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NASA concludes first-ever public UFO briefing. What did we learn?
By Brett Tingley published
The government is investigating hundreds of military UFO reports, but only a small fraction are truly "anomalous."

NASA uncovers shattered remains of Japanese lunar lander that mysteriously disappeared on April 25
By Joanna Thompson published
Japan's private Hakuto-R spacecraft broke into at least four large pieces of debris, according to new images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

15 of the weirdest things we have launched into space
By Harry Baker published
From a dummy-driven Tesla, to a giant disco ball, to U.S. presidents' hair, here are some of the weirdest things humans have put into space.

NASA spots sign of El Niño from space: 'If it's a big one, the globe will see record warming'
By Hannah Osborne published
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite recorded Kelvin waves moving eastward across the Pacific — a phenomenon often considered a precursor to El Niño.

Weird balloon circling the Southern Hemisphere isn't a spy craft — it's NASA's newest telescope
By Harry Baker published
An enormous balloon spotted circling the Southern Hemisphere is actually SuperBIT, a NASA telescope that is capturing Hubble-quality data from the upper reaches of the atmosphere.

Bizarre Martian 'book' spotted by NASA's Curiosity rover
By Harry Baker published
The rover spotted a tiny Martian rock that looks eerily like a fossilized book on the surface of the Red Planet.

'Potentially hazardous' asteroid as tall as the Eiffel Tower will zoom by Earth today
By Harry Baker published
The hefty space rock, known as 2006 HV5, is around 1,000 feet wide and will hurtle past our planet at around 39,000 mph.

NASA's Perseverance rover loses its hitchhiking 'pet rock' after more than a year together on Mars
By Harry Baker published
The rover has finally lost a pesky rock that had become lodged in its front left wheel "like a pebble in its shoe." The stone had accompanied the rover for more than half its time on the Red Planet.
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