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SpaceX Mars rocket prototype explodes during test flight

See the 'Worm' supermoon glow in the sky this weekend

This is how the human heart adapts to space

Ingenuity Mars helicopter to take flight and 5 other top space and science stories this week

The Ingenuity helicopter carried a piece of Wright brothers history to Mars

Mission to clean up space junk with magnets set for launch

There is little research to back reports of northern lights sounds. So what are people hearing?

Astronauts relocated a spacecraft outside the International Space Station

Ingenuity Mars helicopter prepares for the first flight on another planet

Ingenuity Mars helicopter: The historic journey to fly on another planet

Scientists have discovered X-rays coming from Uranus

Watch yet another SpaceX prototype explode

NASA's tiny helicopter is ready to make history on Mars

A meteorite exploded in the air above Antarctica 430,000 years ago

Virgin Galactic unveils mirror-coated space plane known as 'Spaceship III'

Watch the Perseverance rover's first footage of Mars

See NASA's big plans for its new Mars rover, Perseverance

Mars Curiosity rover takes selfie with 'Mont Mercou'

Hubble spies colorful change of seasons on Saturn

Asteroid Apophis won't impact Earth for at least a century, NASA finds

New image reveals supermassive black hole's swirling magnetic field

Pristine interstellar comet came from a system containing giant planets

Do octopuses dream? Maybe. But they definitely change colors while they sleep

Wonders of the universe

Photos from Perseverance's mission to Mars

Largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will be moving unusually fast

NASA successfully tests SLS rocket that will help Artemis astronauts reach the moon

Hear the Perseverance rover's wheels crunch across the Martian surface

Interstellar object ʻOumuamua may be a fragment of Pluto-like planet

Top secret Cold War project turned up plants that once thrived beneath mile-deep Greenland ice

Lightning may have sparked life on Earth

Previously unknown bacteria discovered on the space station could help grow plants

Supermassive black hole spotted wandering through space

NASA astronauts conduct fifth spacewalk of 2021

This planet morphed from one type to another — and formed a second atmosphere

Perseverance rover sends back sounds of zapping rocks on Mars

Rare meteorite that fell on UK driveway may contain 'ingredients for life'

These sea slugs can self-decapitate and grow a new body

Scientist explains how massive Siberian craters are formed

Most distant cosmic jet discovered 13 billion light-years away

The Apollo 11 astronauts quarantined after returning to Earth. Here's why

Perseverance rover takes its first drive on Mars, sends back image

NASA releases stunning new images from Mars

Astronauts Kate Rubins and Soichi Noguchi conduct 4th career spacewalk

See Jupiter and Mercury align in the sky and an asteroid flyby this weekend

NASA astronaut launches stop for nothing -- not even a pandemic. Here's how they did it

Perseverance will search for ancient life on Mars. These places are next

Neanderthals could hear and make the same sounds as humans, new research suggests

Astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover conducted a Sunday spacewalk

'Dare mighty things': The man behind the secret message in the Mars rover's parachute

Full moon in February 2021: When to see the Snow Moon

Hungry teenage tyrants help explain puzzling fact about dinosaur diversity

New Mars image from rover landing site shows the red planet in high definition

Amazing close-up of Venus captured by NASA Parker Solar Probe

Astronauts will conduct a spacewalk this Sunday

The inspiring hidden message in the Mars Perseverance rover's parachute

How 2 teenagers discovered 4 scientifically valuable exoplanets

A Martian experiment in our sky: Earth microbes could temporarily survive on Mars, study says

NASA shares first video and audio, new images from Mars Perseverance rover

Kangaroo painted over 17,000 years ago is Australia's oldest known rock art, scientists say

Ingenuity helicopter phones home from Mars

Incredible new images shared by Perseverance rover after Mars landing

The Mars rover landing was the happy moment we all needed

The face of the Perseverance landing was an Indian American woman

Perseverance rover has successfully landed on Mars and sent back its first images

NASA team cheers after successful Mars rover landing

After years of prep, NASA's Perseverance rover is ready to land on Mars Thursday

How to watch the Mars rover landing today

Dinosaurs may have been killed off by a comet instead of an asteroid

World's oldest DNA sequenced from a mammoth that lived more than a million years ago

Mysteries of massive holes forming in Siberian permafrost unlocked by scientists

Krispy Kreme is offering a limited-edition Mars doughnut to celebrate NASA's rover landing

Explore Jezero Crater, the future home of NASA's Perseverance rover

Antarctic sponges discovered under the ice shelf perplex scientists

NASA's Perseverance rover will land on Mars this week. Here's what to expect

Meet the orbiters that help rovers on Mars talk to Earth

Tianwen-1, China's mission to Mars, has entered orbit

Martian moon Phobos could tell us what Mars was like in the past

Orbiters could find ice on Mars for future human missions

In a case of potential mistaken mummy identity, scientists uncover clues

Martian landslides may be caused by melting ice and salt under the surface

These dinosaurs may have used their frills to flirt

Dark matter halo found around ancient 'cannibal' galaxy

In the name of cricket sex, humans need to stop making noise

NASA astronauts conduct the second spacewalk of the year

NASA mission will zoom by asteroid before returning sample to Earth

Full moon in January 2021: When to see the Wolf Moon

After '7 minutes of terror,' NASA's Perseverance rover will begin an 'epic journey' on Mars next month

NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins conduct spacewalk Wednesday

These 7 Earth-size exoplanets named after beer may be incredibly similar

'Bizarre' dinosaur Spinosaurus behaved like a giant, flightless stork, study says

Dogs likely migrated to the Americas with humans over 15,000 years ago, study says

5 planets found in unusual rhythmic dance around a star 200 light-years away

Astronauts prepare for 2 upcoming spacewalks

Burial ground reveals Stone Age people wore clothing covered in elk teeth

Staggering number of wild bee species unaccounted for since the '90s

Newly discovered giant galaxies dwarf the Milky Way

Astronaut artifacts on moon -- like Apollo landers and Neil Armstrong's bootprint -- now protected by US law

Glaciers on Mars reveal the planet's many ice ages

How animals transfer power from one leader to another: Brute force, inheritance and consensus

A 99-million-year-old beetle shines light on the evolution of glowing insects

A stream of nearly 500 stars in the Milky Way is actually a family

What Mars sounds like, and the rover's welcome party

Oldest quasar and supermassive black hole discovered in the distant universe

There may be fewer galaxies in the universe than we thought

'Super-Earth' found orbiting one of the oldest stars in the Milky Way

6-foot megalodon shark babies were cannibals in the womb, study says

A distant galaxy dies as astronomers watch

Early humans adapted to major environmental change in 'Cradle of Mankind' 2 million years ago

Ancient finds

New NASA space telescope will explore the Big Bang

Archaeologists find 2,000 pieces of plastic at Iron Age site

Astronaut Terry Virts shares an 'insider's guide' to life in space

Hibernating primates like this tiny lemur could unlock cryogenic sleep for deep space missions

Scientists discover a new species of snake hiding in plain sight

This is how astronauts celebrate Christmas and other holidays in space

Jupiter and Saturn's great conjunction captured in stunning images

Stone Age Venus figurines were totems of survival, not sex, study suggests

Watch for the 'Christmas Star' as Jupiter and Saturn come closer than they have in centuries

Ancient wolf cub found 'perfectly preserved' in Canadian permafrost. We even know what it ate

Newly discovered comet photographed during solar eclipse

Watch for the 'Christmas Star' as Jupiter and Saturn come closer than they have in centuries

Ursid meteor shower peaks this week around winter solstice

This 'crazy beast' was a weird early mammal that lived among dinosaurs

'Crazy beast' fossil discovery shows the evolutionary weirdness of early mammals

Hubble watches massive storm on Neptune reverse course

Alan Alda really wants to talk to you about science

Hayabusa2 mission confirms return of an asteroid sample, including gas, to Earth

The annual Geminid meteor shower peaks Sunday and Monday

Hubble observes strange, distant exoplanet similar to 'Planet Nine' that may exist in our solar system

These feces-finding Fidos help save orcas and other endangered wildlife

Sun launches explosion of electromagnetic energy towards Earth: Geomagnetic Storm Watch issued

These are the Artemis astronauts that could be among the first to return to the moon

Observations of our closest neighboring star dampen hopes of a potentially habitable planet

'Unprecedented' high-res image of sunspot captured by new solar telescope

What Artemis astronauts could learn about the moon when they land in 2024

Hayabusa2 mission lands the first subsurface asteroid sample on Earth

Astronauts harvest radishes grown aboard the International Space Station

Arecibo Observatory collapses ahead of planned demolition

Just in time for Christmas, Jupiter and Saturn will come closer than they have since the Middle Ages

Gaia space observatory maps nearly 2 billion stars in Milky Way galaxy

Potential life on ancient Mars likely lived below the surface, study says

See the lunar eclipse during the full beaver moon

Catch a lunar eclipse during the full beaver moon

Earth is 2,000 light years closer to supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy than we thought

This is how astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving and other holidays in space

NASA begins assembling the rocket for Artemis moon mission

Astronauts experience these key changes in space that could impact their health, new research shows

Astronauts on a Mars mission will need to be 'conscientious' to work well together

NASA launch Saturday: This satellite will track Earth's sea level rise

It's a full house on the International Space Station with 7 people — and Baby Yoda

The end is near for famed Arecibo Observatory's damaged telescope

Russian spacewalk helps prepare space station for new module

Star merger created rare Blue Ring Nebula

'Dueling dinosaurs' fossils show Triceratops, T. rex, may have died after a battle

Leonid meteor shower will shoot fireballs across the sky this week

Bacteria from Earth could potentially be used to mine on the moon or Mars

Fireballs will light up the sky during Northern Taurid meteor shower this week

This lava planet has 'rocky' weather and winds many times the speed of sound

Prehistoric hunters weren't all male. Women killed big game, new discovery suggests

Fast radio burst may have come from the Milky Way

After an antenna repair on Earth, NASA is now able to command Voyager 2 again

Humans have been living on the space station for 20 years

Halloween full moon: See October's 'blue moon' tonight

Astronomers find smallest 'rogue planet' in the Milky Way

New NASA posters share galactic horrors for Halloween

NASA spacecraft safely seals up asteroid sample to return to Earth

Koala populations are in decline due to increased human impacts on nature

How octopuses taste their meals by touching them, according to a new study

These spiders lack ears. But they can hear you, study says

Unusual molecule found in atmosphere on Saturn's moon Titan

Juno mission observes 'sprites' dancing in Jupiter's atmosphere

NASA, European Space Agency to collaborate on Artemis Gateway lunar outpost

'Fireball' meteorite that fell to Earth in 2018 reveals its secrets

NASA spacecraft will stow asteroid sample to stop it from leaking into space

NASA mission finds water on the sunlit surface of the moon

Asteroid Bennu has been hanging out with Earth for over a million years

As astronomers search for exoplanets, those planets could have Earth in sight, study says

NASA successfully collected a sample from asteroid Bennu, but some of it is leaking into space

Images reveal new insights about Jupiter's volcanic moon Io

New images show NASA spacecraft's historic landing and sample collection on asteroid

The first space station crew to launch during a pandemic has returned to Earth

OSIRIS-REx, asteroid hunter

Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight

NASA mission successfully touched down on asteroid Bennu

Betelgeuse, the unusually dimming star, is smaller and closer than scientists thought

Asteroid Bennu is about to play 'tag' with a NASA spacecraft

When this creature faces deadly radiation, glowing is the only option

NASA astronaut, Russian cosmonauts launch to the space station

Eight nations sign NASA's Artemis Accords that guide cooperative exploration of the moon

Pluto's snow-capped mountains look like they belong on Earth, but they're entirely different

This rare 'peacock' star system in our galaxy is doomed to explode

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is ready for a 2nd 'bucket list' trip to the space station

Earth's first mammals took it easy and lived far longer than their modern counterparts

Astronomers witness 'spaghettification' of star shredded by a black hole

'Superhabitable' planets could be better for life than Earth

How a toothless, parrot-like dinosaur thrived 69 million years ago

Draconid meteor shower 2020: How and when to watch

Turning to dirt for antibiotics in the fight against superbugs

Mars is closer to Earth in October than it will be for another 15 years

New toilet designed using astronaut feedback arrives on the space station

Hubble watches as an exploding star fades away

New toilet, a VR camera and science experiments are heading to the space station

First photo of a black hole supports Einstein's theory of relativity

Why it's so hard to guess who's going to get a Nobel Prize

Full moons in October: Harvest moon tonight and a rare blue moon on Halloween

'Extreme' exoplanet found orbiting hot blue star

Insect-inspired robots that can jump, fly and climb are almost here

Radiation on moon's surface measured for the first time, study says

This bird tells rivals like it is by using its feathers to make a chirping noise

Why do leaves change color?

Nebra sky disc: Prehistoric star map's Bronze Age pedigree in question -- by 1,000 years

Hubble spies stormy weather on Jupiter

This is how we should build on Mars, scientists say

The sun has started a new solar cycle, experts say

This previously unknown mass extinction gave rise to dinosaurs, scientists say

Giant planet found orbiting a dead white dwarf star

Carbon-rich planets made of diamonds may exist beyond our solar system, study says

A gas found on Earth that signifies life has been detected in the clouds on Venus

Hubble images reveal new aspect of mysterious dark matter in the universe

This asteroid is ejecting particles into space. A spacecraft may tell us why

Meet OPTIMISM, the Perseverance rover's twin on Earth