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Venus loses its last active spacecraft, as Japan declares Akatsuki orbiter dead

Japan declared its Akatsuki spacecraft dead on Tuesday (Oct. 28), more than a year after the Venus climate probe failed to respond to calls from mission control.

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Could these mysterious flashes of light in 1950s photos be UFOs? Some researchers think so

Researchers claim flashes of light seen in sky surveys could have been UFOs drawn to Earth by nuclear tests, but more mundane explanations should be explored first.

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Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to make 1st 3D map of exoplanet — and it's so hot, it rips apart water

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists mapped the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-18b in three dimensions, uncovering a blistering hotspot where water molecules are torn apart.

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Every 'Star Wars: Visions Volume 3' episode, ranked from worst to best

The award-winning anthology of animated Star Wars shorts is back with a third batch crafted by Japanese studios. Here's our take on all of them.

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'Supergirl' at 10: The Arrowverse TV show laid the blueprint for James Gunn's DC Universe

How the "Supergirl" TV series shaped DC's modern age of heroes.

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Is Earth 'on the brink'? 2024 was likely our planet’s hottest year in 125,000 years

Two new climate reports warn Earth's vital signs are flashing red after the hottest year in 125,000 years, but say recovery is still possible with swift action.

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SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida

SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Oct. 29), sending them up from Florida's Space Coast.

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Japan's 1st HTV-X cargo craft arrives at the International Space Station

Japan's new HTV-X cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station for the first time ever today (Oct. 28), delivering payloads and supplies to ISS astronauts.

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You won't see interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zoom closest to the sun on Oct. 30 — but these spacecraft will

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest pass to the sun on Oct. 30, and various spacecraft will be watching, seeking clues about the icy wanderer's chemistry and composition.

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Enormous black hole unexpectedly found in tiny galaxy

An unexpected monster black hole was found hiding inside one of the Milky Way’s tiniest neighbors, rewriting what scientists thought they knew about how small galaxies hold themselves together.

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Mercury shines farthest from the sun in the evening sky on Oct. 29

Mercury currently appears as a bright "evening star" in the southwestern sky at sunset.

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Sun's far side erupts in satellite image | Space photo of the day for Oct. 29, 2025

A massive coronal mass ejection erupted from the sun's far side late on Oct. 21, 2025 and was captured by a NOAA coronagraph.

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Can we find water ice on the moon? Only if we know where to look, scientists say

Space agencies around the world are planning moon missions that will depend on water ice for resources, but much remains unknown about its availability of water ice on the lunar surface.

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Spacewalking Russian cosmonauts install experiments on the International Space Station

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky completed a 6 hour and 54 minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of private Griffin moon lander delayed to 2026

The mission had previously targeted a launch at the end of 2025.

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NASA spots a spooky face glowing on the sun just in time for Halloween (photo)

A haunting grin appeared on the sun as bright active regions and dark coronal holes combined to create a jack-o'-lantern face just in time for Halloween.

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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet makes historic 1st flight (photos)

NASA's X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet took off on its first-ever flight on Oct. 28, flying from Palmdale, California to its new home at Edwards Air Force Base.

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12-year-old discovers 2 possible new asteroids

Siddharth Patel has been watching the sky since the age of five. Fresh off two possible asteroid discoveries, he's taking a big step toward his astronaut dream.

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How AI and sand dunes on Mars can reveal the planet's history, one grain at a time

An innovative technique for measuring the force acting on individual grains of sand could help scientists uncover how winds have shaped the surface of Mars.

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Scientists hear 2 newborn black holes 'crying' through ripples in spacetime — and one had a birth unlike anything seen before

Gravitational wave detectors on Earth have heard the "cry" of two newborn black holes with some unusual and remarkable properties.

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1st samples ever collected from the moon's far side could help reveal where Earth got its water

Fragments of CI chondrite meteorites, which are space rocks that are typically rich in water, have turned up in the sample collected from the moon's South Pole-Aitken basin by China's Chang'e 6 mission.

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Satellites watch Category 5 Hurricane Melissa ahead of record-breaking landfall in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa made a record-breaking landfall in Jamaica, and satellites are monitoring the situation.

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The search for life: A space science quiz

This quiz dives into the historic and scientific journey behind the search for life in the universe—testing your knowledge of the thinkers, missions, and discoveries that shaped our cosmic curiosity.

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1st cosmic view from 4MOST looks pure sci-fi | Space photo of the day for Oct. 28, 2025

The 4MOST instrument on the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope has captured its first light.

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See a colossal 'X' and 'V' appear on the moon after sunset tonight

Turn your telescope on the moon at sunset on Oct. 28 to see a colossal "X" and "V" form on the lunar surface as sunlight picks out broken terrain along the terminator.

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