Astronomers find atmosphere around a solar system object that shouldn’t have one.

Astronomers have detected a thin atmosphere around a tiny celestial body in the outer solar system for the first time — an object previously thought to be too small to support the presence of an atmosphere. Thousands of frozen, rocky bodies called trans-Neptunian objects, or…

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Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches 32 Amazon internet satellites to orbit.

Europe's most powerful rocket roared into action early Thursday morning (April 30). An Ariane 6 heavy lifter topped with 32 Amazon Leo satellites launched from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Thursday, at 4:57 a.m. EDT (0857 GMT; 5:57 a.m. local time …

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Trump invited the Artemis 2 moon astronauts to the White House.

NASA's Artemis 2 moon astronauts just got some face time with the president, though they stayed firmly in the background. President Trump invited the Artemis 2 quartet and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman to the Oval Office today (April 29), for a livestreamed press eve…

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Nebula sparkles in new Hubble snapshot | Space photo of the day for April 23, 2026.

A new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a spectacular nebula in all its glory. (And yes, it does kind of look like a cosmic sea slug.) Nearly 30 years ago, Hubble looked at the Trifid Nebula. To celebrate the upcoming 36th anniversary of the telescope's …

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James Webb Space Telescope peers into a dying star surrounded by mysterious buckyballs.

The spectacular birthplace of weird carbon molecules known as "buckyballs" came to light in new imagery of a nebula from the James Webb Space Telescope. The gas cloud includes an upside-down question mark shape, which marks a structure scientists don't yet und…

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Rocket Lab launches Japanese 'origami' satellite, 7 other spacecraft to orbit.

Rocket Lab sent eight Japanese satellites to orbit from New Zealand on Wednesday night (April 22), including one with a unique "origami" construction. An Electron vehicle launched the "Kakuchin Rising" mission from Rocket Lab's New Zealand site on Wed…

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Congress objects (again) to Trump's planned NASA budget cuts.

President Trump's big NASA budget cuts appear to be dead on arrival, again. Earlier this month, the White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2027 federal budget request, which slashes NASA's total budget by 23% and its science funding by 47%. Trump proposed the same …

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NASA's TESS spacecraft discovers a weird system of exoplanets unlike anything seen before.

Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets (ASTEP) on the Antarctic Plateau, astronomers have discovered a rare and uniquely weird planetary system. The extrasolar planets, or exop…

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NASA Shares SpaceX Crew-13 Assignments for Space Station Mission.

As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch no earlier than mid-September to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition. NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney will serve as spacecraf…

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Meet the US Navy divers who welcomed the Artemis 2 astronauts home from the moon.

Four U.S. Navy divers were the first faces to greet NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts when they splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after their historic journey around the moon this month. Theve medical team — Lt. Cmdr. Jesse Wang, Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Laddy Aldridge,…

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Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket grounded after launch mishap.

Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket has been temporarily grounded. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requiring an investigation into New Glenn's third-ever mission, which launched on Sunday morning (April 19) and resulted in the loss of its payload — …

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Celebrate Earth Day with this Artemis 2 shot | Space photo of the day for April 22, 2026.

Happy Earth Day! This year, we're celebrating with brand-new photos captured by the astronauts who journeyed around the moon and back on NASA's Artemis 2 mission. What is it? On April 1, 2026, four astronauts launched on Artemis 2, the first crewed mission to the moon …

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Two Pakistani astronauts selected as candidates for China space programme.

China has ​selected two Pakistani ‌astronauts as candidates for ​its manned ​space programme, state broadcaster ⁠CCTV ​reported on Wednesday. Both ​will travel to China for training, ​and ​one will participate in ‌a ⁠flight mission as a payload specialist ​and ​become ⁠the f…

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NASA shuts down Voyager 1 instrument to keep probe exploring interstellar space.

NASA engineers have shut down another instrument on Voyager 1 to preserve the power of the most distant spacecraft ever sent into space. The Low-energy Charged Particles experiment (LECP) was turned off on Friday (April 17) to ensure Voyager 1 has more time available to cont…

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Artemis II Mission Milestones: An Image and Video Recap.

On April 1, 2026, Artemis II launched on a nearly 10-day voyage around the Moon, marking the first crewed flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, spla…

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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4867-4872: Sand Fill In Antofagasta Crater and Finding Our Next Drill Target.

At the beginning of the week, Curiosity arrived right on target on the rim of the 10-meter (33 feet) “Antofagasta” crater.   The crater looked fresh and deep as we had hoped with a nice well-defined rim that didn't look too eroded, but the bottom of it turned out to be f…

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Nasa’s curiosity finds organic molecules never seen before on Mars.

After years of lab work, the results are in: A rock that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover drilled and analyzed in 2020 includes the most diverse collection of organic molecules ever found on the Red Planet. Of the 21 carbon-containing molecules identified in the sample, seven of…

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NASA's Curiosity rover finds building blocks of life on Mars. Scientists aren't sure how they got there.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has found a diverse mix of organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered building blocks for the origin of life on Earth. The finding marks the first time a new kind of chemical experiment has been performed on another plan…

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NASA reveals its Roman Space Telescope today.

NASA's newest space telescope is ready for its moment on stage  —  and soon, in space. The agency will unveil the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Tuesday (April 21) at 4 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT), and you can watch the event live here at Space.com courtesy of NASA. Read mo…

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NASA Welcomes Latvia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory.

The Republic of Latvia signed the Artemis Accords Monday during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the 62nd nation to commit to responsible space exploration for all humanity.  “We are proud to welcome Latvia to the Artemis Accords…

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