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- May 31
- May 30
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- See Elusive Planet Mercury with the Moon Tonight
- Levar Burton, 'Star Trek: TNG' Star, Beams Up $2 Million for 'Reading Rainbow'
- Space History Photo: Little Joe Launch Vehicle
- Glitz, Glam and SpaceX: Inside Elon Musk's Dragon V2 Spaceship (Video)
- Virgin Galactic Signs FAA Deal to Clear Airspace for Suborbital Flights
- 3 Jupiter Moons Perform Celestial Shadow Dance Next Week
- SpaceX Unveils Dragon V2 Spaceship, a Manned Space Taxi for Astronauts (Video, Photos)
- Amanda: First Hurricane of 2014 Seen from Space (Photo)
- 'Cosmic Inflation' Pioneers Snag Prestigious Kavli Prize
- May 29
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- 'Manhattanhenge' Sunset to Light Up New York City Tonight
- SpaceX Photos Tease Manned Dragon Spaceship Ahead of Big Reveal (Images)
- The Rockets and Spaceships of SpaceX (Photos)
- Hunt Intensifies for Aliens on Kepler's Planets
- Astronauts and Space Scientists Invade NYC for 2014 World Science Festival
- World Science Festival: Live Webcast Guide
- Photographer Captures Spectacular Milky Way Vista from the Azores (Photo)
- World View Launches Emblem Design Contest for Near-Space Balloon Trips
- SpaceX's SuperDraco Thruster for Manned Dragon Spacecraft Passes Big Test (Video)
- How Mighty Jupiter Could Have Changed Earth's Habitability
- SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Will Unveil 1st Manned Dragon Spaceship Tonight: Watch Live
- NASA's Voyager Probes Still Healthy After Nearly 4 Decades in Space
- May 28
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- Russian Rocket Launches International Crew to Space Station (Video, Photos)
- Soyuz Launch Photos: Expedition 40/41 Blasts Off to Space Station
- Japan Launches Satellite with Night-Vision Mapping Radar
- UFO Sighting? No, Just Google's 'Rogue' Balloon
- Sea Launch Lofts First Satellite in More Than a Year
- Space History Photo: Jerrie Cobb Poses beside Mercury Capsule
- Private Cargo Ship Launch Delayed by Rocket Engine Investigation
- 'Moonhouse' Crowdfunding Project Aims to Build 1st Art Show on the Moon (Video, Images)
- The Moonhouse Project: An Art House on the Moon (Images)
- New Space Station Crew Will Launch Today: How to Watch Live
- Cosmic Inflation: Have Scientists Indeed Found the Smoking Gun? (Q+A)
- May 27
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- NASA's New Mega-Rocket, Orion Capsule on Track for Future Test Flights
- Cash-Starved NASA May Have to Nix 1 Space Telescope to Save Others
- Supermassive Black Holes Are Not Doughnuts
- Aliens? Yes Please. UFOs? No Thanks
- Blood Moon: Lunar Eclipse Phases Over Texas Capitol Building (Photo)
- Springtime Comet Wows Stargazer in Amazing Telescope View (Photo)
- Future of Space Exploration Could See Humans on Mars, Alien Planets
- Are Solar Sails the Future of Space Travel?
- May 26
- May 24
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- Camelopardalid Meteor Shower Photos: 'Shooting Stars' from Comet 209P/LINEAR (Gallery)
- New Meteor Shower Thrills Stargazers Despite Low 'Shooting Star' Count (Videos, Photos)
- We'll Find Alien Life in This Lifetime, Scientists Tell Congress
- My Time With Comet Lovejoy (Op-Ed)
- NASA Reveals 1st Global Selfie (Photo)
- May 23
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- See Venus and the Moon Pair Up at Dawn on Sunday
- Trip to Space with Leonardo DiCaprio Sells for $1 Million
- New Meteor Shower: Where to Watch Tonight's Sky Show
- Astronaut Joystick for Apollo 15 Moon Landing Tops $600,000 at Auction
- New Meteor Shower Tonight: Will Bad Weather Spoil the Celestial Show?
- Water Leaked Inside SpaceX Dragon Capsule After Splashdown, No Damage Found: NASA Official
- Space History Photo: Ed White First American Spacewalker
- New Meteor Shower May Spark Meteor Storm Tonight: Watch It Live
- Restoring Science’s Place in Society Will Help Us Resolve the Big Debates (Op-Ed)
- May 22
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- Huge New Mars Crater Found by NASA Spacecraft (Photos)
- New Meteor Shower Friday Night: How to See It
- SpaceX Expected to Unveil Manned Dragon Spaceship on May 29
- Rare Camelopardalid Meteor Shower This Weekend Is Full of Unknowns (Op-Ed)
- US Navy Launches SM-3 Missile from Land in Big Test (Photo)
- Space History Photo: Mercury On Deck
- US Navy Missile Launch Photos: Aegis SM-3 Test Flight from Land (May 20, 2014)
- Defying Gravity: Eye-Opening Science Adventures On a Weightless Flight (Photos)
- Saving a Space Probe: Private Team Seeks to Revive NASA Spacecraft
- Falcon Heavy in Pictures: SpaceX's Huge Private Rocket (Gallery)
- Launch Photos: Atlas 5 Rocket Blasts Off with Secret NROL-33 Satellite (Photos)
- Atlas 5 Rocket Launches Clandestine US Spy Satellite
- NASA and Slooh Community Telescope Seek Citizen Asteroid Hunters
- How the Mars Moon Phobos Got Its Grooves
- May 21
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- J.J. Abrams Announces Contest to Be in New 'Star Wars' Movie, Unveils Creature From Film (Video)
- Astronauts Share 'Story Time From Space' to Inspire Children
- 'Meteor Storm' May Light Up Friday Night Sky
- Air Force Would Prefer New Rocket Engine Over US Version of Russian Design
- Defying Gravity: Lighting Weightless Fires for Science (Photos)
- George Clooney's Satellite Sentinel Project for Human Rights Enters New Phase
- Space History Photo: Carpenter in White Room
- Stars That 'Eat' Alien Earths Exposed (Video)
- Supernova Discovery Reveals How the Biggest, Brightest Stars Die
- Supernova Photos: Great Images of Star Explosions
- Spectacular View of Huge Mars Crater Caught by Old NASA Rover (Photo)
- Brilliant Star Cluster Shines in Stunning New Photo, Video
- NASA 'Go' to Start Building 2016 Mars Lander
- May 20
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- Apps in Space! Boeing Looking at Mobile Tech for New Astronaut Taxi
- Space History Photo: Big Joe Ready for Launch at Cape Canaveral
- New Meteor Shower: How to Hear the Shooting Stars
- Mars Rover Curiosity Wraps Up Drilling Work, Prepares for Long Drive
- Cosmic Anniversary: 'Big Bang Echo' Discovered 50 Years Ago Today
- Powerful Solar Flare Sheds Light on Sun Eruption Theories
- NASA Readies Inflatable 'Flying Saucer' for June Test Launch
- May 19
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- See Earth from Space With a Pink Floyd Soundtrack (Video)
- NASA's Vintage ISEE-3 Spacecraft in Pictures (Gallery)
- Private Team Hopes to Contact 36-Year-Old NASA Probe This Week
- Firefly Trails Under Milky Way Captured by Astrophotographer (Photo)
- 3 Private Moon Lander Concepts Make NASA's Short List
- Elon Musk Says SpaceX Making 'Progress' Toward Mars Colony
- Supernova Seen Through Cosmic 'Cigar Smoke' by NASA Telescope (Photo)
- Space History Photo: Seven Members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees in 1995
- Wubbo Ockels, First Dutch Astronaut to Fly in Space, Dies at 68
- Will New Meteor Shower This Weekend Sizzle or Fizzle?
- May 18
- May 17
- May 16
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- SpaceX's Dragon Capsule Leaving Space Station Sunday: How to Watch Live
- Crowdfunding Project Raises $125,000 to Reboot 36-Year-Old NASA Probe
- European Probe Prepping for Daring Dive into Venus' Atmosphere (Video)
- Brilliant Fireball Streaks Over Southeastern US (Video, Photos)
- New 'Interstellar' Movie Trailer Reveals Plot, Spaceship (Video)
- NASA's Exoplanet-Hunting Kepler Space Telescope Gets New Mission
- Space History Photo: Ham Tries Out His Life Support System
- Advanced Russian Communications Satellite Lost in Rocket Failure (Video)
- Curious George Goes to Mars with PBS Kids (Video, Images)
- Curious George in Space: Plucky Primate's Cosmic Adventures (Gallery)
- Spacecraft-Riding Microbes Could Colonize Mars, Research Suggests
- NASA's Asteroid-Capture Mission May Test New Method to Defend Earth
- Smoke Plumes from California Fires Visible from Space (Photo)
- Russian Rocket Carrying Advanced Satellite Crashes After Launch: Reports
- May 15
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- Congress Asks NASA About Rifts in US-Russia Spaceflight Partnership
- Weird Loner Exoplanet Orbits Far From Its Star
- Near Miss: Tiny Asteroid Gives Earth a Close Shave (Photos)
- Solar Winds Linked to Increased Lightning Strikes
- Space History Photo: John Glenn OK
- Comet-Chasing Rosetta Probe Spies Dusty Veil Around Its Target (Photos, Video)
- Jupiter's Great Red Spot Shrinks to Smallest Size Ever Seen (Video, Photos)
- Elon Musk, Buzz Aldrin Top List for LA Conference on Space Travel's Future
- Radio Dishes Peer Beneath Moon's Surface (Images)
- First 'Sibling' of Sun Found
- How Robots Are Blazing a Trail for Manned Mars Missions
- Building the Spacesuit of the Future: Live Webcast Tonight
- Have Cosmologists Lost Their Minds in the Multiverse? (Op-Ed)
- May 14
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- Public-Private Partnerships Key to US Spaceflight Future, Experts Say
- Watch 13.7 Billion Years of Galactic Evolution in Less Than a Minute (Video)
- Hunt for Alien Life May Focus on Water-Vapor Plumes
- Russian Rocket Engine Ban on US Military Launches Could Affect NASA Spaceflight
- Pulsing Stars Help Map Milky Way's Outer Reaches
- New GPS Satellite Headed to Upgrade Navigation Network
- Space History Photo: Dynamic Test Chamber at Goddard Space Flight Center
- NASA Ceremony Celebrates Center's Renaming for Neil Armstrong
- The Evolution of the Spacesuit in Pictures
- Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and More: Don't Miss the Planet Parade in Tonight's Sky
- Mysterious 'Magnetar' Likely Had a Star Companion (Video, Photos)
- Soyuz Landing Photos: Expedition 39 Crew Returns to Earth
- Full Moon Blocks Saturn for Stargazers Down Under Wednesday: Watch Live Online
- Touchdown! Space Station Crew Returns to Earth
- May 13
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- Watch 2 Neutron Stars Merge and Form Black Hole (Video)
- Russia Calls for Ban of US Military Launches Using Russian Rocket Engines
- New 'Interstellar' Book Will Go Behind the Scenes of Sci-Fi Film
- Epic 'Space Oddity' Music Video by Astronaut Chris Hadfield Goes Offline Today: Watch It Here
- Space History Photo: X-15 Pilots
- Mysterious 'Spokes' in Saturn's Rings Are Still There
- Two Comets Visible in Telescopes This Month: Where to Look
- Astronauts Test Asteroid Exploration Tech in Underwater 'Spacewalk' (Video, Photos)
- Space Station Crew Returns to Earth Today: Watch It Live Online
- Alien Planet Camera Is Most Sensitive Exoplanet Imager Yet
- SpaceX Challenge to ULA Block Buy Could Hinge on Questions of Timing
- May 12
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- Catastrophic Collapse of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Begins
- 'Hypervelocity Star' May Reveal Clues About Dark Matter in Milky Way
- Space History Photo: HL-20 at Langley
- See Saturn Shine Near the Moon Tuesday: Where to Look
- How NASA Scientists Created an International Space Orchestra
- New Meteor Shower from Comet Could Dazzle Stargazers Next Week
- May 10
- May 9
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- NASA Spots Square-Shaped 'Hole' in the Sun (Video)
- Spot 'Elusive' Planet Mercury in Night Sky This Month
- Clean Up Space Junk or Risk Real-Life 'Gravity' Disaster, Lawmakers Say
- Moon Visits a Fading Mars in Saturday Night Sky
- Q&A: Bill Nye the Science Guy on Creationism, Mars and Science TV
- SpaceX Delays Weekend Commercial Satellite Launch
- Space History Photo: McCandless on Arm in Aft Payload Bay
- Crowd-Funded Satellite May Fall from Space Before Unleashing Tiny 'Sprite' Armada
- Monster Solar Flare This Year Was the Best-Observed in History (Video, Photos)
- Wow! NASA Spacecraft Sees Earthrise from the Moon (Photo)
- Name a Mars Crater for Mom this Mother's Day
- As Saturn Slips Behind the Moon (Op-Ed)
- Magnetic 'Fingerprints' of Milky Way Galaxy Revealed in New Map (Image)
- May 8
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- To Combat Climate Change, Humanity Must Act Now, NASA Chief Says
- Milky Way Galaxy Shimmers Over New Zealand Pool in Stunning Amateur Photo
- British Scientist Colin Pillinger, Champion of Beagle 2 Mars Lander, Dies at 70
- Amazing Night Sky Photos for May 2014 (Stargazing Gallery)
- US Judge Lifts Temporary Ban on Russian Rocket Engine Purchases
- What's Next for Cosmology After Landmark Gravitational Wave Discovery?
- Milky Way Galaxy Plus Saturn Equals Magical Night for Stargazer (Photos)
- Solar Flare Photos of March 29, 2014: See the Best-Observed Sun Storm Ever (Gallery)
- Photos: Amazing Images of Earth from Space
- Private Mars One Colony Project: 705 Astronaut Candidates Pass Latest Cut
- Best Time to Observe the Moon This Month Is Now
- May 7
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- Space Image of the Day Gallery (April 2014)
- NASA Now Streaming Live HD Camera Views of Earth from Space (Video)
- Spectacular Moonrise Surprises Veteran Night Sky Photographer (Image)
- NASA Discovers Earth Is Amazing in 'The Onion' Parody (Video)
- Amazing Time-Lapse Video Shows Evolution of Universe Like Never Before (Video, Images)
- Evolution of the Universe Revealed by Computer Simulation (Gallery)
- Space History Photo: HL-10 on Lakebed with B-52 Flyby
- NASA Test Pilot Bill Dana, Flew X-15 Rocket Plane into Space, Dies at 83
- Rosette Nebula Blooms with Color in Amazing Amateur Photo
- Video Tour of Alien Planets Shows How Time Flies on Strange New Worlds
- Do Gravitational Waves Cause Tiny Earthquakes?
- It's Time to Push for US Human Spaceflight Independence (Op-Ed)
- May 6
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- Effects of Climate Change Visible from Space, NASA Chief Says
- NASA's Curiosity Rover Drills Into 3rd Rock on Mars
- 'Interstellar' Teaser Poster Revealed (Photo)
- Engineers Build Space Fuel Tank Simulators with 3D Printing (Video)
- Moonwalker Jack Schmitt and the Future of US Space Exploration (Exclusive Interview)
- Astronaut Hall of Fame Inducts Two Record-Setting Space Shuttle Fliers
- Used Spacecraft for Sale: Soviet-Era Space Capsule Up for Auction in Belgium
- Amateur Astronomers Team Up with NASA to Photograph Galaxy Quartet (Image)
- Space History Photo: Astronaut Roger Chaffee
- New Simulations Explore Supernova Explosions and Universe Evolution (Video)
- NASA May Put Greenhouse on Mars in 2021
- May 5
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- New 'Meteor Storm' from Comet May Light Up Night Sky This Month
- Build a Spacecraft at Home with NASA-Approved Space Kit
- SpaceX's Innovative Reusable Rocket Soars to 3,300 Feet and Lands Safely (Video)
- Brilliant Daytime Fireball Streaks Over Canada, New York (Video)
- Space History Photo: X-38 Ship #2 Release from B-52
- Best Space Photos of the Week - May 5, 2014
- Best Night Sky Photos of the Week: May 5, 2014
- Saturn Season Shines in May Night Sky: Where to Look
- How Cosmic Lenses Reveal the Depths of Deep Space (Video)
- Meteor Shower Made By Halley's Comet Is Peaking Now: Watch Live Online
- May 4
- May 3
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- The 5 Brightest Planets in May's Night Sky: How to See Them (and When)
- Amanda Seyfried Helps 'Cosmos' Explore Earth's Autobiography on Sunday
- Photos from 'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey' TV Series (Gallery)
- Bus-Size Asteroid Buzzes Earth, Comes Closer Than the Moon
- May the Fourth Be With You! R2-D2 Helps NASA Astronaut Celebrate 'Star Wars Day' (Video)
- BICEP2 and the Origins of the Universe: Behind the Buzz
- 'Part-Time Scientists' Look to Fast-Track Space Exploration (Op-Ed)
- May 2
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- Jupiter Will Dazzle Above Moon This Weekend: How to See It
- Weird Corkscrew-Shaped Light Unleashed by Universe's Most Powerful Explosions
- US Lawmakers Propose Spending $220 Million in 2015 on Alternative to Russian Rocket Engine
- Space History Photo: Project Mercury - AWT Gimbaling Rig
- Europe's Vega Rocket Launches Earth-watching Satellite for Kazakhstan
- NASA's Morpheus Lander Prototype Touches Down on Mock Moonscape (Video)
- Boeing Unveils Cabin Design for Commercial Spaceliner (Images)
- NASA Spacecraft Snaps Amazing Photo of Uranus from Saturn's Orbit (Image)
- Albert Einstein: Before and After Relativity
- Private Team Wants to Bring 36-Year-Old NASA Probe Out of Retirement
- Watch a Giant Solar 'Tornado' Whirl Off the Sun (Video)
- The Need for Astronomy: Teaching Science in Tanzania (Op-Ed)
- Space Station Photos: Expedition 39 Mission Crew in Orbit
- Syfy Channel Adapting 4 Comic Book Properties for TV
- May 1
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- 3 Space History Surprises in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'
- Climate Conditions Help Forecast Meningitis Outbreaks
- NASA's Space Spiders Star in e-Book for 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'
- Jupiter Moon's 'Club Sandwich' Ocean Could Potentially Support Life
- Why Is Mars So Much Smaller Than Earth?
- Could Alien Life Cope with a Hotter, Brighter Star?
- SpaceX Video Captures Grainy View of Amazing Reusable Rocket Landing Test
- Russia's Deputy Prime Minister on Twitter: US Can Use Trampolines to Reach Space
- Court Bars US Launch Provider from Buying Russian-built Rocket Engines
- Lunar Inspiration: NASA's Moonbounce Art Project (Gallery)
- Best Night Sky Events of May 2014: Stargazing Sky Maps (Gallery)
- Space-Grown Crystals May Help Crack Huntington's Disease (Video)
- 'Battlestar Galactica's' Richard Hatch Talks 'Star Trek' and Sci-Fi History
- Exotic Particles May Hold Clues to Mysterious Dark Matter
- Poll: Will Scientists Truly 'See' Dark Matter and Dark Energy?
