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- October 31
- October 30
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- SpaceX's Dragon space toilet is off limits for astronauts returning to Earth soon
- NASA to fly National Geographic cameras on first crewed return to moon
- A Saturn V moon rocket blasts off in this most EPIC Halloween pumpkin carving!
- A NASA spacecraft just saw the north pole of Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter, for the first time
- Why is there a 'crisis' in cosmology?
- SpaceX, NASA delay launch of Crew-3 astronauts to space station due to weather
- Watch the sun fire off huge solar flares in this mesmerizing NASA video
- Russian cargo ship delivers early Halloween treats to International Space Station
- October 29
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- Major solar flare won't delay SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut launch on Halloween, NASA says
- Hubble Space Telescope instruments in 'safe mode' after glitch, stalling science
- 'Star Trek Online' first Halloween event follows The Old Ones
- 'Godzilla' monster spotted in colorful nebula by zombie space telescope
- This creepy photo of a dying star looks like a portal to the underworld
- Was the 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast an early deepfake?
- SpaceX is launching science experiments to space with Crew-3 astronauts on Halloween
- Huge solar flare could supercharge northern lights on Halloween
- The most powerful space telescope ever built will look back in time to the dark ages of the universe
- Death in space: Here's what would happen to our bodies
- Project Cambria: The new VR headset revealed at Facebook Connect
- What would happen if an asteroid were going to hit Earth? A NASA scientist explains.
- This is what Earth looks like from the moon's south pole (video)
- October 28
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- Sun fires off major solar flare from Earth-facing sunspot
- Estée Lauder teams up with International Space Station to tackle Earth's plastic problem
- Brilliant Venus is putting on a sky show! How to track it for the rest of the year
- NASA to reveal new Jupiter atmosphere discovery Thursday. How to watch live.
- 'Star Trek: Prodigy' premieres tonight and it's really rather good
- Jupiter's Great Red Spot is even deeper than scientists had thought
- How to watch Star Trek: Prodigy season two since it's not on Paramount+
- SpaceX fires up Falcon 9 rocket for Crew-3 Halloween astronaut launch
- Private space stations are coming. Here's what NASA astronauts want to see
- This moon motorcycle concept by a Russian automotive designer is just wild
- A new Oculus VR headset may have been leaked ahead of Facebook Connect event today
- Space exploration should aim for peace, collaboration and co-operation, not war and competition
- Balky solar array still troubling NASA's Lucy asteroid probe
- Astra now eyeing early November for next orbital launch attempt
- 'Perfect launch' of Soyuz rocket sends Russian Progress 79 cargo ship to space station
- October 27
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- SpaceX rolls out Falcon 9 rocket for NASA's Crew-3 Halloween launch
- 'Dune' sequel gets the greenlight from Legendary, Warner Bros.
- Perseverance rover snaps first Mars photos after communications blackout. They're stunning.
- 'NOVA Universe Revealed' on PBS brings the cosmos down to Earth tonight
- NASA's DART spacecraft, humanity's first asteroid defense mission, less than one month from launch
- China launches 40th orbital rocket mission of 2021, a new record: report
- Crew-3 astronauts excited to ride SpaceX's Dragon on Halloween
- This 12-in-1 solar powered robot STEM kit is 35% off at Amazon now
- Disney's 1st trailer for 'Lightyear,' a Buzz Lightyear origin story, looks amazing
- China launches military satellite that will take aim at space junk
- Wildfires burned Antarctica 75 million years ago, charcoal remnants reveal
- L+600 and counting: ESA astronaut to be 600th person in space on SpaceX Crew-3 launch
- Earth tipped on its side (and back again) in 'cosmic yo-yo' 84 million years ago
- Microbes could help future Mars explorers make rocket fuel and oxygen on the Red Planet
- Crew-3 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of SpaceX's planned Halloween launch
- October 26
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- A new sunspot is firing off solar eruptions and here's what it looks like on video
- SpaceX has fixed its space toilet on Dragon for NASA's Crew-3 astronaut launch
- SpaceX's Crew Dragon 'safe enough' to fly Russian cosmonauts, Roscosmos chief says
- Mars helicopter Ingenuity soars through Red Planet's summer air after radio blackout (video)
- New space station 'Route 66' patch hides nod to Marvel 'The Eternals' artist
- Elon Musk's SpaceX now valued at $100 billion: report
- SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endurance arrives at rocket hangar in awesome photos
- You can save over $66 on this Captain Phasma 'Star Wars' costume just in time for Halloween
- Meet the Crew-3 astronauts launching on SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship Endurance
- Some supermassive black holes may contain fingerprints from the Big Bang
- Newfound baby exoplanet photographed from more than 400 light-years away
- Weird stellar remnant may be from one of the first stars in the universe
- Mysterious radio signal from Proxima Centauri was definitely not aliens
- Japanese H-2A rocket launches advanced new GPS satellite into orbit
- SpaceX is 'go' to launch astronauts to space station on Halloween
- October 25
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- How to watch NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut launch events this week
- Earth may be trapped inside a giant magnetic tunnel
- A 'bomb cyclone' is battering much of California
- 'Dune' review: Denis Villeneuve brings a sci-fi classic back to the big screen
- Hubble telescope spots doomed star that is the 'Rosetta stone' of supernovas
- Earth's spin has slowed. But we still may need a negative leap second.
- Blue Origin unveils plans to build a private space station called Orbital Reef by 2030
- Star Wars Squadrons for PC is a massive 38% off at Amazon right now
- Astronomers have found what may be the first exoplanet in another galaxy ever detected
- SpaceX shows off its 'Gateway to Mars' for Starship launches in video
- Can biofuels make spaceflight greener? UK space startups reveal plans for cleaner rocket launches
- Space juggling and dance could make suborbital flights more fun
- Asteroids and comets pummeling Earth delayed rise of oxygen
- Steve Wozniak's stealthy space startup Privateer hires chief scientific adviser
- October 24
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- Free League Publishing's new 'Blade Runner' tabletop game will let you hunt down rogue Replicants (exclusive)
- Hubble telescope spots a pair of 'squabbling' galaxies locked in cosmic dance
- Here's an exclusive 1st look at 'Battlestar Galactica: Designing Spaceships' from Hero Collector
- Thousands of tiny 'ice needles' may explain mysterious stone patterns on Earth … and Mars
- What happened when the dinosaur-killing asteroid slammed into Earth?
- 5 sci-fi concepts that are possible (in theory)
- China just test-fired a massive solid-fueled rocket
- Ariane 5 rocket successfully launches two satellites into orbit on its heaviest mission ever
- October 23
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- An overview of the fall skies of 2021
- Researchers want to 'slice and dice' deadly asteroids with rocket-powered bombs, new paper says
- Huge hole discovered in Arctic's 'last ice'
- NASA thinks US needs nuclear-powered spacecraft to stay ahead of China
- How to spot the 'elusive' planet Mercury in the night sky this month
- October 22
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- NASA targets February launch for Artemis 1 mission on its 1st first moon rocket since Apollo
- FAA wraps up public hearings on SpaceX Starship launch site environmental review
- The US military just launched 3 rockets from a NASA center to boost hypersonic weapons research
- China's Shenzhou 14 is on standby to launch in case of space station emergency
- At Mars, China's Tianwen 1 orbiter and Zhurong rover are back in action after a radio blackout
- Elon Musk says SpaceX could launch Starship orbital flight test next month
- NASA wants to buy more astronaut rides on private spaceships
- Hear sounds from Mars captured by NASA's Perseverance rover
- The 'Snoopy in Space' season 2 trailer from Apple TV+ has the right (animated) stuff
- Strange white dwarf switches 'on' and 'off' in front of astronomers
- Birthday parties in space! NASA astronaut shares how to celebrate in orbit (video)
- 'Dune' reaches space as astronaut celebrates Frank Herbert's iconic sci-fi novel
- Spacefarer Ariana Grande lands in Fortnite as a new sci-fi skin and NPC
- Arianespace delays double-satellite launch indefinitely to allow extra ground systems checks
- The Mars helicopter Ingenuity is ready to fly again after interplanetary radio blackout
- Challenge for astronomy: Megaconstellations becoming the new light pollution
- China, space junk and more: Senators voice spaceflight concerns
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will face '29 days on the edge' after launch (video)
- NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge awards $450,000 to first-round winners
- SpaceX's SN20 Starship prototype roars to life in 1st static fire tests (video)
- Russian cargo ship completes novel 28-hour docking port move at space station
- October 21
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- NASA stacks Orion capsule atop SLS megarocket for Artemis 1 moon mission (video)
- October's full 'Hunter's moon' of 2021 wows skywatchers (photos)
- Meet Starlab: Private space station planned to fly in 2027
- Jupiter hit by another space rock in rare views captured by Japanese skywatchers
- In 'Back to Earth,' NASA astronaut brings the space station mindset home
- Book excerpt: 'Back to Earth' (Seal Press, 2021) by astronaut Nicole Stott
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope looks squeaky clean at spaceport for December launch (photos)
- South Korea's 1st Nuri rocket fails to put payload in orbit in debut space launch
- Deep-space radiation could cause have big impacts on the brain, mouse experiment shows
- How much of the solar system is made of interstellar stuff?
- Black hole 'volcanic eruptions' influence vast areas of intergalactic space, study shows
- How to see Uranus near the full Hunter's Moon in the night sky this week
- October 20
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- Siege of top-secret Area 51 began as a joke. Officials prepared to use deadly force in response.
- NASA's Lucy asteroid probe settles into Earth-orbiting cruise as engineers tackle solar array glitch
- An alien planet lost its atmosphere to a giant impact
- Failed Russian spy satellite falls to Earth in brilliant fireball (video)
- SpaceX, NASA target Halloween launch for Crew-3 astronaut flight to space station
- NASA to launch secretive US military payloads on 3 sounding rockets from Virginia tonight
- The Rocinante flies again as Hero Collector's first spaceship model from 'The Expanse' (exclusive)
- 'Dune' movie skins land in Fortnite because the Spice must flow on the island
- Rocket Lab to recover booster on launch next month
- Newly-named 'Capt. John Young Hangar' honors legendary NASA astronaut
- NASA has selected new space telescope project to study Milky Way's evolution
- October's full Hunter's Moon of 2021 rises tonight! Here's what to expect.
- The 2021 Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight! Here's what to expect.
- Boeing, NASA zero in on fix for Starliner capsule's valve problem
- October 19
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- How to see October's full Hunter's Moon this Wednesday (Oct. 20)
- Senate directs NASA to choose another company to build a lunar lander: report
- The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week, but don't expect to see many 'shooting stars'
- Astronaut Chris Hadfield found space for 'The Apollo Murders' in real history
- A secret NASA moon mission launches in Chris Hadfield's alt-history novel 'The Apollo Murders' (book excerpt)
- SpaceX fires up SN20 Starship prototype for 1st time (video)
- This amazing BB-8 inflatable Halloween costume for kids is 36% off at Walmart right now
- Disability ambassadors successfully complete Zero-G flight
- Europe's veteran gamma-ray space telescope nearly killed by charged particle strike
- William Shatner oldest astronaut at 90 – Here's how space tourism could affect older people
- Amazon has Nerf deals for one day only and our favorite is 30% off!
- Mystery solved! Bizarre Hubble double galaxy caused by 'ripple' in space
- Scientists create most detailed map of Uranus' mysterious auroras to date
- October 18
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- Giant space bubble reveals reverse shockwaves from a catastrophic star explosion
- China successfully tested hypersonic weapon in August: report
- An asteroid just zipped past Earth closer than the moon's orbit
- Astronauts capture stunning aurora from International Space Station
- NASA eyes solar array glitch on new Lucy asteroid spacecraft
- Stunning supernova remnant looks like Pac-Man gulping down stars
- Scientists just broke the record for the coldest temperature ever recorded in a lab
- Water vapor detected on Jupiter's ocean moon Europa
- Wild idea: Tagalong spacecraft could watch a comet form
- October 17
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- Live this week: Watch the 2021 International Mars Society Convention online
- Shenzhou 13 astronauts begin China's longest mission ever at space station module (video)
- PBS NOVA science series 'Universe Revealed' will explore the cosmos from birth to eventual demise
- Inspiration4 astronaut Sian Proctor reflects on historic SpaceX spaceflight experience
- Artists launch colorful 'jellyfish' balloon to the stratosphere in inaugural test flight
- That's a wrap! Soyuz lands with film crew after space station movie shoot
- October 16
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- International Observe the Moon Night 2021: Don't miss these live moon webcasts tonight.
- Russian film crew returns to Earth from space station today. Here's how to watch online.
- Vast lava rivers from La Palma volcano eruption show no signs of stopping in new satellite photos
- NASA launches robotic archaeologist Lucy on ambitious mission to Trojan asteroids
- October 15
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- Errant Russian spacecraft thruster firing tilts space station by accident again
- This Monopoly: Star Wars Complete Saga Edition is a 37% off at Amazon right now
- NASA's Lucy asteroid mission has good weather for Saturday launch. Here's how to watch live.
- NASA Lucy asteroid mission-inspired craft ideas to try at home
- Meet the 10 asteroids NASA's Lucy spacecraft will visit
- Disabled 'astronauts-in-training' to fly weightlessly with Zero-G this weekend
- Look up to catch International Observe the Moon Night 2021 this weekend!
- Discoverer of Lucy asteroid mission's namesake fossil excited to watch Saturday launch
- China launches Shenzhou 13 astronauts on historic mission to new space station
- The HTC Vive Flow is a $499 VR headset that doesn't need a PC
- Virgin Galactic delays next crewed space launch to 2022
- China to launch second space station crew today
- NASA's Lucy probe will visit 8 asteroids in 12 years. Here's how it will work.
- Meteorite crash-lands in woman's bed in Canada
- NASA's Lucy asteroid probe has a time capsule plaque with messages to future humans
- Hidden exoplanets may trigger auroras on distant stars
- First discovery of planet orbiting dead star provides glimpse into our solar system's future
- October 14
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- New 'Star Trek: Discovery' trailer for Season 4 still sounds like every other season
- William Shatner says Earth looked 'so fragile' from space on Blue Origin flight (video)
- Prince William isn't a fan of space tourism
- Meet the Orion Service Module, the European-built brain of NASA's new spacecraft for moon trips
- The rocket ride for NASA's ambitious Lucy asteroid mission rolls out to launch pad
- NASA's Lucy asteroid mission will explore mysteries of the early solar system
- William Shatner's Blue Origin launch on New Shepard: Live updates
- Space Perspective raises $40 million for tourist-carrying stratospheric balloon system
- How to watch NASA's Lucy asteroid mission launch this week online
- Watch William Shatner gaze at Earth from space in awe during Blue Origin's launch (video)
- Giant 'Earthwork' portrait of astronaut Stephanie Wilson debuts in Atlanta
- These smartphone photos of Earth from space by China's Shenzhou 12 astronauts are just gorgeous
- Arianespace launches 36 new OneWeb internet satellites into orbit on Soyuz rocket
- October 13
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- In photos: William Shatner launches to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard
- NASA's daring Lucy asteroid mission is ready to launch
- China just put its next-generation spaceship on display
- William Shatner moved to tears by space launch with Blue Origin
- Life on Venus may never have been possible
- William Shatner and crew of 3 launch to the final frontier on Blue Origin rocket
- Ancient meteorites preserve building blocks of early solar system
- What if the universe had no beginning?
- Scientists capture image of bizarre 'electron ice' for the first time
- Blue Origin will launch William Shatner into space today! Here's how to watch it live.
- Blue Origin's Audrey Powers is 'proud and humbled to fly' in space
- Solar storm hits Earth, bringing northern lights to New York
- October 12
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- What time will William Shatner launch into space on Blue Origin's New Shepard?
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope arrives in French Guiana ahead of Dec. 18 launch
- Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket 'go' to launch William Shatner and crew to space
- Astra knows what caused its rocket launch failure in August and will try again soon
- William Shatner of 'Star Trek' says he's ready to go to space for real
- William Shatner hopes for no 'gremlins' on Blue Origin launch (video)
- Photographer offers visual slant on space shuttle in 'Orbital Planes'
- Spaceflight companies set limit on carry-ons: souvenirs not for sale
- Satellites capture reinvigorated La Palma volcanic eruption
- 'Blade Runner: Black Lotus' new trailer and premiere date
- October 11
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- New 'Star Trek: Prodigy' footage lands at NYCC with cast announcements
- Remains of Nazi V2, the first supersonic rocket, unearthed in South East England
- Forecasting space weather is hard. A new Australian satellite may help make it easier
- People have long claimed to hear the northern lights. Are the reports true?
- October 10
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- William Shatner's Blue Origin launch delayed to Wednesday due to weather
- NASA's asteroid spacecraft Lucy launches this week on ambitious 12-year mission
- Nobel Prize for physics winner shaped ground-breaking Earth-observing mission
- First close-up pictures of Mercury from BepiColombo hint at answers to the planet's secrets
- Perseverance's first major successes on Mars — an update from mission scientists
- Watch live: See live views of Uranus from the Royal Astronomical Society
- October 9
- October 8
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- 'The Expanse' is back! Check out the first teaser for the sixth (and final) season
- Get hyped for 'Resident Alien' Season 2 with this featurette and first teaser (video)
- The Sanrock U52 Drone is a whopping 32% off from Amazon
- This kids' 12-in-1 Aerospace Building Kit is a sizable 27% off
- Trailer for 'Lost in Space' Season 3 promises epic conclusion to beloved series (video)
- 'Among the Stars' director Ben Turner captures raw emotion in new Disney Plus space documentary (Q&A)
- China rolls out rocket for its longest crew mission yet
- William Shatner says he's 'terrified' days ahead of flight with Blue Origin
- Pluto's atmosphere is starting to disappear, scientists find
- Striking bull's-eye-shaped clouds form above erupting La Palma volcano
- Draconid meteor shower peaks tonight! Here's how to see it.
- Look up! The moon and 3 planets will gather after sundown this week
- US Mint reveals final design for astronaut Sally Ride 2022 quarter
- Hawaiian volcanic eruption glows in gorgeous satellite photos
- NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid at 15,000 mph. Will it make a dent?
- October 7
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- Crew-3 astronauts are ready and excited for 6-month SpaceX mission
- New YouTube short shows kids on space scavenger hunt with VP Kamala Harris
- Meet 'Endurance': New SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule gets a name
- NASA's 1st interactive graphic novel 'First Woman' tells of one girl's dream to walk on the moon
- Moon rocks brought to Earth by Chinese mission fill key gaps in solar system history
- Perseverance rover confirms existence of ancient Mars lake and river delta
- New sci-fi anthology 'AI 2041' presents hopeful realities of artificial intelligence
- The oldest gamma-ray burst ever discovered was just a piece of space junk
- Not all Mars spacecraft might need such deep cleaning, scientists find
- Blue Origin's first crewed launch breaks four Guinness World Records
- 'The Autobiography of Mr. Spock' offers a fascinating look at Star Trek's iconic Vulcan (exclusive excerpt)
- Lego's Large Creative Brick Box is 37% off at Amazon in pre-Black Friday deal
- William Shatner's space launch with Blue Origin has taken Twitter by storm
- 3 years after tiny spacecraft made Mars history, where are all their successors?
- Astronomy needs a new long-term approach, new paper argues
- This 4DRC F10 drone for your new flyer is 35% off at Amazon right now
- October 6
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- A $2 billion particle detector stars in new Disney Plus docuseries 'Among the Stars': Q&A with principal investigator Sam Ting
- Meet William Shatner's real-life space crew for Blue Origin's launch
- SpaceX's Crew-3 is ready for a Halloween weekend launch
- NASA reassigns 2 astronauts from Boeing's Starliner to SpaceX's Crew Dragon
- Get 20% off Crayola STEAM toys and kits during World Space Week
- William Shatner 'AI' will chat with you about the 'Star Trek' actor's life
- Barbie doll styled after ESA astronaut on sale for World Space Week
- Watch NASA and FEMA discuss climate change's impacts in free Climate Action Series today
- Nobel prize in physics goes to trio whose research alerted the world to climate change
- New 'Arids' meteor shower spotted from the Southern Hemisphere
- Megaconstellations could destroy astronomy and there's no easy fix
- Is it an asteroid or comet? This strange solar system object is actually both.
- October 5
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- William Shatner's space launch on Blue Origin's New Shepard: When to watch and what to know
- SETI Institute, Unistellar and Planetary Society partner to host World Space Week events for girls
- William Shatner's age will make him the oldest person to fly in space with Blue Origin launch
- United Arab Emirates to launch bold asteroid mission in 2028
- William Shatner eager to see 'vastness of space' when he launches with Blue Origin
- Filming 'Among the Stars' with Disney Plus meant a 2-year journey for astronaut Chris Cassidy. Here's what he learned.
- 1,000 days on the moon! China's Chang'e 4 lunar far side mission hits big milestone
- This Star Wars: The Black Series Darth Vader figure is 15% off at Amazon
- Bizarre, scorching exoplanet WASP-76 b may be even hotter than we thought
- Perseverance rover on Mars spotted from space in striking new satellite image
- Russian film crew docks at space station to shoot movie in orbit
- Cosmonaut photos show International Space Station from rare perspective
- Baby planets marinate in a life-giving cyanide 'soup,' analysis reveals
- Fly by Mercury with this stunning new video from the BepiColombo spacecraft
- 3, 2, 1 ... action! Russia launches film crew to shoot movie on space station
- October 4
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- In photos: Russian film crew launching to the International Space Station
- SNL spoofs Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin and space billionaires with 'Star Trek' skit
- Bright fireball lights up the pre-dawn sky over Colorado (video)
- Russia will launch a film crew to the International Space Station Tuesday and you can watch it live
- William Shatner will launch into space with Blue Origin on Oct. 12
- World View to start flying passengers on stratospheric balloon rides in 2024
- A space fan's guide to New York Comic Con 2021
- Chinese company aims for suborbital space tourism with familiar rocket design
- World Space Week 2021 honors women in space: How to join the celebration online and in person
- Starscream investigates a phantom howl in new 'Transformers: Halloween Special'
- October 3
- October 2
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- Mercury looks stunning in this 1st flyby photo from Europe and Japan's BepiColombo mission
- 'Bright skies' named color of the year — here's why there's so much more to the heavens than blue
- Bold new 'Star Trek' book marks 55th anniversary of the original series
- Air Force's X-37B robotic space plane wings past 500 days in Earth orbit
- Unstoppable lava from La Palma volcano eruption reaches ocean in stunning space photos
- October 1
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- Skywatchers see SpaceX's Dragon cargo ship streak across the night sky as it returned to Earth
- Exceptionally rare planet with three suns may lurk in Orion's nose
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin faces scathing criticism of safety and culture
- Mercury flyby tonight: Europe's BepiColombo spacecraft to attempt its 1st swing past the planet
- Superbright aurora lights up Earth's night side in incredible image from space
- Climate change is making Earth dimmer
- Stinky 'mushball' hailstones on Uranus may explain an atmospheric anomaly there (and on Neptune, too)
