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April 6, 2017

A car-size asteroid just whipped by Earth

A car-size asteroid was caught on camera just before it approached within 10,100 miles of Earth today — less than one-twentieth the distance from Earth to the moon.

April 6, 2017

DeGrasse Tyson's Mars challenge to Elon Musk

Neil deGrasse Tyson is willing to fly to Mars with SpaceX, as long as company founder and CEO Elon Musk meets a few key conditions.

April 5, 2017

Astronaut John Glenn to be interred at Arlington Cemetery on Thursday

Final funeral rites for astronaut John Glenn will take place Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery.

April 5, 2017

'Mars Base Camp': Lockheed fleshes out red planet space station plan

In 2028, a space station could be circling Mars, if a new concept comes to fruition.

April 5, 2017

Where's Planet Nine? Citizen scientists spot 4 possible candidates

Citizen scientists have flagged four objects for follow-up study in the hunt for the hypothetical Planet Nine .

April 4, 2017

Astronaut's rare thunderstorm photos from space reveal stormy science

From the unique viewing location of the International Space Station (ISS), Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen captured what may be the first ever photographs of strange and rarely-seen features of thunderstorms.

April 3, 2017

Moon temple: Art project probes spiritual, cultural needs of lunar colony

European Space Agency (ESA) artist-in-residence Jorge Mañes Rubio has drawn up plans for a "moon temple" that would help meet the spiritual, social and psychological needs of lunar settlers .

April 3, 2017

Jeff Bezos reveals 'sneak peak' of Blue Origin's space tourism capsule

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March 31, 2017

SpaceX's launch of used rocket is a 'huge revolution in spaceflight'

After a couple of years landing its spent booster rockets upright on a landing pad, Thursday night Space X used one of those same stage one rockets to launch again.

March 30, 2017

SpaceX launches its first recycled rocket in historic leap

SpaceX successfully launched and then retrieved its first recycled rocket Thursday, the biggest leap yet in its bid to drive down costs and speed up flights.