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Russian cosmonauts install semiconductor experiment, jettison old HDTV camera during spacewalk outside ISS

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky worked outside the International Space Station on Tuesday (Oct. 16), conducting a spacewalk to install, retrieve and jettison equipment.

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Comet Lemmon's ghostly tail haunts the skies above England (photo)

Photographer Josh Dury has captured a gorgeous view of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) brightening the skies above the UK as it nears planet Earth.

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Watch SpaceX's Super Heavy Starship booster hover in mid-air before plunging into the sea (video)

SpaceX video from Starship's Oct. 13 launch shows the rocket's Super Heavy booster hovering over the gulf before its dive into the deep.

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Dry ice may burrow through Mars like sandworms in 'Dune'

Blocks of carbon dioxide ice appear to carve mysterious gullies on Mars as they melt down dune slopes and blast away sand.

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Watch the 2nd-ever launch of China's record-breaking Gravity-1 rocket (video)

The Chinese company Orienspace's Gravity-1 solid rocket launched for the second time ever on Oct. 10, sending three satellites to orbit from the deck of a ship.

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Vast gearing up to launch its Haven-1 private space station in 2026

Vast's Haven-1 is poised to become the first privately built space station, marking a turning point in the post-International Space Station era.

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Rule-breaking black hole destroys star in puzzling way: 'This is truly extraordinary'

The so-called tidal disruption event also produced two puzzling delayed outbursts.

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Watch Europe's upcoming PLATO exoplanet hunter spread its 'wings' (video)

PLATO powered up and extended its solar panels as the exoplanet-hunting spacecraft readies for launch as soon as December.

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New space debris shield? Satellites and astronauts could suit up in novel 'Space Armor'

Humanity has a new tool in the fight against space junk — "Space Armor," a multi-functional composite that could protect both spacecraft and astronauts.

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Where the ridge meets the river | Space photo of the day for Oct. 16, 2025

From above Earth, LandSat 9's keen eye captures a stunning Y-shaped meeting of ridge and river in China's Tarim Basin.

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Northern lights may be visible in 15 US states tonight

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Iowa as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted for tonight.

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'Star Wars,' 'Blade Runner,' and 'The Thing' poster artist Drew Struzan dies at 78

Struzan's signature artwork defined an entire generation of Hollywood filmmaking.

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Watch 2 Russian cosmonauts spacewalk outside the International Space Station today

Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy will conduct a spacewalk outside the ISS today (Oct. 16), and you can watch it live.

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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 130th Falcon 9 flight of the year

SpaceX launched 28 more of its Starlink broadband satellites on Thursday morning (Oct. 16), sending them up from Florida's Space Coast.

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Not-so-dark matter? Mysterious substance might leave red and blue 'fingerprints' on light

A new study suggests dark matter could subtly tint or polarize light, leaving faint color clues that next-generation telescopes might detect.

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Watch a charred SpaceX Starship land in the ocean after acing Flight Test 11 (video)

New SpaceX footage from Starship Flight 11 shows the final moments of Oct. 13 mission, which ended with a picture-perfect splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

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Why October is the perfect time to look for the Andromeda galaxy

October is an excellent time to observe the Andromeda spiral galaxy as it passes high overhead in the Autumn night sky.

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How scientists are using spinning dead stars to find ripples in the fabric of spacetime

Identifying the gravitational waves from black holes binaries could also make it clearer to detect primordial gravitational waves that date back to inflation at the moment of the Big Bang.

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Watch the moment a brilliant green fireball meteor turns night to day over Tennessee (video)

A fireball flared to life in the skies over southern America in the early hours of Oct. 14, briefly turning night to day before fragmenting as it neared the surface.

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Asteroid discovered only 2 days ago just flew by Earth closer than the moon

A small asteroid, called 2025 TP5, safely flew by our planet on Oct. 15 at about a quarter of the distance to the moon.

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'Predator: Badlands' is getting a prequel comic, but it's not coming out until after the movie

This official tie-in title was created in collaboration with the film's director, Dan Trachtenberg.

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A new private moon lander rises: Impulse Space throws its hat into the lunar ring

Impulse Space — which was founded by Tom Mueller, SpaceX's second-ever employee — just announced that it plans to build a robotic moon lander to help open the lunar frontier.

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SpaceX launches 21 communications satellites for the US military (video)

SpaceX plans to launch 21 satellites for an advanced new U.S. military constellation this evening (Oct. 15), and you can watch the action live.

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A giant weak spot in Earth's magnetic field is getting bigger — and it could be bad news for satellites

Satellite data reveal that a weak region in Earth's magnetic field has grown by an area roughly half the size of continental Europe in the last 10 years.

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Satellites watch as record-breaking ocean waves carry a storm's power across the sea

Satellites recorded the largest ocean swells ever seen from space, highlighting how massive waves can act as storm “messengers,” carrying a storm’s power across entire oceans.

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