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40 years ago, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space

On June 18, 1983, she made history aboard the space shuttle. America's first woman in space had joined NASA after responding to a newspaper ad. "I knew that's what I wanted to do," she said.

WEKU

Viral YouTube video explains NASA's search for alien life

A new viral video by a NASA astrobiologist explains the space agency's efforts to find out whether we are alone in the universe.

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Surprise! Jupiter's ocean moon Europa may not have a fully formed core

The core of Jupiter's ocean moon Europa might have formed billions of years after the rest of it did, if indeed it has formed at all, a new study finds.

Space

NASA's Curiosity rover snaps extremely detailed 'postcard' of Martian landscape after waking up from a 'brain-boosting nap'

The new panorama snapped by NASA's Curiosity rover combines photos from two different times of day to create a highly detailed image of the Red Planet.

LiveScience

Hubble Just Captured One of the Universe's Most Puzzling Galaxies

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope peered into an enchanting blob in the constellation Pegasus. It's a place ripe with new science about the universe.

Inverse

Alien Life Could Be Hiding in These 4 Weird Places in our Solar System

If there's life on other planets in our Solar System, several recent studies suggest it could turn up in some really bizarre places.

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James Webb Space Telescope gets satellite sidekick to aid search for habitable planets

A new small satellite will peer at distant stars to help NASA's James Webb Space Telescope search for potentially habitable exoplanets.

Space

When Johnny met Sally: 'The first woman in space' and a Skylab strip

Three spaceflight anniversaries have a nexus of sorts, in a comic strip that ran in newspapers over 20 years ago. It all comes down to the imagination and knowledge (or lack thereof) of Johnny Hart.

Space

Inflatable moon telescope could peer into universe's Dark Ages

European scientists are developing an inflatable radio telescope concept that could do groundbreaking science on the moon.

Space

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The Hindu’s Daily Quiz on Women Astronaut

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India-U.S. relationship more critical for space exploration: former NASA official

The relationship between India and the U.S. is absolutely critical on Earth and possibly even more so in space, a former top NASA official has said, describing India as a “sleeping giant” for whom the sky is no longer the limit.

The Hindu

Astronomers Finally Found the Origin of the Strangest Meteor Shower

The Geminids meteor shower is shrouded in mystery. But NASA's Parker Solar Probe is shining a light on some of its secret origins.

Inverse

'Weird' game of cosmic tug-of-war in the Tarantula Nebula weaves up new stars

Astronomers have observed the Tarantula Nebula at the heart of the Large Magellanic Cloud, finding that powerful magnetic fields ensure its survival and regulate star birth.

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Geminid meteor shower spawned by violent asteroid smashup

The Geminid meteor shower, which happens every December, comes from a space rock with a comet-like tail. New research suggests a violent origin story.

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Astronauts unfurl final roll-out solar array (for now) at space station in record-tying spacewalk

NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Stephen Bowen deployed the sixth and last (for now) upgraded solar array outside of the International Space Station while Bowen tied an American spacewalk record.

Inverse

UAP Reports Involve the Ocean Too, NASA Investigator Reveals

For its expansive UAP team, the space agency turned to oceanographer Paula Bontempi, an expert in how light interacts with water.

Space

Private space station: How Axiom Space plans to build its orbital outpost

Axiom Space is using the results of science experiments conducted on its private missions aboard the International Space Station to inform the design and use of the company's own orbital laboratory.

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The Apollo moon landing was real, but NASA's quarantine procedure was not

On its face, the Apollo 11 quarantine protocol looked sensible. But the new research suggests that NASA's "planetary protection" efforts were largely for show.

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This 'postcard' of a Mars day from NASA's Curiosity rover is gorgeous (photo)

A striking new postcard from NASA's Curiosity rover shows the Marker Band Valley region of Mars in the morning and the afternoon.

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James Webb highlights ancient galaxies

Plus, the lauded telescope detected the most extensive spray of water ever seen in space from Saturn's frozen moon

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For the first time, astronomers have found life-supporting molecules called phosphates on Enceladus

The search for habitable conditions beyond Earth has just become more interesting with the discovery of biologically available phosphorus from one of Saturn’s moons. Phosphorus is the most elusive of the six crucial elements needed for life.

Space

Watch 2 NASA astronauts spacewalk outside space station today in this free livestream

Two NASA astronauts will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday (June 15), and you can watch the excursion live.

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Saturn's moon Enceladus has all the ingredients for life in its icy oceans. But is life there?

For the first time, phosphorus — the rarest of six elements upon which life as we know it depends — has been found in a tiny ocean-bearing moon in our solar system.

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James Webb Space Telescope reveals how galaxies made the early universe transparent

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have determined that stars in early galaxies transformed the gas throughout the universe from opaque to transparent.

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