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SpaceX launches secret US spy satellites to orbit from California (video, photos)

SpaceX launched a batch of spy satellites for the U.S. government this evening (May 11) from California's foggy central coast.

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NASA's Artemis 3 rocket is taking shape for 2027 launch to test lunar landers (photo)

The core stage for NASA's Artemis 3 rocket has been raised inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, and is awaiting engine integration.

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'Nothing short of magical': Astrophotographer captures Lyrid meteors beside the Milky Way

Dury captured shooting stars glowing with the Milky Way from the remote Scottish Island of Skye.

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See Artemis 2's amazing views of Earth in timelapse video taken from 12,000-photo drop

While making history on the first human moon mission in more than 50 years, the Artemis 2 astronauts captured incredible pictures of our home planet.

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New James Webb Space Telescope images reveal how massive star clusters can reshape galaxies

The James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists peek into the secrets of galactic evolution — and the view is stunning, too.

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Artemis astronauts may find remnants of a 'decapitated' asteroid's impact on the moon

An ancient impact may have scattered material from deep inside the moon toward NASA's planned Artemis landing sites near the lunar south pole.

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A 29-pound Mars rock held NASA's Curiosity rover hostage for 6 days (video)

The rock is nicknamed "Atacama."

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Where does Earth's mysterious 'ring current' come from? NASA and the US Space Force are launching a mission to find out

NASA, working with the Space Force, plans to launch a space weather mission later this month to study a strange "ring current" surrounding our planet.

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Moon joy at Jupiter | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2026

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a photo of Jupiter's moon Thebe.

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Here's what 6 years of driving on Mars did to the wheels on NASA's Curiosity rover (video)

A new video released by NASA/JPL documents six years of Curiosity rover's wheels while driving on Mars.

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The Most Isolated Places on Earth: Reaching Them Means Leaving Civilization Behind

From Point Nemo to Tristan da Cunha, these are the most isolated places on Earth. See how far from civilization our planet's remotest destinations really are.

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Artemis 2 moon launch brought nearly 350,000 people to Florida's Space Coast

About 346,000 U.S. visitors — roughly the equivalent of the population of Honolulu, Hawaii — came to Florida's Space Coast during the Artemis 2 launch campaign.

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How an exoplanet odd couple survived by traveling in from the cold together

By probing the atmosphere of a mini-Neptune exoplanet, the James Webb Space Telescope has found that it formed much farther from its star than it is today, possibly explaining the origin of many other mini-Neptunes in the process.

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Europe's 1st reusable spacecraft 'Space Rider' clears key hurdles on the road to launch

Space Rider, a novel spacecraft concept from the European Space Agency, is passing key milestones in its tests and qualifications to bring the vehicle to flight readiness.

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'Whatever Russia is testing, it's sophisticated': 2 Russian satellites get within 10 feet of each other in orbit

Two Russian satellites got within 10 feet (3 meters) of each other recently, demonstrating a sophisticated set of orbital maneuvering skills.

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Why does NASA's Curiosity rover have a 'lucky penny' on Mars? | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026

Providing good luck to the first Martian to find it.

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'GTA 6' Fan Uses Planetary Data to Predict Trailer 3 Release Date After Studying Rockstar Patterns Since 2007

"GTA 6" trailer 3 release date prediction uses planetary data and Rockstar patterns. See GTA 6 news, leaks, and what fans expect next.

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Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth faster

Scientists studied how space junk moved in orbit over a 36-year span, finding that increased solar activity caused it to fall to Earth faster.

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Mexico City is sinking up to 14 inches per year, satellite images show

Mexico City is one of the fastest subsiding cities in the world, dropping by up to 14 inches every year.

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NASA just released 12,000 photos from Artemis 2. Here are our top picks

You could spend hours scrolling through the thousands of photos just released by NASA from the Artemis 2 moon mission.

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Watch SpaceX Starlink train circle Earth in amazing satellite video

A video captured by a newly launched SpaceX Starlink satellite shows us what it's like to zoom above our beautiful blue planet.

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A tiny 'plutino' world beyond Neptune has grown a mysterious atmosphere, and we don't know how

A trans-Neptunian object was found to possess a surprising thin atmosphere after astronomers witnessed the object occult a distant star.

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These 2 companies want to start removing space junk from orbit in 2027

Two private companies are partnering up to establish a repeatable debris removal service for low Earth orbit, and they want to debut it in 2027.

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NASA is making a powerful new ion engine to send astronauts to Mars — and it just passed its 1st test

A prototype ion engine that uses lithium metal vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than the ion engine on the Psyche mission.

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NASA wants to land astronauts on the moon in 2028. Will SpaceX's Starship or Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander be ready in time?

After Artemis 2, NASA's moon return hinges on two unproven commercial landers, each of which faces major technical and timeline challenges.

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