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The full moon rises in the over a beer sign in the outfield at Kauffman Stadium during a baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

October鈥檚 supermoon pairs with a comet for a special nighttime spectacle

October 16, 2024 at 1:58 p.m.

Here's how to see Wednesday's supermoon and the Tsuchinshan-Atlas comet.

NASA spacecraft to study Jupiter moon鈥檚 underground ocean cleared for October launch

September 9, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

NASA on Monday approved next month’s launch to Jupiter’s moon Europa after reviewing the spacecraft’s ability to withstand the intense radiation there.

Boeing’s Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a mission to the International Space Station, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Boeing鈥檚 space capsule springs more helium leaks on its first test flight with astronauts

June 6, 2024 at 12:43 p.m.

Boeing’s space capsule developed more leaks during its first test flight with astronauts as it closed in on the International Space Station on Thursday.

SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship is prepared for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The Starship is scheduled to launch Thursday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SpaceX鈥檚 mega rocket makes its fourth test flight from Texas

June 6, 2024 at 2:10 p.m.

SpaceX's mega Starship rocket has blasted off on its fourth test flight.

In this image taken with a long exposure, people look at the night sky towards the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, on Friday, May 10, 2024, in Estacada, Ore. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning when a solar outburst reached Earth on Friday afternoon, hours sooner than anticipated. The effects were due to last through the weekend and possibly into next week. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Solar storm puts on brilliant light show across the globe, but no serious problems reported

May 11, 2024 at 11:45 a.m.

A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight but has caused what appeared to be only minor disruptions to the electric power grid,...

This illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory in February 2024, depicts the record-breaking quasar J059-4351, the bright core of a distant galaxy that is powered by a supermassive black hole. The supermassive black hole, seen here pulling in surrounding matter, has a mass 17 billion times that of the Sun and is growing in mass by the equivalent of another Sun per day, making it the fastest-growing black hole ever known. (M. Kornmesser/ESO via AP)

Astronomers find what may be the universe鈥檚 brightest object with a black hole devouring a sun a day

February 19, 2024 at 3:59 p.m.

Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of...

This undated file artist’s rendering shows one of NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft. Voyager 2 launched on Aug. 20, 1977 from the Kennedy Space Center aboard a Titan Centaur rocket and has been exploring the solar system every since. (NASA)

NASA hears signal from Voyager 2 spacecraft after mistakenly cutting contact

August 1, 2023 at 1:57 p.m.

Flight controllers accidentally sent a wrong command nearly two weeks ago that tilted the spacecraft抖阴ap antenna away from Earth and severed contact.

This combination of photos shows, from left, astronauts Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman. On Monday, April 3, 2023, NASA announced the three Americans and one Canadian as the crew who will be the first to fly the Orion capsule, launching atop a Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center no earlier than late 2024. (NASA, CSA via AP)

NASA鈥檚 1st moon crew in 50 years includes 1 woman, 3 men

April 3, 2023 at 11:01 a.m.

The mission鈥檚 commander, Reid Wiseman, will be joined by Victor Glover, an African American naval aviator; Christina Koch, who holds the world record for the longest spaceflight by a woman;...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the crew capsule Endeavour sits on pad 39A after the launch attempt was scrubbed at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., early Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Last-minute problem keeps SpaceX rocket, astronauts grounded

February 27, 2023 at 6:38 a.m.

Last-minute technical trouble forced SpaceX to call off Monday's attempt to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.

This image provided by NASA and the European Space Agency shows images of six candidate massive galaxies, seen 500-800 million years after the Big Bang. One of the sources (bottom left) could contain as many stars as our present-day Milky Way, but is 30 times more compact (NASA via AP)

Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn

February 22, 2023 at 5:55 p.m.

Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar fast-track...

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