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SpaceX targeting mid-March for 1st flight of bigger, more powerful Starship 'Version 3,' Elon Musk says

SpaceX plans to launch the 12th test flight of its Starship megarocket in six weeks, according to Elon Musk. It will be the first mission of the bigger, more powerful Starship "V3."

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Proteins before planets: How space ice may have created the 1st building blocks of life

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly not the case."

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Rocket Lab's 'Hungry Hippo' Neutron fairing arrives at spaceport in Virginia

The "hungry hippo" fairing for Rocket Lab's new Neutron launch vehicle has arrived for integration at the company's Virginia Spaceport facilities.

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'Star Wars Outlaws' scores a new prequel novel starring antagonist Jaylen Vrax and his ND-5 assassin droid

Author Mike Chen returns fans to the galaxy's grimy underworld in this thrilling crime caper book

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Stargazing in the city: what you can (and can't) see at night

A range of gorgeous skywatching targets are visible to the naked eye in city skies.

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America's 250th lights up Washington Monument | Space photo of the day for Jan. 28, 2026

A 250th anniversary only comes once in a lifetime.

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NASA research jet makes fiery 'wheels-up landing' after experiencing mechanical issue (video)

One of NASA's high-altitude WB-57 research jet made a fiery wheels-up landing on Tuesday (Jan. 27) after a mechanical issue prevented it from lowering its landing gear.

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40 years after the space shuttle Challenger disaster, spaceflight remains far from routine

Seven astronauts lost their lives during the Challenger space shuttle disaster on Jan. 28, 1986. Four decades later, human spaceflight remains a difficult business.

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Astronomers discover the 'growing pains' of teenage exoplanets

"We've often seen the 'baby pictures' of planets forming, but until now, the 'teenage years' have been a missing link."

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NASA moves critical fueling test for Artemis 2 moon rocket up to Jan. 31

The SLS wet dress rehearsal is the rocket's last major hurdle before launch.

Space

NASA gets new F-15 fighter jet to chase its X-59 'quiet' supersonic aircraft

What role will F-15 jets play in the future of supersonic flight?

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The coolest character in all of Star Wars returns with his own Disney+ show in April — check out the gorgeous 1st trailer (video)

The next Star Wars show from Lucasfilm Animation sees the fallen Sith lord build a criminal empire right under the Empire's nose.

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See the 'Seven Sisters' of the Pleiades swim in the light of a waxing moon at sunset tonight

The moon will be closest to the Pleiades in the hours following sunset.

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Watch NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket on the launch pad with this 24-hour livestream

The Artemis 2 moon mission's SLS rocket is on the pad at Kennedy Space Center for testing ahead of a possible Feb. 6 launch, and you can watch it 24/7 via this livestream.

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Astronaut sees sunset from space | Space photo of the day for Jan. 27, 2026

The views of the setting sun are just as spectacular from space as they are on Earth.

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Are mysterious 'Little Red Dots' discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope actually nurseries for direct-collapse black holes?

"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe."

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Venus may get a huge meteor shower this July, thanks to a long-ago asteroid breakup

This coming July, Venus could plow through the dust generated by an asteroid breakup thousands of years ago, potentially sparking an impressive meteor shower.

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Magnetic avalanches on the sun reveal the hidden engine powering solar flares

"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far."

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Super-Earth exoplanets may have built-in magnetic protection from churning magma — and that's good news for life

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet."

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Artemis 2 astronauts enter quarantine ahead of historic NASA moon launch

The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission went into quarantine on Jan. 23, keeping everything on track for a possible launch in early February.

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Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge gets an upgrade, as the Disneyland attraction adds classic characters from the original trilogy

Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Darth Vader are coming to Batuu!

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James Webb Space Telescope sees comet-seeding crystals flowing far from newborn star (photo)

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a young star flinging heat-formed crystals outward on a cosmic conveyor belt, offering a new clue to how comets evolve.

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NASA to fly piece of Wright Brothers' plane on Artemis 2 moon mission

The Artemis 2 moon mission will send a swatch from the famous Wright Flyer, along with a number of other aerospace artifacts, when it launches in the coming weeks.

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Milky Way shines over Gemini South Observatory | Space photo of the day for Jan. 26, 2025

Sometimes astronomers don't need giant telescopes to observe the wonders of the cosmos; they just need to look up at the night sky.

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Moon landings could contaminate evidence about life's beginnings on Earth. Here's how

Exhaust from lunar landers drifts across the moon and contaminates ultra-cold polar craters that are rich in ancient ice and organic clues, a new study reports.

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