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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB

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A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for launch from Vandenberg in this file photo. Image: SpaceX.SpaceX is...

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Artist's illustration of Europe's ExoMarsTrace Gas Orbiter releasing the Schiaparelli landing demonstrator near Mars.

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On this day in space! Oct. 20, 1970: The Soviet Union launches last-ever Zond moon mission

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This artist's illustration shows a body about one-third the size of Mars slamming into the planet. The collision could've created a debris ring, out of which Phobos and Deimos formed. Image Credit: Paris Diderot / Labex UnivEarthS

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JAXA’s Martian Moons eXploration Mission is on its Way to Mars and Phobos

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JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, has finally launched its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission. The launch...

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Can’t make it to the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art for the ‘Star Wars’ display? This is the companion book set you’re looking for!

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This figure shows how a supernova remnant named Sgr A East overlaps in the sky with the Sgr A*, the Milky Way's SMBH. The SNR has raised the metallicity of the gas in the region, and has also injected heat into the gas in the region. Both things serve to slow material flowing into the SMBH. Image Credit: Mayura Balakrishnan et al 2026 ApJ 1003 128.

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The Gas Near Sagittarius A-star is Enriched in Metals, Probably from Supernovae Explosions

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The heart of the Milky Way is dominated by—even defined by—its supermassive black hole (SMBH). It’s named...

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Jeff Bezos is playing the long game with Blue Origin (op-ed)

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A supercomputer is about to launch to the moon for the 1st time, aboard a rover named FLIP

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Understanding celestial coordinates

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Stars wheel around the North Celestial Pole, as seen from Calhoun County Park, West Virginia. Credit: Molly...

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JWST tours Orion’s hidden stellar nursery

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A small slice of the molecular cloud known as OMC-2 in Orion explodes to life in this...

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A Magnetar Can Be Born When Two Neutron Stars Touch

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All neutron stars have intense magnetic fields. The typical magnetic field of a neutron star is about...

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These panels show four of the Moon's lobate thrust fault scarps in the lunar highlands. For A through F, the column on the left contains NAC Stereo Digital Terrain Models showing elevations, and the column on the left is simple NAC images. From top to bottom, the figure shows the Pitiscus scarp, the Fowler scarp, the Morozov scarp, and the Mouchez scarp. For the Mouchez scarp, G is a ShadowCam DTM and H is a ShadowCam image. Image Credit: Watters et al. 2026. PSJ.

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The Moon is Still Shrinking as it Cools. That Could Create a Hazard for Lunar Mission.

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Scientists have known for years that the Moon is shrinking. Surface features called young thrust fault scarps...

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The view from the edge of a sparkling spiral galaxy | Space photo of the day for Oct. 20, 2026

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Red light, white light: How to preserve your night vision while using stargazing apps

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SpaceX launches Starfall reentry capsule, 31 customer payloads on Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission

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The plume of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 upper stage is caught by the rising sun during the Bandwagon-5...

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AnySignal to Deliver Space-to-Earth Communications for Three Reflect Orbital Missions

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LOS ANGELES — October 20, 2026 AnySignal, a leading provider of software-defined radios and space-based networking, today announced...

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Oct. 20, 2018: BepiColombo launches

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BepiColombo is only the third spacecraft to visit Mercury, following NASA's MESSENGER and Mariner 10. Credit: ESA/ATG...

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JWST Tracks Shifting Water Clouds and Churning Gases on the Coldest Known Brown Dwarf

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When picturing a star, typically people think of giant balls of burning gas in the sky that...

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Could a $200K bond for satellites paid before launch prevent a space junk disaster in orbit? Here’s why some scientists think so

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SpaceX launches its ‘Starfall’ return capsule for 2nd time ever (video)

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SpaceX just launched its mysterious "Starfall" return capsule for the second time ever.Starfall was one of 32...

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NASA closes the book on epic OSIRIS-REx asteroid-sampling mission: ‘I am immensely proud of what we did’

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On Sept. 30, NASA formally concluded OSIRIS-REx, the historic first U.S. mission to pluck a pristine piece...

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