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The 1st full moon of 2024 rises tonight with January's Full Wolf Moon

January's Full Wolf Moon rises on Thursday (Jan. 25), marking the first full moon of 2024 and shining between the claws of Cancer, the Crab.

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Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ makes successful pinpoint landing, space agency says

Japan says it has received all of the data about its aircraft’s historic landing after having to power it off.

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NASA fires up powerful Artemis moon rocket engine in key test (video)

NASA completed a new Artemis moon program test on Jan. 23, firing one of its Space Launch System RS-25 engines for about eight minutes.

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How NASA predicted the Jan. 21 asteroid crash over Germany

NASA's Scout impact-assessment system told astronomers where and when the tiny space rock would crash on Sunday morning (Jan. 21).

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Huge stars are born as twins, triplets and more, new images confirm

A newly imaged star cluster is birthing groups of three, four and five stars, confirming the prevailing wisdom that the universe forms its stars in multiples.

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Could space salad jeopardize a mission to Mars?

Salad may not be the healthiest meal for astronauts as scientists discover lettuce flesh can be easily plagued with disease-causing pathogenic bacteria and fungi on the ISS.

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NASA stresses Artemis 2 moon crew safety as agency remembers fallen astronauts

As NASA leadership paused to remember fallen astronauts, the agency urged its employees to "think smaller" and focus on all the items to keep future crews like Artemis 2 safe.

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Watch NASA honor fallen astronauts with 'Day of Remembrance' ceremony today

NASA will honor its fallen space explorers during a ceremony at 10 a.m. EST today (Jan. 25), and you can watch the somber proceedings live.

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This Hubble Telescope photo of a spiral galaxy will take your breath away

Just when we think we've seen it all with astronomy photos, the Hubble Space Telescope gives us something new and beautiful.

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Apollo 17 astronauts saw strange flashes on the moon. Will Artemis crews see them too?

Lunar scientists have started plotting out photographic objects of interest for the four-person Artemis 2 crew to consider during their flyby of the moon.

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Happy 20th, Spirit and Opportunity! How the Mars rovers expanded our horizons

Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars 20 years ago this month, kicking off a surface mission that reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet.

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Stunning night sky time-lapse shows how colorful the stars really are (photo)

This gorgeous eight-hour exposure reveals the colors of stars as they make their way across the night sky, colors that can inform astronomers about the characteristics of each star.

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Artemis moon spacesuits prepped for tests ahead of delayed 2026 lunar landing

Axiom Space will provide spacesuits for the first moon landing in half a century, aiming to reach the critical design review stage in June —as the greater Artemis program battles delays.

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Hubble Space Telescope sees colliding galaxies aglow with stars

The spiral galaxies UGC 05028 and UGC 05029, collectively known as Arp 300, are in the process of merging. This has fueled rapid star formation.

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Nearby star factory shines in stunning James Webb Space Telescope photo

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on N79, a 1,630-light-year-wide star birthing complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud, to produce a stunning image.

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Virgin Galactic may launch 6th commercial spaceflight this week

Virgin Galactic's sixth commercial spaceflight may be just around the corner. The launch window for the Galactic 06 mission opens on Friday (Jan. 26).

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NASA finally opens OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample canister after freeing stuck lid

After months of anticipation, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission team has successfully accessed the treasure trove of asteroid material the probe collected during its billion-mile journey.

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You can pay to have your ashes buried on the moon. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should

The question of sending your ashes to the moon is less a "can I?" one and more of a "should I?"

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Japan, 5th country to moon-land, used tech that will support future missions

Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft on the surface of the Moon on Jan. 20, 2024

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Blue Origin joins 2 stages of New Glenn rocket for the 1st time (photo)

Blue Origin mated the two stages of its powerful New Glenn rocket for the first time recently, in preparation for the heavy lifter's debut later this year.

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Does the Solar system have a ninth planet after all?

So is our Solar System fated to have just eight planets? Not necessarily. There may be another one waiting to be found.

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NASA just spotted the cutest optical illusion in space

Behold, the penguin and egg galaxies.

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After Star Trek Symbol Was Spotted By NASA's Mars Rover, I'm Getting Serious Strange New Worlds Vibes

An iconic Star Trek symbol was spotted on Mars, and now, I'm getting some serious Strange New Worlds vibes.

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Watch balloon-like space station module explode (on purpose) during 1st full-scale burst test

Sierra Space's latest deliberate explosion saw a futuristic space module prototype blow to pieces. The burst test is meant to assure safety for a space station that may fly in 2030.

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NASA's IMAP probe will launch in 2025 to capture interstellar dust

In the spring of 2024, NASA plans to launch a spacecraft to capture minuscule dust particles streaming into our solar system from interstellar space.

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