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Blue Origin’s NS-21 space tourism launch: Watch here June 4
Watch the launch of Blue Origin's NS-21 mission featuring the youngest-ever American woman to go to space - here.
June 3, 2022
Could homeless aliens hitch a ride on rogue planets?
An astronomer explains how homeless aliens might hitch a ride on rogue planets, to travel through interstellar space and colonize new planetary systems.
June 2, 2022
Can binary-star planets support life?
A new study examines whether binary-star planets - planets orbiting 2 suns - can harbor life.
June 2, 2022
Hot, rocky exoplanets among Webb’s 1st targets
Two of the Webb telescope's 1st science targets will be hot, rocky exoplanets within 50 light-years of Earth: 55 Cancri e and LHS 3844 b.
June 2, 2022
Fate of SpaceX Starbase in Boca Chica … soon
The SpaceX Starbase in Texas has been waiting - and waiting - for an environmental assessment. The FAA says we'll have it in 2 weeks.
June 1, 2022
Westerlund 1: Our galaxy’s most massive young star cluster
Scientists have gotten a better look at Westerlund 1, the most massive cluster in the galaxy. They learned more about its size and distance.
May 31, 2022
Fire and ice: Moon water from ancient volcanoes?
A new study suggests that astronauts may one day drink moon water from ancient volcanoes. The water might exist as layers of ice beneath the surface.
May 30, 2022
Watch asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) sweep past today and tomorrow
Large asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) will safely pass our planet on May 27, 2022, coming closer than it will again for the next 200 years.
May 26, 2022
Starliner is safely back on Earth
Boeing’s Starliner returned safely from the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. It's touchdown marks a successful end to the OFT-2 mission.
May 26, 2022
How Webb will explore our own solar system
The greatly anticipated Webb telescope will be able to observe objects in our own solar system, as explained in anew NASA blog post.
May 25, 2022
