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A Traveler Waits in the Stars for Those Willing to Learn How to Look
A new book shows that the Northern Dene people of Alaska and Canada have known far more about the stars than an earlier generation of scientists were willing to acknowledge.
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First Ever Images of Sun’s South Pole Released by Solar Orbiter
Visuals from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter reveal chaotic solar magnetism in the solar polar region. Even better images are expected in the years ahead.
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Trump Has Options to Punish Musk Even if His Federal Contracts Continue
The president could tighten federal oversight of the tech titan’s businesses, even if heavy reliance by the Pentagon and NASA on them makes terminating Mr. Musk’s contracts less feasible.
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Ispace of Japan’s Moon Lander Resilience Has Crashed
The loss of the Resilience spacecraft by Ispace repeated a crash into the moon in 2023 of the company’s first robotic lunar landing mission.
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Scientists Say They’ve Found a Dwarf Planet Very Far From the Sun
The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach its closest point to the sun is in the year 26186.
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China Launches Tianwen-2 Mission to Capture Pieces of Near-Earth Asteroid
The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.
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SpaceX Starship Loses Control on Test Flight 9 as Rocket Re-enters Earth
Much was riding on Flight 9 for Elon Musk’s giant moon and Mars rocket after debris from January and March flights fell into the Atlantic Ocean, disrupting air travel.
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Sonic Detectives Want to Help SpaceX Listen Up
Physicists who record rocket launches and landings are learning important facts about the acoustics of spaceflight.
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New Studies Dismiss Signs of Life on Distant Planet
In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent analyses discount the evidence.
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NASA’s Don Pettit Shot 220 Days of Amazing Photos From the I.S.S.
Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos and our planet.
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Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century
Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad ambitions for exploring the solar system.
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Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System
Never miss a rocket launch, meteor shower, eclipse or other event that’s out of this world.
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A Near-Full ‘Strawberry Moon’ Will Shine Again on Wednesday Night
June’s full moon, known as a “strawberry moon,†may appear reddish because of its low position on the Southern Horizon.
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How NASA Would Struggle Without SpaceX if Trump Cancels Musk’s Contracts
If President Trump cancels the contracts for Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company, the federal government would struggle to achieve many goals in orbit and beyond.
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Marc Garneau, First Canadian in Space and Foreign Minister, Dies at 76
His career took flight with a newspaper ad in Ottawa, where he would later help steer the country under Justin Trudeau.
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Northern Lights May Be Visible as Far South as Alabama
Streaks of colorful light could paint the sky over a large portion of the country on Sunday night into Monday morning amid a severe geomagnetic storm.
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Trump to Withdraw Musk’s Ally as Nominee for Top NASA Job
Jared Isaacman was a close associate of Elon Musk, whose SpaceX company has multiple contracts with NASA.
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Manhattanhenge Is Back for 2025: When, Where and How to Watch
It is time once again to head to your nearest crosstown view for New York City’s best annual sunsets, if the weather cooperates.
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Trump’s Gulf Trip Also Brought Benefits to Elon Musk
The world’s richest man inked new deals as he tagged along on President Trump’s tour of the Gulf.
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Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95
He and his team of NASA engineers jumped into action to help three astronauts bound for the moon. His quick thinking earned him a shout-out from Richard Nixon.
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