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- September 28
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- Boeing's Starliner won't launch astronauts until 2028 (and may need a new rocket), NASA says
- On this day in space! Sept. 28, 1962: Canada's 1st satellite Alouette 1 launches into orbit from California on a Thor-Agena rocket
- Wow! Watch SpaceX's Starship megarocket deploy satellites into orbit for 1st time ever (photos, video)
- Jupiter-bound JUICE spacecraft just got an 8,000 mph speed boost from Earth: 'This is great news for science'
- Strange 'coral reef' deposits reveal Mars' climate history | Space photo of the day for Sept. 28, 2026
- SpaceX launches Starship into orbit for 1st time — largest rocket ever built notches key milestone on dramatic Flight 14 test
- Stunning Harvest Moon serves up a treat for skywatchers worldwide (photos)
- Why is Uranus tilted on its side?
- Millions of satellites orbiting Earth? Astronomers hope the UN can slow the coming data center doom
- September 27
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- On this day in space! Sept. 27, 1997: NASA's Mars Pathfinder lander sends its last transmission to Earth
- SpaceX's Starship megarocket launching to orbit for 1st time ever today: Watch it live
- Asteroid samples from NASA's epic OSIRIS-REx mission show Bennu was born from fire and ice
- Icy moons may hold on to their underground oceans even after being smashed apart
- September 26
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- On this day in space! Sept. 26, 1983: Russian cosmonauts narrowly escape Soyuz rocket explosion during harrowing launch abort
- SpaceX launches classified mystery mission for US Space Force from California (video, photos)
- 'Star Trek: Enterprise' at 25: The Trek show that failed to live long and prosper
- Don't miss September's Harvest Moon rise with Saturn tonight!
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 229 — Is It Starship's Time?
- Meteor hunting on hard mode: Here's your best shot at spotting a Daytime Sextantids shooting star
- What time will SpaceX launch its 1st orbital Starship test on Flight 14 today? (Full mission timeline)
- Will SpaceX's Starship finally make it to orbit? We're about to find out
- September 25
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- James Webb Space Telescope looks back in time, finds our ancient universe wasn't as pure as we thought
- Get ahead of October Prime Day with 40% off these expert-approved waterproof and fog-proof binoculars
- Microbes could survive on Saturn's moon Enceladus — and scientists think we can find them
- 'Owlright, Owlright, Owlright': Rocket Lab launches private Japanese radar satellite to orbit (video)
- The Harvest Moon has a trick no other full moon can quite match
- Decoding Earth's magnetic field may help scientists treat Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Here's how
- On this day in space! Sept. 25, 2008: China launches Shenzhou 7, its 3rd astronaut mission, to make the country's 1st spacewalk
- Lightning crackles within raging Hurricane Polo | Space photo of the day for Sept. 25, 2026
- Hubble Space Telescope finishes 200,000 Earth orbits in style — while studying a warped star explosion
- SpaceX launching prototype Google AI satellite next week
- September 24
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- SpaceX's Starship megarocket aces launch rehearsal ahead of 1st orbital test flight (video)
- Astronomers discover the 1st black hole powered 'microquasar' in the Milky Way
- 'Silo' season 3: Oscar winner Tim Robbins on Bernard's sacrifice, lockdowns and the true purpose of great drama (interview)
- New videos of NASA's Artemis II launch show the absolute power of the SLS rocket
- On this day in space! Sept. 24, 2014: India's 1st Mars probe Mangalyann enters orbit around the Red Planet in epic feat of space engineering
- Black hole 'burps' are the same, no matter how supermassive the source is
- Catch Saturn shining beneath the full Harvest Moon on Sept. 26
- Satellites spy rare explosion of color in Australian desert | Space photo of the day for Sept. 24, 2026
- 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'' season 4 finale pays homage to two of 'The Next Generation''s greatest ever episodes
- X-ray spacecraft watches extreme dead star feeding on the wind of a hypergiant (video)
- 'Mars constantly throws surprises at you': Perseverance rover finds evidence of ancient hot water in Red Planet crater
- September 23
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- This trippy new 'Star Trek' comic series may be perfect for the franchise's next feature film
- SpaceX stacks massive Starship rocket ahead of 1st orbital launch attempt (video)
- Aurora season is back! Pilot captures spectacular northern lights from 37,000 ft
- Astronomers just named an asteroid after 'Weird Al' Yankovic
- 'Without a single command from the ground': Asteroid-mining company to launch world's 1st autonomous space mission in 2027
- SpaceX Starship Flight 14 live updates: Mission success!
- On this day in space! Sept. 23, 1962: 'The Jetsons' launches on ABC to create a cartoon vision of our space future
- James Webb Space Telescope finds water near our nearest supermassive black hole | Space photo of the day for Sept. 23, 2026
- SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA now set for Oct. 1 after delay
- Could warp drives ever be possible?
- 12.5 trillion tons of polar ice has disappeared since the 70s, longest satellite record shows
- September 22
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- On this day in space! Sept. 22, 2006: Japan launches Hinode solar observatory to study the sun's magnetic field like never before
- Scientists find weird exoplanet that orbits its star in the wrong direction
- The future of spacecraft windows: 'We can't just live in a box'
- Hypersonic weapon test? North Korea says it just launched a new 'ultra-modern' missile
- It's your last chance to save $20 on this STEM-friendly Lego Technic Lunar Moon Rover
- Astronaut spies city lights, auroras and star trails from the ISS | Space photo of the day for Sept. 22, 2026
- An inside look at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, an incredible adventure for Star Wars superfans (and everyone else)
- Happy first day of fall! Astronomical autumn arrives in the Northern Hemisphere today
- Earth is getting a new map — but it's impossible to draw planets accurately. Here's why
- September 21
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- Large Hadron Collider is still on the hunt for short-lived quantum black holes and a theory of everything
- On this day in space! Sept. 21, 2003: NASA's Galileo spacecraft at Jupiter ends its mission with a fiery death dive into the gas giant
- SpaceX rolls giant Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of Starship's 1st orbital flight (photos)
- The James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers become alien weather forecasters
- Scientists track 27 years of a supermassive black hole blasting plasma at our planet
- A giant new crater on the moon | Space photo of the day for Sept. 21, 2026
- How supermassive black holes are the architects of entire galaxies
- September 20
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- On this day in space! Sept. 20, 1970: The Soviet Union's Luna 16 lands on the moon to collect 1st lunar samples to return to Earth
- China launches 4 different rockets to orbit in 45 hours (video)
- Flavor-changing 'ghost particles' may reveal which stars go supernova — and which turn into black holes
- SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video, photos)
- September 19
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- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 228 — What's a HOTOL?
- 5 amazing lunar sights to explore on International Observe the Moon Night tonight!
- On this day in space! Sept. 19, 1996: NASA's space shuttle Atlantis docks at Russia's Mir space station on STS-79 for 1st US astronaut crew change
- The fall equinox doesn't really bring equal day and night — here's why
- NASA awards SpaceX $946 million for 3 more astronaut missions to the ISS
- Russian Progress spacecraft delivers 3 tons of cargo to the ISS (video)
- September 18
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- Pikachu in space! New ESA-Pokemon partnership sends the electric mouse to the ISS
- Europe's new spacesuit still needs work, French ISS astronaut says: 'We are at the very beginning of its journey'
- Rocket Lab launches an Earth-observing radar satellite from New Zealand (video)
- On this day in space! Sept. 18, 1977: NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft snaps stunning photo of Earth and the moon together from deep space
- A rare 'born again' star is changing again
- Everyone talks about 'equinox auroras' — but the Harvest Moon may have other plans
- Astronauts go to 'summer camp' to train for space | Space photo of the day for Sept. 18, 2026
- Looking for an early Christmas gift? Save $10 on this Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar and freeze it in carbonite until December
- Galaxies housing the James Webb Space Telescope's mysterious 'Little Red Dots' might've revealed their secrets
- That's no UFO! Don't miss Venus at its best tonight
- September 17
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- On this day in space! Sept. 17, 1789: Astronomer William Herschel discovers Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas
- A NASA spacecraft just found a giant new crater on the moon. Here's why everyone's talking about the 'once-in-a-century' discovery
- Our expert gave these powerful, budget-friendly binoculars five stars and now they're over $100 off
- 'I'm so looking forward to seeing nature again': SpaceX's Crew-12 astronauts gearing up for trip home to Earth
- Mars settlers may live in houses made of yeast and gelatin
- You can order the new Seestar S50 Pro right now for $999
- 50 years ago, NASA rolled out its 1st space shuttle Enterprise. The shuttle 'was one of the things that really inspired me,' ISS astronaut says
- Astronomers discover 50 missing 'ghost' dwarf galaxies
- Star Trek actors welcomed the Space Shuttle Enterprise 50 years ago today | Space photo of the day for Sept. 17, 2026
- Scientists find youngest exoplanet on record — a 'newborn' named Elias
- September 16
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- Space weather caused a 16-minute train delay in 1848: 'Our research has a hint of a detective story'
- The battlefield now extends all the way to the moon, U.S. military's highest-ranking officer says
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket-landing team gets 1st-ever Neil Armstrong Space Prize
- Roman Space Telescope starts waking up as NASA powers on instruments for the 1st time
- The universe's most extreme dead stars can form from vampire white dwarfs — and scientists finally know how
- On this day in space! Sept. 16, 1949: A US launch of a V-2 rocket explodes, killing its monkey passenger Albert III
- Colossal cosmic cloud revealed in insane new image from the James Webb Space Telescope | Space photo of the day for Sept. 16, 2026
- 'Lost in Space': Celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on his lavish new encyclopedia of the cosmos (interview)
- Steven Spielberg's alien conspiracy movie 'Disclosure Day' finally hits a streaming service in October
- Where will the US Space Academy be based? NASA wants class to start by 2028
- Russia launches Progress 96 with 3 tons of cargo to the space station (video)
- September 15
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- 22 years of science! NASA's Roman Space Telescope doubles its lifetime with super-precise engine burn
- New 'StarCraft' game announced, but it's a grim open-world shooter and it's not coming until 2030
- US Space Force says it operates weapons in orbit: 'Our aim is deterrence'
- SpaceX pushes next Starship launch back to Sept. 28, a 6-day delay for megarocket's 1st orbital flight
- Microscopic alien technology may be hidden in moon dust, scientists say
- Making rocket fuel out of Mars' thin air: New breakthrough could make it happen
- 'The violence leaves a mark': How satellites are helping the world monitor war and atrocities
- Curiosity rover spots odd 'footprints' on Mars | Space photo of the day for Sept. 15, 2026
- On this day in space! Sept. 15, 1968: Russian tortoises (& other critters) launch around the moon on Zond 5 spacecraft in wild first circumlunar flight
- International Observe the Moon Night 2026 shines tonight! Here's how to join in
- SpaceX launches 2nd classified mission for US Space Force in less than a week (video, photos)
- 'If I wanted to go to space, I would have stayed at NASA': What's next for Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover after his mission to the moon
- September 14
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- The warmest summer on record: 2026 hit a scorching new high in the US
- Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely formed where its star's light couldn't touch it
- Vega C rocket launches 2 European Earth-observing satellites to orbit from South America (video)
- The US government is 'sincere in its efforts to understand UAP', new White House council chair says
- The original 'Star Wars' is coming to IMAX for the first time ever in 2027
- No cities on the moon — there isn't enough water, scientists say (op-ed)
- On this day in space! Sept. 14, 1966: NASA's Gemini 11 astronauts set altitude record for Earth orbit that went unbroken for 58 years
- Cygnus the swan lifts up the International Space Station | Space photo of the day for Sept. 14, 2026
- Is there a hidden 'Planet 9' in our solar system?
- Pre-order the Unistellar Envision AR binoculars and learn about the night sky in real-time
- James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble discover 27 puzzling new objects orbiting the sun far beyond Neptune
- September 13
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- SpaceX launches 3 telecom satellites to orbit on 700th Falcon mission of all time (video)
- On this day in space! Sept. 13, 2007: Japan launches Kaguya spacecraft to the moon to map the lunar surface in HD
- The 10 best underground sci-fi movies to dig into now that 'Silo' season 3 has ended
- NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shares zero-G curly hair tips from the ISS (video)
- James Webb Space Telescope discovers the rings of tiny solar system body Chariklo are changing
- Don't miss Venus shine beside the crescent moon at sunset tonight
- September 12
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- On this day in space! Sept. 12, 1992: NASA astronaut Mae Jemison makes history as the 1st Black woman in space
- Trump is proposing a US Space Academy — if created, it could blur the lines between NASA and the military (op-ed)
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 227 — Star Trek icon Michael Okuda warps in for Trek's 60th anniversary
- Perseid meteors meet mesmerizing star trails over Egypt's Western Desert
- NASA, IBM launch new AI model for studying the moon
- September 11
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- Rocket Lab protests NASA's decision to award Blue Origin $700 million Mars orbiter contract
- I've chased the 'false dawn' for years — this is the week to find and photograph it
- A star is exploding 45 million light-years away — here's how you can see it
- Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite to orbit for secret customer (photo)
- Stream every single Star Trek show from anywhere, and save up to 75% with this VPN deal
- The sun may once have swallowed a super-Earth planet and could still be hiding the evidence
- On this day in space! Sept. 11, 1985: The International Cometary Explorer makes 1st comet flyby in history for NASA and Europe
- Wavy alien dune fields stretch across Mars | Space photo of the day for Sept. 11, 2026
- 2 private spacecraft zoom within 650 feet of each other to showcase 'advanced capabilities' in orbit (photos)
- 25 years ago, a NASA astronaut witnessed the tragic 9/11 attacks from space. Here's what he saw.
- 'I take the compact Nikon Stabilized 12x25 binoculars with me everywhere' — they now have $73 off, the best we've seen this year
- Scientists discover mysterious new X-ray objects 'unlike any they have seen before'
- September 10
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- The Summer Triangle — 3 stars, 1 seasonal mystery
- On this day in space! Sept. 10, 2011: NASA launches GRAIL probes to the moon to map lumpy lunar gravity
- LINK spacecraft gets close to NASA's Swift Observatory, but not close enough to save it
- Scientists study 3,000 supernovas and discover that dark energy may be evolving
- The next 'Star Trek' movie will be inspired by 'Crimson Tide', and 'Strange New Worlds' latest episode just showed them how to do it
- Mercury is shrinking faster than we thought. What's going on inside of it?
- Iconic Star Trek filming location spotted from space | Space photo of the day for Sept. 10, 2026
- What comes after the moon? Artemis II commander and pilot shift to 'emeritus' status at NASA
- Strange 'fast radio bursts' across the universe could help solve major cosmic mysteries: 'It's only the beginning'
- SpaceX launches classified mission for the US Space Force from California (video)
- September 9
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- This 'impossible' black hole merger may be explained by a warp in spacetime
- International Space Station astronaut gives out of this world tribute to honor Star Trek’s 60th anniversary
- Astronomers discover two stars that joined together to form a binary system just 60 years ago
- NASA's newly launched Roman Space Telescope will 'directly' image exoplanets. But what does that mean?
- We're about to exceed 1.5-degree global warming limit, according to the UN
- US military practices orbital dogfighting in 1st-ever 'live fly' exercise in space
- Indonesian volcanic eruption spotted from space | Space photo of the day for Sept. 9, 2026
- On this day in space! Sept. 9, 1982: The 1st private rocket, called Conestoga 1, launches from a Texas cattle ranch
- A photon from the biggest cosmic explosion since the Big Bang appears to have defied Einstein. Scientists may finally know how
- Now 40% off, it's your last chance to grab this retired Lego Marvel Baby Rocket Raccoon's Ship, including the most adorable Lego figure ever
- A ghostly pyramid of light is about to appear before dawn — here's how to see it
- China on track to launch Mars sample-return mission in 2028: 'If accurate, this represents a Sputnik moment'
- September 8
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- Did Venus eat its own moon?
- Stoke Space raises $1 billion for fully reusable rockets, targets 'early 2027' for 1st-ever launch
- Astrophotographer captures jaw-dropping view of the Crescent Nebula
- On this day in space! Sept. 8, 2004: NASA's Genesis spacecraft crashed in the Utah desert, shattering its samples of solar wind particles from the sun
- An unmissable $450 off, we rank this vintage-style Nikon as the best camera under $2000, but it is going fast
- 2 satellites just burned up in Earth's atmosphere — and scientists were watching from a private jet. Here's why
- SpaceX rocket taxi returns after Roman Telescope launch | Space photo of the day for Sept. 8, 2026
- The rise of 'quantum gravity?' Einstein's theory seen in the quantum realm for 1st time
- September 7
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- 'The Last Starship' is 2026's most slept-on space game — you need to check out this 'FTL'-like shipbuilding strategy gem
- The moon will hide Jupiter in broad daylight today — here's how to see it
- Earth's moon could have formed in just 5 hours after giant impact
- On this day in space! Sept. 7, 1995: NASA launches its 100th astronaut flight on space shuttle Endeavour's STS-69 mission
- Galaxies tangled in science and spirit | Space photo of the day for Sept. 7, 2026
- The future of Earth observation: Private satellites and AI bring benefits but also pose risks
- Cheaper than Prime Day, this super-portable, beginner-friendly telescope is my number one choice for skywatching
- Labor Day in space: NASA astronauts get the holiday off
- September 6
- September 5
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- Venus is disappearing from the evening sky — here's how to see it while you can
- Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil
- This Lego Star Wars UCS AT-ST set is cheaper than ever — I'll always love this chicken walker
- This Week In Space podcast: Episode 226 — Who Owns The Moon?
- On this day in space! Sept. 5, 1977: NASA launches Voyager 1 on epic journey across the solar system
- This NASA-funded 'Slingshot' spacecraft idea could map minerals on planets and moons across our solar system
- September 4
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- Scientists detect signals of hydrogen from billions of years ago. Could this help us map out the universe?
- Trekkies honor 'Star Trek's' 60th birthday with fan events, special screenings, and a world record Vulcan salute
- Venus is becoming a thinner crescent — and that's when it finally starts making sense
- Stars forge and deliver the elements that make up your body — and scientists may finally know how
- Hubble Telescope sees spectacular 'superbubble' | Space photo of the day for Sept. 4, 2026
- On this day in space! Sept. 4, 1962: NASA's Mariner 2 spacecrafts performs the 1st-ever maneuver in deep space so it could reach Venus
- How did the infant sun form? Scientists get surprising new insights from 4.6-billion-year-old space dust
- Scientists watch a comet being born 3 billion miles away
- September 3
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- 'Alien: Isolation 2': Facing a ruthless and evolved Xenomorph in our Gamescom hands-on preview
- 2 spacecraft will soon reach Mercury after 8 years in space. Here's what BepiColombo can do
- 'Strange New Worlds'' latest episode is a soap opera spoof, but hasn't 'Star Trek' always been a soap opera in space?
- 'A new mission starting today': 8 years after launch, BepiColombo begins Mercury arrival
- Comet McNaught put on a surprise show this summer: Here's how to spot it before it fades
- Mesmerizing plasma loops on the sun | Space photo of the day for Sept. 3, 2026
- On this day in space! Sept. 3, 2006: Europe's SMART-1 spacecraft crashes into the moon in lunar death dive
- India sends Earth-imaging satellite toward geosynchronous orbit in milestone launch (video)
- Rocket issues delay 1st-ever private mission to Venus: 'We are awaiting Neutron readiness'
- September 2
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- Astronomers discover mysterious 10-sided cloud structure at Saturn's south pole
- China's private, reusable Pallas-1 rocket aces debut launch (video)
- This was always the way: 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' is finally on Disney+
- 2 spacecraft headed to Mercury are about to begin their long-awaited arrival for Europe and Japan — watch it live today
- Blue Origin wins $700 million contract to build NASA's next Mars orbiter
- Supermassive black holes 'too big' for the early universe may not be so massive after all
- Falcon Heavy brings the heat | Space photo of the day for Sept. 2, 2026
- On this day in space! Sept. 2, 2016: Rosetta spacecraft finds long-lost Philae lander on Comet 67P after 2-year search
- Scientists may have detected the 1st direct evidence of dark matter
- A bright space station will soar over the US this week — and it's not the ISS. Here's how to see it
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites to orbit on its 35th flight
- Don't miss out on VisionQuest — stream the latest Marvel series from anywhere using this Proton VPN deal, now up to $168 off
- The moon might be hiding a history of ancient supernova explosions
- September 1
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- Two astronauts replace ISS camera and docking aid on 6th-ever all-female spacewalk (video)
- Scientists trace 7 stages of a meteorite's life, from hurtling space rock to Earth's surface
- Nonprofit wants to launch 80,000-year mission to Alpha Centauri in 2029 (video)
- On this day in space! Sept. 1, 1979: NASA's Pioneer 11 probe becomes 1st spacecraft to visit Saturn
- Why do black hole flares die out? It may be down to how stars spin
- NASA's Roman Space Telescope is just one of a few missions named after real-life women
- 5 planets will light up the September sky — here's how to see them
- Repairing the ISS 250 miles above Earth | Space photo of the day for Sept. 1, 2026
- Watch 2 astronauts take 6th-ever all-female spacewalk today
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