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Curiosity rover rolls past ‘Devil's Gate' on Mars: Space picture of the day
While ascending Mount Sharp, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has had to swing around a small ridgeline dubbed "Devil’s Gate."
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NASA's Deep Space Network is getting a new dish to help distant spacecraft phone home
NASA's Deep Space Network is getting a new dish. This one will be at the DSN facility in Canberra, Australia.
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Meet the crew for Blue Origin's upcoming all-female spaceflight with Katy Perry
The crew of Blue Origin's NS-31 mission, which is scheduled to launch on April 14, includes a former NASA rocket scientist, television personalities, authors — and Katy Perry.
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Senator grills Jared Isaacman, Trump's pick for NASA chief, about Elon Musk's involvement in his job interview (video)
Sen. Ed Markey asked Jared Isaacman multiple times whether Elon Musk was in the room during his interview with Donald Trump, but Isaacman declined to answer directly.
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Trump administration's NOAA layoffs affected the space weather service that tracks solar storms
Experts share why Trump-mandated cuts to the NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center share is a big deal.
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April's Full Pink Moon will rise as a 'micromoon' this weekend — what to expect from the smallest full moon of 2025
Discover when, how and where to watch the smallest full moon of the year take center stage on April 12.
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Launch of Amazon's 1st Kuiper internet satellites delayed by bad weather
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon's first big batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites today (April 9), and you can watch it live.
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SpaceX to launch new Intuitive Machines moon lander, lunar satellites in 2027
SpaceX to launch new Intuitive Machines moon lander, lunar satellites in 2027
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SpaceX's next Dragon cargo ship launch for NASA will lift off on April 21
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an uncrewed Dragon cargo ship packed with tons of supplies to the International Space Station on April 21.
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Keeping space safe is the 'ultimate team sport', and the US Space Force has a new playbook
The U.S. Space Force is leaning more heavily into its allies around the world and unveiling a new International Partnership Strategy, the service's chief said today.
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China and Pakistan agree to fly 1st foreign astronaut to Chinese space station
For the first time, the Chinese space program will train a Pakistani astronaut, who will also be the first foreign astronaut to visit China's space station.
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Trump's pick for NASA chief tells Senate he's aiming for the Red Planet. 'We will prioritize sending American astronauts to Mars'
Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, Donald Trump's pick to be the next NASA chief, shares the president's ambitious Mars goals.
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The epic total solar eclipse of 2024 caused some birds to stop singing
Scientists were watching for changes in bird vocalization patterns during the 2024 total solar eclipse. Here's what they found.
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Best small telescopes 2025: Portable, lightweight models to travel with
These are the best small telescopes you can buy in every category.
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Conservationists raise alarm over Air Force plan to land SpaceX Starships on bird sanctuary atoll
“Installing rocket landing pads on Johnston Atoll cannot occur without significantly disrupting wildlife..."
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That's no space station, it's a student-led drone show: Space photo of the day
The Space Foundation's 40th Space Symposium got underway with space history lighting up the night sky over Colorado Springs.
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China's Chang'e 6 lunar samples suggest our moon is debris from an ancient Earth impact
Analysis of samples brought back from the farside of the Moon by the Chang'e 6 mission have found the water content of the lunar farside mantle is much more depleted compared to the nearside.
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Nearby exoplanet could offer clues about atmospheres around hot, rocky alien worlds
A nearby Earth-sized planet beyond our solar system could soon add to the diversity of known terrestrial worlds with their own "air."
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Capture the Lyrid meteor shower with our best camera for astrophotography, now $600 cheaper
The Nikon Z8 was rated as our best overall camera for astrophotography, and is $600 off on Amazon, perfect for capturing the Lyrid meteor shower!
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'Predator: Badlands' trailer unveiled at CinemaCon shows the hunter becoming the hunted, but the rest of us will have to wait to see it
CinemaCon attendees got to watch the first Predator: Badlands footage, and the description makes it sound like another refreshing take on the series.
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