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Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station took manual control of an incoming Progress 86 cargo ship on Sunday, Dec. 3, due to an autopilot issue.

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A 'runaway star' could save Earth from extinction a billion years from now. Here's how.
Earth will become too hot to handle in a billion years. There's a (very) remote chance a passing star could save us by knocking our planet back into the habitable zone.

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China's Landspace gears up for 3rd launch of its methane-powered rocket
The Zhuque-2 was the first methane-fueled rocket to reach Earth orbit, and the Chinese private spaceflight company Landspace is set to launch it again later on Dec. 5.

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From Earth orbit to the moon: Europe's I-Hab continues Spacelab 40-year legacy
A legacy of European-built and operated space modules, which began in Earth orbit and is now heading for the moon, got its start with Spacelab 40 years ago.

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1st launch of Europe's Ariane 6 rocket finally has June 2024 launch target
After a 4-year delay, the new heavy-lift rocket for Europe is almost ready for space. Ariane 6 should launch for the European Space Agency no earlier than June 15.

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Axiom Space's 3rd private mission will conduct pioneering microgravity experiments on ISS
Set to launch to the ISS in Jan. 2024, the commercial mission Axiom-3 will continue to push the frontiers of science by conducting an array of experiments in microgravity.

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SpaceX launches 23 more Starlink satellites from Florida (video)
SpaceX launched another 23 Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Saturday night (Dec. 2).

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 89 — Who’s in Charge in Space?
On Episode 89 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod discuss the challenges of regulating spaceflight.

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Unwrapping Uranus and its icy secrets: What NASA would learn from a mission to a wild world
Unvisited by spacecraft for more than 35 years, Uranus inhabits one of the least explored regions of our solar system.

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The Peregrine Lunar Lander is set to launch on Dec 24. Here's what it'll bring to the moon
There will be 20 total payloads being brought to the moon, five of which are NASA's.

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SpaceX is set to launch 22 more Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California early on Friday morning (Dec. 8).

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Crossed wires caused parachute problem during OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample delivery, NASA says
Crossed wires likely prevented OSIRIS-REx's return capsule from deploying its drogue parachute during its descent through Earth's atmosphere on Sept. 24, NASA officials say.

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Chinese startup Galactic Energy bounces back with successful satellite launch
Chinese startup Galactic Energy is flying high again after a successful satellite launch on Monday (Dec. 4).

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SpaceX, US Space Force set to launch secretive X-37B space plane on Dec. 10
Final preparations are underway for a Dec. 10 launch opportunity, which will mark the first time the X-37B has lifted off atop SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket.

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International Space Station: Live updates
Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.

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Scientists study violent 'superflares' on stars thousands of times brighter than the sun
Scientists have used solar flares from the sun to determine the physics driving powerful and violent 'superflares' on massive stellar bodies that are up to 10,000 times brighter than our star.

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NASA says Hubble Telescope will resume science operations after gyroscope glitch
The Hubble Space Telescope is soon to exit safe mode, NASA says.

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Private cargo spacecraft named for shuttle-era astronaut who died of plane crash injuries
NASA astronaut Patricia Hilliard 'Patty' Robertson, who died from injuries sustained in a plane crash, is Northrop Grumman's chosen namesake for its first Cygnus to launch atop a SpaceX rocket.

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Ethereal halo of light around full moon spotted during recent SpaceX rocket launch
An eerily-perfect ring of light was spotted around the full moon in Florida during the recent launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, creating a stunning new photo.

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NOAA's older Earth-watching satellites get new 'extended life'
NOAA has plans to add extra years to the lifespan of their fleet of older polar orbiting satellites by controlling them through using an Internet cloud-based system.

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SpaceX scrubbed Monday's (Dec. 11) planned Falcon Heavy launch of the US military's X-37B space plane, citing a 'ground side issue.'

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Astronaut shows off vintage Nobel Prize in space — and talks 'quantum dots' ISS experiment (video)
A quantum experiment, based on a Nobel Prize work, is mounted outside the International Space Station. The new Nobel laureate called the ISS to talk about it all.

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'Star Trek: Insurrection' at 25: When Picard and the Enterprise crew found the Fountain of Youth
A retrospective of "Star Trek: Insurrection" on the occasion of its 25th anniversary

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SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites from Florida Dec. 12
SpaceX plans to launch 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites on Tuesday night (Dec. 12), possibly just hours after the launch of the U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane.

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Experts are certain 2023 will be 'the warmest year in recorded history'
After the warmest autumn ever, researchers are confident 2023 will be the hottest year on record before it has even finished.

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James Webb Space Telescope's 'Cosmic Christmas Bauble' earns spot in White House Advent Calendar (photo, video)
The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged a "Cosmic Christmas Bauble" that is actually the aftermath of a supernova. The stunning picture of Cassiopeia A was revealed by Jill Biden as part of the first-ever White House Advent Calendar.

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NASA's new 'Greenhouse Gas Center' tracks humanity's contribution to climate change
NASA is at the forefront of a new greenhouse gas hub that will provide more important information to aid in efforts to combat climate change.

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New 'Halo' Season 2 trailer doubles down on more explosive Covenant combat
Paramount+ reveals a first peek at 'Halo' Season 2 with a fresh trailer and official release date.

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NASA astronaut spins the dreidel for Hanukkah aboard International Space Station (video)
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli celebrated the first night of Hanukkah aboard the International Space Station with a felt menorah and video of a spinning dreidel in microgravity.

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Cosmic nuclear fission seen for 1st time in 'incredibly profound' discovery
Heavy elements like gold and silver are believed to be created when neutron stars collide, but new research suggests these collisions may also spur nuclear fission reactions.

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SpaceX is now targeting Dec. 28 for the launch of the U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane atop a Falcon Heavy rocket, after a delay of more than two weeks.

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How the songs of stars can help perfect Gaia's sweeping map of our galaxy
By listening to "music" played by shaking stars, astronomers could use asteroseismology as a new type of cosmic distance ruler, perfecting the 3D map of two billion stars being built by Gaia.

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World's best space-based thermometer dead 2 months after 1st image release
The world's most accurate space-based thermometer has suffered a mission-critical anomaly only two months after the release of its first images.

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Startup True Anomaly snags $100 million for space security work
True Anomaly just raised $100 million in funding, which the company will use to continue developing its space security technology.

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Artemis 2 astronauts meet President Biden to talk America's next trip to the moon
The Artemis 2 moon astronauts met Dec. 14 with U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris to discuss science and other goals of the round-the-moon mission in 2024.

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Saturn moon Enceladus harbors key ingredient for life
NASA's Cassini mission, which ended six years ago, spotted a key ingredient needed for life as we know it on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, a new study reports.

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'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 6 review: Culmination of a storyline decades in the making
A new black market kingpin, an unlikely vocation shift for Ed Baldwin, and the long-awaited reunion of two estranged colleagues.

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NASA identifies 17 exoplanets with possible subsurface oceans
Internal heating may be able to keep water in liquid form within these exoplanets.

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This ISS mission could 'open some eyes' about climate science
A first-of-its-kind mineral map delivered by the NASA International Space Station mission, EMIT, will present big-picture climate science and "open some eyes."

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Perseverance Mars rover to climb crater rim next spring in bonus mission
NASA's Perseverance rover has been exploring Mars' Jezero Crater for nearly three years, but it will soon move on to investigate a vastly different environment.

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The fascinating patterns of 35 repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) reveal new properties of these mysterious blasts of deep-space radiation that appear and disappear in milliseconds.

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Watch Chinese astronauts get haircuts aboard Tiangong space station (video)
Shenzhou 17 commander Tang Hongbo and rookie crewmates Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin recently helped each other get haircuts aboard China's Tiangong space station.

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How the runaway greenhouse gas effect can destroy a planet's habitability — including Earth's
Scientists watched as a simulated planet was driven from a habitable Earth-like heaven to an inhospitable Venus-like hell as the result of a runaway greenhouse effect, delivering a stark climate message.

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NASA laser-beams adorable cat video to Earth from 19 million miles away (video)
NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications experiment streamed a high-definition video of Taters the cat to Earth from 19 miles (31 million km) away in a groundbreaking demonstration.

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Pew! Pew! Pew! NASA's 1st successful two-way laser experiment is a giant leap for moon and Mars communications
NASA has completed its first laser link with an in-orbit laser relay system, marking a significant advancement in space communication technology.

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Hubble Telescope captures a galaxy's 'forbidden' light in stunning new image
The "forbidden" light of the spiral galaxy MCG-01-24-014 is captured in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope, suggesting the galaxy contradicts common rules of quantum physics.

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Blue Origin launches New Shepard rocket, aces landing in 1st return to flight since 2022 failure (video)
Blue Origin launched its first mission since September 2022 on Dec. 19, safely bringing the payloads back to Earth. The next space tourism crew has not yet been announced.

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Everything we know about 'Alien: Romulus'
Xenomorphs are invading the big screen once again with a movie from 'Evil Dead' helmer Fede Álvarez. Here's what we know about 'Alien: Romulus' so far.

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James Webb Space Telescope may have found the oldest black hole in the universe
The James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of the universe's oldest black holes is giving astronomers some vital clues for how they came to be.

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This alien planetary system has a Jupiter world 99 times wider than Earth
Astronomers found two planetary systems centered around solar analogs containing mini-Neptune planets and a "super-Jupiter" world 99 times the size of Earth.

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If there is a multiverse where every possible outcome happens, then in one of those universes Marv Murchins from "Home Alone" is NASA's chief. Such a thing is playing out on 'For All Mankind.'

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Watch giant loop of plasma dance above the sun in stunning video
A huge loop of plasma dances above the surface of the sun in a stunning timelapse captured by astrophotographer Miguel Claro.

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Alexander Skarsgård to star in Apple TV+ sci-fi 'Murderbot' series
Everyone's favorite homicidal SecUnit will soon head to the small screen in a new "Murderbot" TV series picked up by Apple TV+ based on author Martha Wells's thrilling collection.

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10 times the night sky amazed us in 2023
The night sky of 2023 delivered many amazing views of the moon, comets, meteors and even space debris. Here are this year’s most memorable skywatching sights.

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12 James Webb Space Telescope findings that changed our understanding of the universe in 2023
These are the James Webb Space Telescope's most notable discoveries in 2023.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 2 German military satellites early Dec. 24
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch two radar reconnaissance satellites for the German military early Sunday morning (Dec. 24).

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Life beyond Earth may form in the coldest depths of space, Ryugu asteroid samples reveal
PAHs may be able to form in cold regions of space, affecting what scientists think about the origins of planets and possibility of alien life.

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New Hubble Telescope image shows mysterious spokes on Saturn's rings
Scientists have no idea what the spokes are.

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Warped supernova spotted by James Webb Space Telescope could settle a longstanding debate
Gravitationally lensed images of two different supernovas in the same galaxy can be used to measure the expansion rate of the universe.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites on record-breaking 19th mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off for a record-setting 19th time on Saturday (Dec. 23), sending 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit.

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Arriving in orbit on Christmas Day, Japan's lunar lander SLIM has beamed images of the lunar surface home ahead of its planned touchdown on the moon on Jan. 19.

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Private Peregrine moon lander is stacked on ULA Vulcan rocket ahead of Jan. 8 launch
Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander was stacked on the rocket that will launch it to space, with final checks and fueling now completed.

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After 2 years in space, the James Webb Space Telescope has broken cosmology. Can it be fixed?
For decades, measurements of the universe's expansion have suggested a disparity, which threatens to break cosmology as we know it. The James Webb Space Telescope is looking at it.

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History-making SpaceX Falcon 9 booster mostly destroyed in post-flight topple
The first commercial rocket to launch astronauts has met its end after being destroyed during its latest post-flight recovery. The SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage tipped over after a record 19th flight.

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See December's Full Cold Moon shine in the sky like a Christmas ornament (photos)
The final full moon of 2023, the Cold Moon, rose on Dec. 26. Skywatchers around the globe were primed and ready to capture some fantastic images of the fully illuminated lunar face.

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Iron oxide baked into Mesopotamian bricks confirms ancient magnetic field anomaly
About 3,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, brickmakers imprinted the names of their kings into clay bricks. Now, an analysis of the metal grains in those bricks has confirmed a mysterious anomaly in Earth's magnetic field.

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NASA outlines plan to deploy burrowing 'cryobots' on icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter
The subsurface oceans of the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter remain our best bet for finding life elsewhere in the solar system. NASA is developing a roadmap for cryobots that could investigate these ocean worlds.

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12 space medicine findings from 2023 that could help astronauts reach Mars one day
Space medicine is a continuously growing field — and for good reason, if humans want to settle Mars someday.

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2023: The year UFOs descended on Washington, DC (but not like you'd expect)
For those who follow news related to UFOs, 2023 will be remembered as the year that UFOs came to Washington, D.C.

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Dream Chaser enters final testing ahead of 2024 debut space flight
If all goes to plan, the spacecraft dubbed 'Tenacity' will launch on a Vulcan Centaur rocket in 2024.

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With the end of 2023 comes the end of an endeavor — or rather Endeavour — as the retired NASA space shuttle goes off public view at the California Science Center for the next few years.

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Sea of methane sealed beneath Arctic permafrost could trigger climate feedback loop if it escapes
A sea of migrating methane discovered below the permafrost in Svalbard may eventually escape its icy prison if the permafrost continues to thaw due to climate change.

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These eclipse-themed places will experience totality on April 8, 2024
Here we've rounded up some of the best eclipse-themed places that lie on the path of totality for the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

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SpaceX test fires giant Starship booster  — and spaceship  —  for 3rd test flight (video)
SpaceX closed out 2023 with a fiery double test of its next Starship megarocket booster and spacecraft on Friday (Sept. 29).

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'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 8 review: Mars prepares for the heist of the millennium
Dev gets "Oceans Eleven"-shaped delusions of grandeur, while an old friend of Margo returns to deliver an ominous message.

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NASA's Curiosity rover films from dawn to dusk on Mars during downtime (video)
NASA 'sCuriosity Rover filmed footage from dawn to dusk, capturing half a day on Mars as it sat waiting for contact with ground control Nov. 8.

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Japan's ispace shows off a tiny moon lander for its 2nd moon mission in 2024
The Resilience lander for ispace's 2nd moon mission is under construction, as it aims to send a mini-rover to the lunar surface after a winter 2024 launch.

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Zoom through a 'spectacular' chain of ancient underwater volcanoes on Antarctic ocean floor
A research expedition in the Southern Ocean has mapped a string of seamounts that help to shape an ocean current that flows clockwise around Antarctica.

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NASA can't wait for its OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft to meet 'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis in 2029
'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis will make a flyby like no other in recorded history in 2029 as it becomes visible with the naked eye, and NASA's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft will be on hand to supervise.

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NASA's Juno spacecraft will get its closest look yet at Jupiter's moon Io on Dec. 30
NASA's Juno spacecraft will come closer to Jupiter's moon Io on Dec. 30 than any spacecraft has in 20 years, getting a good look at the solar system's most volcanic body.

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Get a detailed look at Perseverance's current location on Mars — the ancient Jezero Crater.

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Uranus and Neptune are actually similar blues, 'true' color images reveal
A fresh analysis of Voyager 2's images of Uranus and Neptune reveal the two ice giants are similar shades of blue.

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Hubble Space Telescope sees wild weather raging on distant hot Jupiter world
The new weather forecasting method could one day be used on more Earth-like exoplanets.

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One of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way is hiding a second galaxy behind it, new research reveals
New observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud show that it might actually be two galaxies disguised as one.

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NASA responds to Navajo Nation's request to delay private mission placing human remains on the moon
NASA representatives responded to the Navajo Nation's request to delay a private mission carrying human remains to the moon alongside agency scientific payloads.

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Concerning satellite observations show major cities on US East Coast are sinking
Satellite images show major cities on the U.S. East Coast, including New York City, are sinking. This has caused concern among scientists.

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India launches X-ray satellite to study black holes, supernovas and more (video)
India sent its XPoSat X-ray observatory into orbit on New Year's Day to study black holes, supernovae and other cosmic phenomena.

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Navajo Nation objects to private moon mission placing human remains on the lunar surface
NASA has responded to the Navajo Nation's objections over a private mission placing human remains on the moon alongside agency science payloads.

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Japan delays MMX Mars moon sample-return mission to 2026
Japan has postponed the launch of a mission seeking to bring samples of a Martian moon to Earth until 2026, due to problems with the nation's new H3 rocket.

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Alien technosignatures more likely to be found on oxygen-rich exoplanets. Here's why
To stand the best chance of detecting technosignatures, SETI should survey exoplanets with atmospheres that are at least 18% oxygen.

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The photo shows a disturbance in some of Peregrine's insulation, which is consistent with a problem in the moon lander's propulsion system.

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Satellites reveal 75% of world's industrial fishing vessels are 'hidden'
New satellite imagery has helped detect previously unmapped global fishing vessels, revealing nearly 75% of the world's industrial activity at sea was "hidden" from public view.

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Private Peregrine moon lander suffers 'critical' fuel loss after launch, mission at risk
Astrobotic's Peregrine lander suffered a problem with its propulsion system today (Jan. 8) that will apparently prevent it from journeying to the moon.

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What does space smell like?
From carbon molecules and ozone on spacesuits to the nauseating odor of comets and the sweet tang of gas clouds, the universe is a natural laboratory for aromatic chemistry.

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Private Peregrine lander launches to the moon: What science could it do?
Astrobotic's Peregrine moon lander launched today (Jan. 8) with five NASA science payloads aboard. Here's what the experiments are designed to do.

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Private Peregrine moon lander suffers anomaly after historic Vulcan rocket launch, Astrobotic says
Astrobotic's private Peregrine moon lander has suffered an anomaly in space after separating from its Vulcan Centaur rocket early Monday, Jan. 8. The fate of the mission is unclear.

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Turbulent 1st moments of a black hole's life captured in new simulations
Scientists modeled how black holes and neutron stars form after dying stars collapse, and explained why some get a hard 'kick' into interstellar space.

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See the moon meet up with Mercury, Venus and Mars in the early morning sky on Jan. 9
In the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, Jan. 9, Mercury, Venus and Mars will appear alongside a thin crescent moon in the morning sky.

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DHL delivering Everest rock, 'meme' coin to the moon on Astrobotic lander
A rock from Mount Everest, a time capsule from Belgium, a physical 'meme' coin and a letter from a private astronaut are now being delivered to the moon's surface by DHL.

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Floating 'magic islands' on Saturn's moon Titan may be honeycomb-shaped snow
On Saturn's largest moon, Titan, snows of organic compounds may form glacier-like honeycomb chunks in methane lakes, appearing as floating "magic islands."

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NASA and Lockheed Martin showed off the finished X-59 Quesst jet today, which promises to usher in a new era of quieter supersonic flight.

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Surprise gamma-ray discovery could shed light on cosmic mystery
An unexpected and unexplained gamma-ray signal from beyond the Milky Way found among 13 years of NASA Fermi Telescope data could be linked to another cosmic mystery.

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SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at pad for Ax-3 astronaut launch (photos)
The SpaceX Dragon capsule that will fly the private Ax-3 astronaut mission to the International Space Station has arrived at its launch pad ahead of its planned Jan. 17 liftoff.

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New 'Star Trek' film will explore early years of Starfleet, Paramount reveals
Paramount announces new "Star Trek" movie examining the origins of Starfleet

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Fuel leak on ailing private Peregrine moon lander is slowing, Astrobotic says
The propellant leak that has crippled Astrobotic's Peregrine moon lander continues to slow, allowing the company to squeeze more science and engineering data out of the craft.

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'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 10 review: A season finale that saves the best for last
How far would you go to steal to an asteroid? This epic season closer has the answers.

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Wispy ice clouds may form above Venus' hellish surface
The surface of Venus is a hellscape with temperatures hot enough to melt lead, but some regions of its atmosphere high over the surface remain cool enough to harbor ice and birth ghostly clouds

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2023 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA say
NASA and NOAA announced that 2023 was the hottest year Earth has experienced, causing severe human and economic impacts worldwide. Models predict that next year could be even hotter.

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At last! NASA finally frees lid of asteroid Bennu sample capsule after battling stuck fasteners
NASA technicians have finally removed the two stubborn fasteners that prevented them from accessing all of the asteroid samples returned to Earth by OSIRIS-REx in September.

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Road trip! See April's total solar eclipse from one of these awesome North American routes
Check out these six awesome road trips where you can experience the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

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SpaceX remains on target to launch the private Ax-3 astronaut mission to the International Space Station on Wednesday evening (Jan. 17).

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Elon Musk reveals cause of Starship explosion, discusses giant rocket's future (video)
SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket blew up about eight minutes into its second-ever test flight last fall because the launch team vented its liquid oxygen, Elon Musk said.

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What time is the SpaceX Ax-3 astronaut launch for Axiom Space? How to watch it live on Jan. 17.
SpaceX will launch the private Ax-3 mission for Axiom Space on Jan. 17 to send four astronauts to the International Space Station for two weeks. Here's when and how to watch.

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'Star Trek: The Mission and Other Stories' offers fans a stellar new anthology
Star Trek Explorer magazine presents "Star Trek: 'The Mission' and Other Stories" anthology, a collection of 14 stories featuring Will Riker, Benjamin Sisko, the Borg and more.

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'Star Trek' on Mars? Curiosity rover spots Starfleet symbol on Red Planet
NASA's Curiosity rover found a Mars rock shaped like a Star Trek badge this month. The mission continues to beam up images from the Red Planet after 12 years of work.

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Moon rock revelations could solve lingering lunar geology puzzle
High-temperature experiments conducted on Earth with lunar rock samples may have finally revealed how a unique type of rock was created and distributed on the moon.

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SpaceX rolls rocket to pad for Ax-3 astronaut launch (photos)
SpaceX just rolled its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule out to the pad for the planned Wednesday (Jan. 17) launch of the private Ax-3 astronaut mission.

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Hubble Telescope reveals galaxy that hosted a supernova 2.5 billion times brighter than the sun (photo)
The Hubble Space Telescope zoomed into a galaxy 150 million light years away to study a supernova that released 2.5 billion times more energy than the sun, resulting in a stunning image.

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Doomed Peregrine moon lander will burn up in Earth's atmosphere — but we don't yet know where
The leak that stopped the Peregrine moon lander's attempt is nearly finished, but the Astrobotic mission is still on track to burn up above Earth instead of reaching its lunar destination.

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Last built-for-flight external tank lifted into place for space shuttle Endeavour exhibit
NASA's last-existing, built-for-flight space shuttle external tank took to the sky, briefly leaving the ground to become part of the California Science Center's space shuttle Endeavour exhibit.

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On Episode 94 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod preview the global plans for spaceflight this year.

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World-renowned spaceflight museum set for renovation at Cosmosphere
The home of a sunken Mercury capsule and the spacecraft that brought the Apollo 13 crew back to Earth is getting an upgrade. The Cosmosphere announced it is ready to renovate its Hall of Space.

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Fire! NASA kicks off Artemis moon program's 2024 with big engine test (video)
An RS-25 engine rated for future human moon missions fired up on Jan. 17 for about eight minutes in a key test for NASA's Artemis program.

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Goodbye sun: What it's like to experience the polar night along Norway's rugged coastline
Find out what it's like to experience the polar night while hunting the northern lights along the Norwegian coast with Hurtigruten's Astronomy Voyage.

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NASA loses contact with Ingenuity Mars helicopter
NASA lost contact with its Ingenuity Mars helicopter on Thursday (Jan. 18), toward the end of the little rotorcraft's 72nd Red Planet flight.

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'We have doubled the number of nationalities aboard' ISS as all-European SpaceX Ax-3 astronauts dock at space station
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Freedom arrived at the ISS early Saturday morning (Jan. 20) with the four astronauts of the private Ax-3 mission to begin a two-week mission aboard.

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Are gaps in the Andromeda galaxy filled with dark matter? This NASA telescope could find out
NASA's forthcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will zoom in on streams of stars in the Andromeda galaxy to hunt for dark matter.

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NASA satellite sees an aurora in infrared light (image)
Generally, photos of auroras capture bright, colorful bands dancing across the night sky, but a new satellite view captures the spectacular glow of an aurora in a new light.

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As crippled Peregrine moon lander burns up in Earth's atmosphere, Astrobotic 'excited for the next adventure'
Despite the conclusion of the Peregrine lunar lander mission, Astrobotic is proud of how its spacecraft performed and is looking forward to its next flight.

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US Space Force satellite data shines light on mystery of Arctic warming
Satellite data show melting Arctic sea ice has reduced the amount of sunlight the region reflects, triggering an unprecedented rise in local temperatures.

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NASA completed a new Artemis moon program test on Jan. 23, firing one of its Space Launch System RS-25 engines for about eight minutes.

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How NASA predicted the Jan. 21 asteroid crash over Germany
NASA's Scout impact-assessment system told astronomers where and when the tiny space rock would crash on Sunday morning (Jan. 21).

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Huge stars are born as twins, triplets and more, new images confirm
A newly imaged star cluster is birthing groups of three, four and five stars, confirming the prevailing wisdom that the universe forms its stars in multiples.

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Could space salad jeopardize a mission to Mars?
Salad may not be the healthiest meal for astronauts as scientists discover lettuce flesh can be easily plagued with disease-causing pathogenic bacteria and fungi on the ISS.

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NASA stresses Artemis 2 moon crew safety as agency remembers fallen astronauts
As NASA leadership paused to remember fallen astronauts, the agency urged its employees to "think smaller" and focus on all the items to keep future crews like Artemis 2 safe.

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A shallow lake in Canada could reveal how life on Earth began
A shallow soda lake in Canada could resemble Darwin's 'warm little ponds' found on the primordial Earth that had the right chemistry for life to get started.

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Watch Chinese startup Landspace launch and land reusable rocket prototype for 1st time (video)
The Chinese company Landspace notched a big milestone in its quest to develop a reusable rocket, launching and landing a prototype for the first time on Jan. 19.

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Near-simultaneous solar flares explode from opposite sides of the sun in extremely rare event
A pair of linked solar flares recently exploded near-simultaneously from sunspots on different hemispheres of our home star, triggering radio blackouts on Earth.

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Watch NASA honor fallen astronauts with 'Day of Remembrance' ceremony on Jan. 25
NASA will honor its fallen space explorers during a ceremony at 10 a.m. EST on Thursday (Jan. 25), and you can watch the somber proceedings live.

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This Hubble Telescope photo of a spiral galaxy will take your breath away
Just when we think we've seen it all with astronomy photos, the Hubble Space Telescope gives us something new and beautiful.

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SpaceX launched two more batches of its Starlink internet satellites on doubleheader liftoffs departing from both U.S. coasts.

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New 'Alien: Romulus' fan trailer reveals a monstrous multi-limbed xenomorph
Watch this rousing concept trailer for director Fede Álvarez's upcoming xenomorph-filled movie, "Alien: Romulus."

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Watch the sun spew out a giant eruption of plasma in incredible footage (video)
On Feb. 22, 2022, a gigantic solar prominence formed on the surface of the sun, blasting a large coronal mass ejection (CME) into space.

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Mystery of Siberia's giant exploding craters may finally be solved
Giant exploding craters only known to exist on Russia's permafrost-covered Yamal and Gydan peninsulas may result from a specific set of conditions not found elsewhere in the Arctic.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 95 — Clean Energy From Space
On Episode 95 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod discuss the future of space-based solar power with John Mankins.

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Watch Rocket Lab launch 4 private satellites, recover booster early Jan. 31
Rocket Lab plans to launch four private satellites and recover the returning booster early Wednesday morning (Jan. 31), and you can watch the action live.

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The moon could be perfect for cutting-edge telescopes — but not if we don't protect it
Moon-based telescopes would allow astronomers to conduct cutting-edge science. But given how busy the moon is getting, will the lunar surface be free enough from interference?

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'Trainwreck' galaxy reflects the aftermath of a violent galactic collision (image)
The "peculiar," twisted galactic disk of the "trainwreck" lenticular galaxy NGC 4753 offers evidence of its violent collision with a dwarf galaxy over 1 billion years ago.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket modified for Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo launch on Jan. 30
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for the first time on Jan. 30, sending food, supplies and science equipment to astronauts on the ISS.

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A robot surgeon is headed to the ISS to dissect simulated astronaut tissue
The 20th planned flight of the Cygnus resupply mission will bring a slew of incredible experiments to the International Space Station.

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