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Images of the new phenomenon were captured by Solar Orbiter, a joint European-NASA mission to study the sun.
By Kenneth Chang
- Photo CreditChris Pietsch/The Register-Guard, via Associated Press
Enjoy it while you can. The frozen ball of ice won’t return to the inner solar system for 6,800 years.
By Adam Mann
- Photo CreditLaura Betz/NASA, via Associated Press
The universe will have to wait a little longer.
By Dennis Overbye
- Photo CreditEmirati Mars Mission
The launch of the Hope orbiter was delayed because of weather. The mission’s goal is to make contributions to research on the red planet. But the Emirati government really hopes it will inspire future scientists.
By Kenneth Chang
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Out There
Astronomers have discovered a vast assemblage of galaxies hidden behind our own, in the “zone of avoidance.”
By Dennis Overbye
- Photo CreditBill Ingalls/NASA, via Associated Press
The agency identified the causes of mishaps in orbit during an uncrewed test flight of its Starliner spacecraft in December.
By Kenneth Chang
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Out There
Photo CreditR. Hurt/IPAC/Caltech
Astronomers claim to have seen a flash from the merger of two black holes within the maelstrom of a third, far bigger one.
By Dennis Overbye
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As part of its next Mars mission, NASA is sending an experimental helicopter to fly through the red planet’s thin atmosphere.
By Kenneth Chang
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Trilobites
Photo CreditKenichi Abe, Hokkaido University
Researchers propose a new model to explain the formation of most of the meteorites that make it to Earth.
By Jonathan O’Callaghan
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Out There
Photo CreditEnrico Sacchetti/Science Source
Do signals from beneath an Italian mountain herald a revolution in physics?
By Dennis Overbye
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Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley could stay in orbit for months to aid the station’s short-staffed crew.
By Kenneth Chang
- Photo CreditJohn Raoux/Associated Press
The trip to the space station was the first from American soil since 2011 when the space shuttles were retired.
By Kenneth Chang
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Surviving disaster, in the astronauts’ words and photographs.
By Jonathan Corum
- Photo CreditNASA/Goddard
Never miss an eclipse, a meteor shower, a rocket launch or any other astronomical and space event that’s out of this world.
By Michael Roston
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Continue reading the main story More in Apollo 11 Moon Landing 50th Anniversary »
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See Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s historic photographs and words from the moonwalk.
By Jonathan Corum, Mika Gröndahl, Evan Grothjan, Jon Huang, Lingdong Huang, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Karthik Patanjali and Graham Roberts
- Photo CreditCarolyn Kaster/Associated Press
President Trump is only the latest to propose returning to the moon and then heading to Mars. But he faces the burdens of history to accomplish what his predecessors could not.
By Peter Baker
- Photo CreditGary Settle/The New York Times
John Noble Wilford recounts some of what went into writing the story of humanity’s giant leap for the July 21, 1969, edition of The New York Times.
By John Schwartz
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Michael Collins kept an orbital vigil during Neil’s and Buzz’s moonwalk, but he really didn’t feel that lonely.
By Kenneth Chang
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With renewed interest in the moon, some say it’s time to consider whether, and how, to preserve humanity’s lunar heritage.
By Nadia Drake
- Photo CreditAlex Andrix/Virgo/EGO
Scientists have discovered the heaviest known neutron star, or maybe the lightest known black hole: “Either way it breaks a record.”
By Dennis Overbye
- Photo CreditJPL/NASA
A new study suggests the interloper may have arisen in an interstellar cloud, where stars are sometimes born.
By Dennis Overbye
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A black hole was seen shooting electrified gas and energy into space. Each blob contained about 400 million billion pounds of matter.
By Dennis Overbye
- Photo CreditRick Guidice/NASA Ames Research Center
Is the pandemic a rehearsal for our own cosmic mortality?
By Dennis Overbye
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Dr. Roman was a pioneer at NASA, joining the agency in its early days and becoming its first chief astronomer.
By Dennis Overbye
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Britain Gambles on a Bankrupt Satellite Operator, OneWeb
Pushed by Brexit, the U.K. government will have a platform to expand into the space business.
By Stanley Reed
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Summer Solstice 2020 and the Search for Life in the Galaxy
As you mark the longest day of the year, consider the debate among astronomers over whether Earth’s tilt toward the sun helps make life on our world and others possible.
By Shannon Hall
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They Want to Sell Balloon Rides 19 Miles Up. Haven’t We Heard This Before?
Seven years ago, entrepreneurs planned trips to the stratosphere, but tourists never got off the ground. They’re trying again.
By Kenneth Chang
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China Reports Progress in Ultra-Secure Satellite Transmission
Researchers enlisted quantum physics to send a “secret key” for encrypting and decrypting messages between two stations 700 miles apart.
By William J. Broad
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Stick a Starry Night Sky on Your Ceiling
There are about a septillion stars in the observable universe. You can bring a fraction into your home — which is more than enough.
By Michelle Dowd
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NASA Needs to Find Ice on the Moon. This Rover Will Lead the Search.
Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh company, won a $199.5 million contract to transport NASA’s VIPER rover to the lunar surface.
By Kenneth Chang
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With an Internet of Animals, Scientists Aim to Track and Save Wildlife
Using tiny sensors and equipment aboard the space station, a project called ICARUS seeks to revolutionize animal tracking.
By Jim Robbins
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Trump Campaign Removes Space Video That Violated NASA Ad Rules
The president has tried to parlay space policy into an upbeat campaign issue for the 2020 election.
By Kenneth Chang
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Trump Hopes for His Own Booster Shot From SpaceX Rocket Launch
The president, beleaguered by a pandemic, economic troubles and racial unrest, viewed the liftoff as a welcome moment of triumph that he celebrated with a campaign rally-style speech.
By Peter Baker
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SpaceX Launch: Highlights From NASA Astronauts’ Trip to Orbit
Look back at the day when a NASA crew headed to the space station from the United States for the first time since the space shuttles were retired in 2011.
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