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'Guess I'll be waiting a minute to surf again': Artemis 2 moon astronaut Christina Koch shares her recovery journey

A week after the Artemis 2 moon mission ended, NASA astronaut Christina Koch struggled to walk in a straight line during a blindfold test. But it's all part of readjusting to life on Earth.

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A Lego 'Project Hail Mary' set just soared into the stratosphere, breaking the Guinness World Record for highest flight

Amaze, amaze, amaze! A Lego version of the 'Project Hail Mary' spaceship soared into the stratosphere and set an altitude record.

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Ice melts in the springtime on Mars | Space photo of the day for April 24, 2026

Springtime has arrived at the Red Planet's Chasma Boreale, as this photo by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows.

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A bright star will disappear for up to an hour tonight — here's what's happening

The moon will briefly hide Regulus in a dramatic occultation visible across parts of the eastern U.S.

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Hubble Telescope celebrates 36th anniversary with gorgeous new image of famous Trifid Nebula

This latest image from Hubble forms just one of more than 1.7 million observations that the space telescope has made over the past 36 years since it launched on April 24, 1990.

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Ted Cruz pushes back on NASA budget cuts: 'I don't want to wake up one day and look up at the moon and realize the Chinese have beat us there'

Sen. Ted Cruz told engineers on NASA's Artemis program, "we'll take care of the politics...so you can do your job," amid steep cuts to NASA's funding in the Presidents fiscal year 2027 budget request.

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Could 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' restore the 'Star Wars' spark? Watch the electrifying final trailer and decide if this is the way

The latest trailer for the next Star Wars film 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' is an explosive return to form for the sci-fi franchise from a galaxy far away.

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What will happen when our sun starts dying? These 'stellar archaeologists' may have found a clue

Acting as stellar archaeologists, scientists have found fossilized magnetism on long-dead white dwarf stars, which may help to explain how stars evolve.

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These 'interstellar glaciers' could give water to young star systems. Could they support alien life, too?

NASA's SPHEREx space telescope reveals widespread water ice in Cygnus X, showing how dust shields molecules in star-forming regions across the Milky Way.

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Ancient volcanic ash seen blowing across Mars in new spacecraft images

New images from the Mars Express spacecraft show ancient volcanic ash spreading across the Red Planet.

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James Webb Space Telescope peers into a dying star surrounded by mysterious buckyballs: 'The structures we're seeing now are breathtaking'

The James Webb Space Telescope captured the first detailed images of planetary nebula Tc 1, revealing new details of what happens after a sun-like star dies.

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Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS formed in a world much colder than the solar system

"Each interstellar comet brings a little bit of its history, its fossils, from elsewhere."

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NASA's TESS spacecraft discovers a weird system of exoplanets unlike anything seen before

"Most planetary systems appear as 'peas in a pod.' This is not the case in the TOI-201 system."

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Nebula sparkles in new Hubble snapshot | Space photo of the day for April 23, 2026

Hubble revisits the Trifid Nebula in a spectacular image, revealing it's expansive splendor.

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Japan's audacious sample-return mission to the Mars moon Phobos has made it to the launch pad

The complex MMX mission aims to shed light on the origins of Mars' two tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos, bringing Phobos material back to Earth in 2031.

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Making contact with ET? Aliens may already know we're here

Earth is dotted with many humongous, human-made structures. To an alien eye, they may be tell-tale signs of intelligent goings-on, betraying our existence and hinting at our capabilities.

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'That's just not a winning strategy': Congress objects (again) to Trump's planned NASA budget cuts

Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle objected to President Trump's proposed NASA budget cuts during a House hearing on Wednesday (April 22).

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From 'Starfield' to Artemis: designing moonbases in games and reality

Looking at the best games for building lunar settlements, and how they compare to NASA's real-life plans for Artemis Base Camp.

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As 'Star Fox Zero' turns 10, here's why the sci-fi rail shooter series deserves a comeback

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Rocket Lab launches Japanese 'origami' satellite, 7 other spacecraft to orbit (photos)

Rocket Lab launched eight Japanese satellites to orbit on Wednesday night (April 22), including one that features an origami-folded antenna.

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NASA still confident that Artemis astronauts will land on the moon in 2028 despite spacesuit delays

NASA says it's confident that new spacesuits will be ready for a moon landing in 2028, even though a new report raises the possibility of a multiyear delay.

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Happy Earth Day! Celebrate with these amazing photos of our planet from space, from Apollo 8 to Artemis 2

This Earth Day, we reflect on our home planet and look at Earth from space through history.

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Meet the US Navy divers who welcomed the Artemis 2 astronauts home from the moon

Four Navy divers made a contribution to the historic Artemis 2 moon mission, welcoming its astronauts home to Earth and making sure they were safe and healthy.

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Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket grounded after launch mishap

The Federal Aviation Administration has temporarily grounded Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, which failed to deliver a satellite to the proper orbit during its third-ever launch on Sunday (April 19).

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Celebrate Earth Day with this Artemis 2 shot | Space photo of the day for April 22, 2026

Celebrating Earth Day with an image of Earth captured by NASA's Artemis 2 mission around the moon.

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