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NASA's has yet to ignite and launch its Space Launch System-powered Artemis 1 rocket into orbit, an unfortunate bookend for a rocket plagued by setbacks.
Moon

NASA Announces Plan to Fix Moon Rocket, and Maybe Launch It Eventually

Departing Astronauts Leave Sticky Brown Surprise in Space Station
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Departing Astronauts Leave Sticky Brown Surprise in Space Station

NASA will be commencing its first planetary defense system test, known as DART, by flying a spacecraft straight into an asteroid. Here's how to watch.
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How to Livestream NASA Smashing an Asteroid to Test Planetary Defense Plan

If there's anything that can deliver us a sign of aliens, you'd put your money on it being the James Webb Space Telescope.
James Webb Space Telescope

Cornell Astronomer Hoping the James Webb Will Confirm Alien Life in 2025

Astronaut Shows Photo He Shot in Space That Would Be Impossible to Take Now
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Astronaut Shows Photo He Shot in Space That Would Be Impossible to Take Now

NASA scientists have provided a heartbreaking theory for why we haven't yet met any alien lifeforms — because they destroyed themselves before we could.
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NASA Scientists Suggest The Reason We Haven’t Found Aliens Is They All Killed Themselves

Stranded NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have few regrets about ditching Starliner, according to a recent livestream.
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Stranded Astronaut Says He Just Wasn’t “Comfortable” Getting “Back in the Starliner” After Safety Issues

Ted Cruz believes that teaching children about the solar eclipse and studying self-driving cars is "neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda."
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Confused Senator Rages That Self-Driving Cars Are Woke

An ancient rock — or rather, the living microbes inside of it — could offer an unprecedented glimpse into early life on Earth.
Biology

Scientists Cracked Open a 2-Billion-Year-Old Stone and Discovered Something Entirely Unexpected

Astronomers have made a "baffling" discovery: the most distant rotating disc galaxy ever observed that closely resembles our own.
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This Ancient “Rebel” Galaxy Closely Mirroring the Milky Way Has Astronomers Freaked Out

The International Space Station has long been known to be gross, and according to a new study, it has bacteria mutating into something alien.
International Space Station

Mutant Bacteria Discovered Aboard International Space Station

The bromance between president Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk has exploded into a million spite-fueled pieces.
Future Society

The Trump-Musk Bromance Has Exploded Into a Million Spite-Fueled Pieces

SpaceX's all-civilian Polaris Dawn mission has taken the crew farther from our planet than any other humans since NASA's Apollo missions.
Moon

SpaceX Astronauts Now Farther From Earth Than Any Other Human Since Apollo Moon Missions

Samples returned by China's Chang'e 5 mission suggest the Moon could still be volcanically active today, a tantalizing finding.
Moon

Chinese Lander Finds Evidence of Active Volcanos on the Moon

NASA is will be paying Boeing twice as much for each Starliner seat to the International Space Station than SpaceX, Ars Technica reports.
Boeing

NASA Paying SpaceX Half of Boeing’s Price to Launch Astronauts

A French startup signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency to build the "first permanent outpost on the Moon."
Moon

This Multi-Purpose Moon Habitat Looks Cool as Hell

Akatsuki, JAXA's Venus probe and the only spacecraft in orbit around the planet, suddenly fell out of contact in late April.
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Japan’s Venus Probe Goes Mysteriously Missing

Chinese scientists want to build a magnetic launch system that spins up and then throws cargo from the Moon's surface to Earth.
Moon

Chinese Scientists Working on Magnetic Launch System to Fling Cargo From Moon’s Surface Back to Earth

China has showed off a concept for its upcoming Long March 9, a ultra heavy-lift reusable rocket that looks a lot like SpaceX's Starship.
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China’s New Spaceship Is a Blatant Ripoff of SpaceX’s Starship

Researchers studied an atmospheric jet in Jupiter's Great Blue Spot, finding that it's a dynamic system that fluctuates every four years.
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Scientists Intrigued by Jet Inside Jupiter