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Look Up! A Green Comet Last in Our Solar System 50,000 Years Ago is Coming Back Our Way
The comet will be closest to Earth on Thursday.
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Asteroid to Zip Past Earth Thursday in One of Closest Approaches Ever
An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will whip past Earth on Thursday night, one of the closest encounters ever recorded.
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First Native American Woman in Space Steps Out on Her First Spacewalk
The first Native American woman in space has ventured out on her first spacewalk.
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James Webb Telescope Finds Its First Exoplanet
The planet is almost the same size as Earth, according to a research team led by astronomers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
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Watch the Skies for a Glowing Green Comet Last in the Solar System During the Ice Ages
It was last in the solar system during the Upper Paleolithic era of the Ice Ages.
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An Old Satellite NASA Sent Into Space in the '80s is Falling From Sky This Weekend
The space agency says the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very low,” although some pieces are expected to survive after most of it burns up upon reentry.
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Catch the Comet Passing Earth for First Time Since the Neanderthals
The comet, known as C/2022 E3 (ZTF), will pass Earth later this month for the first time since the Ice Age. Here’s what you need to know.
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Apollo 7 Astronaut Walter Cunningham Dead at 90
Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA’s Apollo program, has died. He was 90. NASA confirmed Cunningham’s death. A family spokesman says he “from complications of a fall.” Cunningham was one of three astronauts aboard the 1968 Apollo 7 mission, an 11-day spaceflight that beamed live television broadcasts as they orbited Earth,...
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NASA Retires Mars Lander InSight After Groundbreaking 4-Year-Long Mission
It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA’s InSight lander on Mars. The lander has fallen silent after four years of operation.
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See the Launch of a New NASA Satellite to Map the World's Oceans, Lakes and Rivers
A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s surface water has rocketed into orbit. The predawn launch Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California capped a highly successful year for NASA. The satellite will conduct the first global survey of its kind. Besides oceans and seas, it will measure the height and flow of water in...
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NASA Launches SWOT Ocean Research Mission
NASA launched its SWOT ocean research mission Friday morning atop a SpaceX rocket.
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Soyuz Leak Causes NASA to Cancel ISS Spacewalk
NASA has canceled a planned spacewalk on the International Space Station after a leak was discovered in a Soyuz capsule docked to the station.
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The Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tuesday Night. Here's How to See It
The Geminid meteor shower lights up the night sky each December, and it will be at its most visible Tuesday overnight into Wednesday morning.
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To the Moon and Back: NASA's Artemis I Test Moon Mission Ends in Water Landing
NASA’s Artemis I mission to send the unmanned Orion spacecraft on a test flight to the moon ended in a successful water landing in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday.
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NASA's Orion Capsule Splashes Down as It Returns From Test-Flight Around the Moon
NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a dramatic 25-day test flight.
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WATCH: NASA Practices Orion Splashdown Recovery in San Diego
NASA’s landing and recovery team practiced recovering Orion off the coast of San Diego over the weekend.
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NASA's Orion Capsule Flies Over Apollo Landing Sites on Moon Before Heading to Earth
NASA’s Orion capsule and its test dummies swooped one last time around the moon Monday, flying over a couple Apollo landing sites before heading home.
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NASA Cancels Satellite to Monitor Greenhouse Gases Due to Rocketing Cost
NASA said it will still be watching human-caused carbon pollution but in different ways.
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Artemis I: NASA's Orion Capsule Breaks Distance Record Set by Apollo 13 in 1970
NASA’s Orion capsule has broken the distance record set by Apollo 13 for a mission with a spacecraft designed to carry humans to deep space and back to Earth.
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NASA's Orion Spacecraft Enters Lunar Orbit
NASA’s Orion capsule is now circling the moon in an orbit stretching tens of thousands of miles. The capsule and its three test dummies entered lunar orbit Friday, more than a week after launching on the test flight.