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NASA's Psyche Mission Captured an Eerie Timelapse of Its Flyby of Mars
NASA's Psyche mission has released a striking time-lapse video documenting its close encounter with Mars.
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NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts return to Earth after 241 days on space station
A combined U.S.-Russian crew consisting of one NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts has returned to Earth following a 241-day mission on the ISS.
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US-Russian space crew lands safely after eight-month stint on the ISS
A joint US-Russian space crew has successfully returned to Earth after completing an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station.
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Spacecraft brings Russians, American back to earth
A joint US-Russian crew, including NASA astronaut Chris Williams, has safely returned to Earth after an eight-month mission on the ISS.
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Two scientists are planning to venture into one of the most dangerous environments in the solar system an
Two scientists and an AI-powered robot are central to a newly detailed NASA mission targeting Saturn's rings.
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Scientists spot evidence of 2 huge companion stars that blew up
NASA data has revealed a rare cosmic event involving the explosion of two massive companion stars in a binary system.
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Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA’s Deep Space Network complex in Spain
A critical NASA Deep Space Network ground station in Spain has been evacuated as encroaching wildfires threaten deep space mission tracking.
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Europe wildfires latest: More than 130,000 evacuated across France and Spain
Massive wildfires are sweeping through France and Spain, forcing the evacuation of over 130,000 people as blazes threaten Bordeaux.
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NASA programs feel effects of workforce reductions
NASA faces critical staffing shortages as a GAO report reveals a significant loss of workforce threatening dozens of major space projects.
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NASA's new space telescope will tackle some of the universe's biggest mysteries
NASA is preparing to launch the Roman Space Telescope on August 30 to investigate black holes and search for Earth-like Jupiters.
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NASA telescope uncovers hidden planet using revolutionary method after years of cosmic hide-and-seek
NASA's Webb telescope uncovers a hidden giant planet named Beta Pictoris d using a revolutionary atmospheric reading method.
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Saturn's moon Titan is so large it outsizes the planet Mercury, making it the second-biggest moon in the solar system after Jupiter's Ganymede
Recent coverage examines Saturn's moon Titan, a giant body larger than Mercury possessing rivers, lakes, and rainfall composed entirely of liquid methane.
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Later this decade NASA plans to launch Dragonfly, a car-sized nuclear-powered drone that will fly from site to site across Saturn's moon Titan - the only world besides Earth with rivers, lakes and rain, though there the rain is liquid methane
NASA is preparing the Dragonfly mission, a car-sized nuclear-powered drone designed to explore the liquid methane rivers and lakes of Saturn's moon Titan.
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Satellite spots a 'hummingbird' in Antarctica photo of the day for July 23, 2026
A collaborative US-India satellite mission has captured a striking hummingbird-shaped formation hidden within the ice of Antarctica.
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Juno takes temperature of Jupiter's fiery moon Io
NASA's Juno spacecraft reveals hidden subsurface heat on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, according to widespread scientific reporting.
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A black bear's heart drops from roughly 55 beats per minute to as few as 8 during hibernation, yet it emerges in spring with almost no muscle or bone loss: a biological trick space agencies are studying to protect astronauts on long missions
Space agencies are analyzing the biological mechanisms of hibernating black bears to potentially protect astronauts during long-duration Mars missions.
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Our 1st-ever up-close look at the Martian surface photo of the day for July 22, 2026
NASA celebrates 50 years of Mars exploration with the release of the first-ever close-up photo of the Martian surface.
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New timelapse video shows NASA's Psyche spacecraft zooming by Mars
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has captured a unique perspective of Mars, showcasing the Red Planet as a thin crescent during its transit to an asteroid.
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SpaceX launches Northrop mission to extend the life of aging satellites
SpaceX has launched a Northrop Grumman mission designed to extend the operational lifespan of aging communication satellites.
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When a SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon, scientists will be watching
Scientists are preparing to observe a rare artificial collision as a piece of SpaceX rocket debris is set to crash into the moon in August.
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NASA Is Looking For A Few Good Introverts For A Simulated Moon/Mars Mission
NASA launches recruitment for four volunteers to spend a year in a simulated Moon and Mars mission using virtual platforms.
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NASA’s nuclear Mars mission to cost over $2 billion
NASA's upcoming nuclear-powered Mars mission is facing scrutiny as projected costs exceed $2 billion.
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Researchers Used Two Telescopes to Discover a Planet Hidden In Plain Sight
Astronomers have uncovered a giant planet hidden within one of the most photographed planetary systems after eleven years of data remained unexamined.
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Scientists Believed This Near-Earth Object Was an Asteroid for 28 Years. They Were Wrong
A near-Earth object misidentified as an asteroid for 28 years has been revealed as a "dark comet" after passing within 2 million miles of Earth.
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GE Aerospace unveils breakthrough in hybrid-electric flight
GE Aerospace and NASA have achieved a milestone in hybrid-electric flight, reaching altitudes above 30,000 feet using a modified Saab 340B aircraft.
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Ancient sandstorm leaves behind wreckage on Mars photo of the day for July 20, 2026
NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers have uncovered evidence of ancient sandstorms and asteroid-scale impacts dating back 4 billion years on Mars.
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NASA has just released a jaw-dropping video of a spacecraft's view as it zoomed past Mars. You've got to see this
NASA releases a time-lapse video of Mars captured by the Psyche spacecraft during its recent flyby.
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China plans bold asteroid collision test to outpace NASA's DART mission
China is preparing a high-speed planetary defense test to collide a spacecraft with asteroid 2015 XF261 at Mach 26.
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Voyager 1 is still crossing interstellar space with six computers holding about 68 kilobytes of memory between them — less storage than a single compressed photograph on a modern phone
Voyager 1 continues its journey through interstellar space powered by remarkably modest technology from a bygone era.
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Four astronauts, 3 spacecraft, 2 weeks in orbit: Artemis III will be NASA's most complicated mission ever
NASA is preparing for Artemis III, described as its most complicated mission ever, involving four astronauts and three spacecraft over two weeks in orbit.
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Did Viking 1 find life on Mars 50 years ago? Here's why the debate continues
The 50th anniversary of Viking 1's historic Mars landing has reignited a scientific debate over whether the probe actually discovered evidence of alien life.
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China plans to hit an asteroid with a Mach 26 projectile in planet defence test
China is developing a planetary defense mission to strike a 30-meter asteroid at Mach 26 to test its ability to alter the object's trajectory.
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers how black holes feed themselves
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new data on black hole fuel sources and the unexpectedly rapid development of early galaxies.
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NASA's Psyche mission delivers Mars flyby data, time-lapse video
NASA's Psyche mission has released new data and a month-long time-lapse video capturing a Mars flyby.
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Meteorite that crashed into New Jersey home contains building blocks of life, astronomers say
NASA and astronomers have discovered building blocks of life and alien chemistry within a meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home in 2024.
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Are we underestimating the threat of solar storms? A 'once-in-a-thousand-year' disaster is worth considering, scientists say
Scientists and NASA warn that solar storms may have no limit to their destructive potential, including rare 'once-in-a-thousand-year' disasters.
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Scientists looked at Antarctica from the air. What they saw has them worried
Satellite imagery of penguin guano in Antarctica is revealing an unexpected dietary shift driven by global warming.
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Asteroid with unexplained orbital shift turns out to be a 'dark comet'
An object tracked as an asteroid since 1998 has been reclassified as a dark comet following an unexplained orbital shift.
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NASA spacecraft wakes up to continue groundbreaking mission beyond Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft wakes from hibernation nearly six billion miles from Earth to continue its mission.
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NASA's curiosity rover spots mysterious honeycomb pattern on Mars, leaving scientists puzzled over its or
NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered a mysterious honeycomb-like geological anomaly at Broom Point on Mars, sparking scientific inquiry into ancient impacts.
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Titan holds hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than every known oil and gas reserve on Earth combined, yet you couldn't light a single drop — its air is nitrogen and methane, with almost no oxygen, so a campfire is physically impossible
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Hayabusa2’s Next Target Is A Tiny 11 Meter Asteroid
Japan's Hayabusa2 mission is targeting Torifune, a small 11-meter asteroid, to explore capabilities of asteroid deflection.
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Honeycomb structures spotted on Mars photo of the day for July 14, 2026
Recent Mars imagery captures honeycomb structures alongside major milestones by NASA's Perseverance and Curiosity rovers.
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It’s a Treasure to Science. Too Bad It Came Through Their Roof.
A meteorite that crashed through a home two years ago is revealed to contain rare fluids and amino acids from outer space.
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Faint new planet is revealed around a young star after a decade in hiding
Astronomers have utilized the Webb telescope to identify the faintest exoplanet ever imaged from Earth, hidden for over a decade in a famous star system.
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One small pen for one giant fee: Buzz Aldrin’s mission-saving felt-tip sells for over $850,000
A humble felt-tip pen used by Buzz Aldrin to prevent Apollo 11 astronauts from being stranded on the Moon has sold at auction for $857,600.
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NASA's Roman Space Telescope set to unlock the universe's biggest mysteries
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to transform cosmic understanding by observing distant black holes that shred stars.
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'Surprising and exciting': U. astronomers harness NASA telescopes for black hole discovery
Astronomers have discovered the first stellar-mass black hole within the Omega Centauri star cluster, identifying a rare long-period binary system.
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NASA begins stacking rocket ahead of 2027 Artemis III astronaut launch (photos)
NASA has commenced rocket assembly and revealed revised orbital testing procedures ahead of the 2027 Artemis III mission.
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After Nearly 50 Years In The Depths Of Space, Voyager 1 Still Sends Messages That Take 23 Hours To Reach Earth
NASA's Voyager 1 continues its historic journey through deep space, now approaching the unprecedented milestone of being one light-day from Earth.
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New Horizons flew past Pluto so quickly that an encounter nine years in the making was effectively over within hours — but the data gathered during that brief passage took another 15 months to trickle home
NASA's New Horizons mission continues to redefine our understanding of the solar system's frontier following its historic Pluto flyby.
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Hubble discovers first of star cluster's missing black holes
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected the first of thousands of missing black holes within the ancient Omega Centauri star cluster.
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SpaceX reveals Starship Flight 13 launch date
SpaceX successfully executes Starship Flight 13 following earlier weather scrubs, engine troubles, and intense post-IPO market scrutiny.
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft, on its way to a metal-rich asteroid, used Mars as a gravitational slingshot in May 2026, skimming just 2,800 miles above the planet to gain the speed it needed
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has successfully utilized a Mars gravitational slingshot to accelerate toward a metal-rich asteroid of immense potential value.
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Meet Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, Harvard’s ‘next Albert Einstein’ who has rejected million dollar offers
Physicist Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, compared to Albert Einstein, is generating intense global media interest.
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Staffing the moon base: How many astronauts should live in NASA's lunar outpost?
NASA is actively recruiting industry partners to build lunar infrastructure and determine the ideal staffing levels for a permanent moon outpost.
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NASA is keeping Voyager 1 alive by switching off instruments and heaters one by one—but it cannot let the spacecraft become so cold that its fuel lines freeze. If those lines fail, Voyager could lose the thrusters that keep its antenna aimed at Earth, per
NASA is keeping Voyager 1 alive by shutting down instruments and heaters one by one as its nuclear power source slowly fades.
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NASA finally releases a critical planning document for private space stations
NASA has initiated the search for commercial successors to the International Space Station by releasing a draft request for proposals.
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A quest for closure: In search of the missing after Venezuela’s earthquakes
Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes spark a multinational push to find the missing, assess health risks and map shifting ground.
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NASA seeks research volunteers to spend a year on a simulated mission to Mars or the Moon
NASA has initiated a recruitment drive for volunteers to participate in a yearlong simulated space mission to the Moon or Mars.