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- July 31
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- Jet Lightning! Rarely Seen 'Gigantic Jets' Spotted by Cloud Cam (Video)
- Awe, Luck & the Science of Solar Eclipses: Q&A with Astronomer-Artist Tyler Nordgren
- Gorgeous 2017 Solar Eclipse Posters by Astronomer-Artist Tyler Nordgren (Gallery)
- Fake Solar Eclipse Glasses Are Flooding the Market: How to Stay Safe
- Apollo Astronaut Penlight Shines Again as Nautical Lantern Maker Replica
- Space Fest (and Space.com) Touch Down at NYC's Intrepid Museum This Week
- Mars 2030: What It Was Like to Explore the Red Planet in Virtual Reality
- Red Planet VR: 'Mars 2030' in Pictures
- Neil Armstrong's Gold Apollo Lunar Module Model Stolen From Ohio Museum
- Surprise! Orion Nebula Cluster Had 3 Ages of Star Formation
- Earth Will Have Its Last Total Solar Eclipse in About 600 Million Years
- In Space, This is the Age of Reusability
- Cassini Spots 'Ghostly Curtains of Light' Near Saturn's South Pole
- July 30
- July 29
- July 28
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- New Crew Arrives at Space Station After Speedy 6-Hour Trip
- Look Up! 6 Meteor Showers to Watch Now
- See Jupiter and the Moon Dance Together Tonight
- Wow! This Is What Jupiter's Great Red Spot Would Look Like to You
- Detecting Alien Life Will Likely Be a Protracted Process, Not a Eureka Moment
- As Much as Half of the Milky Way Likely Came From Distant Galaxies
- Saturn Moon Titan Has Molecules That Could Help Make Cell Membranes
- Veteran 3-Man Crew Launches to International Space Station
- NASA Downplaying Earth Science Cuts While Hoping for Reversal
- 1st Photo of a Total Solar Eclipse Was Taken 166 Years Ago Today
- Notes from Mars 160: Settling into Mars on Earth
- 'We Don't Planet' Episode 14: Neutrinos
- New Space Station Crew Launches on Soyuz Rocket Today: Watch It Live
- The 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Will Be 'One of the Events of the Century'
- July 27
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- Astronauts on the Space Station Will See the Solar Eclipse 3 Times (Video)
- Inside Mars 160: The Mars Society's Red Planet Simulation in Pictures
- For Record-Breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson, Space Is Never Boring (Video)
- Why Looking for Aliens Is Good for Society (Even If There Aren't Any)
- Leonardo DiCaprio Relaunching 'The Right Stuff' as National Geographic TV Series
- Unhackable Data: In a First, Secure Quantum Communications Is Tested Via Microsatellite
- The 2017 Solar Eclipse May Prove the Sun Is Bigger Than We Think
- Private Dream Chaser Space Plane Will Launch on Atlas V Rockets
- Cool! 'Star Wars'-Like Tech Warps Light into 360-Degree 3D Images
- Booze in Space: How the Universe is Absolutely Drowning in the Hard Stuff
- Senate Bill Finds Middle Ground for NASA Funding
- Upcoming Solar Eclipse Is a Chance to Prove Einstein Right (Again)
- In Images: Solar Eclipses Depicted in Fine Art
- Bazinga! 'Big Bang Theory' Catchphrase Inspires New Compound
- July 26
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- Boom! Powerful Cosmic Explosion May Hint at How Black Holes Form
- Astrobotic's Private Moon Lander Will Launch in 2019
- 7 of the Best Total Solar Eclipse Apps for Aug. 21
- Reaching for the Stars, Breakthrough Sends Smallest-Ever Satellites into Orbit
- Success! Engine for NASA's Space Launch System Megarocket Aces 3rd Test
- Pink Ribbon to be 3D Printed on Space Station to Benefit Breast Cancer Research
- Lego Boost Review: The Best Robot Kit for Kids
- Ariane 6 & Vega C Rockets Will Secure Independent Space Access for Europe (Video)
- Awesome 'Star Trek: Discovery' Posters & Still Photos Revealed at Comic-Con
- How to Prep for Totality with New Eclipse Safari Mobile App
- 'Spectacular' Spiral Galaxy Shines in View from Very Large Telescope (Photo, Video)
- Cassini Snaps Dazzling Photo of a 'Ring-Bow' in Saturn's Rings
- Big, Dangerous Comets Are More Common Than Previously Thought
- July 25
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- Seeing in the Dark: Excerpt from 'Expressive Nature Photography'
- NASA Posts Archive of Flight Test Videos on YouTube
- 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' Is Returning to Theaters! (Here's the New Trailer)
- Cool the Planet? Geoengineering Is Easier Said Than Done
- Mitochondria or Midi-Chlorians? 'Star Wars' Hoax Paper Published in 4 Journals
- Sweating the Small Stuff: CubeSats Swarm Earth Orbit
- 'Star Trek' Historians Say CBS 'Spared No Expense' with 'Star Trek: Discovery'
- Reading, Writing & Eclipse-Watching: How We Got Our Students Excited About Aug. 21 (Op-Ed)
- Volcanic Eruptions Rocked Mars' Huge Canyon Valles Marineris, Study Finds
- Curiosity Rover Spies Sand Dunes on Mars & Ancient Freshwater Deposits (Photos)
- How Long Is a Day on Saturn? Cassini Is Racing to Find Out in Its Final Months
- July 24
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- Fanatic Frontier: Space.com Treks to Comic-Con 2017
- NASA Wants YOU to Be a Citizen Scientist for the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
- Explore the International Space Station with Google Street View
- Farewell, LISA Pathfinder! Test Mission for Gravitational-Wave Tech Ends
- Aging Mars Rover Captures Gorgeous 'Sprained Ankle' Panorama (Photos)
- Lawbreaking Particles May Point to a Previously Unknown Force in the Universe
- Imagine All the People: When Cassini Looked Back at Earth
- Shuttle-Era Cargo Module to Become Deep Space Habitat Prototype
- Giant 'Rogue' Worlds Are Less Common Than Scientists Thought
- The Moon's Interior Could Contain Lots of Water, Study Shows
- NASA Unveils 2018 Launch Targets for Private Spaceships Built by Boeing, SpaceX
- Mishap to Delay Launch of NASA Communications Satellite
- Germany's DLR to Fly Experiments on Blue Origin's New Shepard
- Wow! See New Horizons' Next Flyby Target Blot Out a Star's Light
- Are Mars' Trojan Asteroids Pieces of the Red Planet?
- July 23
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- The 'Star Trek: Discovery' Cast Is Full of Trek Fans
- Comic Con 2017 in Photos: Aliens, Mutants & More Invade San Diego
- Kids Can Prep for Total Solar Eclipse with 'Space Racers' Website
- Southern Lights Dazzle in Spectacular Time-Lapse Video from Space (Video)
- ESA Video Shows How to Hack Your Webcam to See Infrared Radiation
- Spock Has a Sister .. No, Really, and the New 'Star Trek: Discovery' Trailer
- July 22
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- Syfy's 'Krypton' Has a Time Travel DC Twist ... and Adam Strange & Brainiac
- 'Stargate' Franchise Is Coming Back with 'Stargate Origins'
- Catch a Speeding Star: High-Velocity Milky Way Objects Tracked (Animation)
- Buzz Aldrin and George Clooney Talk Apollo 11 Moonshot in Omega's 'Starmen'
- Space-Grown Crystals Could Counteract Toxic Nerve Poisons
- Final New Moon Sunday Starts the Countdown to the Great American Eclipse
- 2017 Solar Eclipse Science Will Star Planes, Radio Waves and Citizen Help
- July 21
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- The Weirdest Aliens of 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets'
- Speedy Mars Moon Zips Around Red Planet in Amazing NASA Video
- Not Aliens: Weird Radio Signal from Star Likely Has Duller Explanation
- 'We Don't Planet' Episode 13: Spiral Galaxies
- Old NASA Computers, Tapes Found in Dead Man's Basement
- Target's Space-Based Cotton Challenge Aims for Sustainable Farming on Earth
- Solar Eclipse Day Craziness Could Resemble the Zombie Apocalypse — Are You Ready?
- In 'Valerian,' International Space Station Evolves into Interstellar Metropolis
- Notes from Mars 160: The Arctic Journey Begins
- Jeff Bezos' Vision: 'A Trillion Humans in the Solar System'
- Disney's New Space-Themed Restaurant Will Let You Dine Like an Astronaut
- 'Valerian' Delivers an Extraterrestrial Spectacle (Review)
- NYC to DC in 30 Minutes? Elon Musk Claims Verbal OK for Hyperloop
- July 20
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- Apollo 11 Moon Rock Bag Sells for $1.8M at Sotheby's Space Auction
- Apollo 11's 48th Anniversary: Space Gala Salutes the Future
- Jeff Bezos Makes Instagram Debut in Wild Blue Origin Rocket Factory Video
- Enjoy an Eclipse Safari! Total Solar Eclipse App Features Interactive Map and Space.com News
- Watch NASA's Apollo 11 Moonwalk Moments in This Archive Video
- SpaceX Drops Plans for Powered Dragon Landings
- A Huge Asteroid Hitting Mars 4 Billion Years Ago May Have Shaped the Red Planet
- What Does a Life-Sized Lego Luke Skywalker Look Like? This!
- Margaret and the Moon: New Kids' Book Profiles Pioneering Apollo Programmer
- Houston, We Have a Kickstarter: Campaign Launches to Restore Mission Control
- Spaceflight Beeps Inspire Cosmic 'Quindar' Music: A Q&A with the Composers
- Reebok Unveils Sleek New Space Boots for Future Astronauts
- 'Salvation's' EmDrive: The Engine That Might Break Physical Laws
- SpaceX's Big New Rocket May Crash on 1st Flight, Elon Musk Says
- July 19
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- Elon Musk Calls for Moon Base
- Comic-Con 2017: A Space Fan's Guide
- Future Space Colony? Maybe We Should Look Beyond Mars to Saturn's Titan Moon
- World's 1st Laser Weapon Is Ready to Blast Rogue Drones
- Watching the Eclipse? Why Sunglasses Won't Cut It
- Liftoff? Icy Jets of Saturn Moon Enceladus Fly in NASA Photo
- A Simple Bacteria Reveals How Stress Drives Evolution
- New Exoplanet-Hunting Instrument Provides Wider View of the Night Sky
- Luxembourg Adopts Space Resources Law
- How Realistic Is the Science in the CBS Show 'Salvation'?
- JPL Moves Ahead with Mars and Europa Missions Despite Funding Uncertainty
- Red Dots Campaign Hunts Planets at Nearby Barnard's Star
- Cosmic Rendezvous at Dawn: Moon, Venus and Aldebaran Get Together
- 2nd Half of 160-Day Mars Mission Simulation Begins in Canadian Arctic
- Bad News for Life: TRAPPIST-1 Planets' Atmospheres May Have Been Destroyed
- July 18
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- See Europe from Above in Breathtaking Ultra-HD Video from Space
- Touring Mars: Cool Data Visualization Lets You Visit the Red Planet
- No, Congressman, There's No Evidence of an Ancient Mars Civilization
- Apollo 11 Moon Dust-Stained Lunar Sample Bag May Set Sale Record at Sotheby's
- Hit the Beach! Stunning NASA Views Show US Shores from Space (Video)
- William Shatner Narrates History of NASA's 100-Year-Old Langley Research Center (Video)
- BB-8 Flies? Adorable Japanese Drone Ball Tours Space Station
- 'Super-Earth' Alien Worlds May Carve Up Planet-Forming Disks
- Space Community Lines Up in Support of National Space Council
- July 17
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- Is Dark Matter Real?
- A Solar Storm Is Amping Up the Northern Lights
- Elon Musk: Regulate AI Before Robots Start 'Killing People'
- SpaceX Building Catches Fire in Florida
- Space Debris Removal Startup Astroscale Raises $25 Million
- Why Kill Cassini? Saturn Probe's Fate Carefully Considered
- NASA Unveils New Maps of Pluto, Moon Charon for Flyby Anniversary
- Weird Radio Signals Detected from Nearby Red Dwarf Star
- Mars 160 Coverage: Training for a Manned Mission to Mars
- BBC Names the First Female Doctor Who
- Astronauts Test Orion Spacecraft Exit Methods in the Gulf of Mexico (Photos)
- What Could Space Archaeologists Tell Us about Astronaut Culture?
- As the World Embraces Space, the 50-Year-Old Outer Space Treaty Needs Adaptation
- July 16
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- July 14
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- See the New Trillion-Ton Antarctic Iceberg in Image from Space
- Hwasong-14 Missile Test: Can North Korea's Rockets Reach the US?
- Ready, Aim, Blast! NASA Engineer Creates World's Largest Super Soaker
- Orbital Loses Bid to Stop DARPA Satellite-Servicing Project
- Asteroids Might Start As Giant Mud Balls
- The Sun's 'Quiet' Regions Are Surprisingly Active
- President Trump Appoints Executive Secretary of National Space Council
- NASA Could Reach Mars Faster with Public-Private Partnerships, Companies Tell Congress
- Vega Shines Overhead in Lyra Constellation This Week
- Curiosity Rover's Drill Still Wonky on Mars, 7 Months Later
- White House Not Expected to Rush Development of New Space Policy
- 'We Don't Planet' Episode 12: Type 1a Supernovae
- Space Camp Lands NASA Shuttle Training Aircraft on Display
- The Space-Age Origins of 'Planet of the Apes'
- Happy Anniversary, New Horizons! Probe Flew by Pluto 2 Years Ago Today
- Pluto Flyby Anniversary: The Most Amazing Photos from NASA's New Horizons
- 8-Legged Extremophile Freaks Will Outlive Humanity (& Maybe the Sun)
- July 13
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- NASA Planning August Release of Mars Robotic Exploration Architecture
- Cancer-Killing Treatment Tested on International Space Station
- Rise to Mars! New Anthem Expresses Hope for Red Planet Exploration
- Great Red Spot, Spotted! Citizens Create Incredible Images of Jupiter Storm
- The Sun Might Be an 'Ordinary' Star After All
- Planet Nine? 'Extreme' Objects Hint at More Evidence of Possible Unseen World
- Watch a Giant Sunspot Whirl Across the Sun in Incredible NASA Video
- Women of Color in Astronomy Face Greater Degree of Discrimination, Harassment
- NASA Images Show Gradual Separation of Massive New Antarctic Iceberg
- July 12
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- See Juno Probe's Amazing Up-Close Views of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (Photos)
- How Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf Birthed Such an Enormous Berg
- Trillion-Ton Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica
- House Offers Increase to FAA Commercial Space Office
- DARPA Trying to Launch Smallsat Experiment on an Indian Rocket
- 3D View of Supernova's 'Heart' Sheds New Light on Star Explosions (Images)
- In Images: How Moon Express' Solar System Exploration Plan Works
- Moon Express Unveils Plan to Help Explore Solar System on a 'Grand Scale'
- In CBS' 'Salvation,' Approaching Asteroid Sparks Geopolitical Fires
- 'Salvation' TV Clips Hint at (Fictional) Plan to Save Earth from an Asteroid
- Finding Extraterrestrial Life May Rely on Identifying Traces Rather Than Aliens
- Juno Spacecraft Completes Flyby of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
- July 11
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- Dazzling Auroras Dance on the Southern Horizon in Astronaut's Photo
- Astronaut Promotes New Memoir With 'Epic Adventure' Photo Contest
- Old Communications Dish Born Again as Radio Telescope in Africa
- Russian Soyuz Rocket Set to Launch 72 Smallsats Friday
- Sunrise on Saturn: Gorgeous Cassini Photo Shows Start of New Day
- 'Hidden' Spiral Galaxy Sparkles in Breathtaking Hubble Photo
- Superdense Extraterrestrial Ice Formed in a (Laser) Flash
- Amazon Prime Day Deal: Build Your Own Robotic Rover Kit
- Celestron NexStar 127SLT Mak Computerized Telescope Deal for Amazon Prime Day
- If the Sun Is 93 Million Miles Away, Why Can't We Look Directly at It?
- Saturn Shines Above New York City on 'Opposition Day' (Photo)
- Full 'Thunder Moon' Meets Stormy Skies in Awesome Night Sky Photos
- Amazon Prime Day 2017: Celestron EclipSmart 10x25 Solar Binoculars & More
- Amazon Prime Day 2017: Celestron SkyMaster DX 8x56 Binoculars
- July 10
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- Space Image of the Day Gallery (May 2017)
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (April 2017)
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (March 2017)
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (February 2017)
- NASA Jupiter Probe to Fly Over Great Red Spot
- 'Kingdom of Saturn': New Documentary Dives Deep into NASA's Amazing Cassini Mission
- Satellite Spots Bolivian Salt Plain from Space
- Congressional Committee Proposes US Military Establish a Guardians of the Galaxy... No, Really
- Electrified Droplets Create Mini Saturn Planets
- Why NASA Says It's OK That VP Mike Pence Touched Orion Cover
- Red Planet Housing: NASA Awards $200,000 in 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge
- Celestial Sound Waves Reveal Surprising Solar Changes
- Two Galaxies Zooming Past One Another Captured in Hubble Image
- My 1st Total Solar Eclipse: Looking Back on the July 1972 Event
- July 9
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- July 7
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- If Earth Were 50 Percent Larger, We Might Be Stuck Here
- Cloud Kings: 'Geostorm' Film Imagines Human-Controlled Weather
- Calm Seas on Titan: Saturn Moon's Waves Less Than 1 Inch High
- In 'Killjoys' Season 3, Crew Needs a New 'Brain' (Exclusive Clip)
- Lunar Rescue: Astronauts Can Move Fallen Comrades with New Tool
- 'We Don't Planet' Episode 11: Type II Supernovae
- Optical Telescope Will Seek Sources of Gravitational Waves
- NASA Pluto Probe's Next Target May Actually Be 'Swarm' of Objects
- July 6
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- Pence Calls for Return to the Moon, Boots on Mars
- 'Planetarium' Record Collaborators Explore the Solar System Musically: A Q&A
- NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office: How They Detect Asteroids Early
- Defenders of Planet Earth: Asteroid Hunters Scour Night Skies for Threats (Video)
- New Moon-Rock Recipe Could Help Test Rovers
- Houston, We Have an Escape Room: Apollo 13 Inspires New Experience
- Mars Soil May Be Toxic to Microbes
- 100 Billion Failed Stars May Be Hiding in the Milky Way
- Moon Has a Close Encounter with Saturn on Thursday Night
- How Amateur Astronomers Help Uncover Secrets About Neptune
- Three Launches in 12 Days! SpaceX Lofts Heavy Communications Satellite
- SpaceX Launches Super-Heavy Intelsat 35e Satellite (Photos)
- July 5
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- Missile Test-Launched by North Korea Was an ICBM, US Officials Confirm
- What Were the First Records of Solar Eclipses?
- Stephen Hawking: Earth Could Turn Into Hothouse Planet Like Venus
- Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood Sing to Space Station Astronauts (Video)
- Probe, Telescopes Tag Team to Spy Jupiter's Great Red Spot
- Vector Raises $21 Million for Small Launch Vehicle Development
- Spacecraft Clean Rooms Have Some Dirty Little Secrets
- See the Effects of Climate Change Across Earth (Video)
- Fastest Stars in the Milky Way Are Galactic Fugitives
- Cloud-Spawning Rocket Wows Early-Bird Photographers (Photos)
- July 4
- July 3
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- Lego Saturn V Rocket Co-Creator Launches Campaign for Apollo Tower Set
- Longer-Lasting Coronal Holes and Space Junk During Solar Minimum (Video)
- 'There Goes Dragon': ISS Astronaut Snaps Incredible Shots of Departing Capsule
- What's in a 'Space Hamburger'? Ingredients for Life, It Seems
- Monkey-Mapping Satellites Could Identify At-Risk Populations
- Canada Reveals Two New Astronauts During 150th Anniversary Celebration
- Happy Aphelion! Earth Is Farthest from the Sun Today
- Monster Black Holes Spotted Orbiting Each Other for 1st Time Ever
- Space for Humanity Seeks 10,000 Citizen Astronauts
- Back Again … Again: SpaceX's Dragon Makes Historic 2nd Splashdown
- China's Powerful Long March 5 Rocket Fails on 2nd Launch
- SpaceX Scrubs Satellite Launch 10 Seconds Before Liftoff
- July 2
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- How Humans Have Captured Starlight - A Brief History (Video)
- Celestial Sleuths Find "Star" and Lunar Alignment Behind Lord Byron Poem
- SpaceCom Conference: Interest Up as Registration Opens
- SpaceX Rockets Through Backlog with 3rd Launch in 9 Days
- Dragon Spacecraft's Historic Second Return to Earth: How to Watch Live (UPDATED)
- July 1
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- Chicken Sandwich Returns to Earth After Balloon Ride to Stratosphere
- Space Junk Solution? Tiny Cubesat to Test New De-Orbiting Thruster
- Slowly Merging Galaxies Form a Breathtaking 'Galactic Goulash' (Video)
- Muffling the Boom: NASA's Quieter Supersonic Jet Zooms Past Milestone
- New Conspiracy Theory: Children Kidnapped for Mars Slave Colony
