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Stranded astronauts to complete spacewalks in January for International Space Station repairs
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are waiting for their new ride back to Earth via SpaceX’s Crew Dragon this spring.
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SpaceX Falcon 9's cargo includes a bizarre mini model home headed to the moon: 'There's nothing like that in space'
January 15, 2025 | 2:25pmIt was “a crazy, maybe idiotic, but at the same time, in my mind, really poetic thought to put a red house with white corners on the surface of the...
This once-in-a-lifetime comet is passing Earth today — it won't be visible for another 160,000 years
January 13, 2025 | 12:19pmKeep your eye on the sky tonight.
Mercury may have frozen water in craters, spacecraft flyby reveals
January 9, 2025 | 6:45pmThe planetary pockmarks are known as some of the coldest places in the Solar System. The shivery situation is to be further investigated.
Rare asteroid wider than Manhattan will make a close approach to Earth
January 9, 2025 | 3:18pmDon't space out or you'll miss it.
Scientists stunned after learning Pluto and its biggest moon collided billions of years ago: 'Raises a lot of interesting questions'
January 8, 2025 | 3:08pmThey need some space.
Asteroid-comet hybrid stuns scientists: 'Like nothing we've seen before'
January 6, 2025 | 2:55pmIt really rocked their world.
Orbiter photos show lunar modules from first 2 moon landings more than 50 years later
January 3, 2025 | 1:21pmRecent photos taken by India’s Space Research Organization moon orbiter, known as Chandrayaan 2, clearly show the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later.
Meteor showers, northern lights and supermoons: Here's what 2025 has in store if you look up
January 2, 2025 | 12:31pmThe skies are looking bright in the new year.
ISS astronauts celebrate New Year's 16 times: 'We have our own ball, but it doesn't drop'
December 31, 2024 | 4:42pmIt's a New Year's sunrise like no other.
Rare black moon to rise New Year's Eve — here's how to see the phenomenon
December 31, 2024 | 11:48amA rare Black Moon will rise at the end of the year, and it will give both professional and amateur astronomers a great opportunity to view some far-away celestial bodies.
Christmas Day aurora borealis could light up parts of the US
December 24, 2024 | 8:00pmA massive solar flare this week may prompt a Northern Lights display on Dec. 25.
Christmas Eve asteroid the size of a 10-floor building makes 'close approach' to Earth tonight
December 23, 2024 | 9:37amAre we about to get Jingle Bell rock-ed?
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning image of 'cosmic eye' spiral galaxy
December 23, 2024 | 7:31amNew imagery has been released from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which captured a photo of a spiral galaxy more than 76 million light-years away from Earth.
NASA probe to make Christmas Eve trip to sun's surface: 'Uncharted territory'
December 21, 2024 | 5:26pmChristmas will be warm and bright for one NASA mission this year.
Latest photo of Suni Williams, NASA astronaut stuck in space, spurs concern
December 19, 2024 | 9:20amA holiday photo of NASA astronaut Suni Williams has drawn concern — as she and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore's return to Earth has been delayed a second time.
NASA astronauts will remain stuck in space until at least March due to yet another delay of planned one-week mission
December 17, 2024 | 7:41pmTwo NASA astronauts who have been suspended in space for six months are facing yet another delay and will not return back to Earth until at least late March, according...
Mystery of pulsing radio waves from deep space may be solved: scientists
December 11, 2024 | 3:54pmAstronomers are dialed in for this discovery.
Geminid meteor shower will peak this week — here's where and when to watch 2024's last big sky show
December 11, 2024 | 5:00amFind the dark and gather your wishes: the annual space spectacle is upon us.
New clue to alien life on Mars discovered — and it could finally answer an 'intense debate'
December 3, 2024 | 10:10amScientists have identified a region on Mars that could support living organisms.
Lucky man who hoarded 'gold' for years shocked to discover it's something far more rare
November 29, 2024 | 3:29pmIt rocked his world.