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SpaceX launches 11th crewed mission as it heads to the International Space Station

4:02am August 26, 2023

by Russell Lewis

The four members of the Crew-7 mission are set to dock to the International Space Station on Sunday. They'll spend six months on the orbiting outpost conducting science and other experiments.

Scientists say the question-mark-shaped structure seen in a new photo from the James Webb Space Telescope is likely the merger of two or more galaxies.

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People are freaking out over a question mark seen in space. Scientists can explain

5:02am August 17, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a pair of actively forming stars. But many people are more curious about the tiny question mark visible toward the bottom of the frame.

A NASA image of one of the twin Voyager space probes. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory lost contact with Voyager 2 on July 21 after mistakenly pointing its antenna 2 degrees away from Earth.

Earth to Voyager: NASA detects signal from spacecraft, 2 weeks after losing contact

2:00pm August 02, 2023

by Emily Olson

The Jet Propulsion Lab lost contact with Voyager 2, which is traveling 12.3 billion miles away from Earth, after engineers mistakenly pointed its antenna 2 degrees away from its home planet.

A small sample of asteroid collected by Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe streaks back to Earth in 2020. Researchers now say the sample contains tiny grains of dust from other stars.

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Researchers discover stardust sprinkled on a nearby asteroid

4:13pm July 14, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

The dust, which came from distant stars, is thought to be similar to grains that eventually helped form the planets, including Earth.

In this handout photo provided by NASA, an Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on on May 19, 2022. This was the Starliner's second uncrewed flight test which later docked with the International Space Station.

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Boeing finds new problems with Starliner space capsule and delays first crewed launch

9:26pm June 01, 2023

by Russell Lewis

Boeing was set to launch its first astronauts into space next month. But engineers found flammable tape and problems with the capsule's parachutes. The Starliner program has been plagued by delays.

Some of the constellations that are visible from the Northern Hemisphere at different times of the year.

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Think you're a Taurus? Earth's wobble sees things differently

10:19am May 04, 2023

by Regina G. Barber

Our view of the constellations has changed since they were first mapped thousands of years ago. That new perspective could also mess with your horoscope.

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This combination of photos shows, from left, astronauts Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman.

These are the 4 astronauts who'll take a trip around the moon next year

5:42pm April 03, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The group will fly on NASA's Orion spacecraft as part of the Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the moon for the first time 50 years and establish a long-term presence there.

As more robots and people travel to the moon in coming years, some researchers believe it's time to set a lunar time standard.

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If daylight saving time seems tricky, try figuring out the time on the moon

9:55am March 11, 2023

Scientists are pondering how to tell time on other celestial bodies. It's a lot harder than you might think.

This imagery from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the debris blasted from the surface of Dimorphos 285 hours after NASA's DART spacecraft smashed into the asteroid's surface.

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Astronomers still have their eyes on that asteroid NASA whacked

5:00am March 04, 2023

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid, directly altering its path through space. Scientists are still studying the space rock to learn more.

Members of Crew-6 — (L-R) Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, Sultan Al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates, and NASA astronauts Warren Hoburg and Stephen Bowen — pose after arriving at Florida's Kennedy Space Center on February 21, 2023 in Florida. Each of their flight suits has numerous patches - including one designed specifically for this mission to the International Space Station.

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Every space crew needs a mission patch. This company has designed NASA's for 50 years

5:00am February 24, 2023

by Brendan Byrne

Since the first days of the space program, astronauts wear a special patch specific to each mission. A small North Carolina company has designed them all since the Apollo lunar launches.