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Object that slammed into Florida home was indeed space junk from ISS, NASA confirms
An object that smashed through a Florida home was part of a pallet jettisoned from the International Space Station along with 5,800 pounds of aging batteries back in March 2021.
NASA spacecraft snaps mysterious 'surfboard' orbiting the moon. What is it?
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed a mysterious, surfboard-shaped object orbiting the moon. Here's what it really was.
NASA engineers discover why Voyager 1 is sending a stream of gibberish from outside our solar system
Voyager 1 has been sending a stream of garbled nonsense since November. Now NASA engineers have identified the fault and found a potential workaround.
The moon is getting its own time zone, White House memo to NASA reveals
The moon's lower gravity means that time runs slower on its surface. With more moon missions planned, NASA has now been tasked by the White House to create a lunar time zone by 2026.
Chinese space junk falls to Earth over Southern California, creating spectacular fireball
A fireball spotted over Southern California was likely the flaming wreck of an orbital module from China's Shenzhou 15 astronaut mission, which launched in November 2022.
Dying SpaceX rocket creates eerily-perfect 'dashed' line in new photos. What's going on?
New images show a glowing "dashed" line in the night sky above Arizona after part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fell back to Earth following a double-header launch.
Mysterious object that crashed through Florida home was likely space junk from the International Space Station
The mysterious cylinder crashed through the home of Alejandro Otero on March 8.
NASA only needs a single grain of ice to detect alien life on Enceladus, study finds
The icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter shoot enormous geysers into space that may contain evidence of life. New research shows that NASA only needs to grab a few grains of ice from these plumes to find out for sure.
NASA's Voyager 1 sends readable message to Earth after 4 nail-biting months of gibberish
After four months of being unable to detect comprehensible data from the Voyager 1 spacecraft, NASA scientists have had fresh luck after sending a "poke."
SpaceX's incredibly powerful Starship lost in the Indian Ocean after reaching orbit for 1st time
SpaceX's powerful Starship system spent roughly an hour in orbit performing test maneuvers for the first time ever. But two simultaneous communications errors means the rocket won't be recoverable.
