Marvel Comics' new solo 'Star Wars' series
- Upcoming solar maximum may help solve the sun's gamma-ray puzzle
- Surprise! Baby exoplanets might look like Smarties candies rather than spheres
- New film 'Spacewoman' to celebrate NASA's Eileen Collins, 1st woman space commander and pilot
- Here's what it's like taking a VR spacewalk with the Canadian Space Agency
- Dark matter could be gently wobbling space-time around us — and scientists may finally know how to detect it
- Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an ocean scientists never believed could exist
- Big, dead European satellite will crash back to Earth this month
- Astronaut Hall of Fame to add shuttle vets David Hilmers and Marsha Ivins in June
- Humans on Mars could conduct far better science than any machine
- What's the forecast for Neptune-like exoplanets: Cloudy or clear?
- Best smart telescopes in 2024: Observe and image the cosmos
- SpaceX launches 22 Starlink satellites into orbit from California (video)
- NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 8% of its workforce
- February 6
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- Lunar astronauts could potentially make hummus with moon-grown chickpeas
- How scientists are using artificial intelligence to predict wildfires
- SpaceX targeting Feb. 14 for launch of Intuitive Machines IM-1 private moon mission
- NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe heads back toward Earth after acing crucial engine burn
- India's Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter catalogs tons of mysterious solar flares
- Asteroid 2024 BX1 fragments confirmed to be rare meteorites as old as the solar system itself
- Jupiter's volcanic moon Io looks outstanding in these close flyby photos from NASA's Juno probe
- Virgin Galactic mothership loses alignment pin during space plane launch, FAA investigating
- NASA exoplanet telescope discovers 'super-Earth' in its star's Goldilocks zone
- Powerful solar flare unleashes colossal plasma plume, sparks radio blackouts across South Pacific (video)
- Zoozve — the strange 'moon' of Venus that earned its name by accident
- 1st look at asteroid Bennu samples suggests space rock may even be 'a fragment of an ancient ocean world'
- How will the 2024 total solar eclipse differ from the 2017 total solar eclipse?
- James Webb Space Telescope could target tiny bright galaxies to shine light on dark matter
- February 5
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- Where do cosmic rays come from?
- New NASA Collection by Stomp Rocket takes off for kid-powered flight
- 879 days! Russian cosmonaut breaks record for total time spent in space
- SpaceX rolls out Falcon 9 rocket to launch NASA's ocean-studying PACE satellite on Feb. 8 (photos)
- Solar maximum is coming, but we won't know it happened until 7 months after it's over
- NASA Ingenuity Mars helicopter, broken and alone, spotted by Perseverance rover on Martian dune (photo, video)
- Earth isn't the only planet with seasons, but they can look wildly different on other worlds
- 'Halo' Season 2 charges back onto Paramount Plus this week with plenty to prove
- Scientists find black hole powering a molecular gas fountain in the ancient universe
- Hubble Space Telescope spots a cosmic 'tug of war' between galaxies that could lead to a collision (image)
- NASA's PACE satellite will study Earth's tiniest mysteries from space: Watch it launch live Feb. 8
- February 4
- February 3
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- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 96 — It's Space TV!
- Ghostly plasma loops linger on the sun after massive solar explosion (photos)
- Watch Amazon's new trailer for cosmic comedy 'The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy' (video)
- Event Horizon Telescope spies jets erupting from nearby supermassive black hole
- James Webb Space Telescope makes rare detection of 2 exoplanets orbiting dead stars
- February 2
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- 'Predator' and 'The Mandalorian' star Carl Weathers passes away at 76
- SpaceX shows off Super Heavy boosters 'for the next 3' Starship flights (photos)
- Tuck and roll! Watch ISS astronauts have fun during orbit-raising thruster fire (video)
- Ax-3 astronauts depart ISS in SpaceX Dragon capsule for splashdown on Feb. 9 (video)
- Nuclear power on the moon: NASA wraps up 1st phase of ambitious reactor project
- Stomp Rocket 'targets' NASA history with new space toy collection
- Sierra Space unveils Dream Chaser space plane ahead of 1st flight to ISS (video)
- Which telescope will be 1st to find alien life? Scientists have some ideas
- Huge stadium-size asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth for centuries today (Feb. 2)
- Get a 1st look at debut issue of 'Sons of Star Trek' miniseries (exclusive)
- Chinese company's reusable rocket prototype aces launch-and-landing test (photos)
- Artemis 2 moon astronauts dive into giant NASA pool for splashdown training (photos)
- A monster black hole is throwing a galaxy-size tantrum
- Lava from Iceland volcano spied from space (satellite photo)
- February 1
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- Japan's SLIM moon lander snaps final photos before going dormant during lunar night
- Space Force Guardian to reach orbit for 1st time on SpaceX's Crew-9 astronaut launch
- X-ray image of universe reveals almost 1 million high-energy objects: 'These are mind-blowing numbers'
- Watch next-generation lightweight spacesuit tested on Zero-G flight (photos, video)
- How do galaxies grow while ensnared in the universe's cosmic web?
- Marvel Comics celebrates Black History Month with 'Star Wars' comics covers
- China puts models of its future crewed moon landing spacecraft on display (video)
- Dark energy is forcing the universe to expand. This new observatory may show us how
- SpaceX, NASA targeting Feb. 22 for launch of Crew-8 astronaut mission
- NASA to 'wiggle' broken Ingenuity Mars helicopter's blades to analyze damage
- NASA's Artemis 1 moon capsule to land in renovated Smithsonian gallery in 2026
- NASA names astronauts for SpaceX's Crew-9 mission to the ISS
