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January 2, 2025

NASA Astronauts Aboard the International Space Station Send Festival Holiday Greeting

The holidays are all about the people you spend them with—not so much about where you are. This perfectly applies to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station, who celebrated Christmas and New Year's Eve in orbit. Hoping to share their experience, as well as send some seasonal cheer down to Earth, the crew got together to wish everybody a happy holiday season in a joyful video.

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December 31, 2024

After His Death, Neil Armstrong’s Widow Found a Bag of Space Artifacts in His Closet

There are many stories of historical treasures hiding for decades in attics and cupboards around the world, but few match...

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December 30, 2024

Dazzling Quadrantid Meteor Shower Will Light Up the Night Sky This New Year

Fireworks won’t be the only thing lighting up the night sky during the new year.

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December 23, 2024

NASA Astronauts Stuck in Space Share Festive Photo That’s Out of this World

For astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, this year’s Christmas is out of this world—literally. The two astronauts have been in space since June, and will be spending the holidays orbiting the Earth. The pair was originally slated to return to Earth sometime in February, according to NASA.

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December 11, 2024

Get Ready for the Geminid Meteor Shower, the Last Big Astronomy Event of 2024

From a total solar eclipse to bright auroras and comet sightings, 2024 has been amazing for stargazers around the world.

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November 14, 2024

Best New Photos of Jupiter From the Latest Flyby of NASA’s Juno Spacecraft

NASA's Juno mission completed its 66th close passage to Jupiter—also known as perijove—on October 23.

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November 13, 2024

Get Ready for the Last Supermoon of the Year — And the Last One for a While

This year has been a true gift for stargazers, and it's going out with a bang. This weekend, the fourth and final supermoon of the year will light up the sky. And if you're into astrophotography or simply love staring out at Earth’s only natural satellite, make sure to really take it in, as this upcoming supermoon will be the last one for a while.

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November 5, 2024

Webb Telescope Captures Young Star Cluster That May Unveil Early Days of the Universe

The Small Magellanic Cloud is one of the most distant objects visible to the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere.

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October 22, 2024

JWST Discovers Icy Exoplanet That Looks Like an Eyeball May Have Liquid Ocean

Since its discovery in 2017, scientists believed that exoplanet LHS 1140 b was a gaseous planet similar to Neptune.

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October 21, 2024

Astronomers Make a Discovery That Challenges Our Notions of the Universe

It's common knowledge that our planet is part of the Milky Way, and that our galaxy is just a small part of the universe. But an international team of researchers guided by astronomers from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy is making us rethink just how large that universe may be. After studying the movements of 56,000 galaxies, they've determined that our neighborhood is much larger than we originally thought.

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