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Astronaut Scott Kelly joins 'Mission Dry', stars in Goodnites underwear campaign film

Astronauts are helping to destigmatize a childhood experience by pointing out the similarities between what some kids wear to bed and what explorers wear into space.

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Planet hunter Plato gets its eyes | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2025

Plato, the European Space Agency's terrestrial planet hunter spacecraft, is seen after having 24 of its 26 cameras installed.

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A stadium-sized asteroid will fly past Earth on May 9, and you can watch it live (video)

The 950-foot hunk of primordial matter is classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid," but that doesn't mean it has a chance of hitting Earth.

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Soviet satellite Kosmos 482 due to crash into Earth this week – what is the probe and where could it hit?

A failed Soviet spacecraft is hurtling back to Earth, but where will it land?

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Earth's skies pulse in sync with the sun's solar flares

Earth's atmosphere pulses in sync with the sun's fiery outbursts, indicating it is more sensitive to solar activity than previously thought, according to new research.

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Our moon may have once been as hellish as Jupiter's super volcanic moon Io

The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and even from the ground itself.

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'Eventually, all life on Earth will be destroyed by the sun': Elon Musk explains his drive to colonize Mars

Elon Musk explained the rather depressing fate of life on Earth to Fox News host Jesse Waters, who had asked him why humanity should go to Mars.

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$NASA diagnoses fracture in a 'huge cosmic bone' using X-ray observatory$

NASA diagnoses fracture in a 'huge cosmic bone' using X-ray observatory

A combination of X-ray from NASA's Chandra observatory and radio data indicates that a galactic "fracture" was likely caused by a special neutron star called a pulsar.

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Laurie Leshin stepping down as director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will prepare for new leadership, as current director Laurie Leshin has announced that she's stepping down from the role next month.

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James Webb Space Telescope finds water in the air of exotic 'sub-Neptune' exoplanet

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has found water vapor swirling in the air of a distant, boiling-hot alien planet, a new study reports.

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NASA gets keys to Orion spacecraft | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2025

Lockheed Martin officials handed over the "keys" to the Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft to NASA, marking the start of its processing for launch.

Space

Old Soviet Venus lander's fall to Earth will be no ordinary space junk crash. Here's why

The Soviet Union's failed Kosmos 482 Venus probe will fall back to Earth from orbit soon, and it may well make it to the ground in one piece.

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Sun unleashes jaw-dropping filament eruption — but Earth dodges the blast (photo)

GOES-19 satellite captures breathtaking footage as a towering solar filament erupts over the sun's eastern limb.

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3D-print a realistic supernova remnant with NASA's new models of Chandra X-ray images

New 3D-printable models of Chandra X-ray Observatory images will allow you to hold a star in your hands and touch a supernova remnant.

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Lunar laser: China makes 1st daytime laser-ranging measurement from Earth to the moon

China has achieved a milestone feat, making the first-ever laser ranging measurement from Earth to the moon during the daytime.

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Belgian artist of 'Fallen Astronaut' figurine on the moon dies at 99

A Belgian sculptor credited with the "Fallen Astronaut" figurine left on the surface of the moon in 1971 has now fallen himself. Paul Van Hoeydonck died on May 3, at his home in Antwerp.

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Venus, Saturn and Neptune align in the predawn sky this week: Here's how to spot them

A treat for the early risers out there.

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Japan's Resilience moon lander arrives in lunar orbit ahead of June 5 touchdown

Japan's private Resilience lunar lander arrived in orbit around the moon on Tuesday (May 6), a month ahead of its planned touchdown try.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida's Space Coast on Tuesday night (May 6), carrying 28 Starlink broadband satellites into low Earth orbit.

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SpaceX gets FAA approval for 25 Starship launches per year

The FAA has approved SpaceX's request to increase the maximum number of Starship launches from its Starbase site in South Texas per year from five to 25.

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See what it's like to witness Earth's poles from space in this stunning 4-hour SpaceX video

SpaceX's Fram2 captured stunning views of the Earth as the mission's private astronauts became the first to orbit over the planet's polar regions.

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Asteroid Vesta could be a fragment of a solar system planet, but which one?

The interior of asteroid Vesta has been shown not to be a protoplanet after all, meaning that new explanations for its origin are needed.

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Rooms and a view | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2025

NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 crew member Nichole Ayers took this photo of the forward portion of the International Space Station on May 1, 2025.

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Elon Musk Tells FOX Host That Mars Mission is 'Insurance' For Human Life, Predicts The Sun Will Eventually Destroy Earth

Elon Musk called Mars colonization "life insurance" for humanity in a Fox News interview, warning that Earth will eventually be destroyed by the sun.

Space

Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2025 delights stargazers around the world with dramatic shooting stars (photos)

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaked on May 5-6, and the astrophotography community were there to watch it unfold.

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