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- May 31
- May 30
- May 29
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- China launches new cargo ship to Tianhe space station module
- 'Mars Horizon' review: Design rockets, run missions and compete for glory in this addictive space adventure
- This week on the Space.com forums: Defining nothing, spin in space and a fun quiz!
- NASA's Curiosity rover spots strange, colorful clouds on Mars
- Biden's budget includes a big jump in climate spending
- 1947 'alien autopsy' film frame is up for auction as an NFT
- May 28
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- Biden's 2022 NASA budget proposal gives science and commercial space a boost
- Mercury and Venus will be at their closest until 2033 tonight, but may be hard to spot
- China's space station module ready to receive first cargo ship visit
- Arianespace launches 36 OneWeb internet satellites on Soyuz rocket
- Milky Way's galactic core overflows with colorful threads in new Chandra panorama (video, photos)
- The UK really wants commercial spaceports. Will they see rockets fly in 2022?
- 'Star Trek Online' launches new season with familiar faces amid a Klingon civil war
- Protests, trolling and more: Drama swirls around NASA's next moon lander for astronauts
- 'In Search Of Tomorrow': Director David Weiner on his nostalgic project saluting '80s sci-fi (exclusive)
- Watch two monster black holes merge into one in this intricate NASA simulation (video)
- Astronaut Karen Nyberg designs glow-in-the-dark 'Dinos in Space' clothing line
- May 27
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- Astronaut's rocket plane and space shuttle artifacts to go in display in Wisconsin
- South Korea signs Artemis Accords, aims for moon by 2030
- Japan will send a transforming robot ball to the moon to test lunar rover tech
- Bad weather on the 'moon' puts the HI-SEAS crew into 'low power mode' — Commander's report: lunar day 6
- Watch the full trailer for sci-fi thriller 'The Tomorrow War' on Amazon Prime
- Rookie NASA astronaut Kayla Barron to fly on SpaceX's Crew-3 mission to space station
- Mars helicopter Ingenuity experiences anomaly on 6th flight, but lands safely
- Spherical UFO plunges into the ocean in US Navy footage
- Lost in space? Here's a new method to find your way back home.
- Arianespace will launch dozens of OneWeb satellites on a Soyuz rocket today. Here's how to watch.
- Canada to launch moon rover by 2026
- Miss the Super Flower Blood Moon this week? Here's when to see the next total lunar eclipse.
- Halfway to the holidays, check out the winning entries from Lego's 'Star Wars Holiday Contest'
- Astra to launch Earth-observing satellites for Planet in 2022
- 'Marscapes' plans landscape art of Red Planet in Kickstarter project
- May 26
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- Gravitational wave 'memories' could help us find elusive cosmic strings
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 60 new Starlink satellites, nails its 2nd drone ship landing at sea
- New documentary explores 'Star Trek,' Nichelle Nichols and NASA's 1970s astronaut search
- Watch SpaceX launch a new Starlink satellite fleet on a used rocket today
- Lockheed Martin, GM team up to build new astronaut moon buggy
- NASA to design new 'Earth System Observatory' as part of national push against climate change
- Jupiter's ocean moon Europa may have deep-sea volcanoes
- SolarWinds hack 'a big wakeup call,' NASA's human spaceflight chief says
- Spectacular Super Flower Blood Moon of 2021 thrills stargazers around the world
- Super Flower Blood Moon: Amazing photos of the total lunar eclipse of 2021
- Commercial space clean-up service could be ready in 2024
- Super Flower Blood Moon 2021: Where, when and how to see the supermoon lunar eclipse
- May 25
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- Warp drives: Physicists give chances of faster-than-light space travel a boost
- What time does the 'Super Flower Blood Moon' eclipse begin?
- Augmented reality mural series celebrates women, space and science
- Oldest spiral galaxy in the universe captured in fuzzy photo
- Want to see the Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse? Here's what to expect
- Here's the US weather forecast for the Super Flower Blood Moon
- Super Flower Blood Moon 2021 for kids: Build a lunar eclipse model!
- Former astronaut Peggy Whitson will return to orbit in command of private Axiom Space mission
- Super Flower Blood Moon 2021: Here's how to photograph the total lunar eclipse
- JFK's 'moon speech' at 60: Remember Apollo, and what made it possible
- Bagel Bites is giving away 'moon deeds' and snacks for the Super Flower Blood Moon
- Boom! Studios adds to their 'Dune' comic lineup with new 'Blood of the Sardaukar'
- May 24
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- 'Dune' will still be released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max
- Teach your kids about the Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse of 2021
- Ride along with Virgin Galactic's 1st launch from Spaceport America in this awesome video
- Just how 'bloody' will the Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse look this week?
- 3 students snag Artemis moon launch invites through NASA essay contest
- Finding life on alien worlds? PBS Nova's Exoplanet Lab game tells you how!
- Scientists track meteor shower to unusual comet seen every 4,000 years
- GPS satellites can provide faster alerts when big earthquakes strike, scientists say
- May 23
- May 22
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- Virgin Galactic launches 1st SpaceShipTwo spaceflight from New Mexico
- Firefly Aerospace picks SpaceX rocket to launch Blue Ghost moon lander in 2023
- Making space sustainable will advance Biden's agenda (op-ed)
- China's Zhurong Mars rover rolls onto the Martian surface (photos)
- Virgin Galactic will attempt its next SpaceShipTwo launch today
- May 21
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- Curiosity rover on Mars spotted from space as it climbs 'Mont Mercou' (video)
- This week on the Space.com forums: A huge giveaway, an AMA and first contact!
- NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity gears up for 6th flight on Red Planet
- There could be fungus among us on Mars with this wild astronaut house idea
- Hubble Space Telescope traces 5 mysterious 'fast radio bursts' to distant spiral galaxies
- Europe unveils plans to bring 'GPS' and Skype to the moon with satellites
- Blue Origin launches dinosaur bones into space for 'Dream Big' initiative
- Look up! The Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse is coming May 26
- 'Clyde's Spot' on Jupiter has a wild new look in NASA photo
- May 20
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- China's push for 'space superiority' worries nominee for NASA deputy administrator
- The Inspiration4 astronauts are training hard for their private launch on a SpaceX rocket
- City-size neutron stars may actually be bigger than we thought
- Metals found in the atmospheres of comets in and beyond our solar system surprise scientists
- Venus views from NASA sun probe show potential of hitchhiking science instruments
- Bill Nelson pledges action on Artemis, Mars and China in 1st hearing as NASA chief
- May 19
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- Blue Origin’s auction for a ride on its 1st crewed launch hits $2.6 million
- Space tourist Yusaku Maezawa wants ideas for what to do in space
- First NASA flight director's mission control mementos at auction
- More accurate clocks may add more disorder to the universe, scientists say
- Rare plutonium from space found in deep-sea crust
- Astronauts may finally start cleaning their space underwear (with microbes)
- China poised to launch Tianzhou 2 cargo ship to Tianhe space station module
- Untapped ecosystem ready for launch: Space startups, cause marketing and life-saving science (op-ed)
- Behold! China unveils 1st Mars photos from Zhurong rover
- Petition to NASA: Name moon-orbiting space station after Apollo 11's Michael Collins
- Author Alexander Freed's 'Alphabet Squadron' trilogy concludes with 'Star Wars: Victory's Price'
- Distant star drowns its partner in gas, forming gorgeous 'Necklace Nebula'
- Clouds of self-levitating soot might help halt global warming
- UFO answers coming soon? US government to report on mysterious sightings
- May 18
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- NASA rocket launch sparks stunning green and violet clouds in night sky (photos)
- Atlas V rocket launches SBIRS Geo-5 missile warning satellite for US Space Force
- Discovery Channel's 'Who Wants To Be An Astronaut' will launch a contest winner into orbit with Axiom Space
- Rocket Lab investigates launch failure, begins inspecting recovered booster
- Watch an Atlas V rocket launch US Space Force missile-warning satellite today
- Scientists ponder how to get samples from Saturn's weird moon Titan
- Solar Orbiter captures its 1st video of eruption on the sun
- Exclusive: Watch a deleted scene from 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 1 Blu-ray release
- May 17
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- China's newly landed Mars rover Zhurong likely to roll into action this weekend
- Atlas V rocket launch carrying Space Force missile-warning satellite delayed to Tuesday
- Earth's oldest crystals reveal age of plate tectonics
- Voyager 1 discovers faint plasma 'hum' in interstellar space
- Milky Way lights up Guiana spaceport in stunning timelapse video
- European startup builds oxygen-making machine for 2025 moon mission
- May 16
- May 15
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- SpaceX rocket launches Starlink fleet and 2 small satellites, sticks landing at sea
- SpaceX will launch 52 Starlink satellites and two small payloads tonight. Watch it live!
- Rocket Lab Electron booster launch fails to reach orbit, 2 satellites lost
- Rocket Lab will launch its 20th mission and recover a booster early Saturday
- Introducing Nüwa, the sustainable Mars megacity of the future: Exclusive interview
- China's 1st Mars rover 'Zhurong' lands on the Red Planet
- Space Force renames Florida space wing as Space Launch Delta 45
- May 14
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- SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites to connect with Google Cloud systems
- Netflix powers up 'Love, Death + Robots' Volume 2
- Space station simulator 'Base One' launches for PC and Mac and it's 20% off
- SpaceX plans for 1st orbital Starship flight hint at Texas-to-Hawaii trip
- Russian film crew passes medical checks for October launch to space station
- China to attempt its first Mars rover landing today
- China's Mars rover landing: How Zhurong will attempt to touch down on the Red Planet
- Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa to fly to space station in December
- Watch NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity fly in 3D (video)
- The 'Mass Effect: Legendary Edition' has landed. Here's what space fans should know.
- Astronomers keep finding mysterious circular rings in the sky and don't know how to explain them
- Space launch traffic may influence mysterious night-shining clouds in Earth's atmosphere
- May 13
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- NASA partners with deep-ocean explorers to develop tech for Europa mission
- Beam up our breakdown of the 'Star Trek: Discovery' Season 4 and 'Lower Decks' Season 2 teaser trailers
- NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has found some mysterious rocks (photos)
- See the 1st teaser for 'The Tomorrow War,' a new sci-fi thriller coming to Amazon Prime
- May 12
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- China's Yutu 2 rover about to 'wake up' on the far side of the moon
- SpaceX will launch a moon mission funded by Dogecoin in 2022
- The commander pulls an April Fools' Day prank on the crew – Commander's Report: lunar day 2
- The bright 'evening star' Venus returns to the night sky this month
- China launches more classified Yaogan satellites into orbit
- Rocket Lab to recover Electron booster from ocean after Saturday launch
- Never-ending detonations could blast hypersonic craft into space
- A longstanding Venus mystery has been cracked by a NASA sun probe
- Abundant harvest in Antarctic greenhouse shows promise for moon agriculture
- NASA really wants a Mars sample return mission. Here's what's in store.
- Scientists find liquid water inside a meteorite, revealing clues about the early solar system
- May 11
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- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope unfolds its giant mirror for last time ahead of Oct. 31 launch
- Stunning new images of Jupiter reveal atmosphere details in different light (video)
- The great lunar 'bake off' of knots and moon rocks — Commander's report: lunar day 13
- Mars may still be volcanically active, study finds
- Coldplay connects with astronaut to debut 'Higher Power' on space station
- First bottle of wine 'aged in space' is for sale at Christie’s
- NASA and Axiom ink deal for 1st private astronaut mission to space station
- Moonshot Museum to feature window into Astrobotic lunar lander work
- Is war in space inevitable?
- May 10
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- Want to bid on Blue Origin's space tourist seat auction? Be sure to read the fine print
- Farewell, Bennu! NASA spacecraft leaves asteroid to bring pieces of space rock to Earth
- Brilliant fireball spotted over Minnesota by doorbell cameras
- China's huge rocket that fell from space highlights debris risk of uncontrolled reentries
- Surprise meteor shower! 'Finlay-id' 'shooting stars' will appear for the first time in 2021.
- NASA's asteroid-sampling mission will bid farewell to asteroid Bennu today
- ESA launches hilarious 'European Space-Ody' with spin on a classic Queen song
- 'Oddball' star shocks scientists with strange supernova
- May 9
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- SpaceX's Elon Musk lands on 'Saturday Night Live' to talk space, Mars (and yes, Dogecoin)
- Physicists get close to taming the chaos of the 'three-body problem'
- 8 extremely rare 'millisecond pulsars' discovered inside globular clusters
- Huge Chinese rocket booster falls to Earth over Arabian Peninsula
- SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites in record 10th liftoff (and landing) of reused rocket
- May 8
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- A huge Chinese rocket will fall to Earth this weekend. Here's how to track it online.
- SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket on its 10th flight Sunday and you can watch it online
- Space junk removal is not going smoothly
- Astronomers chart invisible ocean of dark matter swirling outside the Milky Way
- World's 1st multinode quantum network is a breakthrough for the quantum internet
- NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity lands at new airfield after 5th flight
- May 7
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- You can see the International Space Station (and China's Tianhe, too) in the night sky this weekend
- A huge Chinese rocket booster is falling from space, but don't worry. It likely won't hit you.
- 'Debris' on NBC is a sci-fi show with enormous potential
- US Space Command is tracking China's falling rocket booster, but won't shoot it down
- Perseverance rover captures sounds of Mars helicopter Ingenuity's flight in awesome first (video)
- This week on the forums: Going to Mars, SpaceX giveaway and an alternate Earth!
- Visit 'Mars' with me in Space.com's new 'Space Traveler' mini-documentary out now
- 'Spaghettified' star wrapped around a black hole spotted for the first time
- NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity will head to new airfield today on 5th flight
- Mystery of strange new 'dune' auroras solved, scientists say
- How long is a day on Venus? It's always changing, new study reveals
- May 6
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- SpaceX's Elon Musk hosting 'Saturday Night Live' this weekend
- Falling Chinese rocket debris spotted in space as White House weighs in (photo)
- Boeing, NASA target July 30 for 2nd test flight of Starliner capsule
- Exclusive: 'The Martian' author Andy Weir aims for the stars with new sci-fi thriller 'Project Hail Mary'
- Radiation resistance is baked into the Perseverance Mars rover. Here's why that's important.
- Welcome to Mars! Bill Nye and Robert Zubrin hail new Red Planet visitors.
- Is there a pattern to the universe?
- How do you clean a space station? Astronaut Thomas Pesquet shares orbital spring cleaning tips
- May 5
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- SpaceX launches Starship SN15 rocket and sticks the landing in high-altitude test flight
- SpaceX will try to launch its Starship SN15 rocket in Texas today (updated)
- China's huge rocket booster falling from space highlights orbital debris problem
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will launch its 1st astronaut flight on July 20 and you can bid for a seat
- Red wine in space may age faster than on Earth, study finds
- SpaceX's next flight for Crew Dragon Resilience is a private launch of 4 civilians
- 'For All Mankind' FAQ: How did the space shuttle fly to the moon?
- Stars made of antimatter could exist in the Milky Way
- Private Dream Chaser space plane to land on NASA's former shuttle runway
- Smithsonian inspects first US astronaut's space capsule, suit 60 years on
- US spaceflight at 60: A lot has changed since NASA's 1st crewed mission
- Photos: Freedom 7, America's 1st Human Spaceflight
- '2 Funny Astronauts': NASA vets Mike Massimino and Garrett Reisman launch new podcast
- May 4
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- Boba Fett takes on the galaxy in Marvel Comics' bold new series 'Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters'
- SpaceX's Star Wars Day launch puts 60 Starlink satellites in orbit, lands rocket
- Hasbro's new animatronic Baby Yoda eats snacks, uses the Force and coos
- Witness visual effects magic in ILM's 'The Mandalorian' Season 2 sizzle reel
- In photos: NASA's SLS megarocket core stage arrives in Florida for 1st Artemis moon mission
- Here's a first look at Disney Cruise Line's upcoming 'Star Wars: Hyperspace Lounge'
- Watch SpaceX launch a Falcon 9 rocket packed with Starlink satellites this Star Wars Day
- Celebrate the 'Taco Moon' with a free taco from Taco Bell tonight!
- Celebrate Star Wars Day with an explosive premiere of 'The Bad Batch' on Disney Plus
- May 3
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- Rocket debris from China's space station launch is falling back to Earth — but where?
- Florida lawmakers protect spacecraft parts from finders, keepers
- 'Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark' is only 99 cents for May the 4th
- Star Wars video games are up to 75% off for May the 4th
- Former Senator Bill Nelson sworn in as new NASA Administrator
- The Eta Aquarid meteor shower of 2021 peaks this week. Here's how to see it.
- Dark matter could be destroying itself inside the bellies of exoplanets
- Space junk is blocking our view of the stars, scientists say
- The youngest exoplanet found by the Hubble telescope is the size of Jupiter (and still growing)
- Europe plans to launch space telescope to monitor orbital debris
- May 2
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- SpaceX Crew Dragon makes 1st nighttime splashdown with US astronauts since Apollo era
- Exclusive Peek: Soar Inside 'The Art Of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge'
- Disney Imagineers reveal new robotic 'Baby Groot' in new video
- SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut mission to the International Space Station in photos
- SpaceX's Crew-1 astronaut mission for NASA: Live updates
- SpaceX Dragon leaves space station for NASA's 1st nighttime crew splashdown since 1968
- May 1
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- Vice President Kamala Harris to lead National Space Council under Biden administration
- How did you spend your week? NASA pretended to crash an asteroid into Earth.
- A SpaceX Dragon will make the 1st nighttime splashdown with NASA astronauts in 53 years. Watch it live.
- Earth's crust is way, way older than we thought
- HI-SEAS crew struggle to keep up hope as relentless storms foil their 'moonwalks' — Commander's report: lunar day 10
- Lego offers sweet Star Wars deals for May the Fourth
