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May 31
- How to Throw a Star Party: A Stargazing Guide
- Wow! Amazing SpaceX Video Gives a Rocket's-Eye View of Landing at Sea
- King Tut's Blade Made of Meteorite
- Lawmakers Propose Coin to Honor Christa McAuliffe, Fallen Teacher in Space
- Astronomy Festival Kicks Off in Utah, Far From City Lights
- Planets Postage: US Postal Service Issues New Solar System, Pluto Stamps
- Ohio Airport Renamed for Original Mercury Astronaut John Glenn
- These Single-Person Spaceship Ideas by Students Are Just Wild
- Amazing Pluto Shines in Best Close-Up Views Yet (Photo, Video)
May 30
- NASA Honors Veterans with Memorial Day Video
- See Mars' Memorial Day Close-Up: Watch Live on Slooh Webcast
May 29
- Yearlong-Mission Astronaut Scott Kelly Honored at NYC's Fleet Week
- Mars Is Closest to Earth in 11 Years on Monday: What to Expect
May 28
- 1st Inflatable Habitat for Astronauts All Pumped Up on Space Station
May 27
- Three in a Row! SpaceX Lands Rocket on Ship at Sea Yet Again
- NASA Will Try to Pump Up Inflatable Space Station Room Again Saturday
- Building Blocks of Life Found in Comet's Atmosphere
- Here Comes Mars! Red Planet Makes Closest Earth Approach Since 2005 Monday
- Where's the Edge of the Universe?
- Ancient Near-Collisions May Have Cracked Open Icy Moons
- Space Culinary Challenge! Students' Tasty Meal Will Feed Astronauts
- DARPA Requests Designs for XS-1 Military Space Plane
May 26
- Asteroid Rebuttal: NASA Pushes Back Against Nathan Myhrvold's Claims
- Red Planet Heats Up: Ice Age Ending on Mars
- NASA Hits Snag While Inflating Space Station's New BEAM Habitat
- Jupiter Moon Europa's Ocean May Have Enough Energy to Support Life
- 'Black Hole Blues': Book Chronicles Gravitational Wave Detector
- 'Black Hole Blues' (2016): Book Excerpt
- SpaceX Delays Rocket Launch, Landing Attempt to Friday: Watch Live
- Expandable Habitat to Be Inflated on Space Station Today: Watch It Live
May 25
- Many Earth-Like Alien Planets Likely Too Hot for Life
- This New NASA Photo of Saturn and Its Rings Is Simply Jaw-Dropping
- Space-Craft: NASA Offers Origami Model of Space Station's Expandable Habitat
- New Astrophotography Book 'Treasures of the Universe' Is Cosmic Eye Candy
- NASA Put a Big Disco Ball in Space 40 Years Ago, and It's Still There
- 'Star Wars' Jams - 'Moe.' Takes Audience To Galaxy Far, Far, Away - Gallery
- World's Largest Telescope Now Has a Construction Contract
- Stunning Turquoise Comet Wows Amateur Astronomer (Photo)
- Lasers Could Blast Astronauts to Mars, Protect Earth from Asteroids
- 'Magic Islands' May Bubble to the Surface of Saturn's Moon Titan
- Mars Makes Closest Approach to Earth in 11 Years on May 30
May 24
- Milky Way Glitters Over Arches National Park
- Mystery Solved? Supermassive Black Holes Likely Born Big
- Euro Soyuz Rocket Launches 2 Galileo Satellites (Video)
- Mystery Plumes: Did the Sun Bruise Mars?
- Light Bending Trick Reveals Supremely Old, Faint Galaxy
- 1st Kid-Built Mini Satellite Launches from Space Station (Video)
- Alien Life? Radiation May Erase Mars, Europa Fossils
May 23
- SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket Heads for the Stars in Stunning Photo
- India Launches Prototype Space Plane on 1st Test Flight (Photos)
- Tour 3D Pluto in New Portable Virtual-Reality View
- Superflares from the Sun May Have Sparked Life by Warming Earth
- How to Form Io's Mountains? Just Squeeze!
- The External Tank Has Arrived! What's Next for L.A. Space Shuttle Display
- India's 1st Mini 'Space Shuttle' Test Launch in Pictures
- Ancient Solar Superflare Suggests Risks for Mars Missions
- Beyond Pluto, New Horizons Studies Distant Icy Object
- Yes, It Is Rocket Science: Middle School Team Wins Rocket Competition
May 22
- Space Shuttle External Tank Completes Road Trip to CA Science Center
- Hubble's Decades-Long Look at Mars Reveals Much About the Red Planet (Video)
- Saturn Dances with the Moon Tonight: How to See It
May 21
- 'Blue Moon' Lights Up the Sky Tonight: See It Live in Slooh Webcast
May 20
- Space Shuttle Spectacle: Watching a Huge Fuel Tank Come Ashore
- Photos: Space Shuttle Fuel Tank ET-94 Comes Ashore
- A VR Joyride Through Space: Trying 'Elite Dangerous'
- NJ Town Celebrates Hometown Astronaut Twins Mark and Scott Kelly (Photos)
- Discover the Treasures of Hercules with Mobile Astronomy Apps
- Alien Megastructure? Kickstarter Campaign Launched to Study 'Tabby's Star'
- Mars at Opposition: See the Red Planet with Your Own Eyes This Weekend
- Astronaut Twins Mark and Scott Kelly Honored by NJ Elementary School (Gallery)
- Fireball! Brilliant Meteor Streaks Over Northeastern US (Video)
- 'Blue Moon' Rises Saturday — But It Won't Be Blue: A Full Moon History
- Spring Skywatching: The Top 5 Objects to See
- The HAWC Has Landed — Observatory Maps the High Energy Sky
May 19
- National Reconnaissance Office Discloses Previously Unannounced SpaceX Launch Contract
- Hubble Telescope Captures Incredible Up-Close View of Mars
- Kelly Elementary: Astronaut Twins Honored with Grade School Renaming
- Mega Tsunamis Rocked Mars Oceans Billions of Years Ago
- The Kelly Astronaut Twins' Spaceflight History, by the Numbers
- Echoes of Ancient Cosmology Found at Prehistoric Native American Site
- 'Belt Of Venus' Glows Over Paranal Observatory
- Canada Wildfires: Burn Scar Seen in NASA Photo
May 18
- NASA's Astronaut Twins: Samples from Kelly Brothers Will Take Months to Analyze
- Virtual Reality and Mars: 4 Ways Tech Will Change Space Exploration
- Jupiter Fireballs: Big Impacts Occur 6 to 7 Times Per Year
- Space Shuttle External Tank Completes Sea Voyage, Arrives in Los Angeles
- Send Astronauts to Mars to Find Evidence of Life, NASA's Top Scientist Says
- Can We Talk to E.T.? Workshop Mulls Alien Intelligence
- Mark and Scott Kelly Joining 'Crew' of Astronauts with Schools Named for Them
- Superbubble! Young Stars Highlight Glowing Gas Cloud (Photo, Video)
May 17
- Bits of 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Asteroid Tell Story of Monster Impact
- Buzz Aldrin Says US Presidential Candidates Should Aim for Mars
- What I Learned by Watching Every 'Star Trek' Show and Movie
- Full-Scale Production of Plutonium Spacecraft Fuel Still Years Away
- Why DARPA Is Pursuing the Reusable Military XS-1 Spaceplane
- Astronaut Hall of Fame Inducts Brian Duffy and Scott Parazynski
- Molecular 'Midwives' Helped Give Birth to RNA
- Glider to Surf the Sky to the Edge of Space
May 16
- 'Three's Company': SpaceX's 3 Landed Rockets Cozy Up (Photos)
- 100,000 Orbits! International Space Station Hits Cosmic Milestone (Video)
- NASA Funds Interstellar Flight System, 7 Other Wild Space Tech Ideas
- Scott and Mark Kelly, NASA's Astronaut Twins, to Be Honored by Hometown This Week
- Dying Stars May Transform Frozen Worlds Into Havens for Life
- 'Space's Deepest Secrets': Could a Sub Explore the Seas of Saturn Moon Titan? (Exclusive Clip)
- Humans on Mars: Scouting Needed for Red Planet Resources
- Mysterious Mars Methane Spike Not a Seasonal Event
May 13
- Jupiter and the Moon Share Close Encounter Saturday: How to See It
- See the Sharpest-Ever View of Mercury's Transit Across the Sun
- Comet Whips Up Whirling Debris in Close-Up Hubble Telescope View
- What Lunar Luck! Friday the 13th Is Prime Moon Viewing Time
- Boeing's 1st 'Full-Blown' Starliner Space Capsule Takes Shape
- Einstein's Theory of Relativity Holds True for Early Universe, 3D Map Confirms
May 12
- Mysterious Dwarf Planet 'Snow White' Much Bigger Than Thought: Study
- NASA Probes Witness Powerful Magnetic Storms Near Earth, a Space First
- Three Million Photos and Counting: Space Station Crew Takes Milestone Snapshots
- Alien Megastructure? Dimming Star May Have Less Exotic Explanation
- Dust Devil on Mars Captured in New Light in Stunning Mosaic Photo
- Surprise! 4 Alien Worlds Locked in Fragile Dance for 6 Billion Years
- Cosmic Dust on Earth Reveals Clues to Ancient Atmosphere
May 11
- SpaceX Dragon Space Capsule Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean
- Atmosphere of Early Earth May Have Been Half As Thick As Today
- Mercury Transit: How We Scaled the Cosmos
- Atomic Oxygen on Mars Detected by Flying Telescope
- SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship Headed Home from Space Station
- 1st Alien Earth Still Elusive Despite Huge Exoplanet Haul
- Are We Alone? Scientists Discuss the Search for Life and Odds of E.T.
May 10
- Pluto's Moon Hydra Sheathed in Ultraclean Water Ice
- NASA Finds 1,284 Alien Planets, Biggest Haul Yet, with Kepler Space Telescope
- Surprising Geysers on Saturn Moon Enceladus Hint at Plumbing Mystery
- See SpaceX's Epic Ocean Rocket Landing From 3 Angles (Video)
- 1,284 Exoplanets Found: NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Discovery in Pictures
- NASA to Reveal Planet-Hunting Kepler Spacecraft's Latest Discoveries Today
- Northern Lights Photos: The Amazing Auroras of 2016
- Mystery Mission: Air Force's X-37B Space Plane Nears 1 Year in Orbit
- Rare Mercury Transit Thrills Skywatchers Around the World (Photos)
- Pluto Behaves More Like a Planet Than Thought
May 9
- Is the Moon Our Ticket to the Solar System? Q&A with Author Paul D. Spudis
- 'The Value of the Moon' (Smithsonian Books, 2016): Book Excerpt
- Mercury Finishes Its Run Across the Sun
- The Mercury Transit of 2016 in Amazing Photos
- Celestial Scarves Bring NASA Photos to Fashion
- Huge Canadian Wildfire Spotted from Space (Photos)
- Gorgeous New Mercury Maps Showcase Planet's Striking Features
- 'Huge Hunk' of NASA's Fallen Skylab Space Station Lands at Auction
- The Transit of Mercury Across the Sun's Face Has Begun: First Videos
- Transit of Mercury 2016: Full Coverage of the May 9 Event
- Mercury Transit Timeline: The Stages of Today's Rare Celestial Sight
May 8
- Tiny Mercury Will Be Revealed During May 9 Transit
- The Mercury Transit: How to See the Rare Event Online on Monday
May 7
- The Mercury Transit of the Sun on Monday is a Science Smorgasbord
- NASA Satellites to Beam Back Images of Rare Mercury Transit in Real-Time
May 6
- Stargazing This Summer? Try a National or State Park
- Hunting for Spring Galaxies with Mobile Astronomy Apps
- Spotty Star Reveals Magnetic Weirdness
- Mercury Transit of the Sun: Why Is It So Rare?
- Orbital Targets July for 1st Flight of Redesigned Antares Rocket
- New Tech Will Pin Down Earth's Position in Space and Time
- Einstein's Equivalence Principle Put to Test
- Photos: SpaceX Launches JCSAT-14 Satellite, Lands Rocket at Sea
- Wow! SpaceX Nails Rocket Landing At Sea Again
May 5
- NASA Facility Dedicated to Mathematician Katherine Johnson
- Star Wars Designer Making Real Holochess Game
- ALMA 'Weighs' Monster Black Hole to Highest Precision
- Aliens Attack! Space Station Astronauts Fight VR Invasion with HoloLens
- Name a Mars Crater for Mom This Mother's Day
- National Astronaut Day Launches with New 'Signature' Space Pens
- The Universe Has Probably Hosted Many Alien Civilizations: Study
- SpaceX Will Launch Japanese Satellite, Try Rocket Landing Early Friday: Watch Live
- Meteor Shower from Halley's Comet Peaks Tonight: See the Slooh Webcast
- Lunar Shelter: Moon Caves Could Protect Astronauts
- Colliding Black Holes May Sing Different Gravitational Songs
May 4
- The Origins of Strange Swirls on the Moon are Coming to Light
- Where Did Planet Nine Come From?
- May the 4th Be With You: A Bounty of 'Star Wars' Gifts and Goodies
- White House Report Endorses FAA Oversight of Commercial Space Missions
- Mercury Transit of the Sun on May 9: How to See It and What to Expect
- Was 'Star Wars' Right? Can We Walk On Most Exoplanets?
- Pluto's Hazy Layers Linked to Atmospheric Gravity Waves
- Meteor Shower Spawned by Halley's Comet Peaks This Week
May 3
- Mercury and Mars Star in Rare Celestial Sights This May
- Gravitational Wave Discovery Team Awarded $3 Million
- Transit of Mercury 2016: NASA Video Explains It All
- NASA's Curiosity Rover on Mars Is Climbing a Mountain Despite Wheel Damage
- Grace Potter Makes NASA KSC Pit Stop During 'Midnight' Tour | Gallery
- Genes in Space Student Experiment Probes Astronaut DNA
- Elusive Dark Matter Galaxy Revealed by Cosmic Lens
- Smithsonian Plans All-Night Celebration to Mark Air and Space 40 Years
- Will SpaceX Get People to Mars Before NASA?
May 2
- Visiting the World's Most Powerful Telescopes: #MeetESO
- Europe's Mars Life-Detection Mission Postponed
- More Power! SpaceX's Rockets Are Stronger Than Predicted
- Syfy Shows 'Killjoys' and 'Dark Matter' to Return July 1
- Boiling Water on Mars May Have Carved Out Streaky Slopes
- 1 Star, 3 Exoplanets: The Potentially Habitable TRAPPIST-1 System in Images
- These 3 Alien Planets Around a Tiny, Cold Star Just Might Support Life
- Best Night Sky Events of May 2016 (Stargazing Maps)
- A Rare Celestial Crossing: Mercury Will Transit the Sun on May 9
- 'Rocket Girls' Blasts Off in Washington DC
May 1
- 2D Spacecraft, Reprogrammable Microbes & More: NASA Eyes Wild Space Tech Ideas