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- June 30
- June 29
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- Asteroid Day 2018: Raising Awareness of the Risk of Space Rocks
- 'Sonar Anomaly' Isn't a Shipwreck, and It's Definitely Not Aliens, NOAA Says
- At This Lab, 'Mad Scientists' Are Making Outlandish Tech a Reality
- In Photos: SpaceX's Dazzling Dragon Launch to Space Station on CRS-15
- Science Fiction Author Harlan Ellison, Who Wrote Iconic 'Star Trek' Episode' Dies at 84: Report
- Meet CIMON, the 1st Robot with Artificial Intelligence to Fly in Space
- Boeing's Hypersonic Vision: A Sleek Passenger Plane That Can Hit Mach 5
- See the 'Space Jellyfish' and Other Jaw-Dropping Views from SpaceX's Dragon Launch
- US Army Troops Could Be Headed to the Space Force
- Virgin Orbit Gears Up for Captive Carry Test Flight
- Mars Looks Super Creepy Thanks to a Massive Dust Storm
- Future Astronauts Must Perform Surgery in Space — and It Will Be Gross
- SpaceX Launches Used Dragon Cargo Ship to Space Station, Flexing Reusability Muscles
- Apollo 11 Gantry Arm Lands in NASA Gift Shop (But Not for Sale)
- A Venus Aircraft Could Be in NASA's Plans
- Alan Bean: Astronaut with an Artist's Eye (Op-Ed)
- Nuclear Fusion Power Could Be Here by 2030, One Company Says
- The Milky Way Is Full of Toxic, Sticky Grease
- June 28
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- 'Life-Changing Experience': Teacher-Astronaut Gives Students a Lesson About Space
- Huge Galaxy Cluster Found Hiding in Plain Sight
- NASA's Quiet Supersonic X-Plane Has a New Name
- NASA Astronaut Anna Fisher Talks About Being 'Godmother' to Viking Orion Cruise Ship
- 'Fortnite' Is Getting 'Spacier' with Meteorites, Comets and Now a Rocket Launch!
- How Theoretical Physicists Can Help Find E.T.
- Why Relativity's True: The Evidence for Einstein's Theory
- SpaceX Launching Cargo Mission to Space Station Early Friday: Watch Live
- Wind-Powered Mars Landers Could Really Work
- June 27
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- Huge 'Pink Moon' Rises in Daylight Over Portuguese Castle (Photo)
- NASA Sending Lewis and Clark Dog Doll to Space for Park Service
- NASA Delays Launch of James Webb Space Telescope Again — This Time to 2021
- How Blockchain Can Benefit Space Exploration (Op-Ed)
- Saturn Moon Enceladus Is First Alien 'Water World' with Complex Organics
- Interstellar Visitor 'Oumuamua Is a Comet After All
- Visions of Ryugu: The Funny (and Scary) Asteroid Predictions by Japan's Hayabusa2 Team
- Asteroid Arrival! Japanese Probe Reaches 'Spinning-Top' Space Rock Ryugu
- A Gorgeous 'Blue' Sand Dune Snakes Across Mars in This Awesome NASA Photo
- Full Moon Shines with Saturn at Opposition Tonight: How to See Them
- Explore the Solar System in Augmented Reality with Mini Planet Models
- Asteroid Day 2018 Is Coming! Check Out Events Near You
- Technical Glitch Again Delays 1st Commercial Launch of Rocket Lab's Electron Booster
- June 26
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- Put a Personal Astronomer in Your Pocket Using Mobile Apps
- Grace Potter Celebrates Women in Space for NASA's 60th Anniversary
- 10 'Star Wars' Games You'll Never Get to Play
- Weird Stuff Swirls in Air of Huge, Puffy Alien Planet
- This Is SpaceX's 1st Crewed Dragon Spaceship Destined for Space
- This Scientist Thinks Aliens Will Need to 'Catch' Stars to Survive
- Now You Can See Every Comet Photo (& More) from Europe's Rosetta Probe. Enjoy!
- NASA, Defense Department Support Giving Space Traffic Management Role to Commerce
- Tiny Electric Thrusters from Phase Four, Accion Could Go Interplanetary
- June 25
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- No, China's Tiangong-2 Space Lab (Probably) Isn't About to Fall to Earth
- 'World's Strongest Coffee' Set to Launch Off-World for Space Station
- The New York Times May Have Solved the Biggest Environmental Mystery in Decades
- Water May Not Be the Only Sign of Alien Life
- Has This Startup Cracked the Secret to Fusion Energy?
- A Japanese Probe Is Closing in on an Asteroid 180 Million Miles from Earth
- Rarely Seen Middleweight Black Hole Gobbles Star
- Tran-Quilt-y Base: National Quilt Museum Hosts Moon Landing Exhibit
- Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Sues Over Control of His Estate, Space Artifacts
- Hearing Identifies Wide Range of Causes for NASA Cost and Schedule Woes
- 'Salvation' Asteroid Thriller Returns for Season 2: How Far Will Humanity Go to Survive?
- Antarctica Is Getting Taller, and Here’s Why
- June 24
- June 23
- June 22
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- Star Wars 'Anthology' Films Put On Hold - Report
- NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Speaks About Her Puzzling Removal from Space Mission
- National Space Council's 'Think Tank' Starts Work
- Space Force: Pentagon Navigates Way Ahead and Awaits Direction From Congress
- Mars Will Soon 'Reverse Its Course' in the Sky
- 'It's Business Time!' Watch Rocket Lab's 1st Commercial Electron Launch Tonight
- Google Doodle Honors Science Fiction Author Octavia E. Butler
- 1st Satellite Built to Harpoon Space Junk for Disposal Begins Test Flight
- Where Does Trump's 'Space Force' Fit in the International Agreement on Peaceful Use of Space?
- June 21
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- China Appears To Be Preparing To Deorbit Its Tiangong-2 Space Lab
- Sally Ride's Legacy: Encouraging Young Women to Embrace Science and Engineering
- Einstein Was Right! Scientists Confirm General Relativity Works With Distant Galaxy
- In Photos: Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption as Seen from Space
- Could Self-Repairing 'Star Wars' Droid L3-37 Come to Life? Not Quite
- See the Eerie Lava Glow of Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption from Space
- Epic Dust Storm on Mars Now Completely Covers the Red Planet
- Golden 'Blue Moon' Gleams Over Lisbon (Photo)
- June 20
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- How Trump's Space Force Would Help Protect Earth from Future Asteroid Threats
- This Is NASA's New Plan to Detect and Destroy Asteroids Before They Hit Earth
- Japan's Hayabusa2 Asteroid Probe Snaps Best Pics Yet of Its Target Ryugu
- Apollo Moon Rock Rediscovered in Cambodia Debuts on Display
- Sally Ride's Space Stamp Collection: Inside the Astronaut's Albums
- Trump's Space Force Push Reopens Arguments About Military in Space
- Donald Trump Wants a 'Space Force,' But America Already Has One
- Why Are Astronauts Moonwalking on the Bottom of This Giant Pool?
- Whoa! Watch This Fireball Blaze Over a Foo Fighters Concert in the Netherlands
- Space Station Astronaut Chats with Passengers Aboard 'Viking Orion' Cruise Ship
- June 19
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- Star Trek vs. Transformers Cartoons Collide This September
- CBS Hits Warp Drive with 'Star Trek' Universe, More Shows Planned
- Did Plate Tectonics Set the Stage for Life on Earth?
- Wow! This Fresh Meteoroid Impact on Mars Triggered a Dusty Avalanche
- Dwarf Planet Ceres Has Way More Organic Molecules Than Originally Suspected
- Former Astronaut Criticizes NASA's Lunar Gateway Plans
- Gravity Assist Podcast: InSight, with Bruce Banerdt
- Black Holes Could Actually Be Colliding Wormholes
- Trump: 'We Are Going to Have the Space Force'
- The 4th Flavor? Scientists Close in on a New Kind of Neutrino
- This Supercomputer Can Calculate in 1 Second What Would Take You 6 Billion Years
- June 18
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- "Losing the Nobel Prize": A Q&A with Author and Astrophysicist Brian Keating
- Relativity: The Thought Experiments Behind Einstein's Theory
- Why Does Venus Spin So Weirdly?
- Solving the 200-Year-Old Mystery of a Strange Eclipsing Star
- Trump Orders Space Force for 'American Dominance,' Signs Space-Traffic Policy
- President Trump to Sign Space Traffic Management Policy
- Early Earth's Habitability Could Boost the Chances of Alien Life
- This Pride, Be Inspired by Sally Ride's Legacy
- Cancer-Fighting Drug, Algae and Mice Headed to International Space Station on SpaceX Dragon
- Aevum's New Rocket-Drone Airplane Duo Could Launch Satellites Every 3 Hours
- June 17
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- June 15
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- Record-Breaking Astronaut Peggy Whitson Retires from NASA
- From Space to Sea: Cruise Ship 'Viking Orion' Honors Retired Astronaut Anna Fisher
- Bridenstine Weighs In On National Space Policy
- Venus at Its Best Tops a Gorgeous Crescent Moon Tonight
- Russia Kicks Off 2018 FIFA World Cup with Space-Flown Soccer Ball
- Tim Dodd Is the Everyday Astronaut: An Origin Story
- Russia Wants to Blast Space Junk with Laser Cannon
- Stephen Hawking's Family Will Beam His Voice Toward a Black Hole
- How to Drink Champagne in Space
- Watch Coheed and Cambria Crush 'Here to Mars' at a NASA Celebration
- Breaking a Guinness World Record with Bubble-Powered Rockets
- Weird Low-Light Bacteria Could Potentially Thrive on Mars
- Chang'e-4 Relay Satellite Enters Halo Orbit Around Earth-Moon L2, Microsatellite in Lunar Orbit
- Japanese Spacecraft Approaches Dumpling-Shaped Asteroid (Photo)
- June 14
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- Spacewalking Astronauts Prep Space Station for SpaceX, Boeing Spaceships
- 'Everyday Astronaut' Tackles the Tyrannical Rocket Equation in Epic Final
- 'Strange Angel' Launches a Dark, Twisted Tale of Rockets on CBS All Access
- There's a Historic Dust Storm on Mars — and It's Nothing Like 'The Martian'
- Want to Take a 10-Day Trip to the Space Station? It'll Cost You $55 Million
- This Monster Black Hole's Jet Has 125 Billion Times More Energy Than the Sun
- Fans Buzzing Over George Lucas' Purported Plans for Star Wars Episodes 7-9
- Spaceflight Books Three Launches with Rocket Lab's Electron Boosters
- Two New Books Show Han Solo's 'Star Wars' Universe in Vivid Color
- Cruising Constellations: Sailing the Maiden Voyage of 'Viking Orion'
- Listen to the Eerie Whistling 'Chorus' That's Supercharging Radiation Near Earth
- Watch the Sun's Elusive Corona Appear in Time-Lapse Solar Eclipse Video
- Two NASA Astronauts Are Taking a Spacewalk Today: Watch It Live
- Moon Mystery Solved! Apollo Astronauts Caused Odd Lunar Warming
- June 13
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- NASA's Opportunity Mars Rover Is Battling a Dust Storm of Epic Proportions. Will It Survive?
- Confused Baby Falcon Rescued from Inside Balloon Telescope
- Antarctica Is Losing An Insane Amount of Ice. Nothing About This Is Good.
- Ridley Scott Creates 'Saintly' Mission Patch for Space Station Science
- Interstellar Comet Dust Holds Clues About the Solar System
- The Mystery of Magnetic Monopoles
- 3 Baby Alien Planets Detected Around Newborn Star
- When Evenly Matched Galaxies Collide, They Ignite 2 Blazing Quasars
- NASA's Fermi Space Telescope Celebrates 10 Years of Gamma-Ray Science
- Do We Need a Single International Language in Space?
- As Massive Dust Storm Rages on Mars, Opportunity Rover Falls Silent
- June 12
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- NASA's Curiosity Rover Is Tracking a Huge Dust Storm on Mars (Photo)
- New Wristwatches with Flown Rocket Metal Link to Live View from Space
- Nana Visitor of 'Deep Space Nine' Talks 'Star Trek' Past and Future
- See Lava Flows from Hawaii's Kilauea Change Paths in New Satellite Photos
- SpaceX Proposing Expansion of Florida Launch Processing Facilities
- The Empire Strikes Brick with Lego's Luke, Leia, Boba Fett BrickHeadz!
- Rocket Issue Delays Launch of NASA's ICON Space-Weather Mission
- Earth's Life Reacts to 20 Years of Environmental Change in NASA Animation
- NASA Celebrates Landsat 8 Satellite's 5 Years of Stunning Earth Images
- Could Alien Life Handle the Radiation in 3-Star Alpha Centauri System?
- Watch Cosmonauts Play Soccer in Space to Celebrate 2018 World Cup (Video)
- Why Does Artificial Intelligence Scare Us So Much?
- Trump's NASA Chief Changed His Mind on Climate Change. He Is a Scientific Hero.
- June 11
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- Japanese Probe Photographs Target Asteroid Ryugu for Sample-Return Mission
- Mysterious 'Puffy' Objects Lurk Near the Milky Way's Monster Black Hole
- Woman Sues NASA Over Vial of Moon Dust She Says Gifted by Neil Armstrong
- Puzzling Cosmic Glow Is Caused by Diamond Dust Glamming Up Stars
- 'First Man': Step-by-'Small Step' Review of Neil Armstrong Film Trailer
- The Universe Has a Lot More Huge Stars Than Scientists Thought
- 1 Million Habitable Planets Could (Theoretically) Orbit a Black Hole. Here's How
- How Jupiter Is Helping the Hunt for Habitable Alien Worlds
- June 10
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- Senators Reiterate Opposition to International Space Station Transition Proposal
- Acquisition of Orbital ATK Approved, Company Renamed Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
- Huge Dust Storm on Mars Hits NASA's Opportunity Rover
- 'Star Wars' Universe Will Come to Life in New Immersive Disney Theme Park
- Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge! Photos of Disney's 'Star Wars' Park Plan
- June 9
- June 8
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- High School Students Help Unravel Mystery of Weirdly Dimming 'Tabby's Star'
- NASA Satellites Make Magnetic Discovery in Turbulent Space Near Earth
- Students Will Launch Rockets to the Edge of Space for $1 Million Prize
- New Horizons Spacecraft Wakes Up to Prepare for Historic Flyby of Distant Object
- See the Breathtaking View from a Russian Soyuz Rocket As It Launches into Space
- Space Station Crew Doubles with Fresh Arrival
- Antarctica's Largest Iceberg Is About to Die ... Near the Equator
- Curiosity Didn't Find Life on Mars — But These 2 Future Rovers Might
- NASA Extends Juno Jupiter Mission Until July 2021
- June 7
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- Why Cosmonauts Pee on the Bus That Picks Them Up for Launches
- There May Be Life on Mars, But This NASA Report Doesn't Prove It
- 'Apollo Redux' Tour to Use Historic Mission Control Consoles to Inspire Students
- US Postal Service Offers Passport to Travel Through Space History in Stamps
- NASA Reveals Logo for 50th Anniversary of Apollo Moon Missions
- Curiosity Rover Finds Ancient 'Building Blocks for Life' on Mars
- 'The Lego Movie 2' Trailer Has Landed: This Time, It's Intergalactic
- What Has NASA's Curiosity Found on Mars? We'll Find Out Today!
- NASA Imposes Cost Caps On Astrophysics Flagship Studies
- The Trump Self-Defense Doctrine for the New Space Era
- China Launches Fenguyn-2H Weather Satellite on Long March 3A Rocket
- June 6
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- Climate Change Killed the Aliens, and It Will Probably Kill Us Too, New Simulation Suggests
- Incredible NASA Video Crams 20 Years of Earth's Weather Into 2 Minutes
- In Photos: Guatemala's Deadly Fuego Volcano Eruption as Seen from Space
- Surprise! Jupiter's Lightning Looks a Lot Like Earth's
- New 'Everyday Astronaut' Episode Shows How Hard It Is to Fly a Spacecraft
- Liftoff! International Crew Launches Toward Space Station
- Americans Feel That the US Should Remain a Global Leader in Space Exploration
- Last Days on Earth: A Russian Rocket Launch Road Trip
- Did a Neutron-Star Collision Make a Black Hole?
- SpaceX Won't Launch Tourists Around the Moon This Year
- June 5
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- Asteroid Mining and Comets: 'Catching Stardust' Author Explores Rocky Space Objects
- Catching Stardust: A Comprehensive Exploration of Comets and Asteroids
- Book Review: Get Lost in Space with 'Adrift' by Rob Boffard
- Days on Earth Are Getting Longer, Thanks to the Moon
- Astronauts Launching to Space Station Wednesday Morning: Watch It Live
- Chris Pratt Confirms 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' Production Start Date
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (April 2018)
- Space Image of the Day Gallery (March 2018)
- Earth's Magnetic Field is A Ruthless, Solar-Wind-Shredding Machine
- Moldy Bread? Nope, It's a Photo of the Sahara Desert Taken from Space
- Deadly Fuego Volcano Eruption in Guatemala Spotted from Space (Photos)
- No Need for Planet Nine? Small Objects' Gravity Could Explain Weird Orbits
- Having Multiple Suns Doesn't Doom a Planet to an Early Death
- The Higgs Boson Has a New Friend
- June 4
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- Star Wars' Stormtroopers Invade Latest Wreck-It Ralph 2 Trailer
- The Secret Backstory Behind Kazakhstan's Rocket Launch Site
- Hawaii Volcano's New Outburst Captured in Satellite Views
- New Federal Policy Would Hike Student Spacecraft Costs, Threatening Tech Education
- Elements From the Stars: Unexpected Discovery Upended Astrophysics 66 Years Ago
- A Tiny Asteroid Just Hit Earth, Sparking a Fireball Over South Africa (Video)
- Mars Cubesats Make History with Deep-Space Maneuver
- The Moons of Some Giant Alien Planets Could Host Life
- Pre-Flown SpaceX Rocket Launches Commercial Communications Satellite
- June 3
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- Soyuz Capsule Returns Station Crew to Earth After 168 Days in Space
- SpaceX's Arabsat Falcon Heavy Mission to Launch in December-January Timeframe
- The Next Big Discovery in Astronomy? We Probably Found It Years Ago — But Don't Know It Yet
- SOFIA the Flying Telescope Resumes Observations After Extended Maintenance
- NASA Will Launch a Probe to Study the Solar System's Protective Bubble in 2024
- SpaceX Aims to Launch Satellite on Used Rocket Early Monday: Watch Live
- June 2
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- DARPA to Begin New Effort to Build Military Constellations in Low-Earth Orbit
- Syfy Orders 'Resident Alien' Pilot
- Space Force? Create a 'Space Guard' Instead, Some Argue
- International Crew Returns Home from Space Station Sunday: Watch Live
- A Major Physics Experiment Just Detected A Particle That Shouldn't Exist
- UN Postage Stamps to Mark 50 Years of 'Peaceful Uses of Outer Space'
- June 1
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- Experience a Soyuz Spacecraft Landing with This Amazing 360-Degree, VR Video
- Aliens Are Real, But Humans Will Probably Kill Them All, New Paper Says
- NASA Is About to Have Its Closest Encounter Ever with Dwarf Planet Ceres
- Does Dark Matter Have an Electric Charge?
- Dark Matter Particles Must Be Smaller Than We Thought
- Did Malala Get Crushed by a Tesla? No, But Her Response to SpaceX’s Elon Musk Is Perfect
- The Space Age and a New Age for Health Care: The Technology of Saving Lives (Op-Ed)
- Here's What Astronauts Will Look for Flying on SpaceX and Boeing Spaceships
- SpaceX Just Missed Catching Rocket Nose Cone During Launch Last Week (Photos)
- Galaxy Distorted by Long-Ago Collision Glows in Gorgeous Hubble Photo
- In Pictures: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches NASA's GRACE-FO & Iridium Satellites