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October 2, 2024 at 3:42 PM
October's 'ring of fire' solar eclipse will dazzle parts of South America and Pacific
A “ring of fire" eclipse of the sun will cross the Pacific and the tips of Argentina and Chile
October 2, 2024 at 3:42 PM
October 1, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Mysteries of universe revealed? Hardly. CERN still fascinates on its 70th anniversary
The scientific center that is home to the world’s largest particle accelerator and is billed as the world’s biggest machine is celebrating its 70th anniversary
October 1, 2024 at 4:06 PM
September 30, 2024 at 4:38 PM
What to expect for October's 'ring of fire' solar eclipse
Celebrity astrologer Kyle Thomas breaks down everything you need to know for October's 'ring of fire' solar eclipse.
September 30, 2024 at 4:38 PM
September 30, 2024 at 4:10 PM
'Ring of fire' to appear 6 months after total solar eclipse
Another "ring of fire" annular solar eclipse will be visible on Oct. 2, 2024 from some parts of Earth.
September 30, 2024 at 4:10 PM
September 29, 2024 at 11:48 AM
NASA, SpaceX launch capsule to bring home Starliner astronauts
NASA launched SpaceX craft Saturday afternoon, as part of its mission to head to the International Space Station and bring back two stranded astronauts back to Earth.
September 29, 2024 at 11:48 AM
September 26, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Delayed SpaceX launch expected on Saturday
SpaceX and NASA delayed the mission due to Hurricane Helene.
September 26, 2024 at 7:47 PM
September 24, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Capsule carrying 2 Russians and 1 American returns to Earth from space station
A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan, ending a record-breaking stay for the Russian pair
September 24, 2024 at 1:26 AM
September 20, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Rare harvest blood super moon stuns around the world
The phenomenon occurs at the start of fall when the moon is close to Earth.
September 20, 2024 at 12:16 AM
September 19, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Asteroid to enter Earth's orbit temporarily: What to know about 'mini-moon'
The asteroid will orbit the Earth for about two months starting from Sept. 29.
September 19, 2024 at 10:26 PM
September 19, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Earth to get a temporary 2nd moon
Astrophysics Professor Adam Frank explains the gravitational capture event involving tiny asteroid 2024 PT5.
September 19, 2024 at 7:12 PM
September 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Mars 'spiders' were a decades-old mystery. Now NASA says they recreated them in a lab
Dubbed "araneiform terrain," the Mars surface formations span over a half-mile long and have hundreds of branches that resemble spider legs, according to NASA.
September 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
September 18, 2024 at 11:00 PM
NASA's 'Hidden Figures' awarded Congressional Gold Medal for groundbreaking work
The Black NASA female mathematicians and aeronautical engineers referred to as the "Hidden Figures" were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal this week.
September 18, 2024 at 11:00 PM
September 16, 2024 at 7:03 PM
September's full Supermoon will be a partial lunar eclipse: What to know
The full moon, also known as Harvest Moon, will arrive on Sept. 17.
September 16, 2024 at 7:03 PM
September 16, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Polaris Dawn mission ends successfully
The Space-X capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico after a five-day trip that took its passengers further from Earth than anyone has traveled since NASA's Apollo missions half a century ago.
September 16, 2024 at 1:55 AM
September 13, 2024 at 7:21 PM
NASA astronauts in good spirits despite being stranded
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams held a news conference from the Boeing Starliner at the International Space Station on Friday.
September 13, 2024 at 7:21 PM
September 12, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Polaris Dawn astronauts complete historic 1st commercial spacewalk
The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission crew conducted the first-ever commercial space walk early Thursday.
September 12, 2024 at 7:39 PM
September 12, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Former astronaut on what we can learn from latest spacewalk
Cady Coleman discusses the out-of-this-world activity which less than 300 people have ever conducted.
September 12, 2024 at 3:46 PM
September 12, 2024 at 3:01 PM
1st spacewalk from commercial aircraft makes history
Sarah Gillis and billionaire Jared Isaacman of the Polaris Dawn space mission, which was launched in partnership with SpaceX, began the first-ever private spacewalk on Thursday morning.
September 12, 2024 at 3:01 PM
September 10, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Polaris Dawn lifts off ahead of planned historic first commercial spacewalk
The highly anticipated program has faced a series of delays from the originally planned Aug. 26 launch due to unfavorable weather conditions and a ground system issue.
September 10, 2024 at 6:24 PM
September 10, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Polaris Dawn lifts off ahead of planned historic first commercial spacewalk
The highly anticipated program has faced a series of delays from the originally planned Aug. 26 launch due to unfavorable weather conditions and a ground system issue.
September 10, 2024 at 3:32 PM
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Boeing’s Starliner to return to Earth without astronauts
NASA is taking no chances when it comes to safety, even if it means an eight-day mission turned into eight months on the ISS.
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Boeing's Starliner scheduled to return to Earth without astronauts
The Starliner spacecraft is scheduled to return to Earth from the International Space Station without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
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Boeing's Starliner scheduled to return to Earth without astronauts
The Starliner spacecraft is set to return to Earth from the International Space Station without astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
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Stunning 'Orbital Sunrise' seen from space
A NASA astronaut captured this stunning timelapse of an "orbital sunrise" while flying over Europe on the International Space Station.
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How much radiation have the Starliner astronauts been exposed to aboard the ISS?
As the NASA astronauts who crewed Boeing's Starliner to the ISS wait until February 2025 to come home, here's how much radiation they may have been exposed to.
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Youngest woman makes space history
A 21-year-old college student, Karsen Kitchen, made space history as the youngest woman ever to cross the Kármán line, the border between the Earth’s atmosphere and outer space.
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A university professor will fly into space for a first-of-its-kind experiment
Researchers are trying to understand how cells transition from earth to space.
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A university professor will fly into space for a first-of-its-kind experiment
A university professor is about to venture out of this world to carry out a science experiment decades in the making.
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Starliner crew set to return in 2025
The two American astronauts' stay on the International Space Station has been extended because NASA has ruled the Boeing Starliner craft unsafe.
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2 Boeing Starliner astronauts set to come back to Earth on a Space-X craft
NASA says astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will go home February 2025 on a Space-X craft; Their return delayed another 6 months. Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth unmanned.
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Boeing Starliner astronauts stranded in space will not return until 2025: NASA
NASA said Saturday the astronauts that flew Boeing's Starliner to the ISS have to return to Earth on a different spacecraft in 2025.
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A rare landing on the south pole of the moon led to this scientific discovery
There was once a magma-filled ocean on the south pole of the moon, scientists recently discovered after analyzing lunar soil.
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August's full blue moon will be first of 4 supermoons in a row: What to expect
A supermoon coinciding with a blue moon is exceptionally rare, according to NASA, with the next pairing happening in January and March 2037.
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NASA weighs keeping two astronauts on ISS
NASA is weighing all options as two astronauts could be stranded on International Space Station until next year.
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NASA's Mars rover to begin 'most challenging' journey up crater rim
The Perseverance rover is the centerpiece of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, working to collect data in preparation for future human exploration of the Red Planet.
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Perseid meteor shower is about to peak: Here's how to see it
Marking one of the most plentiful meteor showers in the Northern Hemisphere, the Perseids showcase approximately 50 to 100 meteors per hour, NASA reports.
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Boeing’s Starliner astronauts could be in space until 2025
Former astronaut Cady Coleman explains how the astronauts will be able to survive in space in the coming months and what the potential plan could be to bring them home.
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NASA says Boeing's Starliner may not be able to bring astronauts home
NASA officials said during a press conference on Wednesday that the astronauts who flew on Boeing's Starliner may have to come home on a different spacecraft.
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New images reveal what NASA learned from colliding a spacecraft into an asteroid
New images released from NASA’s mission to intentionally collide with an asteroid in 2022 have revealed information on the origins of the asteroid system.
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Earth will soon have a naked-eye view of star system exploding 3,000 light-years away
The last recorded T Coronae Borealis explosion occurred in 1946.
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Nova explosion 3,000 light-years away will be seen from Earth with the naked eye
T Coronae Borealis is one of just 10 recurring novas known in the Milky Way that erupt on time scales of less than a century, according to NASA.
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Boeing capsule astronauts remain at Space Station with no return date, NASA says
Veteran NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams' return to Earth delayed until at least August, officials said Thursday.
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July full moon: What the buck moon means for your zodiac
The full moon in July is known as the buck moon and will arrive on July 21, 2024, at 06:17 a.m. ET.
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Daylight fireball meteor may have rattled parts of NYC and New Jersey: NASA
Officials report that the fireball may have flown at 34,000 miles per hour as it passed over the Statue of Liberty before disintegrating over Midtown Manhattan.
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NASA says mystery boom was caused by meteor
ABC News' Rhiannon Ally reports on the rare fireball seen and felt yesterday in the Northeast.
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NASA celebrates 2nd anniversary of the James Webb Telescope
To celebrate the two-year milestone of the James Webb Space Telescope capturing and sending images back to Earth, NASA released another stunning image the revolutionary space telescope took.
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NASA hopes for Mars mission in 2030s: Here's how
NASA's yearlong simulated Mars mission at the Johnson Space Center in Houston is helping pave the way for an astronaut-crewed Mars mission in the coming decades.
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NASA hopes to send astronauts to Mars in the 2030s; here's how they will get there
NASA's yearlong simulated Mars mission at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas is helping pave the way for an astronaut-crewed Mars mission in the coming decades.
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Astronauts stuck on ISS say they're 'confident' Boeing Starliner can bring them home
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were originally to return to Earth on June 14.
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NASA astronauts say they feel 'confident' Boeing's Starliner can bring them home
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said during a press conference on Wednesday they feel 'confident' Boeing's Starliner can bring them home.
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