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Spitzer's Legacy: One of NASA's Great Observatories Ends Its Mission
NASA’s premier eye on the infrared sky is shutting down after operating more than three times longer than designed.
SpaceX Launches Fourth Starlink Batch; Concerns Remain
Concerns about the night sky remain as the fourth batch of Starlink satellites — and the second one to be launched within the span of a month — takes flight.
Chang’e 4 Celebrates a Year on the Farside of the Moon
China’s Chang’e 4 mission has sent back fascinating insights and images in the year since its historic landing on the lunar farside.
Space Missions to Watch in 2020
Earth invades Mars and beyond with space missions in 2020
European Mission Launches to Examine Alien Worlds
The European Cheops mission launched Wednesday on a mission to improve our understanding of hundreds of known exoplanets.
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NASA Announces Site of Sample Selection for Osiris-REX
NASA has picked the "Nightingale" site, located within a small crater on the asteroid Bennu, for its Osiris-REX mission to sample next year.
Asteroid Bennu’s Activity Still a Mystery
The near-Earth asteroid constantly shoots out rocks, leaving planetary scientists perplexed.
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First Science Returns from NASA's Parker Solar Probe
In the first public release of data from NASA’s flagship heliophysics mission, scientists on the Parker Solar Probe team reveal surprises and mysteries from our host star.
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Hayabusa 2 Leaves Asteroid Ryugu and Heads Home
The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has completed its mission at asteroid Ryugu — including collecting samples — and is now journeying back to Earth.
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SpaceX Launches Latest Batch of Starlink Satellites
A second set of 60 Starlink satellites take to space, amid promise and controversy.
Interstellar Space: The View from Voyager 2
Voyager 2 crossed into interstellar space a year ago. Now, five teams of astronomers have analyzed the data it returned to paint a picture of the outer boundary of the solar system.
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NASA Announces VIPER Lunar Rover
A new NASA rover named VIPER may soon investigate the shadowed poles of the Moon, in preparation for the return of human explorers.
First Light for German X-ray Telescope EROSITA
The EROSITA X-ray telescope aboard the German-Russian Spektr-RG satellite has taken its first images of the hot universe.
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NASA Launches ICON to Explore Earth's Ionosphere
NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) launched successfully today to explore the boundary between Earth and space.
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Work to Save NASA's "Mole" on Mars Continues
NASA engineers hope to use the scoop at the end of the lander's robotic arm to get the Insight lander's heat probe burrowing once again.
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CubeSat to Blaze a Trail for Lunar Gateway
NASA's proposed Capstone mission could enter lunar orbit in late 2020.
India's Chandrayaan 2 Loses Contact with Vikram Lunar Lander
India's attempt to land softly on the Moon has failed — the Chandrayaan 2 orbiter has lost contact with the Vikram lander.
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NASA Selects Final Four Asteroid Landing Sites for Osiris-REX
The Osiris-REX spacecraft will sample one of four sites on the asteroid Bennu in July 2020.
New Images from China's Chang'e 4 as Eighth Lunar Day Ends
China’s Chang’e 4 mission is continuing its science and exploration work on the farside of the Moon, having completed its eighth lunar day of activities on Wednesday.
TESS's First Year of Science
NASA’s latest exoplanet hunter has found more than two dozen new worlds, at least one of which might be habitable.
