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SpaceX to launch 131 satellites on Transporter 12 rides...

SpaceX is set to launch 131 satellites to orbit today (Jan. 14) from Vandenberg ...

What happened to the flags Apollo astronauts left on th...

Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo pro...

This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 10 – 19

After occulting the Pleiades last Thursday, the Moon will occult Mars for the co...

New Mercury Images from BepiColombo's Flyby

The BepiColombo mission has sent back one last preview before it enters orbit ar...

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) — Catch it if You Can

Grab your binoculars for a chance to see Comet ATLAS as it plunges toward perihe...

Former NASA Official, Astronaut Bob Cabana Receives Top...

Robert Cabana, who served as a NASA associate administrator, astronaut, and a co...

NASA’s Hubble Tracks Down a ‘Blue Lurker’ Among Stars

The name “blue lurker” might sound like a villainous character from a superhero ...

Webb Watches Carbon-Rich Dust Shells Form, Expand in St...

Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is ess...

Pluto and Charon May Have Formed in a “Kiss-and-Capture”

Pluto and Charon may have formed differently than we thought The post Pluto and ...

See January's "Planet Parade," plus Comet ATLAS Now Vis...

With lots of planets and a bright comet vying for our attention, January is an e...

The Sky This Week from January 10 to 17: Mars reaches o...

Friday, January 10The waxing gibbous Moon passes 5° north of Jupiter in Taurus a...

The Sky This Week from January 3 to 10: Earth’s closest...

Friday, January 3Asteroid 14 Irene reaches opposition at 2 A.M. EST within north...

The Sky This Week from December 27 to January 3: The Qu...

Friday, December 27By 8 P.M. local time, Gemini is well above the eastern horizo...

The Sky This Week from December 20 to 27: Welcome the w...

Friday, December 20Now that the evening sky is Moon-free, it’s time to aim for f...

The Sky This Week from December 13 to 20: 2024’s last F...

Friday, December 13The bright gibbous Moon passes 4° north of Uranus at 5 A.M. E...

NASA HEAT Student Activity Featured in TIME’s Top 100 P...

On April 8, 2024, tens of millions experienced a solar eclipse from Mexico throu...

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