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- June 30
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- ULA Wins Competition for $191 Million Air Force launch
- President Trump Re-Establishes National Space Council
- Senate Follows House Lead in Criticizing NASA Budget Cuts
- Have an Awesome Summer Star Party Using Mobile Apps
- SpaceX Test-Fires Rocket Ahead of Sunday Launch (Photo)
- Moon Station Could Use Tech from Scrapped Asteroid Mission, NASA Says
- TRAPPIST-1 Planets: How Were They Visualized? (Video)
- Asteroid Day Rocks! Here Are Some of the Cool Events Happening Worldwide
- 7 Great Movies Featuring Earth-Threatening Asteroids
- Ophiuchus: See the Celestial Snake Handler in the Night Sky Now
- 'We Don't Planet' Episode 10: The Parsec
- Happy Anniversary, Cassini! NASA Probe Marks 13 Years at Saturn
- Chelyabinsk-Like Asteroid Gets Incinerated in Supercomputer Simulation (Video)
- Blue Abyss: British Plans for Commercial Deep-sea and Space Training Center
- June 29
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- Asteroid Day Videos Rock Out with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Brian May and Others
- When KFC Actually Went to Space: Before Zinger 1, There Was 'Chix in Space'
- The (Cosmological) Axis of Evil
- NASA to Test Fission Power for Future Mars Colony
- Clearest-Ever Image of Betelgeuse Reveals Mysteries of the Red Giant (Video)
- Space Rock All Night: 24-Hour Broadcast Celebrates Asteroid Day
- The Amazing Fate of the First Stars
- Chicken Sandwich Takes One Giant Leap for Food-Kind
- KFC Chicken Sandwich to Launch to Edge of Space 6/29 @ 8AM ET (Updated)
- July Fourth Comes Early: NASA Sounding Rocket Releases Colorful Morning Cloud Show (Photos, Video)
- SpaceX's Final Falcon 9 Design Coming This Year, 2 Falcon Heavy Launches in 2018
- Gemini 9: NASA's Troubled Rendezvous Mission in Photos
- Drill! Students Mine for Simulated Martian Ice
- June 28
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- SpaceX Is Set for 3rd Falcon 9 Launch in Less Than 10 Days
- Solar Eclipse 2017: Alaska Airlines Flight Will Offer View Above the Clouds
- Gecko-Inspired Robot Could Snag Space Junk
- Can Your Pet Go Blind from the Solar Eclipse?
- Kepler Has Taught Us That Rocky Planets Are Common
- With a Better Brain, Curiosity Mars Rover Picks Its Own Targets
- Soviet-Era Buran Space Shuttle Shipping to Former Olympic Site for Display
- SpaceX Successfully Launches Bulgarian Satellite (Photos)
- Asteroid Day Will Offer a Crash Course (and Other Events) on Space Rocks
- Does Dark Energy Exist?
- Brilliant Southern Lights and Milky Way Shine at South Pole (Photos)
- June 27
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- Why Total Solar Eclipses Are Total Coincidences
- Look Up! NASA Launch Will Create Colorful Clouds
- White Dwarf's Pull on Red Giant Triggers Thermonuclear Blasts (Video)
- Astronomers Without Borders Focuses on Bringing Eclipse Science to All
- OMG Mission: Greenland's Ice Melting Faster Than Previously Thought (Video)
- Farewell, ROSA! Space Station Lets Go of Roll-Out Solar Array After Retraction Fail (Video)
- 6 of the Best Places to See the Total Solar Eclipse of 2017
- New Mobile App from Exploratorium Museum Explores Solar Eclipse Science
- Student-Made Rocket Tops 30,000 Feet, Wins 1st 'Spaceport America Cup'
- 20 Years of Nonstop Mars Coverage: NASA Red Planet Efforts Detailed (Video)
- June 26
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- 2 Million Free Eclipse Glasses Coming to US Libraries
- 'The Saturn Above It': Space Is Not All Science Fiction
- Star Trek: Discovery's Two Ships Explained
- No, NASA Hasn't Found Alien Life
- This Isn't the 1st Eclipse to Occur on Aug. 21, and It Won't Be the Last
- ESA Plans to Privatize Robotic Space Plane by 2025
- Bread's Done! This Company Wants to Help Astronauts Bake in Space
- How Former Astronaut Leroy Chiao Turned His Dream of Space into a Reality
- Gardening in Microgravity: How Space Plants Are Adapting (Video)
- June 25
- June 24
- June 23
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- On a Roll! SpaceX Launches, Lands Used Rocket Once Again, With 'Highest-Ever Reentry Force'
- The Missing Link: Where Are Medium-Size Black Holes?
- 'Hyperloop Hotel' Could Be the Future of Luxury Travel
- 'We Don't Planet' Episode 9: The Cosmic Distance Ladder
- Here's Where Space.com Staffers Will View the 2017 Solar Eclipse
- Newborn Star Gorges on a 'Space Hamburger,' Belching Spinning Jets
- Watch SpaceX Rocket Re-Launch, Kicking Off Double Header
- Life on TRAPPIST-1 Planets? Rock-Swapping May Boost Odds
- June 22
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- Planet 10? Another Earth-Size World May Lurk in the Outer Solar System
- Will August's Eclipse Be Most Watched Ever? Totally
- Burning Mystery of the Sun's Plasma Jets May Finally Be Solved
- NASA Eyes Close-Up Mission to Uranus, Neptune
- Official: Ron Howard New Han Solo Director
- American Indians in the Space Program to be Honored on 2019 US Dollar Coin
- Chicken Sandwich Flight to Near-Space Delayed Again (Updated)
- Pew Pew Pew! Why Scientists Are Fired Up About Futuristic Space Lasers
- House Panel Takes First Step Towards Military "Space Corps"
- ESA Moves Forward on Gravitational Wave and Exoplanet Missions
- Is It Time to Rethink How We Search for Alien Life?
- Astronomers Continue Search for Earth-Like Planets at Proxima Centauri and Other Stars (Video)
- June 21
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- NYT Bestseller Celebrates Trailblazing Women in Science [Deal]
- Why Solar Eclipses Don't Happen Every Month (Animation)
- Astronomers Without Borders Will Give Away 100,000 Safe Solar Eclipse Glasses
- Here Is NASA's Advice for Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse
- Star Trek: Discovery Delays Explained ... And You Haven't Seen the Bridge
- SES's AMC-9 Satellite Drifting After Anomaly
- B612 Studying Smallsat Missions to Search for Near Earth Objects
- Stephen Hawking: Humans Should Ride a Beam of Light to Other Planets
- If We Live in a Multiverse, Where Are These Worlds Hiding?
- The Family Tree of Exoplanets Has Just Divided Into Two Branches
- It's Summer! Celebrate the Solstice and Plan for the Eclipse with Slooh Webcast
- US National Parks Prepare for the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
- Solar Eclipse 2017 Postage Stamps On Sale Now!
- Are You Ready? NASA Webcast Marks 2 Months to Total Solar Eclipse
- June 20
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- Iconic Nebulas and Bright Gas Cloud Shine in Massive, Mesmerizing Photo
- War Is Coming in This Season Of Syfy's 'Dark Matter'
- KFC Chicken Sandwich's Balloon Flight to Near-Space Is Delayed (Updated)
- NASA Tests Flexible Roll-Out Solar Array on Space Station (Video)
- Bill Dana, Comedian Who Played Astronaut José Jiménez, Dies at 92
- US Mint Reveals Proposed Designs for 'Tails Side' of Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Coins
- 'Futurama' Game Trailer Features Floating Heads of Tyson, Hawking, Nye and Takei
- Total Solar Eclipse 2017: Path, Viewing Maps and Photo Guide
- Made in Space Talks 'Teleporting' and the Future of Space-Borne 3D Printing
- Einstein Goes Out with a Bang in Nat Geo's 'Genius'
- A Solar Eclipse Can Blind You (Read This Before Looking at the Sun!)
- June 19
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- NASA Solar Eclipse Webcast Wednesday Will Cover Safety, Science & Traffic
- NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Finds Hundreds of New Exoplanets, Boosts Total to 4,034
- Star Man: Q&A with Astronaut Chris Hadfield
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' Finalizes Premiere Date
- Nat Geo's 'Year Million' Explores Humanity's Future in Space Tonight
- French Startup Raises $1.9 Million for Smallsat Electric Propulsion
- Following Neil Armstrong's Flight Path: New Astronaut is NASA Research Pilot
- Why Is the Speed of Light So Slow?
- Ghostly Satellite Images Show Thick Fog Snaking into Strait of Juan de Fuca
- An 'Opportunity' for Reflection: Mars Crater Offers Reminder of Apollo Moonwalk
- Ten Ways That Astronauts are Helping You Stay Healthy
- 110 Student Rocketry Teams Will Compete in 'Spaceport America Cup'
- Young Star's Roiling Gas Cloud Shows Chaotic Magnetic Field
- Time Travel: A Conversation Between a Scientist and a Literature Professor
- SpaceX Delays Rocket Launch, Eyes Potential Spaceflight 'Doubleheader'
- June 18
- June 17
- June 16
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- Space Station Welcomes Food and Supplies from Russian Ship
- Dark Summer Seas: Sunlight Floods Saturn Moon Titan's North (Photo)
- 'We Don't Planet' Episode 8: Gravitational Waves
- Amendment to Senate Bill Allows Continued Imports of Russian Rocket Engine
- Far-Out Nation: Hopeful Space-Based Country Asgardia to Launch Satellite
- Success! New Horizons Team Pulls Off Epic Feat to Spot Next Target Beyond Pluto
- SpaceX Fires Up Used Rocket Ahead of Monday Re-Flight (Photo)
- Cone of Fire: Orbital ATK Tests Rocket Motor for Orion Astronaut Escape System
- Mobile Stargazing: Binocular Astronomy Tips and Targets for Summer 2017
- Climate Change Prevents Study of Arctic Climate Change
- Please and Thank You: How DARPA Is Teaching Robots Manners
- New Quantum-Entanglement Record Could Spur Hack-Proof Communications
- June 15
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- Bill Nye to Join Homestead National Monument Junior Rangers for 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
- Baby Star's 'Crying' Solves a Stellar Mystery
- SpaceX May Land Mars Rocket on the Launch Stand
- Russian Rocket Sparks Deadly Fire: How It Happened
- A 3D-Printed Rocket Engine Just Launched a New Era of Space Exploration
- Company Aims to Launch Satellite-Servicing Spacecraft in 2020
- Sweet! Rare Strawberry 'Minimoon' Makes for Stunning Photos
- June 14
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- 'Apollo 8' Author Jeffrey Kluger Looks Back at Thrilling First Moon Mission
- NASA Closing Out Asteroid Redirect Mission
- Tory Bruno Says ULA Didn't Get to Compete for Air Force X-37B Launch That Went to SpaceX
- SpaceX's Mars Colony Plan: How Elon Musk Plans to Build a Million-Person Martian City
- NASA's Curiosity Rover Traces Ancient Environmental Changes on Mars
- Electric-Powered Lunar Space Tug Could Facilitate Future Moon Missions
- Jetpacks, Volt Rifles and Monsters: BioWare's Anthem Looks Stunning
- Get a Preview of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse with This Simulator
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Dishes on New Game
- Russia Launches Robotic Cargo Ship to Space Station
- Huge Galaxies' Curious Alignment Started Early
- We Live in a Cosmic Void, Another Study Confirms
- Sun Likely Has a Long-Lost Twin
- June 13
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- KFC Flying Chicken Sandwich Bankrolling World View Balloon Test Flight
- Orbital ATK Antares Rocket to Resume Cygnus Launches Later This Summer
- NASA Rocket Will Try Again to Spark Glowing Clouds Over US East Coast Tonight
- 5 Images for 5 Years: NASA's Black Hole Hunter Mission Celebrates Anniversary
- Tiny Organisms Turn the Black Sea Turquoise in Amazing NASA Earth Photo
- Puzzling Saturn Moon Iapetus Shows Two-Tone Face in NASA Photo
- Worm Grows 2 Heads in Space, Surprising Scientists
- Fried Frontier: KFC Chicken Sandwich Heading to Stratosphere Next Week
- Researchers Seek to Bridge Funding Gap for Private Space Science Missions
- Comet Likely Didn't Cause Bizarre 'Wow!' Signal (But Aliens Might Have)
- Sex in Space: The Final Frontier for Mars Colonization?
- Albert Einstein Is Labeled a Communist, Wins Nobel Prize in Nat Geo's 'Genius'
- Exoplanet Symphony: Listen to TRAPPIST-1 Worlds' Orbital Music
- 12 Possible Reasons We Haven't Found Aliens
- We Played Star Wars Battlefront 2's Campaign, and It's Awesome
- June 12
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- Solar System's Best and Worst Vacation Destinations: 'Travel Agents' Explain (Video)
- Poll: If You Could Take a Solar System Vacation, Where Would You Go?
- Ancient Jupiter: Gas Giant Is Solar System's Oldest Planet
- Orion Transformed: Familiar Constellation Will Shift Over Millennia (Video)
- Heady Days for Neil deGrasse Tyson: Astrophysicist Gets His Own Beer!
- Cassini Makes 8th Dive Through Saturn's Rings
- 'Bake In Space': Experiment to Test Baking Crumb-Free Bread on Space Station
- Hubble Hits Jackpot: Images Capture Ultrabright Galaxies via Cosmic Magnification
- Mining the Heavens: Astronomers Could Spot Asteroid Prospects
- Mysterious Mazes Streak Saturn's Moon Titan
- June 11
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- June 9
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- Mars Samples May Come to Earth via NASA's Deep Space Gateway
- 'We Don't Planet' Episode 7: The Vast Cosmic Web
- House Committee Passes Commercial Space Regulatory Bill
- Will Mini Fusion Rockets Provide Spaceflight's Next Big Leap?
- Chinese Experiment Reaches Space Station in Historic First
- Pretty Volcanic Plume Seen in Space Image
- Full Strawberry 'Minimoon' Shines with Saturn Tonight! What to Expect
- SpaceX Preps Its Next Used Rocket for Launch (Photo)
- How Scientists Predict the Path of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
- From SpaceX to NASA: New Astronaut Robb Kulin's Path to Space (Exclusive)
- June 8
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- James Gunn's Post-Guardians 3 Plans Include New 'Element for Marvel Cosmic Universe'
- Slooh to Host 'Mini' Full Moon Webcast Tonight: Watch It Live
- Comets May Have Delivered Many of Life's Building Blocks to Early Earth
- Proton Returns After Year Hiatus with EchoStar-21 Launch
- California Prepares for Solar Power Loss During the Great Eclipse
- NASA's Asteroid-Hunting NEOWISE Discovers Trove of 114 Objects (Video)
- Ancient Impacts on Mars Might Have Spawned Sideways Tornadoes
- Save $15 On This Easy to Fly Drone [Deal]
- Don't Let an Old Myth Prevent Your Child from Seeing the Solar Eclipse
- A 'Feel-Good Moment for Science': Volunteers Spot the Sun's Newest Neighbor
- What's Next for NASA's New Astronaut Class?
- June 7
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- Vice President Welcomes NASA's 'Newest Heroes' to Astronaut Corps
- Missouri Team Wins Student Mars Rover Competition
- NASA Reveals 12 New Astronauts for Earth Orbit, Deep Space Missions
- SpaceX Will Launch Next Secret X-37B Mission for US Air Force
- Charmed Existence: Mysterious Particles Could Reveal Mysteries of the Big Bang
- MIT Students Design Mission to Huge Asteroid Apophis
- In First, Einstein Relativity Experiment Used to Measure a Star's Mass
- Earth Faces an Increased Risk of Being Hit by an Asteroid, Astronomers Warn
- Artists Redesign Apollo Mission Patches 50 Years After Moon Landings
- Apollo Astronaut Shares Recollections 45 Years After Moon Landing (Exclusive Interview)
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Becomes 1st American to Receive Stephen Hawking Medal
- French Astronaut Throws Shade at Trump Over Withdrawal from Climate Deal
- Talking to E.T.? Why Math May Be the Best Language
- NASA to Reveal 2017 Astronaut Class Today: Watch It Live
- Astronauts Record Awesome Welcome Video for NASA's 2017 Recruits
- June 6
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- Saturn's 'Death Star' Moon Mimas Is Just a Tiny Dot in Stunning New Photo
- In Photos: India’s Most Powerful Rocket Launches on Debut Flight
- Surprise! Giant Exoplanet 'Cousins' Have Different Atmospheres
- William Shatner Stops by GEOINT 2017, Pitches NASA TV Program
- Mars Has Many Faces, Including Some That Look Like Earth (Video)
- Baby Volcanic Domes Pop Out in Space Image
- Here's How Katherine Johnson Got to the Oscars — With an Astronaut's Help
- Self-Replicating 3D Printers Could Build Moon Bases, Fight Global Warming
- 'Vacation Guide to the Solar System': Where Would YOU Go?
- 'Vacation Guide to the Solar System': An Awesome Travel Book in Pictures
- 'Hello, Is This Planet Earth?' Astronaut Tim Peake's New Book Features Stunning Photos
- 'Hello, Is This Planet Earth?': Amazing Earth Views by Tim Peake (Gallery)
- Scientists Challenge Einstein's Theory of Relativity in Nat Geo's 'Genius'
- June 5
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- Luc Besson Ramps Up Exotic Aesthetic in Final 'Valerian & City of 1000 Planets' Trailer
- Here's What Emergency Medicine Will Look Like for Astronauts in Space
- See Awesome Photos of SpaceX's Dragon Launch and Rocket Landing
- Companies, Lawyers Argue Against Changing Outer Space Treaty
- Commercial Crew Vehicles May Fall Short of Safety Threshold
- India Just Launched Its Heaviest & Most Powerful Rocket Yet
- Pulsar-Based Navigation System to Get Test on Space Station
- Hottest Alien Planet Ever Discovered Is a Real Scorcher
- NASA Names New Chief Astronaut: Patrick Forrester to Lead Growing Corps
- SpaceX Dragon Capsule Makes History with 1st Repeat Delivery to Space Station
- 1st Private Space Station Will Become an Off-Earth Manufacturing Hub
- Mars Crater or Collapse? A Photo Mystery in Martian 'Swiss Cheese'
- Do Stars Vanish Into a Black Hole or Crash Against a Surface? A New Test Answers
- June 4
- June 3
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- SpaceX Successfully Launches Used Dragon Cargo Ship in Historic First
- In Photos: SpaceX's 1st Reused Dragon Spacecraft Blasts Off
- See the Moon Dance with Jupiter Tonight! Where to Look
- Gemini IV: Inside NASA's First Spacewalk Mission (Photos)
- NASA's New Astronaut Class Will Get Visit from Vice President Mike Pence
- Astronomers Are About to Get a Look at Pluto Probe's Next Flyby Target
- June 2
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- The Grand Canyon Is Extra Grand in This Stunning Student Photo from Space
- BEAM Inflatable Space Habitat Has Successful 1st Year in Orbit
- Arianespace Rocket Launches Two Heavy Satellites to Get Back on Schedule
- How to Play Overwatch's New Moon Map Right Now
- Northern Lights from Space! Astronaut Captures Aurora Over Europe
- Alien from 'Life' Inspired by Truly Bizarre Earth Organism (Exclusive Video)
- Turn Your Smartphone into an Astronomy Toolbox with Mobile Apps
- Will the Thirty Meter Telescope Be Moved to the Canary Islands?
- 'We Don't Planet' Episode 6: Kinds of Orbits
- Did a Starry 'Mosh Pit' Spawn LIGO’s Gravitational Waves? (Kavli Roundtable)
- How Hot Were the Oceans When Life First Evolved?
- Soyuz Spacecraft Lands Safely with Russian, French Space Station Crew
- World's Most Powerful X-Ray Laser Creates Molecular 'Black Hole'
- Aliens Have Visited Earth, Space Entrepreneur Robert Bigelow Believes
- Bright Artificial Clouds from NASA Rocket Visible from US East Coast Early Saturday
- Watch a NASA Rocket Spark Glowing Artificial Clouds Early Saturday
- Elon Musk Says He'll No Longer Advise Trump After Paris Climate Pact Withdrawal
- Dragonfly, Meet Dragon: Timely Photo Juxtaposes Insect with SpaceX Rocket
- Red Planet Rover Concepts Battle on Desert 'Mars' Habitat
- June 1
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- SpaceX's First Used Dragon Space Capsule Launch Delayed by Lightning
- Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity Makes 5th 'Glide Flight' (Photos)
- Ancient Mars Lake Had Multiple Environments That Might Have Supported Life
- Ripples in Space-Time! Gravitational-Wave Observatory Detects 3rd Black Hole Merger
- James Webb Space Telescope to Undergo Testing in Apollo Vacuum Chamber
- Lego Launches NASA Apollo Saturn V Set & It's Epic! (Time-Lapse Build Video)
- Carbondale, Illinois Prepares to Broadcast 2017 Solar Eclipse Nationally
- SpaceX to Launch 1st Reused Dragon Spacecraft Saturday: Watch It Live
- Missile-Intercept System 'Performed Flawlessly' During Test, Boeing Says
- NASA to Unveil New Astronaut Class on June 7 After Record-High Applications
