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NASA probe captures stunning photos of Earth and moon on the way to infamous asteroid...
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NASA probe captures stunning photos of Earth and moon on the way to infamous asteroid... NASA's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft captured stunning new images as it whipped past Earth during a high-speed slingshot maneuver, sending the probe on a fast track toward the asteroid Apophis.
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ESA’s HydroGNSS mission launched to ‘scout’ for water
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ESA’s HydroGNSS mission launched to ‘scout’ for water The European Space Agency’s first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched today, 28 November, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth’s water cycle.The two twin HydroGNSS satellites were carried ...
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HydroGNSS launch highlights
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HydroGNSS launch highlights Video:
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ESA’s first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched on 28 November 2025, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth’s water cycle.The two twin HydroGNSS satellites were carried into ...
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Astronauts welcome arrival of new crewmates | On the ISS this week Nov. 24-28, 2025
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Astronauts welcome arrival of new crewmates | On the ISS this week Nov. 24-28, 2025 Expedition 73 gained three crewmates, expanding the International Space Station's complement to 10. Activities continued as the outpost extended beyond 25 years of a continuous human presence.
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I've scoured the internet and found this great streaming deal — save over 60% on... If you're a fan of Predator or sci-fi in general, you must consider this massive Black Friday Disney Plus deal, which includes Hulu, for just $4.99 a month.
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Forget Stranger Things, if you want retro 80s vibey sci-fi, these are the top Black...
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Forget Stranger Things, if you want retro 80s vibey sci-fi, these are the top Black... Sure, there's a lot of hype around Stranger Things season five, but if you love sci-fi and you want value, these are the Black Friday streaming deals you need.
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Newly Found Organics in Enceladus’ Plumes
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Newly Found Organics in Enceladus’ Plumes NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many locations along the famed tiger stripes near the south pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in this image released on Feb. 23, 2010. A study published in ...
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Beat the Paramount+ price hike with this half-price Black Friday Walmart+ deal Annoyed that you'll have to pay even more to watch Starfleet Academy? Thanks to this Walmart+ deal, you can get a full year of Paramount+ for just $50, beating the January Paramount+ price rise.
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Russia's only active launch pad for cosmonauts damaged by Soyuz crew launch to International Space...
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Russia's only active launch pad for cosmonauts damaged by Soyuz crew launch to International Space... The liftoff of two cosmonauts a NASA astronaut to the International Space Station caused damage to Russia's launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Week in images: 24-28 November 2025
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Week in images: 24-28 November 2025 Week in images: 24-28 November 2025
Discover our week through the lens
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Earth from Space: Eye of the Sahara
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Earth from Space: Eye of the Sahara Image:
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures a spectacular geological wonder in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania: the Richat Structure.
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ESA Council meeting at Ministerial level 2025 - press conference
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ESA Council meeting at Ministerial level 2025 - press conference Video:
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Watch the replay of the press conference held at the conclusion of ESA's Ministerial Council 2025 (CM25) in Bremen, Germany. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, as well as the hosting minister and the CM25 chair, present the outcome of ...
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NASA Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station
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NASA Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 74 crew members: NASA astronaut Chris Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA astronaut Chris ...
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PLANETS Units Have Landed – Free NASA-Funded Out-of-School Time Resources
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PLANETS Units Have Landed – Free NASA-Funded Out-of-School Time Resources
Constructing a three dimensional topographic map from the Remote Sensing Science Pathway.
The NASA Science Activation ...
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Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Stacked
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Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Stacked NASA/Kim Shiflett
In this Oct. 20, 2025, photo, NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Orion will ...
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Meteor shower calendar
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Meteor shower calendar There are many meteor showers throughout the year. Here are the most prominent.
For a beginner’s guide on meteors – what they are, where they come from, and how best to observe them – start with our ‘How to observe meteors’ ...
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How to observe meteor showers
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How to observe meteor showers Everything you need to know to get started with observing meteors.
Click here for a calendar of events over the year.
A Lyrid fireball bursts across the sky during the 2020 Lyrid meteor shower. The blue star right of frame is Sarin ...
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13 spooky images for Halloween
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13 spooky images for Halloween Witches, bats, ghosts and serpents – do you dare to visit our spooky gallery this Halloween?!
 
1. Mysterious clouds, dust and dark nebulae in the constellation Cepheus, captured by Andrea Arbizzi over two nights from the Austrian-Italian Alps. Technical data: Tecnosky Owl ...
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ISS On-Orbit Status Report - NASA
ISS Daily Summary Report Discontinued Beginning Monday, July 29th, the IMC Daily Summary will be discontinued.
To learn more about the groundbreaking science and engineering happening daily on the International Space Station, please visit the space station blog at https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/, or browse a variety of space station ...
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