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Cotton Seed Sprouts on the Moon's Far Side in Historic First by China's Chang'e 4 -
See Far Side of the Moon in Amazing Panorama from China's Chang'e 4 LanderChina made history earlier this month with the first successful soft landing on the far side of the moon — and now, the mission has sent back an incredible panorama view of its work site.
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Saturn Is Losing Its Rings -
Where DOES Space Begin? Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Flies Right into the Debate -
It's Official! NASA's Famed Voyager 2 Spacecraft Reaches Interstellar SpaceIt's time to say goodbye to one of the most storied explorers of our age: Voyager 2 has entered interstellar space.
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Tiny 'Blueberries' on Mars Continue to Baffle Scientists -
NASA Arrives at Bennu Today, But Exactly Where Is That Asteroid?NASA is starting scientific observations of a new asteroid called Bennu today (Dec. 3), kicking the OSIRIS-REx mission into full gear.
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NASA's Stunning Photo of the Moon Will Make You SwoonThe moon is pretty enough here from Earth, but it's even more stunning up close, as this new image from NASA reminds us.
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Voyager 2 Creeps Closer to the Edge of the Solar SystemGoing, going — nope, it's still just going, NASA says of its Voyager 2 probe, which the agency realized was approaching the edge of the solar system back in early October.
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Paris-Size Crater Found Hidden Under Greenland IceEarth hides its scars well; the planet has endured countless millennia of eruptions and collisions, but scientists are still stumbling upon the evidence of all that geologic drama.
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See Hurricane Michael from Space in These Satellite Images -
It's Raining Tiny Particles from Saturn's Innermost Ring -
Scientists Find Source of Bizarre Space Object 'OumuamuaEver since astronomers first spotted their first-ever object from beyond our solar system, it has offered more questions than answers — what is it? Where did it come from? Why is it so darn weird?
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They Made It! Japan's Two Hopping Rovers Successfully Land on Asteroid RyuguA pair of tiny Japanese robots sent back wild images once they successfully landed on their new home, the asteroid Ryugu.
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Astronauts Going to Mars Will Absorb Crazy Amounts of Radiation. Now We Know How Much.There are plenty of challenges to putting people on Mars, whether you look at the rocket, the astronaut or the planet itself.
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Hey, Spock! Real-Life 'Planet Vulcan' Discovered"Star Trek's" planet Vulcan, ancestral home of Spock and his species, just became a little more real, thanks to a team of exoplanet scientists.
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Watch Hurricane Florence Make Landfall in This Incredible Space Station VideoHurricane Florence, the vast storm meteorologists and astronauts alike have been tracking, made landfall this morning (Sept. 14) near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
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Holy Space Rocks! The Vatican Is Hosting Its First Meteorite ConventionMeteorites are key features of many natural history museum collections, but there's never been an international conference dedicated to taking care of these rocks that fall to Earth from space.
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Fireball Streaks Over Australia, and the Videos and Photos Will Amaze YouSkywatchers across Western Australia caught sight of an incredible fireball on Tuesday night (Aug. 28), and many were lucky enough to capture the spectacle on film.
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E.T., Phone Earth? How Neutron-Star Crashes Could Help Aliens Call UsThe first-ever observations of merging binary stars stunned the astronomy community last year, but not quite as much as the first-ever signal from extraterrestrial life might someday stun the world.
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NASA Will Launch a Laser Into Space Next Month to Track Earth's Melting IceNASA is preparing to launch a cutting-edge, laser-armed satellite that will spend three years studying Earth's changing ice sheets.
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Hurricane Lane Looms Over Hawaii in These Astronaut and Satellite PhotosGovernment weather satellites are watching closely as a massive storm called Hurricane Lane threatens Hawaii.
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15,000 Galaxies Shine in This 1 View from the Hubble Space TelescopeThe Hubble Space Telescope has been at work for almost three decades, but it's still learning new skills — like how to squeeze an incredible 15,000 galaxies into a single image.
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Bizarre Rogue 'Planet' with Incredible Auroras Puzzles ScientistsA rogue, planet-size object 20 light-years away from Earth has stunned astronomers with its incredibly powerful magnetic field.
