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A view from the ISS that shows the ISS solar panels, auroras over Earth, and outer space with a vast array of stars.

Astronaut captures aurora magic from the ISS | Space photo of the day for May 28, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published

This is one spectacular photograph.

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a Russian cosmonaut training city

What is Star City, the secret Cold War cosmonaut training town in Apple TV's new 'For All Mankind' spinoff?

By Jeff Spry Published

Here's everything you need to know about the forbidden city.

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The small Orion capsule faces away on the left and two nearly-identical rocket boosters are on the right.

Seeing double with the Artemis 2 rocket boosters | Space photo of the day for May 26, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published

The two boosters hang out mid-air after separation.

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The crew of China’s Shenzhou 23 mission to the Tiangong space station. From left: payload specialist Lai Ka-ying, commander Zhu Yangzhu and pilot Zhang Zhiyuan.

China reveals 3-person Shenzhou 23 crew, including Hong Kong's 1st astronaut

By Andrew Jones Published

China has named the three astronauts due to fly on the Shenzhou 23 mission on Sunday (May 24), including Hong Kong's first astronaut.

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A space capsule with charred black on its bottom sits inside of a tall clean room.

The charred hull of Artemis 2's Orion | Space photo of the day for May 8, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published

NASA's Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft rests after its flight around the moon, charred from the return to Earth.

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an image of an H-shaped space station in orbit above earth, with a superimposed image of four colorful blobs of cells overlaid

Spaceflight is hard on the heart, yet artificial ones grow better in space than on Earth

By Tereza Pultarova Published

The human heart shrivels away in space, but researchers have found that mini-hearts grown from human stem cells sprout in space significantly faster than in labs on Earth.

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These astronauts are trying to uphold the US Constitution: 'We need to make sure that people are using facts and evidence'

By Chelsea Gohd Published

When we build things on wonder, it naturally opens the mind.

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A view of the Artemis 2 Orion heat shield underwater. The heat shield appears as different shades of dark blue.

Artemis 2 heat shield is a sunken treasure in the ocean | Space photo of the day for April 28, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published

This eerie image shows the heat shield following splashdown.

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a streak of light crosses a starry sky above a dark earth below it

Astronauts photograph Lyrid meteor shower from ISS | Space photo of the day for April 21, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published

NASA's Jessica Meir spotted the Lyrids from aboard the space station.

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Astronauts face grip strength challenge in space and on Earth, scientists find

By Chelsea Gohd Published

It turns out that living in space can have a lasting impact on how your brain works, researchers have found.

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