SpaceX conducts test launch of Starship rocket
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The world's biggest and most powerful rocket lifted off from a launch site in Texas on Thursday, the latest test flight of the SpaceX Starship.

NASA probe to make closest ever approach to sun
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A NASA spacecraft will pass closer to the sun than any human-made object ever has on Christmas Eve.

Geminid meteor shower to peak on Friday
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It may be a little chilly for stargazing, but there's a reason to bundle up and watch the night sky this weekend.

Mysteries of 'dark energy' expanding the universe
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As scientists continue exploring the vastness of the universe, new finding could upend our knowledge about how it all comes together.

SpaceX starship launches, lands in Gulf of Mexico
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SpaceX's Starship launched from South Texas on Monday, and landed in the Gulf of Mexico for its sixth test flight.

Searching for life beneath the ice on Mars
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A new study from NASA explores the possibility of life on Mars, and the University of Washington took part in the research.

Uptick in solar activity allows more northern lights sightings
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The sun's been undergoing a lot of activity recently, allowing some living further south to get a glimpse at the Northern Lights.

Rare comet lights up the sky, won't return for 80,000 years

A rare comet that won’t be seen for another 80,000 years is visible in the night sky through part of October.

The future of commercial space travel
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Elon Musk's SpaceX is launching its way into the history books with the first privately-funded spacewalk.

Boeing Starliner astronauts phone home from ISS
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Boeing Starline astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are phoning home for the first time since learning they'll be spending another five months aboard the International Space Station.

Polaris Dawn live updates: SpaceX launches 4 private astronauts for historic spacewalk mission Tuesday morning

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 5:23 a.m. ET carrying four Polaris Dawn mission private astronauts to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday morning.

Boeing Starliner scheduled to return Friday without astronauts
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The Boeing Starliner capsule is on its way back home, but the astronauts it took to the International Space Station are staying behind.

Boeing's troubled Starliner capsule will return to Earth as early as next week, without crew: NASA

NASA and Boeing said an uncrewed Starliner capsule will undock from the International Space Station and return to Earth no earlier than Friday, Sept. 6, “pending weather and operational readiness."