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Scientists find extremely young exoplanet orbiting star with a wonky disk

NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting spacecraft found the youngest transiting world yet, and the exoplanet's star has a wonky planetary disk.

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Solar Orbiter spacecraft captures sharpest views yet of sun's surface (images)

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft has sent home the highest resolution views of the sun's surface to date, providing fresh views of our well-studied star.

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See Mars make a close pass to the moon tonight

The moon and Mars will share a close approach tonight (Nov. 20) during a conjunction as the two visit the Cancer constellation, the Crab.

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'It's bananas:' Toy fruit becomes first zero-g indicator to fly on SpaceX Starship

An artificial banana floated in the microgravity environment of outer space. No longer needing its attached tethers, it just hung there in the bay of its spacecraft's otherwise empty cargo hold.

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Trump watches SpaceX launch Starship's 6th test flight (photos)

President-elect Donald Trump made the trip to South Texas today (Nov. 19) to watch the sixth test flight of SpaceX's giant Starship rocket.

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SpaceX Starship launches banana to space, skips giant rocket catch on 6th test flight (video, photos)

SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the sixth time ever today (Nov. 19) but did not try to catch the vehicle's Super Heavy first stage back at the pad.

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SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket, but passes up catching it with mechanical arms

SpaceX has launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching it with giant mechanical arms

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Donald Trump joins Elon Musk for SpaceX Starship rocket launch

The launch was Starship’s sixth experimental flight following first successful test in June

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SpaceX successfully launches giant Starship rocket but won’t catch it with mechanical arms – as it happened

Donald Trump joins Elon Musk in Texas for Starship’s sixth test flight

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India's Chandrayaan-2 moon orbiter avoids collision with South Korea's Danuri spacecraft

India's Chandrayaan 2 moon orbiter maneuvered in September to avoid a close approach with Korea's Danuri spacecraft, ISRO said.

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Geminid meteor shower is underway. Here's what to expect from one of the best meteor showers of the year

The annual Geminid meteor shower returns to the night sky on Nov. 19 ahead of its peak in mid-December. Here's what you need to know.

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Trump to attend SpaceX Starship's 6th flight test today

President-Elect Donald Trump confirmed he will attend SpaceX Starship's 6th flight test on Nov. 19. It comes as SpaceX founder Elon Musk takes a greater role in the forthcoming Trump administration.

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SpaceX Starlink satellites seen as ‘wonky streaks’ by ISS astronaut (photos)

"Starlinksatellites look like a miniature version of the monolith from '2001: A Space Odyssey.' "

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Rocket Lab signs 1st customer for its powerful new Neutron rocket. But who is it?

Rocket Lab is targeting mid-2025 for the debut of its partially reusable Neutron rocket, with commercial launches to start in 2026.

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Green auroras and a SpaceX Dragon glow in new astronaut photos from the ISS

The long-duration photographs capture Earth in motion.

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These 5 stunning galaxy images tell us a story of cosmic evolution

Five new portraits of galaxies located between 4 million to 30 million light-years from Earth could help astronomers unlock the secrets of cosmic evolution.

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How to watch SpaceX launch Flight 6 of its Starship megarocket today

SpaceX is launching Starship on its 6th test flight, with another Super Heavy booster catch back at the rocket's Starbase, Texas launch tower. Watch the action live on Space.com.

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Blue Origin targeting Nov. 22 for next space tourism launch

Blue Origin is targeting Friday (Nov. 28) for its NS-28 tourism mission, which will take "Space Gal" Emily Calandrelli and five other people to suborbital space.

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SpaceX's epic Starship Super Heavy rocket catch looked just like the company imagined (side-by-side video)

New video ahead of SpaceX next Starship launch shows footage of a rendering versus reality of the Super Heavy booster performing its landing burn before being caught by the launch tower's "chopstick" arms.

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SpaceX fuels up Starship megarocket in key test ahead of 6th test flight (photos)

SpaceX has fueled up Starship and completed preflight checkouts ahead of the sixth test launch of the giant rocket, which is scheduled for Nov. 19.

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Hubble Telescope witnesses Milky Way strip its galactic neighbor of gas

The Hubble Space Telescope may have captured our Milky Way galaxy being a bit of a bully.

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India plans to build a moon-orbiting space station by 2040

India plans to build a moon-orbiting space station by 2040 to support crewed missions to the lunar surface.

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe is solving long-standing mysteries about the sun. Here's what we've learned so far.

The goal of the Parker Solar Probe mission is to investigate the mysteries of the sun's corona, its outer atmosphere. What has it learned so far?

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SpaceX launches heavy satellite in 1st mission for India's space agency (video, photos)

SpaceX launched the GSAT-N2 satellite today (Nov. 18), the company's first-ever mission for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

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What to expect during SpaceX's 6th Starship test flight on Nov. 19

SpaceX is targeting Tuesday (Nov. 19) for the launch of its sixth Starship flight test, during a 30-minute launch window that opens at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT).

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