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Jupiter is coming its closest to Earth in decades

6:01am September 25, 2022

by James Doubek

Jupiter will be some 367 million miles from Earth on Monday, the closest it's been since 1963. It coincides with Jupiter being on the opposite side of Earth from the sun — when it'll be its brightest.

NASA's Artemis 1 Moon rocket sits at Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on June 15.

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NASA delays the Artemis 1 moon mission for a third time as a tropical storm approaches

11:37am September 24, 2022

by Juliana Kim

The launch of the uncrewed space vehicle was scheduled for Tuesday but is being pushed back because Tropical Storm Ian might hit Florida next week as a hurricane.

The world's biggest digital camera is almost ready to be installed on its telescope

5:14pm September 23, 2022

by Joe Palca

Technicians are putting the final touches on the world's largest digital camera at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The camera will be sent to Chile and installed on a telescope in the Andes.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured out-of-this-world photos of Neptune and its rings.

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Tired of Saturn's rings? Check out NASA's latest image of the bands around Neptune

5:00am September 22, 2022

by Dustin Jones

The last time scientists caught such a clear glimpse of Neptune's rings was when Voyager 2 flew past the distant planet in 1989. Now the James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a crisp new image.

NASA's InSight Mars lander may shut down soon. Here's what it's achieved so far

5:10am September 20, 2022

by Joe Palca

NASA's InSight probe landed on Mars in 2018 to help scientists study the planet's interior. But Martian dust has been building up on InSIght's solar arrays, which could end its mission.

NASA's Artemis I rocket sits on launch pad 39-B after the launch was scrubbed at Kennedy Space Center on September 06, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

NASA eyes late September for its next attempt to launch the Artemis moon mission

5:01am September 09, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

During a press conference on Thursday, space agency officials said they were eyeing Sept. 23 or Sept. 27 as possible dates for the launch.

The telescopes of the SPECULOOS Southern Observatory in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The telescopes were used to confirm and characterize a new planet discovered by NASA, which led to the discovery of another nearby planet.

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A newly discovered planet 40% larger than Earth may be suitable for life

12:07pm September 07, 2022

by Dustin Jones

It's one of two new planets that were recently found about 100 light years from Earth, both of which take just days to orbit their own sun.

In Vesper, Raffiella Chapman plays a 13-year-old girl living in a future where biological experiments have wiped out all the earth's edible plants.

You'll want these five films on your list for fall

2:18pm September 06, 2022

by Bob Mondello

After a two-year dry spell, Hollywood's summer blockbusters finally busted some blocks this year. Now, the question is how to keep that momentum going.

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NASA's Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday before the planned launch was scrubbed due to fuel leaks.

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NASA won't try to launch the Artemis 1 moon mission again for at least a few weeks

6:48pm September 03, 2022

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

A recurring leak of liquid hydrogen fuel forced NASA on Saturday to postpone a scheduled launch for the second time this week. The earliest possible launch date is Sept. 19.

Could the ocean contain alien technology? Astronomer Avi Loeb thinks there is a chance.

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An astronomer thinks alien tech could be on the ocean floor. Not everyone agrees

4:29pm August 31, 2022

by Kai McNamee

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb thinks alien technology could be on the ocean floor. And if he finds anything with buttons on it, he would very much like to press those buttons.

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