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Astronomers plan to fish an interstellar meteorite out of the ocean using a massive magnet

Astronomers are planning a fishing trip to land an extraterrestrial interloper on Earth: a small meteorite from another star system that crashed into the Pacific Ocean in January 2014.

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Scientists spot baby alien planet that might be forming moons

Scientists using a powerful telescope array spotted gas and a possible young exoplanet in a cloud of gas and dust surrounding a distant star.

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Big new Chinese rocket lofts 6 experimental satellites on debut launch (video)

The solid-fueled Lijian 1 rocket, also referred to as ZK-1A, lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on July 27, carrying six satellites into orbit on its debut flight.

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Anti-satellite weapons: History, types and purpose

With the satellite network being a key component of modern life on Earth, space is now a major battleground for countries looking to get ahead of their competitors.

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SpaceX fires up Super Heavy booster for 1st time ahead of Starship orbital test flight (photo)

SpaceX fired up a Super Heavy booster on the launch pad today (Aug. 9) for the first time ever, notching a big milestone in the development of its Starship deep-space transportation system.

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The last supermoon of the year rises Thursday: Watch it online for free

Watch the last supermoon of the year rise over Rome with the Virtual Telescope Project's free livestream, which starts on Aug. 12 at 1:30 a.m. ET.

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'Cosmic butterfly' wings shimmer in image of violently colliding galaxies

Astronomers have spotted the initial stages of a clash and merger between two spiral galaxies using the Gemini North telescope, offers a glimpse at the fate of our galaxy.

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Perseid meteor shower peaks this week, but don't expect much

The peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower shares the sky with August’s full moon this week, meaning it will be difficult to view the iconic shooting stars.

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President Biden signs CHIPS Act, approving International Space Station extension to 2030

Today (Aug. 9), President Joe Biden signed into law the CHIPS Act, which includes a NASA authorization bill — the first one to pass Congress in five years.

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Northrop Grumman picks Firefly to replace Russian engines on Antares rocket

Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket is about to get an all-American upgrade with the help of Firefly Aerospace.

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'The Orville' Season 3 finale gives us Moclan mating rituals, Malloy's missing egg sandwich and more

Other seasons of sci-fi shows come and go, but 'The Orville' will almost certainly be missed the most.

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Celebrate NASA's Artemis 1 mission by sharing your 'moon snaps'

NASA is asking people to share their "moon snaps" to celebrate Artemis 1, which is scheduled to launch on an uncrewed mission around the moon no earlier than Aug. 29.

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Senator who helped save Hubble donates space telescope collection

A politician who helped save the Hubble Space Telescope has now donated her space souvenirs to the operations center that runs the observatory, the Space Telescope Science Institute.

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See James Webb Space Telescope's incredible reach into the universe (video)

Zoom in to see the incredible Cartwheel Galaxy, which is 500 million light-years away from us.

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Launch photos: Blue Origin's NS-22 spaceflight sends 6 space tourists off Earth

The crew included the first people from Egypt and Portugal to reach space.

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Watch NASA's next-generation lunar Gateway space station build up in concept video

A new NASA video shows how the Gateway space station will put together modules to support Artemis astronauts during their sorties on the lunar surface.

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Chinese company's rocket launches 3 satellites into orbit

Images on social media show that Galactic Energy of China lifted off successfully from the Jiaquan Satellite Launch Center on Tuesday (Aug. 9).

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A month on 'Mars': Traveling to the Red Planet

The Month on Mars expedition traveled to the Haughton-Mars Project base for its summer field season at a simulated Martian outpost.

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How dancing black holes get close enough to merge

New research suggests a way for black holes to merge quickly: They must be caught in the accretion disk of a supermassive companion.

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Watch SpaceX launch 53 Starlink satellites and land a rocket at sea tonight

SpaceX will launch 53 of its Starlink internet satellites and land a rocket at sea on Tuesday (Aug. 9), and you can watch the action live.

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Pluto explorer deep dives to the Titanic

For planetary scientist Alan Stern, witnessing the 20th century deep sea sarcophagus that is the Titanic serves up analogies to spaceflight.

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