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October 31
- 'The Martian' Author Andy Weir & Steve Jurveston Mind-Meld on Mars Colonies
- Reversing the Retreat: Why U.S. Must Restore NASA's Planetary Budget (Op-Ed)
- Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Crashes in Test Flight: 1 Dead, 1 Injured
- Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Spacecraft Crashes During Test Flight
- Orbital Sciences Pieces Together Timeline of Antares Rocket Explosion
- See Elusive Planet Mercury Before Dawn Saturday
- 5 Spooky Space Views for Halloween
- Planet Hunting to Sky Surveys, Astronomy and Statistics Realign (Op-Ed)
October 30
- 'Ghost Light' of Long-Dead Stars Haunt NASA's Hubble Telescope
- Neil Armstrong's Moon Landing 'Insurance Cover' to be Sold for Scholarships
- Earth's Water Existed 135 Million Years Earlier than Thought
- NASA Surveys Damage from Antares Rocket Explosion (Photos)
- Have an Epic Space Halloween Costume? Enter Our Contest!
- Ebola Outbreak May Hold Lessons for Handling Samples from Mars
- Spectator Videos Show Antares Rocket Explosion from Land and Air
- Doomed Antares Rocket Powered by Refurbished Soviet Engines
- NASA Spacecraft's Grave on the Moon Found (Photo)
- Antares Rocket Explosion: Space Station Astronauts React
October 29
- RIP, Drain Brain: Science Experiments Lost in Antares Rocket Explosion
- Asteroid-Mining Tech Among Casualties of Antares Rocket Explosion
- Antares Rocket Explosion: Full Coverage and Investigation
- NASA's Asteroid-Capture Mission Won't Help Astronauts Reach Mars: Scientist
- How Planets Get Multiple Suns Like 'Star Wars'' Tatooine
- US Air Force Launches Military GPS Satellite on 50th Atlas 5 Rocket
- Photos: Atlas 5 Rocket Launches Military GPS 2F8 Satellite
- Orbital Sciences' Antares Rocket Explosion in Pictures
- Robotic Russian Supply Ship Docks to International Space Station
- Cosmic Pinwheel Surrounds Distant Galaxy in Stunning NASA Photo
- NASA Warns Public to Stay Away from Antares Rocket Debris
- Russia Launches Unmanned Supply Ship Toward Space Station
- Private Rocket Explosion Sparks Investigation by NASA, Orbital Sciences
October 28
- Private Orbital Sciences Rocket Explodes During Launch, NASA Cargo Lost
- Tasty! Astronaut's Favorite Crab Cakes Headed for Space (Video)
- Stephen Hawking and 'Theory of Everything' Actor Tout NASA in New Videos
- First Hasselblad Camera Flown in Space Up for Auction
- Private Rocket to Make 2nd Launch Try Tonight: Watch Live
- Surprise! Methane Ice Cloud Floats High Above Saturn's Moon Titan
- See the Antares Rocket's 1st Night Launch from East Coast (Visibility Maps)
- How NASA's 1st Orion Spaceship Test Flight Will Work (Video)
- Mock Satellite Destroyed to Study Space Junk Collisions
- The Great World Wide Star Count (Op-Ed)
October 27
- Private Rocket Launch to Deliver Space Station Supplies Delayed by Boat
- 'Interstellar' Sneak Peek: We Have Seen It, and It's Awesome
- Mars and the Moon Meet Up in Twilight Sky Tonight
- Giant Sunspot Keeps Firing Off Huge Solar Flares
- Private Rocket to Launch Space Station Cargo for NASA Tonight: Watch Live
- SpaceX to Try Rocket Landing on Floating Ocean Platform, Elon Musk Says
October 26
- Nighttime Rocket Launch Will Be Visible from US East Coast Monday
- China Launches Its First Round-trip Mission to the Moon
October 25
- Splashdown! SpaceX's Dragon Cargo Spaceship Returns to Earth
- 'Interstellar' Science: The Movie's Black Hole Explained (Video)
- Huge Solar Flare Erupts from Biggest Sunspot in 24 Years (Photos)
October 24
- Skydiver Goes Supersonic in Record-Breaking 'Near-Space Dive'
- Record-Breaking Supersonic Skydive from 'Near-Space' in Photos
- Private Astronaut Training Company Picks Spacesuits for Spacewalk Simulator
- Oberwerk Mariner 8x40 Binoculars: Full Review
- Celestron SkyMaster 8x56 Binoculars: Full Review
- Solar Eclipses of 2014: Complete Coverage
- Einstein's Gravity Waves Could Be Found with New Method
- Partial Solar Eclipse Wows Skywatchers Across North America (Photos, Video)
- Amazing Partial Solar Eclipse Photos by Skywatchers (Oct. 23, 2014)
October 23
- Buzz Aldrin Says One-Way Trips to Mars Could Actually Work
- Wow! This Hubble Telescope Photo of Mars with a Comet Is Amazing
- Hubble Space Telescope 25th Anniversary Exhibit Opens at NYC Museum
- First Private Moon Mission to Launch on Chinese Rocket Today
- Partial Solar Eclipse Today: A Weather Forecast
- Partial Solar Eclipse Occurs Today: Watch It Live
October 22
- A Decade into a New Spaceflight Era, a Mixture of Frustration and Optimism
- Obama Nominates Dava Newman for NASA Deputy Administrator Post
- Cosmonauts Breeze Through Speedy Spacewalk at Space Station
- Spacewalk Photos: Cosmonauts Float Outside Space Station (Oct. 22, 2014)
- Huge magnetic 'ropes' drive powerful sun explosions
- Hundreds of 'Exocomets' Around Nearby Star Come in Two Flavors
- 'Interstellar' Actors Quizzed on Space Trivia in New Video
- Cosmonauts Take Spacewalk Outside Space Station Today: Watch It Live
- China Poised to Launch Next Moon Mission on Thursday
October 21
- Mars-Bound Comet: Photos of Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring (Gallery)
- Buzz Aldrin, Elon Musk to Speak at MIT Conference This Week: Watch Live
- Sun Unleashes Powerful X-Class Solar Flare (Video, Photos)
- Tom Hanks Flies Alan Bean to the Moon in 'The New Yorker'
- NASA Mars Probes See Rare Comet Flyby (Photos)
- Orionid Meteor Shower: See Halley's Comet Crumbs Online Tonight
- Partial Solar Eclipse of October 2014: Visibility Maps
- See the Partial Solar Eclipse Thursday with a Pinhole Camera (Video)
October 20
- Folding Origami Solar Panels Could Be Headed to Space (Video)
- NASA Spacecraft at Mars Survive Close Encounter with Comet
- Orionid Meteor Shower Is Peaking Now: How to See It
- Partial Solar Eclipse to Darken US Skies This Week
- Who Owns the Moon? (Op-Ed)
October 19
- Spacecraft Watched the Lunar Eclipse from Mercury
- Comet Buzzes Mars in Once-in-a-Lifetime Flyby
- Comet Siding Spring's Rare Mars Flyby: Full Coverage
- Comet Flies By Mars Today in Rare Encounter: Watch It Online
October 18
- Comet Siding Spring at Mars: How a Rare Celestial Event Was Discovered
- Mysterious X-37B Military Space Plane's Landing in Photos
- Photos: Secretive X-37B Space Plane's 3rd Mission for the US Air Force
October 17
- Your Help Wanted to Name Rosetta Mission's Comet Landing Site
- Tiny Cubesats May Hitchhike on Mission to Europa
- Virgin Galactic Will Fly Rocket-Powered SpaceShipTwo Test Flights Soon
- X-37B Military Space Plane Lands After Record-Shattering Secret Mission
- Moon to Meet Jupiter in Early Saturday Morning Sky
- NASA Probe Zapped by Saturn Moon's Static
- Apollo Astronaut's Anniversary Patch Recalls 'Flight of the Phoenix'
- Comet's Mars Flyby Sunday Has Scientists Abuzz
- Ariane 5 Rocket Launches 2 Commercial Satellites to Orbit
October 16
- Sierra Nevada Files Suit To Reinstate Hold on NASA Commercial Crew Contracts
- Could Alien Life Exist Around Red Dwarf Stars? Watch Debate in Webcast Tonight
- NASA Probe Finds Nanoflares and Plasma 'Bombs' on Sun
- Saturn's 'Death Star' Moon Mimas Is Weird Inside
- India Launches Third Satellite for Regional Navigation Constellation
- China Moving Forward with Big Space Station Plans
- How to Safely Watch Next Week's Partial Solar Eclipse
- Private Mars Colony Project May Not Be Feasible, Study Suggests
- Hurricane Gonzalo Threat Delays US Private Rocket Launch for NASA
- Is Space Still Awesome? (Op-Ed)
October 15
- First Photos of Water Ice on Mercury Captured by NASA Spacecraft
- Comet Will Buzz Mars Sunday: How to See It in Telescopes
- NASA Astronauts Beat Clock, Wrap Up Spacewalk
- Hubble Telescope Spots Post-Pluto Targets for New Horizons Probe
- Spacewalk Photos: NASA Astronauts Work Outside Space Station (Oct. 15, 2014)
- Galaxies in the Early Universe Were Less-Than-Stellar Star Makers
- Amazing Selfie with Comet Snapped by European Spacecraft (Photo)
- Mars Rover Curiosity 'Up Close': Q&A With Author Marc Kaufman
- Galactic 'Mega City' Shows Mysterious Spots of Star Formation (Images)
- NASA Astronauts Taking Spacewalk Outside Space Station Today: Watch Live
October 14
- Curiosity Rover Surveys Wind-Rippled Sandy 'Sea' on Mars (Photo)
- New NASA Mars Probe Beams Home 'Tantalizing' 1st Results
- Astronaut Chris Hadfield Shares His Favorite Photos from Space
- NASA Spots Creepy Face on the Sun (Photos)
- Volcanoes on the Moon May Have Erupted During the Dinosaur Age
- China Readies Moon Mission for Launch Next Week
- Milky Way Has Half As Much Dark Matter As Previously Thought
October 13
- 'Astronaut Wives Club' Begins Filming for 2015 Launch on ABC
- Rosetta Spacecraft Spots 'Pyramid' Boulder on Comet (Photos)
- Someplace Like Home? Hunting for Life-Supporting Worlds
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (September 2014)
- NASA Contest Will Let You Name a Space Station Droid
- Search for Mars Life Starts on Earth
- Historic Flyby: Comet to Zoom By Mars This Weekend
- Beyond Pluto: NASA Eyes Distant Targets for New Horizons Probe
- Why Space Exploration Must Continue (Op-Ed)
October 12
- Best Space Photos of the Week (Oct. 11, 2014)
- How a Total Lunar Eclipse Saved Christopher Columbus
- Secretive X-37B Military Space Plane Could Land in California Tuesday
October 11
- Would Finding Alien Life Change Religious Philosophies?
October 10
- Powerful Typhoon Vongfong Awes Astronaut in Space (Photo)
- 'Firefly' Actors Reunite for Online Role-Playing Game
- NASA Resumes Work on Private Space Taxi Contracts
- Photos: Space Shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center
- Space Shuttle Endeavour Gets Spacehab Module for Museum Display
- Saturn's Weird Hexagon Vortex Stuns in NASA Photo
- 'Mars Up Close' (US 2014): Curiosity Rover Book Excerpt
- Flexible 'Tentacle Robots' Could Aid Planetary Exploration
- Saturday Night Sky: See the Moon, Pleiades and a Red Star Together
- NASA Logo Has Cameo in Disney's 1st 'Tomorrowland' Trailer (Video)
October 9
- As Comet Nears Mars, NASA Gears Up for Epic Encounter
- Best Alien Planet Weather Map Ever Reveals a Scorching World
- Strange-Shaped Orbits of Giant 'Warm Jupiter' Planets Explained
- Leaky Galaxy Mimics First Light in Early Universe
- NASA Is Studying How to Mine the Moon for Water
- Strange 'Hybrid Star' Discovered After 40-Year Search
October 8
- Construction of Giant Telescope in Hawaii Begins Amid Protests
- Shockingly Bright Dead Star with a Pulse Is an X-ray Powerhouse
- Black Hole Gas Guzzler May Explain Weird Superbright X-rays
- Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Aces Glide Test Flight
- Space Center Houston is 1st Smithsonian Affiliate in Houston
- NASA Mars Rover Laser Tech Adapted to Hunt Gas Leaks on Earth
- Water On the Moon Came from Solar Wind
- Giant Sun 'Filament' Is 1 Million Miles Long (Video, Photos)
- How to Watch the October 2014 'Blood Moon' Total Lunar Eclipse
- October 2014 Blood Moon: Total Lunar Eclipse Coverage
- 'Blood Moon' Total Lunar Eclipse of Oct. 8, 2014 (Photos)
- 'Blood Moon' Photos: Total Lunar Eclipse Thrills Skywatchers
October 7
- Architect Proposes 'More Fitting Container' for Houston's Saturn V Rocket
- Capturing the Blood Moon: Views from a Lunar Eclipse Photographer (Op-Ed)
- Astrophotographer Captures Stunning Milky Way Above Jersey Shore
- Spacewalking Astronauts Upgrade Space Station
- Blood Moon Weather: Total Lunar Eclipse Forecast
- Spacewalk Photos: Astronauts Upgrade Space Station (Oct. 7, 2014)
- Total Lunar Eclipse Spawns 'Blood Moon' Early Wednesday: Watch Online
- Total Lunar Eclipse of Oct. 8, 2014: Sky Maps and Guides
- Astronauts to Take Spacewalk Outside Space Station Today: Watch It Live
- Monster Galaxies Resort to Cannibalism to Keep Growing (Video)
- Thirty Meter Telescope: Hawaii's Giant Space Eye (Gallery)
October 6
- Private Inflatable Room Launching to Space Station Next Year
- 'Interstellar' Launches Immersive Space Trip with IMAX, Oculus Rift
- Aliens May Be Out There, But Too Distant for Contact
- Private Dream Chaser Space Plane May Launch from Giant Aircraft
October 5
- Best Space Stories of the Week – Oct. 5, 2014
- Virgin Galactic 'On the Verge' of Private Space Launches, Richard Branson Says
- Total Lunar Eclipse On Wednesday Will Be a Rare 'Selenelion'
October 4
- Best Space Photos of the Week - Oct. 4, 2014
- NASA Eyes Crew Deep Sleep Option for Mars Mission
- See Uranus with a Shadowy Full Moon During Total Lunar Eclipse
October 3
- How SpaceShipOne and X Prize Launched Commercial Spaceflight 10 Years Ago
- Bizarre Shape of Uranus' 'Frankenstein' Moon Explained
- Four Potential Mars Landing Sites Revealed for Europe's ExoMars Rover
- Incredible Solar Flare Video Captured by NASA Spacecraft
- Sally Ride's Biographer Talks Women & Spaceflight on 'Colbert Report'
- Total Lunar Eclipse Next Week Will Turn the Moon Blood Red (Video)
- Rosetta Spacecraft's Comet Companion Is Spouting Jets (Photo)
October 2
- Mystery 'Astronaut' Sighting on UK Beach Solved (Video)
- Making History with SpaceShipOne: Pilot Brian Binnie Recalls Historic Flight
- Here's What a Soyuz Spaceship Looks Like with Just One Wing (Photo)
- Brightest Planets to See in October's Night Sky
- NASA's Iconic Countdown Clock Ticks Down Days to Replacement
- Hologram Coin Celebrates Canadian Space Agency's 25-Year Legacy
- NASA Launches Student Contest for 3D-Printed Astronaut Tools
- Futuristic Skintight Spacesuits May Shrink-Wrap Astronauts
- Powerful Megaflare from Small Star Stuns Scientists (Video, Image)
- BioSuit: A Skintight Spacesuit for Astronauts (Photos)
- Space Sleuths Piece Together Fiery Fall of Russian Spy Satellite Debris
- Canadian Astronauts Compete in 'Amazing Race' Across Toronto
- Maine's Magnificent Dark Skies (Gallery)
- NASA Pioneer, Dark Matter, and the 'Errors' of Science
October 1
- New 'Theory of Everything' Trailer Shows Stephen Hawking's Struggles
- Huge Rocket for NASA's 1st Orion Test Flight Moves to Launch Pad
- Best Skywatching Events of October 2014: Sky Maps (Gallery)
- This Final 'Interstellar' Trailer Is Epic and Amazing (Video)
- Huge Cloud on Saturn's Moon Titan Is Made of Toxic Cyanide
- 'Strikingly Geometric' Shapes Hidden on Moon's Surface
- Amazing Space Photos by NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman
- October Skywatching: Lunar & Solar Eclipses, a Meteor Shower and More
- Stunning Photo Captures 'Wild Duck' Star Cluster in Flight
- How to Launch a Space Startup in 2 Days (First Person)
- US, India to Team Up on Mars Exploration
- Space Photos: German Astronaut Alexander Gerst's Blue Dot Flight