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Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut at 70, arrives in Houston after 7-month space mission (photo)

NASA's oldest active astronaut, the 70-year-old Don Pettit, has returned home to Houston after a seven-month stint aboard the International Space Station.

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Did we actually find signs of alien life on K2-18b? 'We should expect some false alarms and this may be one'

Last week, scientists announced they found the "strongest evidence yet" of alien life beyond our solar system. However, the scientific community remains skeptical.

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Twinkling star reveals the secrets of turbulent plasma in our cosmic neighborhood

Astronomers have observed a twinkling star and discovered an abundance of mysterious plasma structures in our cosmic neighborhood.

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Colorful Eagle Nebula glows in stunning new image from Hubble Telescope

A breathtaking new image of the famous Eagle Nebula captures a towering pillar of gas and dust sculpted by intense stellar radiation.

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Astronomers left disappointed as green comet meets fiery end before it can be seen

‘These are relics from when the solar system first formed’

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How did this ancient black hole get so big?

While it's much smaller than the largest supermassive black holes detected, it's still a whopper considering how early in the history of the universe it appeared.

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NASA's Curiosity rover finds major clue that Mars was once habitable

NASA's Curiosity rover has found iron-rich carbonates on Mars — a major clue that the Red Planet used to be habitable.

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Ultralight dark matter may have helped monstrous black holes form in the early universe

The infant universe's population of huge black holes could owe itself to ultralight dark matter, scientists say.

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SpaceX launches its 32nd Dragon cargo mission to the ISS for NASA (video)

SpaceX launched its 32nd cargo mission to the International Space Station today (April 21), sending more than 3 tons of supplies and scientific hardware to the orbiting lab for NASA.

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SpaceX launching Dragon cargo capsule to ISS early April 21: Watch it live

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a robotic Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station early Monday morning (April 21), and you can watch the action live.

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SpaceX launches 10th batch of 'proliferated architecture' spy satellites for US government (video)

SpaceX launched the 10th batch of "proliferated architecture" spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base today (April 20).

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When is the best time to see the Lyrid meteor shower 2025?

Find out the best time to view the Lyrid meteor shower 2025 to make the most of the springtime shooting stars.

Space

Gamma-ray bursts reveal largest structure in the universe is bigger and closer to Earth than we knew: 'The jury is still out on what it all means.'

New research suggests that the largest cosmic structure is even bigger and closer to Earth than we knew. It goes against scientists' models of cosmic evolution.

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Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft brings NASA, Russia astronauts back to earth

Landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan coincides with US astronaut Donald Pettit’s 70th birthday.

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NASA's oldest active astronaut lands with space station crewmates on his 70th birthday

NASA's oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling "home" for your birthday, landing from the International Space Station on the same day that he turned 70.

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NASA's Lucy probe flies by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday

On Easter Sunday (April 20), NASA's Lucy probe should have zipped past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, testing science instruments on the space rock.

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Watch NASA astronaut Don Pettit and 2 cosmonauts return to Earth today

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth from the International Space Station this evening (April 19), and you can watch it live.

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Could Mars volcanoes have supported ancient life on the Red Planet? Well, maybe

Using NASA's Perseverance rover to analyze Martian rocks, researchers suggest that Mars' complex volcanism might hold clues about the planet's ancient habitability.

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'Take care of our station. It's our everything.' Russian cosmonaut hands control of ISS over to Japanese astronaut (video)

Russia's Alexey Ovchinin handed the keys of the International Space Station to Japanese spaceflyer Takuya Onishi in a change-of-command ceremony today (April 18).

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NASA's sun-studying PUNCH mission captures its 1st-light images. Everything looks great so far

NASA's PUNCH sun-studying mission has seen first light — and the team says all four instruments are indeed working as expected.

Space

Ghostly galaxy without dark matter baffles astronomers

Astronomers have stumbled upon yet another ghostly galaxy that appears to be devoid of dark matter, the elusive stuff that makes up most of the material universe.

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Cosmic party streamer for Hubble's 35th | Space picture of the day for April 18, 2025

A new portrait of a pillar of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula is a reason to celebrate.

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2 private satellites undock after pioneering life-extension mission

Two commercial satellites have completed an undocking maneuver high above Earth, signaling the successful end to a pioneering spacecraft life-extension mission.

The Independent UK

NASA's Lucy spacecraft is speeding toward another close encounter with an asteroid

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will soon swoop past a small asteroid

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