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- January 31
- January 30
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- How to See Asteroid Juno in the Night Sky with Binoculars
- Moon's Phases Are a Lunar Delight for Stargazers
- Evidence for Cosmic Inflation Theory Bites the (Space) Dust
- NASA's Amazing Small Rocket Launches of 2015 (Photos)
- NASA's Next Space Race: SpaceX vs. Boeing
- Super Bowl in Space: Astronauts May Watch the Big Game in Orbit
- Rock Art On Earth Draws Scientists to Ancient Lakes
- Europe's 1st Zero-Gravity 3D Printer Headed for Space
- Adidas Launching New Sneakers Inspired by Historic NASA Spacesuits
- Some Earthlike Alien Planets May Begin as 'Mini-Neptunes'
- Mars Fossils? Curiosity Rover Team Questions Report on Potential Microbe Traces
- Gorgeous Comet Lovejoy Makes Closest Approach to Sun
- January 29
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- The Hunt for Alien Extremophiles is Taking Off (Kavli Q+A)
- Radioactive Bubbles May Have Punched Holes in Supernova's Heart
- NASA Calls Off Satellite Launch Minutes Before Liftoff Due to Winds
- Dazzling Comet Lovejoy Stars in Slooh Webcast Today: How to Watch
- Asteroid Miners May Get Help from Metal-Munching Microbes
- NASA Launching New Earth-watching Satellite Today: Watch It Live
- Rosetta's Odd Comet Covered in 'Goose Bumps,' Pits, Cracks (Photos)
- January 28
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- Space Station Gets a New Laser, Fruit Flies and Wriggly Worms, Too
- Mars Moon Double-Take: What Would Martian Skywatchers See?
- 10 Space Movies to Watch in 2015
- Astronaut Sees Huge Winter Storm from Space (Photos)
- Scientist-Artist Ed Belbruno Stars in Award-Winning Film
- SpaceX's Reusable Mega-Rocket Plan Is Simply Amazing (Video)
- What Would It Be Like to Live on Mercury?
- NASA's New Robot Will Take the Plunge ... Into a Volcano
- NASA Launching Satellite Thursday to Track Earth's Dirt from Space
- NASA Marks Space Disaster Anniversaries with Day of Remembrance
- Fire Ends Mock Mars Mission in Utah Desert
- January 27
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- Found! 5 Ancient Alien Planets Nearly As Old As the Universe
- Dwarf Planet Ceres Reveals Tantalizing Details in Best Photos Yet
- NASA Mars Plan Criticized in Kickstarter Project, 'Fight for Space'
- Surprise! Water Once Flowed on Huge Asteroid Vesta
- SpaceX's Elon Musk Guest Stars in Spacey 'Simpsons' Episode
- Planetary Society's LightSail Solar Sail to Launch in May
- Big Earth-Buzzing Asteroid Has Its Own Moon (Photo, Video)
- Does Humanity's Destiny Lie in Interstellar Space Travel? (Op-Ed)
- Monster Winter Storm Spotted from Space (Photo, Video)
- January 26
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- Private Space Taxis on Track to Fly in 2017
- Mountain-Size Asteroid Makes Close Flyby of Earth
- Earth's Interplanetary Dust Traced to Comets by Rosetta Probe
- Space.com Invites Submissions for Best of Toy Fair 2015 Awards
- Will Enormous Galactic Bubbles Expose Dark Matter? (Kavli Q+A)
- Google Lunar XPrize Milestone Awards Announced
- Tiny NASA Helicopter Drone Could Explore Mars One Day
- Mountain-Size Asteroid Flies By Earth Today: Watch It Online
- NASA, SpaceX, Boeing to Host News Conference Monday: Watch Live
- Bringing Pluto into Focus: Q&A with New Horizons PI Alan Stern
- January 25
- January 23
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- Mars Rover Opportunity Marks 11-Year Anniversary with Stunning Photo
- Mountain-Size Asteroid to Fly by Earth Monday: How NASA Will Watch
- Walking on Mars: NASA, Microsoft Explore Red Planet with Wearable HoloLens
- Planetarium's Apollo 13 Astronaut Exhibit to Get Crowdfunded Redesign
- Planet Labs Raises $95 Million for Tiny Earth-Observation Satellites
- NASA Finds Mysterious Bright Spot on Dwarf Planet Ceres: What Is It?
- Moon-Mining Company to Use Historic Florida Launch Complex
- Patrick Stewart Narrating NASA's 'Trek' to Mars in 'Journey to Space'
- Smithsonian's 'Star Trek' Enterprise Docks for Museum Restoration
- January 22
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- See 3 Moons of Jupiter Perform Rare Triple Transit Friday Night
- Strange Comet Discoveries Revealed by Rosetta Spacecraft
- Gamma-Ray Signals from Beyond Our Galaxy Pinpointed for 1st Time
- Zap! Laser Blasts Shed Light on Cores of Alien Planets
- Amazing Night Sky Photos by Stargazers for January 2015
- China and Europe Will Team Up for Robotic Space Mission
- 100 Million Sun Photos! NASA Spacecraft Hits Shutterbug Milestone
- Scientists' Favorite Sun Photos by Solar Dynamics Observatory (Gallery)
- Heavy-Metal Frost May Coat Mountains On Venus
- Huge Milky Way Gas Bubbles Clocked at 2 Million Mph
- January 21
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- NASA's New Curiosity Rover Science Chief Takes Charge On Mars
- Spectacular Time-Lapse Video Shows Wonders of the Night Sky
- Magnetic Fields of Asteroids Lasted Hundreds of Millions of Years
- Night Launch Photos: US Military Satellite MUOS-3 Blasts Off
- US Navy Launches Next-Generation Military Communications Satellite
- Obama Hails NASA Astronaut Set for 1-Year Space Voyage in State of the Union
- What Makes an Earth-Like Planet? Here's the Recipe
- Virgin Galactic's Next SpaceShipTwo May Be Ready Soon (Video)
- Cosmic 'Nuclear Pasta' May Be Stranger Than Originally Thought
- January 20
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- Elon Musk's SpaceX Gets $1 Billion from Google and Fidelity
- Mysterious Signal Points to Monster Black Hole Merger
- Cosmic Impacts May Have Seeded Early Earth with Ingredients for Life
- How Did Life Become Complex, and Could It Happen Beyond Earth?
- Virgin, Qualcomm Invest in OneWeb Satellite Internet Venture
- NASA Probe Snaps Amazing New Views of Dwarf Planet Ceres (Photos, Video)
- Missile Warning Satellites to Be Early Subject of USAF Reform Initiative
- SpaceX To Build 4,000 Broadband Satellites in Seattle
- Heart Nebula's Cloudy Core Glows in Amateur Photo
- Milky Way 'Bones' Could Reveal Secrets About Our Galaxy
- January 19
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- January 17
- January 16
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- 2014 Was Earth's Hottest Year On Record, NASA Says
- Mysterious Planet X May Really Lurk Undiscovered in Our Solar System
- See SpaceX's Rocket Landing Crash Up Close with These Photos & Video
- 1-Year Space Station Mission May Pave NASA's Way to Mars
- UK's Beagle 2 Mars Lander Mission in Photos
- UK's Lost Beagle 2 Mars Lander, Missing Since 2003, Found in NASA Photos
- Asteroids May Not Be Planet Building Blocks After All
- Dealing with Space Junk: The Rocky Road Ahead
- National Geographic: First Glimpse of the Hidden Cosmos
- January 15
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- Digging for Space History in Surplus Sale of NASA-Flown Gold
- See Saturn, the Moon and More Before Dawn This Weekend
- Saturn and the Moon Share Predawn Close Encounter on Friday
- 'Theory of Everything,' 'Interstellar' Nominated for 5 Oscars Each
- For Alien Planets, Atmosphere May Be Key to Day-Night Cycle
- NASA to Preview Yearlong Space Station Mission Today: Watch It Live
- Sweet! Deep-Space Sugars May Reveal Clues About Origins of Life
- Full Moons of 2015: Their Names and Meanings
- Curiosity Rover Eyes Mars Rock 'Mojave' for Drilling
- NASA Pluto Probe Begins Science Observations Ahead of Epic Flyby
- January 14
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- Big Asteroid to Zoom by Earth on Jan. 26
- Green Comet Lovejoy Keeps Wowing Amateur Astronomers (Video, Photos)
- Space Station Astronauts Return to US Side After Leak False Alarm
- Painting Our Way to the Moon (Op-Ed)
- Epic Landing on Saturn's Moon Titan Remembered 10 Years Later
- Monster Black Hole Caught Feeding in Galaxy Crash
- Space Station Ammonia Leak Scare Likely a False Alarm, NASA Says
- Sun Fires Off First Strong Solar Flare of 2015 (Video)
- Ammonia Leak Scare on Space Station Prompts Astronaut Evacuation from US Side
- Fresh Crater on Mars Spied by NASA Spacecraft (Photo)
- Stellar Spin Reveals Stars' Birthdays
- CIA About UFOs of the 1950s and '60s: 'It Was Us'
- Can Crowdfunded Astronomy Work? (Op-Ed)
- January 13
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- Has Europe's Long-Lost Beagle 2 Mars Lander Been Found?
- SMASH, SAURON & POOPSY, Oh My! Astronomers Get Clever with Acronyms
- Supernova Blast in Superwind Galaxy Glows in Amateur Photo
- Chinese Moon Lander Spots Pinwheel Galaxy from Lunar Surface (Photo)
- Saturn's Position in the Solar System Pinpointed Within 2 Miles
- What Can We Do If an Asteroid Threatens Earth? Europe Starts Planning
- Barren Deserts Can Host Complex Ecosystems
- January 12
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- NASA Conducts 1st Test Fire of Shuttle-Era Engine for New Rocket
- Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to Host Talk Show on NatGeo Channel
- Drought-Tracking Satellite to Blast Off This Month
- SpaceX's Elon Musk Says Rocket Landing Test Ran Out of Hydraulic Fluid
- Milky Way's Monster Black Hole Unleashes Record-Breaking X-ray Flare
- Stephen Hawking Biopic 'Theory of Everything' Wins 2 Golden Globes
- Dozens of Vintage Space Games Now Available Online
- Chinese Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around the Moon
- Opportunity Rover Snaps Mars Panorama from Crater Rim (Photo)
- SpaceX Dragon Capsule Delivers Fresh Supplies to Space Station
- January 11
- January 10
- January 9
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- Care for Some Science in Your Science Fiction? (Op-Ed)
- 'Prometheus Rebound' (US 2013): Book Excerpt
- Astronauts Get Their Own LEGO Minifigures on Space Station
- SpaceX's Predawn Rocket Launch Tomorrow May Be Visible Along US East Coast
- Green Comet Lovejoy Photobombs Night Sky Photos by Stargazers
- SpaceX's Elon Musk to Reveal Mars Colonization Ideas This Year
- CATS in Space: NASA Probe to Examine Climate Change
- Weather Looks Good for Bold SpaceX Launch on Saturday: Watch Live
- Mars Microbe Traces Spotted by Rover? Probably Not, Curiosity Team Says
- January 8
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- Venus Points the Way to Mercury in Night Sky This Week
- Hubble Telescope Captures Best View Ever of the Andromeda Galaxy
- Retro NASA Travel Posters Invite You to Real Alien Worlds
- Happy Birthday, Stephen Hawking! Famed Scientist Turns 73 Today
- No Alien Signals Detected From Kepler's New Exoplanet
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (December 2014)
- Private Dream Chaser Space Plane Keeps Marching Toward Flight
- Outside the Spacecraft: Smithsonian Celebrates 50 Years of Spacewalks
- Telescope Captures Stunning Images of Alien Planets and Young Star
- January 7
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- SpaceX Postpones Cargo Launch, Daring Rocket Test to Saturday
- Search for the First True Alien Earth Heats Up
- See Jupiter and the Moon Shine Together in Tonight's Sky
- Green Comet Lovejoy Now Visible in 'Heavenly River' of Stars: Where to Look
- Do Mars Rover Photos Show Potential Signs of Ancient Life?
- GAO Denies Sierra Nevada Protest of Commercial Crew Contract
- NASA Approves SpaceX's Plans to Send Astronauts to Space Station
- Did Gravity Save the Universe from 'God Particle' Higgs Boson?
- 'Dark Nebula' Hides Hundreds of Baby Stars (Photo, Video)
- Is Moon Mining Economically Feasible?
- Cosmic Renaissance: Why Space Is Popular Again (Op-Ed)
- 'Seeing by Moonlight' (US 2014): Book Excerpt
- January 6
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- Mars Rover Curiosity Mission Gets New Science Chief
- Philae Comet Lander Failed in Sample-Drilling Attempt, Might Try Again
- 8 Newfound Alien Worlds Could Potentially Support Life
- 1,000 Alien Planets! NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Hits Big Milestone
- Tiny Greenhouse Could Fly Plants to Mars in 2018
- Hubble Telescope Captures Spectacular New Views of 'Pillars of Creation'
- Strange Behavior of the Sun's Iron Heart Surprises Scientists
- SpaceX Aborts Dragon Spaceship Launch Due to Rocket Glitch
- For SpaceX, All Systems 'Go' for Epic Reusable Rocket Landing Test
- January 5
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- SpaceX Rocket Launch To Be Visible Along US East Coast Tuesday
- Alien Oceans May Flow on 'Super-Earth' Planets
- Spectacular Green Comet Lovejoy in Photos (Gallery)
- Voyager Probes Found in Online 'Elite: Dangerous' Universe
- New EAGLE Simulation Shows Galaxies as They Really Are (Video)
- Green Comet Lovejoy Dazzles in Spectacular Photo: See It in Telescopes
- SpaceX to Try Daring Rocket Landing on Ocean Platform Tuesday: Watch It Live
- January 4
- January 3
- January 2
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- Planet Venus to Dazzle Stargazers in 2015 Night Sky
- Zero Gravity Day on Sunday: This Hoax Holds No Weight
- Boris Morukov, Veteran Cosmonaut Who Led Mock Mars Mission, Dies at 64
- Kepler Candidate Planets Searched for Signs of Intelligent Life
- How NASA's Next Mars Rover Will Hunt for Signs of Past Life
- Bazinga! LEGO to Release 'Big Bang Theory' TV Show Set
- January 1
