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'Some of the cracks had penetrated through': Chinese astronauts reveal new details about spacecraft that 'stranded' them in space last year

Crew members of China's Shenzhou-20 mission recently detailed their reactions upon finding cracks in their spacecraft's viewport during the nation's first spaceflight emergency.

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Starlight warped in the fabric of spacetime could help us find hidden black holes dancing together

Flashes of gravitationally lensed starlight could act as cosmic lighthouses revealing the presence of binary supermassive black holes in close orbit.

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Where to see the total lunar eclipse in the early hours of March 3

The March 2026 total lunar eclipse will bring a dramatic blood moon to skies across North America, Australia, New Zealand and eastern Asia — if you know where to look.

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China's mysterious Shenlong space plane recently launched on its 4th mission. What is it doing up there?

China's reusable Shenlong space plane launched on its fourth space mission earlier this month. What is it doing in Earth orbit, and how do those activities advance China's space goals?

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Satellites watch as bomb cyclone hits northeast U.S. with snow and lightning

A major snow storm hitting the northeast U.S. has been captured in satellite imagery.

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12 different ways to watch 'Project Hail Mary' in theaters? Outrageous, and we love it (video)

'The whole movie is like this big roller coaster emotional experience.'

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We ate space mushrooms and survived to tell the tale

They were gourmet, but not from any grocery store you can find on Earth.

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Satellite spies northern lights over Iceland and Canada | Space photo of the day for Feb. 23, 2026

Satellite spies stunning auroras from orbit during G1 geomagnetic storm.

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See the moon dance with the stunning 'Seven Sisters' of the Pleiades tonight — here's where to look

The moon and Pleiades will glow together on Feb. 23 in a striking skywatching display.

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1 week until a breathtaking blood moon rises over the US during total lunar eclipse 2026

The total lunar eclipse occurs around the March full moon phase, as the sun, Earth and lunar disk align.

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Is time a fundamental part of reality? A quiet revolution in physics suggests not

It feels so obvious that time moves forward that questioning it can seem almost pointless.

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NASA's Perseverance rover now has its own 'GPS' on Mars: 'We've given the rover a new ability'

NASA's Perseverance rover can now pinpoint its exact location on Mars without help from Earth, paving the way for longer, more autonomous exploration.

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Why do some places on Earth get far more solar eclipses than others?

Why do some places wait 1,000 years to see a total solar eclipse while others get two in a decade? The surprising orbital mechanics behind where eclipses happen — and don't.

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A risky maneuver could send a spacecraft to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's the plan

By taking advantage of a maneuver that would see a spacecraft fire rocket engines while in the solar corona, that spacecraft’s velocity could receive a huge boost — enough to allow it to catch up with 3I/ATLAS, which is the fastest comet ever seen.

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Falcon 9 rocket sets new reuse record on SpaceX's 2nd Starlink launch of the day (video)

Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets, each carrying Starlink satellites, launched from California and Florida on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. The second booster set a new reuse record.

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NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket has a problem and it's leaving the launch pad. Don't expect a moonshot in March

NASA on Sunday (Sept. 22) announced that the space agency will roll its massive Artemis 2 moon rocket to fix a helium system glitch on the massive booster.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 198 — A Dragonfly on Titan

On Episode 198 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Principal Investigator Dr. Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle about the Dragonfly mission and what to expect in the coming years.

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What's the point of a space station around the moon?

Is an orbiting space station necessary to achieve lunar objectives, including scientific ones?

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Can you really survive on Mars? What science fiction gets wrong about off-world living

Arnie said, "Get your ass to Mars", but is it really a good idea? We asked the experts about our Martian future.

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The Milky Way may be hiding a big secret at its heart: an extremely magnetic dead star

Astronomers suspect the heart of the Milky Way may be hiding a big secret: a rapidly spinning, highly magnetic, neutron star-powered pulsar.

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These 70 dusty galaxies at the edge of our universe could rewrite our understanding of the cosmos

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated 70 dusty galaxies at the very edge of the universe that challenge our understanding of cosmic evolution.

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It's toys vs technology in the 1st 'Toy Story 5' trailer, and the toys have an army of Buzz Lightyears

The lovable old-school Toy Story gang takes on mesmerizing modern digital devices in the first trailer for Pixar's "Toy Story 5."

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NASA X-ray spacecraft stares into the 'eye of the storm' swirling around supermassive black holes

The NASA/JAXA X-ray spacecraft has allowed astronomers to dive into the metaphorical "eye of the storm" swirling around supermassive black holes.

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Trump says US government will declassify its UFO files. Will we actually learn anything this time, or is this a distraction?

President Donald Trump has issued a statement that he will instruct the federal government to begin releasing all of its files related to UFOs.

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'This is really getting real.' NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket fueling test went so well, astronauts could launch March 6

NASA announced today (Feb. 20) that it’s targeting March 6 for the liftoff of Artemis 2, which will be the first crewed mission to go beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 back in 1972.

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