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Navajo Nation President Asks for Delay of Moon Mission Carrying Human Remains
The commercial launch, scheduled for January 8, is slated to carry human remains to the lunar surface, which the Navajo Nation president calls a "desecration of this sacred space"
NASA Captures Stunning Images of Jupiter's Moon Io on Closest Flyby in 20 Years
The Juno spacecraft's instruments will help scientists better understand volcanic activity on the volatile moon's surface
NASA Streams Video of a Cat Chasing a Laser From Deep Space
In a first, the agency beamed the playful clip to Earth from a distance 80 times farther than the moon
See the 'Sparkling Snow Globe' Galaxy Captured by the Hubble Space Telescope
The new, holiday-inspired image features UGC 8091, an "irregular" dwarf galaxy in the constellation Virgo
See the James Webb Telescope's Stunning New Image of Uranus With Its Rings and Moons Clearer Than Ever
The gleaming ice giant could soon become a top priority for exploration
The Ten Most Significant Science Stories of 2023
From an asteroid sample that was delivered to Earth to a discovery about human migration from North America, these were the biggest moments of the year
NASA's Voyager 1 Is Glitching, Sending Nonsense From Interstellar Space
The aging spacecraft, launched in 1977, is transmitting a gibberish pattern of ones and zeros back to Earth
Life-Sparking Gas Strengthens Evidence That Enceladus, a Moon of Saturn, Could Be Habitable
Evidence of hydrogen cyanide in data from the Cassini spacecraft adds to a growing list of molecules that could, in theory, support life on the icy moon
James Webb Telescope Captures Image of Supernova That 'Absolutely Shattered' a Star
The new image gives astronomers a near-infrared look at the stellar explosion called Cassiopeia A, located around 11,000 light years away from Earth
Listen to the Center of the Milky Way Translated Into Sound
A new musical composition represents data from three NASA telescopes as a piece that was performed by an orchestral ensemble
Could Wooden Satellites Reduce Space Junk? The First Is Set to Launch Next Year
NASA and Japan plan to test a biodegradable satellite made of wood, which burns up more easily than metal on reentry
What to Know Ahead of SpaceX's Second Starship Test Flight on Saturday
Atop the most powerful rocket ever built, the spacecraft is intended to carry astronauts from lunar orbit to the moon's surface and Mars in the future
How NASA Captured Asteroid Dust to Find the Origins of Life
The sample of the space rock Bennu that OSIRIS-REx collected could unlock an ancient existential mystery
Astronauts Lost a Tool Bag During a Spacewalk—and You Can See It Floating From Earth
The bag slipped away while Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara were performing routine maintenance on the International Space Station
Astronomers Spot the Oldest Black Hole Ever Seen, Shedding Light on the Early Universe
Dating to just 470 million years after the Big Bang, the ancient cosmic structure could help researchers understand how the first black holes formed
How to See NASA's Bennu Asteroid Sample in Person
A tiny piece of the space rock made its public debut at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, as scientists study the rest of the sample
NASA Finds a Surprise Second Asteroid During a Flyby Mission
While testing its tracking system, the agency's Lucy spacecraft discovered that Dinkinesh is not one space rock, but two
The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than Thought, Lunar Rock Samples Suggest
A new analysis of crystals from the moon pushes its age back to just 110 million years after the solar system formed
Mars' Most Powerful Quake Likely Triggered by Tectonic Forces
Researchers searched for signs of a meteorite impact that caused the quake but were unable to find any
NASA Launches Mission to Study Distant Asteroid
The metal-rich object could hold clues about how our planet formed
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