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Mercury will appear farthest from the sun in its current evening apparition on June 15. space.com/stargazing/catch-m…
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Written in the 1860s, Jules Verne’s novels "From the Earth to the Moon" and "All Around the Moon" were highly speculative fiction in their time, but tell a tale that now seems remarkably familiar: three astronauts in a conical capsule on a free-return trajectory around the moon. space.com/entertainment/how-…
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The nights surrounding the new moon on June 14 are the perfect time to hunt for planets and sparkling constellations in the late spring sky. space.com/stargazing/new-moo…
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"We were totally amazed when we noticed this mass and size range of planet formation." space.com/astronomy/exoplane…
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On August 12, 2026, a total solar eclipse will be visible in eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain. Here's where to look to see it. space.com/stargazing/solar-e…
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On Episode 214 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine about his past and the space agency's future. space.com/entertainment/spac…
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Venus appeared to move closer to Jupiter in Earth's sky, as the two planets drifted farther apart in space. space.com/stargazing/astroph…
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An autonomous rolling rover that was able to transform from a sphere into a robot successfully explored a small part of the moon in 2024. space.com/astronomy/moon/how…
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Enigmatic meetings with the boss aren't always cause for panic. space.com/space-exploration/…
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Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket occurred at 8:27 a.m. ET, just over an hour before SpaceX went public on the NASDAQ stock market. space.com/space-exploration/…
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Japan successfully completed its first mission with its H3 rocket since a launch failure last year resulted in the loss of a payload. space.com/space-exploration/…
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A quasar that is the first in the early universe to be found by its flicker, more luminous than 2 trillion suns, could reveal how supermassive black holes grow. space.com/astronomy/black-ho…
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As the US military readies for two 2027 missions to test spacecraft maneuvering, a new challenge with orbital warehouses aims to beef up space infrastructure. space.com/space-exploration/…
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A spacecraft was recently prepped for encapsulation inside of its rocket at one of NASA's launch facilities ahead of its launch to save another satellite. space.com/space-exploration/…
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A part of Canadarm2 robotic arm on the ISS broke in May, requiring repairs by spacewalking astronauts no earlier than June 30. A spare is already on the station. space.com/space-exploration/…
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From ruined photos to vanishing darkness, satellites are transforming the night sky — and not always for the better. space.com/stargazing/my-quie…
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With the launch of SpaceX into the IPO frontier today, the space industry has its newest publicly traded juggernaut. space.com/space-exploration/…
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If you want to get a better view of the sun and the August total solar eclipse, we highly recommend this gear for safe and amazing views. space.com/best-solar-viewing…
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Liftoff of the Falcon 9 was at 11:05 a.m. EDT on Thursday (June 11) as anticipation soared for SpaceX to debut on the NASDAQ. space.com/space-exploration/…
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Powerful outflows of gas may explain why so many massive galaxies shut down star formation soon after the Big Bang. space.com/astronomy/galaxies…
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