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SpaceX to launch Intuitive Machines lander Feb. 14 on 2nd try for NASA's commercial moon program

SpaceX will launch Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lunar lander on Feb. 14, sending a series of experiments to the moon on behalf of NASA and commercial customers.

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A tiny asteroid just snuck between the Earth and moon

A newly discovered asteroid has passed safely between the Earth and moon during a very close encounter this week.

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Our luscious blue Earth used to be a frozen snowball

More than 700 million years ago, our planet would have been unlivable due to an extreme ice age, and Australian geologists have a suggestion as to how this could have happened.

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SpaceX stacks giant Starship rocket ahead of 3rd test flight (video, photos)

SpaceX recently stacked the two stages of its huge Starship rocket to prep for the vehicle's third-ever liftoff, which may be just a few weeks away.

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Life on Mars could have thrived near active volcanoes and an ancient mile-deep lake

New evidence that Mars was volcanically active around 4 billion years ago could provide researchers with more places to hunt for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet.

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Solar eclipse on Mars! Perseverance rover sees Martian moon Phobos cross the sun in epic video

The NASA Perseverance rover recently turned its gaze to the sky to spot a solar eclipse. The asteroid-sized Phobos passed in front of the sun on Feb. 8, from the perspective of Mars.

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Orbital resonance — the striking gravitational dance done by planets with aligning orbits

I’m an astronomer who studies and writes about cosmology. Researchers have discovered over 5,600 exoplanets in the past 30 years, and their extraordinary diversity continues to surprise astronomers.

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Canadian astronaut reveals Indigenous art patch for Artemis 2 moon mission

The first Canadian who will fly to the moon, Jeremy Hansen, now has a patch to represent his own mission, as well as the knowledge passed on by his country's original explorers.

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See new trailer for NatGeo's 'The Space Race' documentary saluting Black astronauts (video)

A new trailer for National Geographic's celebration of Black astronauts in 'The Space Race.'

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Greece signs Artemis Accords for responsible moon exploration

Greece just became the 35th country to sign the Artemis Accords, a U.S.-led framework for peaceful and responsible moon exploration.

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Watch China launch Smart Dragon-3 rocket from the sea (video)

China just aced its 10th sea launch, using a specially converted floating barge and a solid rocket called Smart Dragon-3.

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How NASA's moon landing with Intuitive Machines will help pave the way for Artemis astronaut missions

SpaceX will launch Intuitive Machines' robotic lander toward the moon on Feb. 14. Here's how the mission will help NASA prep for crewed moon missions later in the decade.

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SpaceX rolls giant Starship rocket to launch pad ahead of 3rd test flight (photos)

SpaceX rolled the two stages of its latest Starship rocket to the launch pad over the weekend, then stacked them to prep for a coming test flight.

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'Starfield' spacesuit contest: ESA and Xbox will build the winner their own custom design (video)

Design your own spacesuit and enter for a chance to win a real-life replica of it in this new fan contest from Microsoft and the European Space Agency.

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Scientists discover near-Earth asteroid hours before it exploded over Berlin

For only the eighth time in history, scientists detected an asteroid before it made its fiery appearance over Earth. The tiny fireball exploded near Berlin early on Jan. 21.

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Giant geomagnetic storm to slam into Earth, fueling auroras across northern US

The sun's magnetic field could soon slam into Earth's, triggering stunning light displays.

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NASA's IMAP probe will launch in 2025 to capture interstellar dust

In the spring of 2024, NASA plans to launch a spacecraft to capture minuscule dust particles streaming into our solar system from interstellar space.

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Watch balloon-like space station module explode (on purpose) during 1st full-scale burst test

Sierra Space's latest deliberate explosion saw a futuristic space module prototype blow to pieces. The burst test is meant to assure safety for a space station that may fly in 2030.

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Blue Origin joins 2 stages of New Glenn rocket for the 1st time (photo)

Blue Origin mated the two stages of its powerful New Glenn rocket for the first time recently, in preparation for the heavy lifter's debut later this year.

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Futuristic vertical-takeoff air taxi could fly by 2028

The aircraft can cruise at 120 mph at an altitude of up to 1,500 feet — and it's much quieter than a helicopter.

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You can pay to have your ashes buried on the moon. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should

The question of sending your ashes to the moon is less a "can I?" one and more of a "should I?"

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