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'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.

Congress to NASA: What comes after the International Space Station?
By Meghan Bartels published

Smoke sets off alarms on the International Space Station
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Alarms blared aboard the Russian side of the International Space Station (ISS) early Thursday (Sept. 9), and the crew reported seeing smoke and smelling burnt plastic, according to news reports.

The world turns sideways in trippy, glowing Earth photo from the International Space Station
By Brandon Specktor published
ISS astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured a trippy new photo of orange 'airglow' streaming past the sideways Earth.
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