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There are 3 private lunar landers headed to the moon right now — a 1st in space history

Three private lunar landers are on their way to the moon right now, a surge of exploration never before seen in spaceflight history.

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Watch 'rare' planetary parade online for free today as 7 planets align across the sky (video)

Seven planets will line up for a rare "planetary parade" today (Feb. 28) and you can watch it live online, beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET (1700 GMT).

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What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 8 launch today?

SpaceX is poised to launch Flight 8 of its Starship megarocket on Thursday (March 6). Here's how to watch the action live.

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Why the northern lights seem more frequent than ever — from solar science to smartphone snapshots

You may have noticed that more auroras have been visible in recent years, including from lower latitudes. Here's why the northern lights have been amped up lately.

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Private Athena moon lander beams home gorgeous views of Earth from space (photos)

Intuitive Machines' second lunar lander, named Athena, snapped some amazing shots of its home planet shortly after launching atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 26.

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NASA must 'consider alternatives' to put Artemis astronauts on the moon, experts tell US Congress

Space policy experts told U.S. Congress that NASA must consider alternatives to its current plan to return astronauts to the moon with the Artemis program.

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Private Blue Ghost lander sees far side of the moon in breathtaking detail ahead of lunar landing (video)

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander has beamed home stunning views of the moon from an altitude of just 62 miles (100 kilometers).

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NASA supercomputer finds billions of comets mimicking the Milky Way's shape: 'The universe seems to like spirals!'

Astronomers have discovered that billions of comets in an icy shell around the solar system called the Oort Cloud mimic the spiral structure of the Milky Way.

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Belyayev's birthday 'candle': Russia launches ISS cargo ship with logo honoring cosmonaut's centennial (video)

Russia celebrated a late cosmonaut's 100th birthday with a special logo on the launch shroud of a space station resupply spacecraft.

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Katy Perry will launch to space with historic all-female crew on Blue Origin rocket

Perry and a celebrity female crew will launch on Blue Origin's NS-31 mission this spring.

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February new moon 2025: The young moon occults Mercury and passes by Venus

The moon enters its new phase for February 2025 tonight, leaving the skies nice and dark for observing many bright planets currently visible in the night sky.

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It's Pokémon Day! Here are 10 Pokémon from space to celebrate the iconic series

You'll need NASA's help to catch 'em all: Here are ten Pokemon from space to celebrate Pokemon Day

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NASA set to deliver a knock-out PUNCH to mysteries of the solar wind

A new mission designed to better understand the heliosphere will be the first to map in three dimensions how the solar corona becomes the solar wind.

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SpaceX delays Flight 8 of Starship megarocket to March 3

SpaceX has pushed back the eighth test flight of its Starship megarocket by three days, to Monday (March 3).

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James Webb Space Telescope joins cosmic detectives in hunt for dark matter

The James Webb Space Telescope has joined the hunt for dark matter, aiding cosmic detectives in searching for signals indicating axion decay.

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Watch SpaceX, NASA launch SPHEREx and PUNCH science probes tonight after multiple delays (video)

SpaceX is aiming to launch NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH science missions on March 11 at 11:10 p.m. ET after delays.

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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellite on new Falcon 9 rocket, aces nighttime landing (video)

A new SpaceX rocket launched a pristine batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit late Wednesday (Feb. 26) in a dazzling nighttime liftoff.

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SpaceX rocket launches private moon lander and NASA 'trailblazer' to hunt for lunar water (video)

SpaceX launched a double moon mission today (Feb. 26), sending a private lunar lander and a NASA orbiter to hunt for signs of water on Earth's nearest neighbor.

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These dwarf galaxies in the Hydra cluster are baffling scientists: 'We found something we didn't expect'

Astronomers were surprised to see the behavior of ultrafaint dwarf galaxies located in the Hydra cluster.

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NASA leadership shakeup continues as agency settles into Trump's 2nd term

Among other changes, Vanessa Wyche, who previously led Johnson Space Center, has been named NASA's acting associate administrator.

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Watch asteroid 2024 YR4 zoom harmlessly through space after risk of hitting Earth falls to near zero (video)

Observations from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope helped show that the expected trajectory of asteroid 2024 YR4 poses nearly zero risk of impacting Earth in 2032.

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See Mercury at its best in the night sky over the next 2 weeks

In March 2025 we have a fine opportunity to view the planet that many astronomy guide books refer to as the most difficult of the naked-eye planets to see: Mercury.

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The 1st Australian rocket to launch from Australian soil could reach orbit next month

Australian company Gilmour Space has announced a launch window of no earlier than March 15 for its first-ever orbital launch attempt.

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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson

The Lucy mission to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids is currently cruising through the Asteroid Belt, and will fly close to asteroid Donaldjohanson in April.

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The only good 'Star Wars' prequel trilogy movie is retaking the high ground with an April theatrical return to celebrate its 20th anniversary

The final chapter of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, 'Revenge of the Sith', turns 20 this year, and Disney and Lucasfilm are bringing it back to theaters to celebrate.

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