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World Space Week 2025 explores what it means to live beyond Earth

World Space Week 2025 (Oct. 4–10) explores the theme "Living in Space," with global events highlighting the challenges and future of life beyond Earth.

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International Observe the Moon Night 2025: 4 things to see on the lunar surface on Oct. 4

Grab your telescope and hunt down these four lunar features to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night 2025 on Oct. 4.

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Astronauts work through the U.S. government shutdown | On the International Space Station Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2025

The Expedition 73 crew continued their science research and maintenance work aboard the International Space Station this week, despite the start of a U.S. government shutdown back on Earth.

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Astrophotographers capture dazzling new views of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) as it brightens for October skies

See stunning photos of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) as it brightens ahead of a possible naked eye appearance in mid-October.

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'Alien: Earth' predicts a transhumanist future, but could we ever digitize human consciousness? We asked the experts (exclusive)

Alien: Earth suggests a future where consciousness isn't confined to the body you're born in, but is this a realistic possibility, or merely science fiction? We spoke to experts to find out.

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Blue Origin reveals space tourists to launch on next New Shepard rocket

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin just announced the passenger list for NS-36, the company's 15th space tourism launch.

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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on 125th Falcon 9 mission of the year (video)

SpaceX sent 28 more of its Starlink satellites skyward from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today (Oct. 3). It was the company's 125th Falcon 9 launch of the year already.

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'Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition' drops the VR requirement, offering serviceable Aliens thrills, anytime, anywhere (review)

Rogue Incursion's non-VR edition isn't among the finest Alien games of all time, but Zula Hendricks' video game debut is no snoozer.

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See the moon and Saturn put on a sky show together on Oct. 5

Look up Oct. 5: the nearly Harvest Moon will guide you to Saturn, where a telescope reveals its famous rings — even if they're just a thin line for now.

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Surprise asteroid flies by Earth at only 250 miles away (video)

An asteroid, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Sept. 30 after surprising astronomers.

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Europe teams with Japan on asteroid mission, beefs up space cooperation with South Korea

The European Space Agency signed a cooperation deal with South Korea and advanced a rideshare mission with Japan, as the agency pushes for wider global partnerships.

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NASA pilot suits up to scan the Earth | Space photo of the day for Oct 3. 2025

As NASA's ER-2 aircraft takes flight over the American Southwest, the GEMx mission is using high-altitude hyperspectral imaging to uncover Earth's hidden mineral resources

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Northern lights may get stronger within the next 2 years as the sun enters a turbulent decline with a 'last gasp' finale

Auroras aren't over: the sun's decline brings more storms, and a 'last gasp' finale could light up skies in the next 2 years.

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'Something is wrong!': 'Invasion' Season 3 clip reveals shocking discovery at the mothership containment wall (exclusive)

Here's a chilling peek at Episode 7 of Apple TV+'s riveting sci-fi thriller

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'The metal detector has gone off': Perseverance rover's find is a shiny new clue in the search for life on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has found minerals that could have powered life on Mars — or simply shaped the Red Planet's environment in fascinating ways.

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JWST captures clearest-ever image of M87 galaxy's supermassive black hole jet

Astronomers using JWST have captured the sharpest infrared view yet of the supermassive black hole jet in M87, offering new insights into its structure and physics.

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China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling spacecraft snaps a selfie with Earth

China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft took a picture of itself, as well as the Earth, while en route to a mysterious asteroid that may tell us more about the moon's history.

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will be eyed by Mars and Jupiter probes as it zooms past the sun this month

ESA is making use of spacecraft originally dedicated to its Mars and Jupiter missions to track comet 3I/ATLAS as it continues its journey through our solar system

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'Andromeda' at 25: An optimistic but flawed sci-fi romp cobbled together from the notes of 'Star Trek' creator Gene Roddenberry

Paying tribute to the 'Star Trek' creator's posthumous space adventure that still resonates with fans today.

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'The Martian' is 10 years old. Looking back at sci-fi's answer to 'The Shawshank Redemption'

How Ridley Scott's third sci-fi masterpiece proved there is life on Mars after all, by telling a deeply human, and oddly familiar story.

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Don't miss the full 'Harvest Supermoon' rise on Oct. 6: Here's what to expect

The first supermoon of 2025 rises on Oct. 6 close to the gas giant Saturn.

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Telescope sees binary star's beautiful rainbow spectra | Space photo of the day for Oct. 2, 2025

A new rainbow spectrum from the STELES instrument on Chile's SOAR Telescope captures Eta Carinae in unprecedented detail.

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Northern lights may be visible in these 12 US states on Oct. 2

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted to continue tonight.

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Exoplanet without a sun found gobbling up 6 billion tons of gas and dust per second

"This is the strongest accretion episode ever recorded for a planetary-mass object."

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Saturn's moon Enceladus is shooting out organic molecules that could help create life

The discovery strengthens the case for a new mission to orbit and land on Enceladus and search for evidence of life.

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