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In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 11, 2021 in Spruce Knob, W.Va.

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  • Space

There's a chance of a meteor shower Monday night

Those in North America have the best shot at seeing the shower at about 1 a.m. on the East Coast or 10 p.m. on the West Coast.

May 30, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
A bounty of black holes surround the Sagittarius A supermassive black hole which lies at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.

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  • Space

What does a black hole sound like? NASA has an answer

NASA began "sonifying" its famous photos of outer space to help people who are visually impaired enjoy the images. Recently, it recreated the sound of a black hole 240 million light-years away.

May 28, 2022
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By:
  • Matthew Schuerman and
  • Michael Radcliffe
A bounty of black holes surround the Sagittarius A supermassive black hole which lies at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.

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  • Space

What does a black hole sound like? NASA has an answer

NASA began "sonifying" its famous photos of outer space to help people who are visually impaired enjoy the images. Recently, it recreated the sound of a black hole 240 million light-years away.

May 28, 2022
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By:
  • Matthew Schuerman and
  • Michael Radcliffe
The International Space Station depends on a mix of U.S. and Russian parts. "I hope we can hold it together as long as we can," says former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly.

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  • Space

Russia's war in Ukraine is threatening an outpost of cooperation in space

For decades, U.S. astronauts and Russian cosmonauts have lived side-by-side aboard the International Space Station. Now some are wondering whether that partnership can withstand the war in Ukraine.

May 23, 2022
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel and
  • Alina Selyukh
The Boeing Starliner prepares to dock at the International Space Station on Friday.

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  • Space

Boeing finally docks a capsule to the space station

With only a test dummy aboard, Boeing's astronaut capsule pulled up and parked at the International Space Station for the first time, a huge achievement for the company after years of false starts.

May 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
A full moon rises behind the high voltage towers of the El Avila in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 15. People in the Americas, Europe and Africa had a chance to see the total lunar eclipse that began Sunday night.

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  • Space

Did you see the Super Flower Blood Moon last night? It was stunning

South America and much of the continental United States had the best view of Sunday night's lunar eclipse, which lasted nearly five hours.

May 16, 2022
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By:
  • Ashley Westerman
Researchers Robert Ferl and Anna-Lisa Paul.

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  • Space

Scientists successfully grow plants in soil from the moon

The study makes use of lunar soil samples collected from Apollo 11, 12 and 17.

May 14, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
A mural of Elon Musk in downtown Brownsville by Alexander Gonzalez-Hernandez.

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  • National

Housing costs skyrocket as SpaceX expands in Texas city

SpaceX plans to launch rockets near Brownsville, Texas, and send the first person to Mars from there. Seven years after breaking ground, residents say the only thing skyrocketing is housing prices.

May 13, 2022
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  • Gaige Davila | TPR
A mural of Elon Musk in downtown Brownsville by Alexander Gonzalez-Hernandez.

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  • National

Housing costs skyrocket as SpaceX expands in Texas city

SpaceX plans to launch rockets near Brownsville, Texas, and send the first person to Mars from there. Seven years after breaking ground, residents say the only thing skyrocketing is housing prices.

May 13, 2022
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  • Gaige Davila | TPR
"It's the dawn of a new era of black hole physics," the Event Horizon Telescope team said as it released the first-ever image of supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.

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  • Space

This is the first image of the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way

"We finally have the first look at our Milky Way black hole, Sagittarius A*," an international team of astrophysicists and researchers from the Event Horizon Telescope team said.

May 12, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
A mural of Elon Musk in downtown Brownsville by Alexander Gonzalez-Hernandez.

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  • National

SpaceX's plans to launch near Brownsville, Texas, have sent house prices sky high

SpaceX plans to launch rockets near Brownsville, Texas. Seven years after breaking ground, some residents say the only thing skyrocketing is housing prices.

May 11, 2022
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By:
  • Gaige Davila | TPR
Light shines from a total lunar eclipse over Santa Monica Beach, Calif., in May 2021.

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  • Space

Here's how to watch the total lunar eclipse on May 15

Late in the evening, the full moon is slated to pass directly into Earth's shadow cast by the sun, illuminating the moon a brilliant red.

May 09, 2022
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  • Joe Hernandez
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center early Friday morning. This time exposure image captured the 'space jellyfish" effect of the contrail viewed from Port Canaveral Marine. The white streak on the horizon was caused by light from a cruise ship coming into port.

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  • Space

A 'space jellyfish' soared over Florida, thanks to the SpaceX launch

People who got up early to watch the Falcon 9 rocket's pre-dawn launch were treated to an ethereal spectacle, when a cloud of illuminated gases moved across the sky.

May 06, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
In this photo made available by NASA, commercial crew astronauts, from left, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, and NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron, pose for a photo in their Dragon spacesuits during a fit check aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module on April 21, 2022.

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  • Space

SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home with midnight splashdown

The return of three Americans and one German marks the busiest period yet for Elon Musk's space taxi service.

May 06, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
NASA's Perseverance rover took this "selfie" next to a rock where it drilled for samples. NASA wants to bring samples collected by this rover back to Earth.

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  • Space

NASA is bringing rocks back from Mars, but what if those samples contain alien life?

NASA and the European Space Agency are gearing up to bring home a pristine sample of Martian rock. But given the small chance of life on the red planet, they have to grapple with safety questions.

May 04, 2022
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
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