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James Webb Space Telescope will get best view yet of 'failed stars' and rogue planets
One of the instrument's early programs includes performing spectroscopy on stellar nursery NGC 133 to spot the small, dark celestial bodies.
Virgin Orbit launches 7 satellites in 1st night mission
Virgin Orbit just aced its fourth mission in a row, launching seven small satellites in the company's first-ever night flight.
Watch live: NASA moving SLS moon rocket back to hangar tonight
NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on June 30. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now
NASA’s powerful new Space Launch System moon rocket will be hauled from its launch pad back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center overnight Friday into early Saturday morning for final repairs, testing and closeouts, moving closer to liftoff later this summer after completing a fueling demonstration last month.
Mystery Rocket Crash Site, ISS Independence, Space Nuclear Power
NASA teases JWST images, Rocket Lab launches CAPSTONE, mystery rocket’s crash site found on the Moon, how magnetars are created, ISS gets more independent from Russia and more.
Atlas V rocket launches classified missile-tracking satellite for US Space Force
A missile-warning satellite and another spacecraft are on their way to orbit to help the U.S. military get better at tracking fast-moving threats.
The Solar System is Stable for at Least the Next 100,000 Years
It’s nice to have a feel-good story every once in a while, so here’s one to hold off the existential dread: the Earth isn’t likely to get flung off into deep space for at least 100,000 years. In fact, all of the Solar System’s planets are safe for that time frame, so there is good news all around, for you and your favorite planetary body.
Space volcanoes: Origins, variants and eruptions
Capable of both destruction and creation, space volcanoes are common on planets and moons throughout the solar system and beyond.
China's Mars orbiter has mapped the entire Red Planet, nailing key science goal (photos)
China's first successful interplanetary mission has completed mapping the Red Planet more than a year after its arrival.
Exclusive: The hunter becomes the hunted in Marvel Comics 'Predator #1' relaunch
Marvel Comics releases its long-awaited "Predator" series from Ed Brisson and Kev Walker.
NASA's tiny CAPSTONE probe continues spiraling out toward the moon
NASA's little CAPSTONE cubesat is making good progress on its long journey to the moon.
China launches new Gaofen 12 Earth observation satellite
China has launched another in its series of Gaofen Earth observation satellites as it continues building out its space infrastructure.
Astronauts may need to jump in space to fight bone loss
A new study suggests that high-impact exercise could help astronauts limit bone loss while in space.
Satellites watch record-breaking wildfires burn across Alaska
A hot, dry start to summer has spurred a record number of wildfires in southern Alaska, and weather satellites are tracking the development of the blazes from space.
Tricky Mars rocks making things difficult for NASA's Perseverance rover
NASA's Perseverance rover is on the hunt for the "goldilocks" of rocks to sample on Mars.
Surprise 'fossil galaxy' spotted near mighty Andromeda
An amateur astronomer found a fossilized surprise in the well-studied sky near the bright Andromeda Galaxy.
SpaceX's Starlink satellites will help improve space weather forecasts amid sun's unpredictable activity
SpaceX's Starlink satellites are providing data to NOAA to help improve space weather forecasts as spacecraft operators struggle with unexpected effects of frequent solar eruptions.
Another supermoon rises this month with July's 'Buck Moon'
July's full moon will once again be a supermoon, reaching its perigee or closest point to our planet on July 13.
Where will NASA set up its moon base?
Artemis Base Camp will be established in the moon's south polar region, in a to-be-determined spot that features plentiful sunlight, direct-to-Earth communications and good access to water ice.
A huge comet will make its closest approach to Earth in July. Here's how to watch it live.
One of the farthest active comets ever spotted will make its closest approach to Earth on July 14, and here's how you can catch the action live.
