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Largest sea on Saturn's mysterious moon Titan could be more than 1,000 feet deep
Data from one of Cassini's last flybys of Titan probed the depths of Kraken Mare to better understand the moon's alien chemistry.
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How to see the 'Great Hexagon' of bright winter stars this weekend
Eight bright stars dominate our current winter sky. Depending on how you look at them, you might see a graceful arc, a hexagon or a giant "G."
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Warm up with this cozy image of a hot spot on Jupiter
A new composite image of Jupiter's atmosphere shows a hot spot glowing brightly in infrared wavelengths.
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Watch live today : SpaceX launching 143 satellites on Transporter-1 mission @ 9:40 a.m. ET
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter-1 rideshare mission with dozens of satellites from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 9:40 a.m. EST (1440 GMT). Watch it live!
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Space photos: The most amazing images this week!
See the best photos on Space.com this week.
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The top space stories of the week!
These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.
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Bernie Sanders in space! These inauguration mitten memes are out of this world
After casually stopping by President Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday (Jan. 20), Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont set out on a tour of the universe — sort of.
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Exclusive: Avasarala and Bobbie sink deeper into a black market weapons ring in 'The Expanse #2'
Writer Corrina Bechko and artist Alejandro Aragon fill in the gaps between Season 4 and Season 5 of "The Expanse" with Boom! Studios.
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SpaceX's Starship SN9 prototype fires engines again to prep for test flight
The Starship SN9 vehicle performed its fifth-ever static fire Friday morning (Jan. 22), gearing up for a high-altitude test flight in the coming days.
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Dawn Aerospace aims to launch New Zealand's 1st space plane from a conventional airport
Dawn Aerospace has received approval to fly a suborbital space plane from a conventional airport in New Zealand.
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A moon rock in the Oval Office: President Joe Biden's lunar display
Joe Biden was three weeks from taking office as a freshman U.S. senator when the moon rock that is now on display in the White House was collected by astronauts on the lunar surface.
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Mystery particle may explain extreme X-rays shooting from the 'Magnificent 7' stars
Particles called axions may be the reason the 'Magnificent 7' cluster of neutron stars emits extreme X-rays.
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Pictures from space! Our image of the day
NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins flashes a big smile in a photo posted by the International Space Station on Jan. 21, 2021.
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SpaceX to launch dozens of satellites on Transporter-1 flight Saturday and you can watch it live
SpaceX is preparing one of its veteran rockets to launch a stack of small satellites into space on Saturday (Jan. 23). Here's how to watch.
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'Out Astronaut' contest accepting submissions until Jan. 31
The Out Astronaut Contest is now accepting submissions until Jan. 31.
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Elon Musk says he's donating $100 million for carbon-capture tech prize
Elon Musk is putting a big chunk of change into the fight against climate change.
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Kerbal Space Program 2 will launch Kerbonauts with wild new hairdos and emotions
The developers of the popular "Kerbal Space Program" from Private Division and Intercept Games revealed the true nature of their astronauts (Kerbals) in a recent YouTube video.
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'Symbiotic stars' caught snacking on each other outside the Milky Way
Stars snacking on their companions outside the Milky Way have been precisely mapped and measured for the first time.
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On This Day in Space! Jan. 22, 2003: Pioneer 10 beams last signal to Earth
On January 22, 2003, NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft beams its last data transmission back to Earth. See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!
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