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New Russia sanctions won't imperil ISS operations, NASA says
By Chelsea Gohd published
The International Space Station program will continue business as usual, NASA assures us as the U.S. government levies new sanctions against Russia.
Mount Etna is erupting and astronauts are watching it from space
By Elizabeth Howell published
The Sicilian volcano is 'smoking' and 'spitting lava,' one astronaut reports.
Astronauts spot an ancient heart-shaped oasis in Egypt just in time for Valentine's Day
By Brandon Specktor published
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station snapped this picture of an ancient heart-shaped oasis near the Nile River in Egypt
The International Space Station will plunge into the sea in 2031, NASA announces
By Stephanie Pappas published
The International Space Station will plunge into the sea in January 2031, NASA has announced.
'Cosmic monster' star spits energy with the force of a billion suns
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scientists just collected the first measurements of violent eruptions in extremely dense magnetic stars called magnetars.
NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART mission just launched on a one-way trip to collide with a space rock
By Mindy Weisberger published
The DART spacecraft launched this morning on its mission to the binary asteroid Didymos, where it will collide with the space rock for science.
Russia's missile test could have easily obliterated the International Space Station
By Brandon Specktor published
What's the worst that could happen from the Russian missile test that blasted more than 1,500 pieces of space debris into Earth orbit?
Russia launches film crew to shoot movie on space station
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Russian actress Yulia Peresild, producer Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov have launched on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station to film a feature-length movie in space.
Superbright aurora lights up Earth’s night side in incredible image from space
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) captured a stunning new photo of the luminous green and red lights of an aurora hugging clouds swirling around Earth's night side.
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