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Space is a seemingly infinite world of wonder and discovery, filled with mysterious black holes, stunning solar flares, elusive exoplanets and countless cosmic oddities. Our team of expert science writers and editors are ready to hold a lens like that of the James Webb Space Telescope beyond Earth, keeping those on this planet up to date with the latest space news, articles and features.
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'Fireball' meteor discovered hours before exploding above Niagara Falls was the smallest asteroid ever seen
By Harry Baker Published
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Thanksgiving auroras? Solar storm likely to hit Earth on Thursday and Friday, NOAA warns
By Brandon Specktor Last updated
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'Baby' exoplanet, equivalent to 2-week-old infant, is the youngest alien world ever spotted — and it's orbiting a wonky star
By Harry Baker Published
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Constellations quiz: Can you name all the animals, objects and mythological figures hiding in the night sky?
By Harry Baker Published
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Astronauts baffled by 'unexpected odor' leaking from Russian spacecraft docked at ISS
By Ben Turner Published
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Samples of 'alien' asteroid Ryugu are crawling with life — from Earth
By Ben Turner Published
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NASA spots 'flame-throwing Guitar Nebula' shredding antimatter along a cosmic string
By Harry Baker Published
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'Fireball' meteor discovered hours before exploding above Niagara Falls was the smallest asteroid ever seen
By Harry Baker Published
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Thanksgiving auroras? Solar storm likely to hit Earth on Thursday and Friday, NOAA warns
By Brandon Specktor Last updated
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'Baby' exoplanet, equivalent to 2-week-old infant, is the youngest alien world ever spotted — and it's orbiting a wonky star
By Harry Baker Published
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Samples of 'alien' asteroid Ryugu are crawling with life — from Earth
By Ben Turner Published
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NASA spots 'flame-throwing Guitar Nebula' shredding antimatter along a cosmic string
By Harry Baker Published
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'Behemoth star' captured in spectacular close-up image — and it's on the brink of exploding
By Harry Baker Published
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By Kimberley Snaith Published
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Solar maximum just knocked 3 satellites out of orbit. Here's why more may be on the way.
By Kyle McMullan Published
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Earth's '2nd moon' escapes our planet's orbit — will it ever return?
By Ben Turner Published
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Extraterrestrial Life
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The fastest-moving stars in the galaxy may be piloted by intelligent aliens, new paper suggests
By Paul Sutter Published
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UFO whistleblowers tell Congress 'we are not alone in the cosmos'
By Brett Tingley Published
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It would be easier to find aliens in a parallel universe than in our own, new multiverse study claims
By Harry Baker Published
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Does alien life need a planet to survive? Scientists propose intriguing possibility
By Paul Sutter Published
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Father-daughter team decodes 'alien signal' from Mars that stumped the world for a year
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Alien civilizations are probably killing themselves from climate change, bleak study suggests
By Sierra Bouchér Published
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'Space trash' will lead us to intelligent aliens, Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Infamous 'Wow! signal' that hinted at aliens may actually be an exceptionally rare cosmic event
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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SETI searches for alien life in over 1,000 galaxies using unexplored radio frequencies
By Keith Cooper Published
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Space Exploration
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Astronauts baffled by 'unexpected odor' leaking from Russian spacecraft docked at ISS
By Ben Turner Published
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ISS dodges its 39th piece of potentially hazardous space junk. Experts say it won't be the last.
By Sascha Pare Published
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NASA warns of potential 'catastrophic failure' on leaking ISS — but Russia doesn't want to fix it
By Joanna Thompson Published
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Students' 'homemade' rocket soars faster and farther into space than any other amateur spacecraft — smashing 20-year records
By Harry Baker Published
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Space Force's mysterious X-37B begins 'aerobraking' to lower orbit. Here's how it works.
By Brett Tingley Published
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World's 1st wooden satellite arrives at ISS for key orbital test
By Mike Wall Published
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Death of alien-hunting Arecibo Telescope traced to cable issues 3 years earlier, 'alarming' report finds
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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North Korea launches intercontinental ballistic missile to space, reaches record altitude
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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Voyager 1 loses contact with NASA, turns on retro transmitter not used since 1981
By Brandon Specktor Published
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