Could evidence of life on Mars be hiding in clay? Europe wants to send a rover to check.

Is there life on Mars … in clay? Scientists think that the minerals in clay could be the key to finding signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. The European Space Agency is still working toward launching its ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover to Mars to search for signs of lif…

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China announces plan to build early-warning system for dangerous asteroids.

China has announced that it wants to develop a "space-ground" asteroid early-warning network, while providing few details on what it could look like. But recent papers and presentations to the United Nations provide clues as to what the country has in mind for pla…

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches for record-breaking 36th time.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for a record-breaking 36th time early Thursday morning (July 9). The Falcon 9 lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday at 5:25 a.m. EDT (0925 GMT), carrying 29 of the company's Starlink broadband satel…

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The US wants to build offshore rocket launch sites.

The United States government is looking into launching commercial rockets from sea-based launch sites, but some ocean advocacy experts say the move is part of a larger trend of allowing the spaceflight industry to use the ocean as a dumping ground. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean E…

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NASA's Roman Space Telescope prepares for launch | Space photo of the day for July 8, 2026

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is hanging out in the clean room at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, preparing for its epic journey to space. What is it? Roman is NASA's next big flagship mission, designed to explore the universe like we've neve…

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Our Milky Way galaxy might be larger than we thought.

Is the Milky Way even bigger than we thought? New observations have revealed that our galaxy's spiral arms could stretch farther and wider than we previously concluded. The Milky Way's spiral structure was discovered over 175 years ago in 1850. But new information co…

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Artemis 2's Jeremy Hansen stepping down from active astronaut duty after epic moon mission.

The first non-American to reach the moon is ready for a new mission. Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, best known for his flight around the moon in April on NASA's Artemis 2 mission, will step back from active astronaut duty in September. Hansen, who…

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NASA's New Horizons probe just woke up from hibernation 6 billion miles away beyond Pluto.

NASA's New Horizons probe has woken up in good health nearly 6 billion miles away beyond Pluto after spending nearly a year in hibernation. Traveling such vast distances between our solar system's most remote objects means New Horizons often cruises for months at a t…

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NASA’s Chandra Reveals ‘Red, White, Blue’ Universe for US 250th.

In celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States, NASA has unveiled four cosmic images from its Chandra X-ray Observatory rendered in red, white, and blue that represent the wonders of the universe the agency explores. The images are accompanied by a trio of new so…

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NASA's canceled Artemis hardware contracts reached $5.9 billion, audit finds.

A new memo from NASA's Office of Inspector General has revealed how major pieces of Artemis program hardware became costly components of lunar missions that no longer align with the agency's new plans to return astronauts to the moon and have since been canceled. NAS…

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NASA Tests New Refuel Device for Future In-Space Refueling Missions.

For NASA’s next generation of deep space exploration missions, spacecraft may need to refuel in Earth orbit before pushing farther into the solar system. Similar to how a gas pump needs a nozzle to fit your fuel tank, future spacecraft could require a special device in orde…

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Hubble Spies Starry Chandelier.

The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an ancient inhabitant of our galaxy. This sparkling scene features a globular cluster: a collection of tens of thousands to millions of stars, all tightly bound together under the influence of gravity. There ar…

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SpaceX Dragon says goodbye to the ISS.

SpaceX's Cargo Dragon capsule shines in the sunlight over Earth as it departs from the International Space Station in a new image snapped from onboard the station. What is it? Peering through the window of the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Jessica Meir…

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This 'improbable' exoplanet system is so wonky because of a weird object within.

Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), scientists have discovered a planetary system that scientists are calling "improbable." It could change how we think about the mechanisms behind planet formation. The reason…

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NASA's Roman Space Telescope arrives in Florida ahead of SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch this summer.

The heavy hitters in space telescopes are about to be joined by a new contender. NASA's Nancy Roman Grace Space Telescope arrived at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), in Florida, on Sunday (June 21), for final tests ahead of launching later this summer. Roman was shipped t…

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SpaceX launches its 1st 'Starfall' reentry capsule in early morning Falcon 9 liftoff.

SpaceX's newest spaceflight tech has to launched to the final frontier for the first time. The company's Starfall capsule took to the skies on its debut mission today (June 23), following SpaceX's application with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) fo…

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NASA Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet for ‘Black Hole Stars’.

The complex puzzle known as little red dots has become more complete since their initial discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2022. Now a particular little red dot’s spectrum is helping connect many of the pieces. A team of astronomers led by Vasily Kokorev at t…

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A total solar eclipse will occur this summer. Everything you need to know.

A total solar eclipse will create a celestial spectacle in the sky for the first time in more than two years on August 12. A total solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, casting a shadow on our planet that fully blocks the sun’s light from some…

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Hubble Sights Galaxy in Transition.

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an enigmatic galaxy with a bright center and a face that hints at spiral structure, yet it holds no obvious spiral arms. Reddish-brown clumps and filaments of dust partially obscure the galaxy’s full face, while red, blue, and …

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NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station.

The 34th SpaceX commercial resupply mission under contract with NASA is headed to the International Space Station with new scientific experiments after lifting off at 6:05 p.m. EDT Friday on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Statio…

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