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Super-Earth less than 20 light-years away is an exciting lead in the search for life

The super-Earth exoplanet is "one of the best candidates in the search for an atmospheric signature of life."

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'Fallout' Season 2: Release date, trailers, cast, & everything else we know

Prime Video's post-apocalyptic saga returns in December and heads straight for Sin City.

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Earth photobombs the sun in satellite image | Space photo of the day for Oct. 23, 2025

A new image from NOAA's GOES-19 satellite has captured a rate celestial cameo: Earth itself appearing in the view of the spacecraft's solar coronagraph.

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Scientists discover new way to grow materials on-demand using crystals and light

The new technique could one day be used to create less expensive astronomical sensors.

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When is a 'double fireball' not a 'double fireball'? Wild meteor videos explained by a trick of the light

Footage appearing to show a number of "double fireball" events may have been caused by a simple quirk of equipment.

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See a razor-thin crescent moon line up with Mars and Mercury at sunset on Oct. 23

The waxing moon will appear alongside Mars and Mercury as the sun sets on Oct. 23

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'Sean Dummy': Why is Elon Musk attacking the acting NASA chief?

Elon Musk has hammered acting NASA chief Sean Duffy repeatedly on social media over the past few days, calling him "Sean Dummy" and claiming he's "trying to kill NASA." Here's what may be going on.

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Can we dim the sun to fight climate change? Not without risking weather patterns, scientists suggest

Scattering microscopic particles of sulfur in the atmosphere might slow down climate change. It might also change weather patterns.

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Giant star Betelgeuse has a 'Betelbuddy' — and it's very little indeed

Astronomers have sighted Betelgeuse’s mysterious companion — and it’s turning out to be full of surprises.

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The Smithsonian might have to cut space shuttle Discovery into pieces to get it to Texas

In a letter to Congress, museum officials have warned the shuttle may need to be partially disassembled in order to be transferred, risking irreversible damage to one of the most meticulously preserved pieces of spaceflight history.

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Satellites watch glaciers melting in Patagonia | Space photo of the day for Oct. 22, 2025

New satellite imagery from the European Space Agency reveals nearly four decades of dramatic ice loss for two of Patagonia's largest glaciers.

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Volcanic explosions on Mars may have left massive ice deposits at the Red Planet's equator

Ancient explosive volcanic eruptions on Mars could help explain mysterious hints of buried ice from the Red Planet's equator, a new study finds.

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SpaceX launches record-breaking 133rd Falcon 9 mission of the year (video)

SpaceX launched its record-breaking 133rd Falcon 9 mission of 2025 today (Oct. 22), topping last year's tally with no signs of slowing down before the year ends.

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China's 1st reusable rocket test fires engines ahead of debut flight (video)

LandSpace conducted a static-fire test with its Zhuque-3 rocket recently, an important step in the prep work ahead of the partially reusable rocket's debut launch.

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Comet 3I/ATLAS could soon shower NASA's Jupiter probe in charged particles. Will it reveal more about the interstellar invader?

At the end of October Europa Clipper will fly in line with 3I/ATLAS’ ion tail — but will any of the charged particles reach the spacecraft, and will the spacecraft be ready to receive them?

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Neil deGrasse Tyson on his new book and the hidden dangers of defunding science: 'That will ultimately bite you in the ass' (exclusive)

We spoke with Neil deGrasse Tyson about his new Q&A book "Just Visiting This Planet: Further Scientific Adventures of Merlin From Omniscia" arriving on Oct. 21, 2025.

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Chemistry on Saturn's huge moon Titan is even weirder than we thought

Titan's chemical inventory is believed to bear some resemblance to the prebiotic soup on the early Earth.

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The 'Doom' movie is 20 years old: Looking back at Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's dreadful Martian action flick

Not even The People's Champion can save you from this Martian disaster.

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The other space race: why the world is obsessed with sending objects into orbit

An academic dives into "the other space race" as countries work to send satellites and other objects into orbit around the Earth.

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NASA'd too hard: The ultimate NASA trivia quiz

Test your knowledge of NASA's triumphs, setbacks, and space-age breakthroughs that define this space agency's legendary history.

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NASA stacks Artemis 2 moon mission's Orion capsule atop SLS rocket ahead of 2026 launch

The Artemis 2 SLS rocket that will launch the next astronauts around the moon is all put together inside NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building.

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'You're free!' Tiny Japanese satellites escape doomed space station years ahead of its fiery death | Space photo of the day for Oct. 21, 2025

JAXA has successfully deployed three new Cubesats from the International Space Station's Kibo module, marking another step in democratizing access to space.

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This company's plan to launch 4,000 massive space mirrors has scientists alarmed: 'From an astronomical perspective, that's pretty catastrophic'

Reflect Orbital has applied for a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license to launch a giant mirror to space next year.

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Mysterious smoldering wreckage in Australian Outback is likely part of a Chinese rocket

A piece of smoldering wreckage found in Western Australia is likely part of a Chinese rocket that crashed to Earth on Saturday (Oct. 18), experts say.

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SpaceX could lose contract for Artemis 3 astronaut moon-landing mission, acting NASA chief says: 'The problem is, they're behind'

SpaceX has long held the contract to land NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts on the moon a few years from now. But the agency plans to reopen the bidding, according to acting NASA chief Sean Duffy.

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