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PBS celebrates 25 years of the ISS with NOVA's 'Operation Space Station' on Nov. 5
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PBS celebrates 25 years of the ISS with NOVA's 'Operation Space Station' on Nov. 5 This intimate look at the design, building, and operation of the ISS airs on PBS Nov. 5 and Nov. 12.
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 184 — Space is Scary!
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 184 — Space is Scary! On Episode 184 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik look at why space can be scary with a survey of some of the best (and most laughable) movies about critters from outer space!
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A Flash, a Boom, a New Microbe Habitat
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A Flash, a Boom, a New Microbe Habitat After an asteroid struck Finland long ago, microscopic life colonized the impact site within a few million years, new research reveals.
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Blue Origin fires up powerful New Glenn rocket ahead of NASA Mars mission launch (video)
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Blue Origin fires up powerful New Glenn rocket ahead of NASA Mars mission launch (video) Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket has successfully completed a static fire test ahead of launching NASA's ESCAPADE mission to Mars.
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Does the full moon make us sleepless? A neurologist explains the science behind sleep, mood...
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Does the full moon make us sleepless? A neurologist explains the science behind sleep, mood... Research shows a full moon can modestly affect sleep, but its influence on mental health is much less certain.
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Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is still full of surprises — an unexpected brightening has scientists...
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Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is still full of surprises — an unexpected brightening has scientists... "The reason for 3I’s rapid brightening, which far exceeds the brightening rate of most Oort cloud comets at similar distances, remains unclear."
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Satellite images show 'mesovortices' forming around the eye of deadly Hurricane Melissa
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Satellite images show 'mesovortices' forming around the eye of deadly Hurricane Melissa Footage from a NOAA satellite taken Oct. 28 shows Melissa’s deadly spin as it moves across the Caribbean.
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Week in images: 27-31 October 2025
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Week in images: 27-31 October 2025 Week in images: 27-31 October 2025
Discover our week through the lens
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Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster
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Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster Video:
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What began with tragedy ended in triumph. This is the untold story of the European Space Agency’s pioneering 25-year Cluster mission to study how invisible solar storms impact Earth's environment.Like a ship in a never-ending storm, Earth is bombarded ...
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Earth from Space: Ghostly lake
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Earth from Space: Ghostly lake Image:
To celebrate Halloween, we bring you these spooky sights of Lake Carnegie in Australia, captured from space by Copernicus Sentinel-2.
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Flickering flame: spooky spirits or serious science?
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Flickering flame: spooky spirits or serious science? Image:
Flickering flame: spooky spirits or serious science?
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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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Sentinel-1D pre-launch media briefing
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Sentinel-1D pre-launch media briefing Video:
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Follow the online briefing on the launch scheduled for 4 November 2025. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission delivers radar images of Earth’s surface. It is vital for disaster response teams, environmental agencies, maritime authorities, climate scientists.
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How to see Comet Lemmon
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How to see Comet Lemmon Don’t miss the chance to see Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) as it races towards its closest approach of the Sun on 8 November.
You might even see it with your naked eye, and it’s an impressive sight even in small binoculars.
A ...
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Hubble revisits a cosmic yardstick
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Hubble revisits a cosmic yardstick Spiral galaxy NGC3370 has once again come under the watchful gaze of the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess, K. Noll.
The latest ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week highlights a familiar face in the night sky: the spiral ...
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Europe’s planet hunting spacecraft complete and ready for final testing https://astronomynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2510_015_AR_EN.mp4
Engineers have completed the construction of ESA’s Plato spacecraft — the mission designed to search for Earth-like planets around Sun-like stars — marking a major milestone before its final round of testing. With its sunshield and solar panels now fitted, ...
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October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO!
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October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO! 4 Min Read
October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO!
An artist’s impression of gravitational waves generated by binary neutron stars.
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R. Hurt/Caltech-JPL
by Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
September 2025 marks ten years since the first direct detection of ...
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NASA, Blue Origin Invite Media to Attend Mars Mission Launch
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NASA, Blue Origin Invite Media to Attend Mars Mission Launch A stylized illustration shows the twin ESCAPADE spacecraft entering Mars’ orbit.Credits: James Rattray/Rocket Lab USA
NASA and Blue Origin are reopening media accreditation for the launch of the agency’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission. The twin ESCAPADE ...
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NASA, International Partners Deepen Commitment to Artemis Accords
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NASA, International Partners Deepen Commitment to Artemis Accords Representatives of the Artemis Accords signatories, including acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, met Sept. 29, 2025, for a principals meeting during the 76th International Astronautical Congress in Sydney.
Credit: NASA/Max van Otterdyk
NASA, along with ...
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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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