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NASA announced new contracts for the rovers and landers that will lay the groundwork for the agency’s...
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For this NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month, we return to the constellation Orion...
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Remarkable backyard footage captures giant solar prominence and streams of coronal rain flowing along the sun's magnetic...
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A computer rendering of the configuration of the International Space Station as of May 17, 2026. Six...
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It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press...
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ISS astronauts briefly sheltered aboard an attached SpaceX Dragon capsule today (June 5) while cosmonauts tried to...
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Last week's explosion of a New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida, was clearly a setback for...
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Welcome to Edition 8.44 of the Rocket Report! The news this week is decidedly weighted in favor...
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Three planets, two stars and one moon create a spectacular June sky show.
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In the canals, wetlands and marshes of the Florida Everglades, the spectacled caiman has quietly expanded its...
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Searing across the night sky, a meteor puts on a spectacular show above Arizona's Kitt Peak National...
SpaceX will sell its shares for $135 apiece during its IPO, yielding a valuation of $1.77 trillion.
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On June 5, 1819, British mathematician and astronomer John C. Adams was born in Cornwall. The first...
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In May and June of most years, NASA satellites typically begin to detect large numbers of wildland...
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As California’s population boomed—from 10 million in 1950 to over 40 million today—the number of people living...
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Night shining noctilucent clouds could brighten the sky before dawn and after sunset from tonight!
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The James Webb Space Telescope observed a large amount of methane around 3I/ATLAS, revealing just how different...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 4: Jupiter passes...
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Friday, June 5Standing some 50° high in the south by 10 P.M. local daylight time, M5 is...
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere during its 61st close flyby of...