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Watch spacewalk live March 29
On Thursday, 2 astronauts will perform a spacewalk. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at about 12:10 UTC (8:10 a.m. EDT) and will last about 6.5 hours. How to watch live.
March 28, 2018
The colors of stars
A photographer compares the colors of the stars Rigel, Betelgeuse and Sirius.
March 28, 2018
Venus and Uranus meet March 28
It's the 2nd-closest conjunction of planets for all of 2018. Venus is bright and low in the west after sunset. Uranus is up there, but too faint to be seen with the eye.
March 28, 2018
Great Pacific Garbage Patch now 3 times size of France
In 2015, a mega-expedition - 30 vessels simultaneously - crossed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and collected 1.2 million plastic samples. They say the problem is getting worse.
March 27, 2018
A large swath of Texas is heaving and sinking
The oil-rich Permian Basin is having a resurgence in active drilling. Researchers report that, in one place, the ground has shifted 40 inches (about a meter) over the past two-and-a-half years.
March 27, 2018
Why orange snow in Europe?
You've seen the images from last week of Europe's orange snow? It might have baffled skiers, but meteorologists know ... it's really pretty common.
March 26, 2018
Supersonic parachute test off Virginia coast March 27
NASA will provide live coverage of the ASPIRE 2 launch on Tuesday, beginning at 10:15 UTC (6:15 a.m. EDT). Info on how to watch here.
March 26, 2018
10 surprises about our solar system
Here are 10 unexpected and intriguing facts about our solar system - our sun and its family of planets - you probably did not know!
March 26, 2018
Venus after sunset
To see Venus, look west after sunset. Unless the moon is there, too, it'll be the brightest object you'll see.
March 26, 2018
Is science broken?
A communications scholar offers an argument that science isn't broken or in crisis and that it's media's job to educate people about how science works.
March 25, 2018
