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Space Force to march in Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, a 1st for the new military branch

On Jan. 20, the U.S. Space Force will participate in the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, a first for the nation's newest military branch.

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Major telescope makers hit by class action lawsuit over alleged price fixing

Amateur astronomers who have purchased telescopes from leading suppliers in the U.S. may be entitled to a payment from a class action settlement.

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FAA requiring investigation into SpaceX Starship's Flight 7 explosion

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is requiring an investigation into the explosion of SpaceX's Starship upper stage during the vehicle's seventh test flight on Jan. 16.

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Fastest disintegrating world ever seen 'spills its guts' for NASA's exoplanet hunter

NASA's TESS exoplanet hunter has found the fastest-disintegrating planet ever. Losing a moons-worth of matter every million years, it is a prime target for the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Europe's new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket set for 2nd launch in February

Europe is moving towards the second launch of its new Ariane 6 launcher after finding and addressing anomalies following its debut flight.

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25 biggest space conspiracy theories: Debunked

Here we debunk some of the most common and enduring space conspiracies.

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Bright comet G3 ATLAS seen from space in new astronaut photo

A photo taken from the International Space Station captures the brilliant comet known as C/2024 G3 ATLAS, which could be the brightest of 2025.

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'Star Trek: Voyager' at 30: Why it was the right show at the wrong time

The fourth live-action "Star Trek" TV show made some mistakes along the way, but it was arguably held back by the time it was made

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Venus and Saturn take a sunset stroll tonight. Here's how to see it

Venus and Saturn will appear extraordinarily close together in the night sky overnight on Jan. 17 during a celestial event known as a conjunction.

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Feeding supermassive black holes may have ended the cosmic 'dark ages' billions of years ago

NASA's Chandra and NuSTAR telescopes have teamed up to study a supermassive black hole-powered quasar that could have played a key role in ending the cosmic dark ages.

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SpaceX Starship explosion likely caused by propellant leak, Elon Musk says

SpaceX has traced the likely cause of the explosion that destroyed its Starship vehicle during its Jan. 16 test flight to a leak of liquid oxygen or liquid methane.

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100 years ago, Edwin Hubble proved our Milky Way galaxy isn't alone

A century ago, humans didn't know other galaxies existed. Here's how Edwin Hubble changed that view.

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Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7 (videos)

The upper stage of SpaceX's Starship megarocket exploded over the Atlantic Ocean during the vehicle's Flight 7 test today (Jan. 16), and lots of people saw the sky show.

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SpaceX catches Super Heavy booster on Starship Flight 7 test but loses upper stage (video, photos)

SpaceX pulled off a launch-tower catch of Starship's Super Heavy booster during a test flight today (Jan. 16) but lost the vehicle's upper stage.

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'Dune' director David Lynch dies at 78

An obituary for iconic filmmaker David Lynch who died Jan. 16, 2025.

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Centuries-old supernova guides James Webb Space Telescope through an interstellar gap

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the first exquisite images of an interstellar patch of sky, about 11,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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Major milestone! India becomes 4th nation to dock satellites in orbit

India successfully docked its two SpaDex satellites in Earth orbit yesterday (Jan. 15), becoming just the fourth country to pull off such a satellite meetup.

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Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk

NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams completed a six-hour spacewalk to repair and upgrade equipment outside the International Space Station on Thursday (Jan. 16).

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Our warming Earth: 2024 was hottest year on record, NASA says

2024 was the warmest year on record, according to NASA data. The global average temperature was 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit above the mid-20th-century baseline.

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Trump's space policy won't catch Europe off guard, ESA chief says

The head of the European Space Agency says that ESA is ready for any changes in NASA's direction that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may make.

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Photographer captures rare Comet G3 ATLAS from UK in dramatic 'once-in-a-lifetime' image

Photographer Josh Dury captured rare Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) in a dramatic 'once-in-a-lifetime' image after a challenging chase across UK skies at dusk.

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NASA wants a 'Super-Hubble' space telescope to search for life on alien worlds

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is a flagship NASA telescope that could answer the ultimate question.

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James Webb Space Telescope watches planet-forming dust shells zooming through space

The shells of carbon-rich dust are expanding outward into space at the breakneck velocity of 1,600 miles per second.

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Are James Webb Space Telescope images really so colorful?

How do images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear so colorful, and where do the colors come from?

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Moon selected as historical preservation site to protect lunar heritage

The World Monuments Fund has added the moon to its watch list of 25 historic places that face major challenges and has called for preserving lunar heritage.

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