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- May 13
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- Remember 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books? Now there's a gorgeous graphic novel version heading to 'Space and Beyond' (exclusive)
- Will Starship launch from foreign shores? SpaceX 'constantly exploring' options for megarocket liftoff sites
- What flings mysteriously powerful particles called 'cosmic rays' at Earth?
- Astrophotographer captures remarkable view of galactic 'Eyes' with backyard telescope
- Blue Origin's lunar lander mockup is ready for NASA Artemis astronaut training
- 'Smallville' at 15: An imperfect Superman show, but the best Clark Kent story ever told
- Lasers shine a new light on the space junk air pollution problem
- The Whirlpool Galaxy comes alive | Space photo of the day for May 13, 2026
- 30-mile-high clouds of acid on Venus are made by the largest 'hydraulic jump' in the solar system
- 'Like putting a microscope into the core of the sun': World's 1st space-based neutrino detector launches to orbit
- Cost estimate for 'Golden Dome' missile defense system balloons to $1.2 trillion
- Observing Earth from space can help companies make better decisions
- May 12
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- SpaceX's Starship V3 megarocket finally has a debut launch date. Here's when it will fly
- Uranus and Neptune could be full of rocks, new study suggests
- Cowboy Space raises $275 million to launch AI data centers on brand-new rocket
- 'Cannibal stars,' AI and the Rubin Observatory could shed light on the mystery of dark energy. Here's how
- Don't miss Mars, Saturn and the moon form a cosmic triangle before dawn on May 14
- Watch SpaceX launch 6,500 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station on May 13
- NASA's Psyche asteroid probe will fly within 3,000 miles of Mars on May 15: Here's what to expect
- Mesmerizing vortexes swirl near an Antarctic volcano | Space photo of the day for May 12, 2026
- Star Catcher just raised $65 million to build the world's first power grid in space — with lasers
- Thousands of deaths per year caused by invisible wildfire pollutant, satellite data shows
- SpaceX fuels up Starship V3 megarocket for 1st time ahead of crucial test flight (photos)
- May 11
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- NASA's Artemis 3 rocket is taking shape for 2027 launch to test lunar landers (photo)
- 'Nothing short of magical': Astrophotographer captures Lyrid meteors beside the Milky Way
- Satellite spies one of Russia's most active volcanoes melting snow from the inside out
- China's Tianzhou 10 freighter delivers 7 tons of cargo to Tiangong space station
- How NASA lunar scientists taught Artemis 2 astronauts to see the moon with different eyes
- SpaceX launches secret US spy satellites to orbit from California (video, photos)
- They really launched this tiny spacecraft (Well, sort of.) | Space photo of the day for May 11, 2026
- Sun unleashes colossal solar flare and coronal mass ejection, raising the chances of northern lights tonight
- See Artemis 2's amazing views of Earth in timelapse video taken from 12,000-photo drop
- New James Webb Space Telescope images reveal how massive star clusters can reshape galaxies
- Does Dante's Inferno from the 14th century depict an asteroid impact?
- May 10
- May 9
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- 4 epic myths hiding in the May sky — and how to find them
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 209 — Astronauts for America
- NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft are very low on power after nearly 50 years. How long can they keep going?
- NASA's Artemis 2 commander and astrophotographer team up to capture breathtaking, never-before-seen shots of the moon's far side
- May 8
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- Pentagon unveils trove of declassfied 'UFO' videos. How to see them all, from 'a football-shaped body' to 'a misshapen and uneven ball of white light'
- Black holes slamming into scorching stars may be causing mysterious blue flashes in the cosmos
- Monopoly sucks, but this new 'Star Wars' video game spinoff might add some galactic sizzle
- How you'd really die in space: What sci-fi gets right (and wrong) about extra-terrestrial expirations
- This is your best chance to spot the Milky Way's core in May
- Blue Origin tests 1st moon lander ahead of lunar launch later this year (photo)
- 'Star Fox' is returning this summer with a shiny 'Star Fox 64' remake for Nintendo Switch 2 full of unique features
- The charred hull of Artemis 2's Orion | Space photo of the day for May 8, 2026
- Learn the night sky without an app: May's easiest star-hops for beginners
- Scientists found 10,000 possible exoplanets hiding in NASA data
- SpaceX just fired up its 33-engine Starship 'V3' Super Heavy rocket booster. When could it fly? (video)
- NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts saw flashes on the far side of the moon that cameras struggle to capture. Here's why scientists are excited
- May 7
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- Artemis astronauts may find remnants of a 'decapitated' asteroid's impact on the moon
- A 29-pound Mars rock held NASA's Curiosity rover hostage for 6 days (video)
- 'Saros' nails the cosmic horror and bullet-hell action assignments, but it falls short as a roguelite
- Where does Earth's mysterious 'ring current' come from? NASA and the US Space Force are launching a mission to find out
- 'Star Wars: Galactic Racer': Release date, trailers, gameplay & everything we know about the return of podracing
- Moon joy at Jupiter | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2026
- Here's what 6 years of driving on Mars did to the wheels on NASA's Curiosity rover (video)
- How do the biggest black holes in the universe form? Ripples in spacetime provide a clue
- Artemis 2 moon launch brought nearly 350,000 people to Florida's Space Coast
- Should Saturn's huge moon Titan be humanity's next destination, after the moon and Mars?
- May 6
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- How an exoplanet odd couple survived by traveling in from the cold together
- Europe's 1st reusable spacecraft 'Space Rider' clears key hurdles on the road to launch
- 'Whatever Russia is testing, it's sophisticated': 2 Russian satellites get within 10 feet of each other in orbit
- 3 puzzles of our universe could be solved with this new dark matter theory
- 'Thor' hammered down 15 years ago, and it's still the only Marvel movie to do the God of Thunder justice
- Sci-fi RPG 'Exodus''s combat looks and feels like 'Mass Effect', but the dialogue system could be a big upgrade (video)
- Why does NASA's Curiosity rover have a 'lucky penny' on Mars? | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026
- Scientists created one of the largest simulations of our universe ever — about the size of 500,000 HD movies
- Get more for your credits with the best leftover Lego Star Wars Day deals
- Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth faster
- May 5
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- Mexico City is sinking up to 14 inches per year, satellite images show
- NASA just released 12,000 photos from Artemis 2. Here are our top picks
- Watch SpaceX Starlink train circle Earth in amazing satellite video
- A tiny 'plutino' world beyond Neptune has grown a mysterious atmosphere, and we don't know how
- Moon lander preps for the lunar surface | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026
- 'SOL Shogunate' is a samurai space opera set on the moon, but with an aerospace engineer making sure it's 'getting the science right'
- These 2 companies want to start removing space junk from orbit in 2027
- Forget the AT-ST, at 20% off this Lego Star Wars AT-TE is the king of Star Wars walkers
- Former NASA chief Jim Bridenstine takes over as CEO of Quantum Space
- NASA is making a powerful new ion engine to send astronauts to Mars — and it just passed its 1st test
- Don't miss the Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2026 peak tonight! Viewing times, locations and tips
- NASA wants to land astronauts on the moon in 2028. Will SpaceX's Starship or Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander be ready in time?
- May 4
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- Trump's proposed NASA budget is a 'horrible threat to our future' in space, Planetary Society CEO says
- James Webb Space Telescope directly studies an exoplanet's surface for the 1st time: 'We see a dark, hot, barren rock'
- Watch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2026 online tonight with these livestreams
- Are streamers losing faith in legacy sci-fi franchises?
- Will the moon ruin the Eta Aquarid meteor shower this week? Here's what to know
- Our Milky Way's 'Zone of Avoidance' holds a galaxy supercluster with 30,000 trillion times the sun's mass
- Lasers take aim at a galaxy far, far away | Space photo of the day for May 4, 2026
- What's the best time to see Eta Aquarid meteors tonight?
- A YouTuber just recreated the original Star Wars with cardboard, and it's awesome (video)
- 13 International 'Star Wars' Posters You've Likely Never Seen
- Why were galaxies so active in the early universe? We may be getting close to the answer
- May 3
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- 'It was quite a light show!' NASA astronaut spies dramatic fireball from the International Space Station (photos)
- New this month, this Lego Star Wars Yoda bust would terrify Darth Vader and I have to have it
- Spaceflight is hard on the heart, yet artificial ones grow better in space than on Earth
- 7 things nobody tells you about stargazing (that make a huge difference)
- Why do some stars become 'supernova impostors'? Astronomers still don't quite know
- May 2
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- New for Star Wars Day, grab this Lego Star Wars model of The Mandalorian's coolest ship and get the Darksaber for free
- SpaceX sends 45 satellites to orbit in nighttime launch from California (video)
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 208 — Lander, Lander, Who's Got a Lander
- Galaxies, Artemis 2, space telescopes and stormtroopers: Here are the best photos from our staff
- See May's full 'Flower Moon' bloom in gorgeous photos from around the world
- 3 planets will put on a sky show in May — when and how to see them
- The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks next week: Here's what you need to know
- May 1
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- Artemis 2 astronauts get the star treatment after historic moon trip
- Drone radar could help spacecraft pinpoint where to drill for water on Mars, scientists say
- 'Slither' at 20: The alien worm comedy-horror that heralded James Gunn's arrival
- How 'For All Mankind' evolved from 'The Right Stuff' into 'The Expanse'
- £115 off for Star Wars Day, I think this Lego Star Wars UCS set is the most mind-blowing Lego starship you'll ever own
- Thinner than a hair and stretchy like rubber: New material could shield against radiation in next-gen space tech
- Is it cake? No, it's a parachute! | Space photo of the day for May 1, 2026
- The Claypool Lennon Delirium's cosmic new album is not just an AI warning, but a reflection on a global loss of empathy (video)
- NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers capture sweeping Mars panoramas (video)
- May's full 'Flower Moon' rises tonight: Here's what to expect from the 'micromoon'