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- February 16
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- Final space shuttle crewmates among three entering Astronaut Hall of Fame
- International Space Station: Live updates
- Space calendar 2022: Rocket launches, sky events, missions & more!
- Rocket poised to hit moon is Chinese, not SpaceX Falcon 9, student observations confirm
- Lego Star Wars Imperial Light Cruiser review
- Scientists spot supermassive black hole hiding inside thick cosmic dust
- Best asteroid movies, ranked
- Pictures from space! Our image of the day
- Best cameras for low light photography
- The Full Snow Moon of February 2022 rises tonight!
- PSVR 2 details: Everything we know about the PS5 VR headset
- On This Day in Space! Feb. 16, 1948: Gerard Kuiper discovers Uranus' moon Miranda
- Historic sea level rise predicted by NASA and government task force
- Celebrate Perseverance rover's 1-year 'Marsiversary' with these events
- Luxury watchmaker Ulysses Nardin unveils 'Blast Moonstruck' watch that charts moon phases
- 1st image from NASA's new IXPE X-ray telescope looks like a ball of purple lightning
- NASA probe snaps stunning photos of crescent Jupiter and its moon Ganymede
- February 15
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- Marvel Comics profiles the legendary Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in new 'Star Wars' miniseries
- Virgin Galactic is reopening space tourist ticket sales for a limited time
- See a large robotic arm 'crawl' across China's space station (video)
- Star Wars movies ranked, worst to best
- Russia launches cargo ship to the International Space Station
- How big is Jupiter?
- Mysteries of Stephen Hawking's doodle-filled blackboard may finally be solved
- Save money and the galaxy with this Lego Millennium Falcon deal at Amazon UK
- Incredibly rare stellar merger may have created strange stars
- Best Night Vision Binoculars {year}
- The Sturm strike back in John Birmingham's brash sci-fi sequel, 'The Shattered Skies' (exclusive)
- How to photograph the Milky Way: A guide for beginners and enthusiasts
- DSLR vs Mirrorless cameras for Astrophotography
- Astronauts spot an ancient heart-shaped oasis in Egypt just in time for Valentine's Day
- February 14
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- Hope for the future of space exploration lies at the heart of SpaceX's new 'Polaris' missions
- FAA pushes back review of SpaceX's Starship to March 28
- Meet the four private Polaris Dawn astronauts SpaceX will launch into orbit this year
- Send your valentine a spacey e-card, with NASA's help this Valentine's Day
- Cosmic robbery: New study explains how smaller galaxies lose their dark matter
- Billionaire's 'Polaris Program' to set space records on SpaceX Dragon, Starship
- Moon group pushes for protection of ultraquiet lunar far side
- Star Wars movies in chronological order
- 'Star Trek: Discovery' season 4, episode 8 review: A not-awful installment for its TV return
- The singular pull of black holes in games
- 'Invisible' earthquake caused mysterious 2021 tsunami, scientists find
- Want to use the James Webb Space Telescope? Here's how scientists book time with the giant observatory.
- India launches Earth-observing satellite and 2 others in first space mission of 2022
- February 13
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- The out-of-control rocket about to hit the moon is not a SpaceX Falcon 9, astronomers now say: report
- What would a Super Bowl on Mars look like? Spacesuits and lower gravity for sure (video)
- Moon-crashing SpaceX rocket will create new crater – here's what we should worry about
- A new Chinese rocket company has raised more than $100 million
- February 12
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- 'Futurama' scores a fresh Hulu reboot with original vocal cast on board
- Largest comet ever observed bumps Hale-Bopp from pedestal
- The top space stories of the week!
- Space photos: The most amazing images this week!
- Watch NASA's huge SLS rocket for the Artemis 1 moon mission come together in this epic time-lapse video
- February 11
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- February full moon 2022: The 'Snow Moon' is accompanied by predawn planets
- 'Holy cow!' How the James Webb Space Telescope took a selfie in space
- What happened before the Big Bang?
- SpaceX's new Starship video animation is Tron meets Blade Runner in space
- Want a free trip to suborbital space? Apply by Feb. 15 to become a 'citizen astronaut'
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission: Live updates
- The James Webb Space Telescope's first images have scientists excited (and a bit relieved)
- Best free VR experiences: Free VR games for Oculus Quest 2 and more
- How many stars are in the universe?
- Behold the 1st images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope!
- Elon Musk shows off fully-stacked SpaceX Starship as 1st orbital launch nears
- Space geoengineering: Can we control the weather?
- Deep interior of Mars might have led to the loss of the planet's atmosphere
- NASA space telescope spots most powerful light ever seen on Jupiter, helps solve 30-year-old mystery
- Russia aims to rekindle moon program with lunar lander launch this July
- Arcturus: Facts about the bright red giant star
- NASA to unveil 1st images from James Webb Space Telescope today. Here's where to find them.
- SpaceX's Starship will reach orbit this year on road to Mars, Elon Musk says
- Replay: Watch Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship update for 2022
- James Webb Space Telescope's groundbreaking optics explained by NASA
- February 10
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- The History of Rockets
- 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' Star Wars spinoff series premieres May 25 on Disney Plus
- Astra rocket suffers catastrophic failure in 1st Florida launch, 4 satellites lost
- Kalpana Chawla: Biography & Columbia disaster
- NASA is concerned about SpaceX's new generation of Starlink satellites
- Asteroid Ryugu samples, now on Earth, reveal inner workings of the space rock
- Arianespace launches 34 OneWeb satellites on Soyuz rocket in 1st launch of 2022
- Elon Musk shows off massive Starship, the world's tallest rocket, ahead of SpaceX update
- Update: Astra rocket launch from Florida fails
- Massive methane leaks mapped from space
- Best space board games deals 2022
- Fusion experiment smashes record for generating energy, takes us a step closer to a new source of power
- Possible 3rd planet spotted around Proxima Centauri, the sun's nearest neighbor star
- China's Tianwen 1 Mars mission marks 1st full year in orbit
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe has captured the first visible-light images of Venus
- 'The Book of Boba Fett' Chapter 6 is full or surprises, for better or for worse
- February 9
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- Solar geomagnetic storms could threaten more satellites after Elon Musk's Starlink
- Emperor Zurg makes his evil appearance in new trailer for 'Lightyear,' the Buzz Lightyear origin story
- Fiery death of SpaceX Starlink satellites captured on video after geomagnetic storm
- Mt. Everest's highest glacier lost 2,000 years worth of ice since the 1990s
- Last-minute Star Wars Valentine's day gifts and deals
- 'Zombie' star caught snacking on dead planet's remains
- What happened at the Arecibo Observatory? New inquiry launched into iconic telescope's collapse.
- What is the temperature of Uranus?
- NASA asteroid detector 'looks up' to scan entire sky every 24 hours
- SpaceX is stacking its giant Starship ahead of Elon Musk's big update this week
- Jupiter's auroras arise from a magnetic 'tug-of-war' with volcanic eruptions on its moon Io
- UAE's Hope spacecraft marks 1 year in orbit around Mars
- Comet Hale-Bopp: Facts about the bright and tragic comet
- SpaceX says a geomagnetic storm just doomed 40 Starlink internet satellites
- What happens at the center of a black hole?
- February 8
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- When is the midpoint of winter?
- Comet impact may have triggered decline of Ohio's Hopewell people 1,600 years ago
- Paint it black: behind the James Webb Space Telescope's signature color
- Mars rover Perseverance sets distance record on the Red Planet
- Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 19th flight after historic Red Planet weather delay
- NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build rocket to carry Mars samples back to Earth
- Rugged Mars has taken big bites out of the Curiosity rover's wheels (photos)
- You can still see the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster on a collision course with the moon in a live webcast today
- A rogue rocket is on course to crash into the moon. It won't be the first.
- The 'morning star' Venus returns to the dawn sky this month
- India to attempt its next moon landing with Chandrayaan 3 launch in August
- Russia wants to speed up space station cargo deliveries with shorter, one-orbit flights
- February 7
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- What is the biggest thing in the universe?
- SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage breaks up in Earth's atmosphere, 5 years after launch
- SpaceX rocket stage on a collision course with the moon captured in telescope images
- Astra rocket aborts 1st Florida launch attempt at last second (video)
- The Big Bang: What really happened at our universe's birth?
- Olay erects statue of rocket engineer Mary Golda Ross to promote STEM equity
- Elon Musk giving update on SpaceX's Starship Mars rocket Thursday
- Farewell, Jupiter! The gas giant will disappear from the evening sky this month
- This SpaceX video of a Falcon 9 rocket stage separation during launch is just amazing
- Asteroid sharing Earth's orbit discovered — could it help future space missions?
- 25 myths about space
- Strange twin asteroids, the youngest ever seen, likely broke apart just 300 years ago
- Watch live: Astra attempting 1st Rocket launch from Florida
- Greenland lost enough ice in last 2 decades to cover entire US in 1.5 feet of water
- International Astronomical Union launches new center to fight satellite megaconstellation threat
- Rogue black hole spotted on its own for the first time
- February 6
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- How does terraforming work in the Alien universe?
- Watch SpaceX launch a US spy satellite and land a rocket in this mesmerizing drone video
- US Space Force's 'Orbital Prime' project aims to attack space debris by recycling or removing junk
- Ancient evils arise in IDW's new 'Transformers: War's End' comic book miniseries
- 'John Carter of Mars' blasts back to Barsoom in new comic series from Dynamite
- Titan Books celebrates vintage 'Flash Gordon' comic strips in a deluxe new collection
- Scientists discover lost range of 'supermountains' three times longer than the Himalayas
- Lightning bolt breaks record for longest ever recorded
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is cooling down for its next trick: Observing the universe
- February 5
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- Astra scrubs 1st Florida launch attempt due to faulty 'range asset'
- Could the moon ever be pushed from orbit like in 'Moonfall'?
- The best sci-fi movies and TV shows to stream on Netflix in February
- Top sci-fi movies and TV shows to watch on Amazon Prime in February
- Why Mars helicopters like Ingenuity could glow in the dark
- Exoplanet evolution? Mini-Neptunes may shed their atmospheres and become super-Earths
- February 4
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- The International Space Station will plunge into the sea in 2031, NASA announces
- Young stars illuminate 'Chamaeleon' stellar nursery in new Hubble image
- Director Roland Emmerich says he's finished with the 'Stargate' franchise
- Winter Olympics 2022: See China's stadiums from space in these snowy satellite photos
- SpaceX and NASA eye Dragon parachute issue ahead of next astronaut launch
- The International Space Station will eventually die by fire
- 'Moonfall' pulls scenes from space shuttle Endeavour move 10 years ago
- The best space gifts and deals for kids 2022
- SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage to crash into moon 1 month from today
- Axiom Space's 1st space station crew approved by NASA, ISS partners
- NASA prepares for moon's dark south pole in eerie lights-out 'spacewalk' (photo)
- How to debate a flat-Earther
- NASA, SpaceX to provide Crew-4 astronaut launch update today. How to listen live.
- Distance to Mars: How far away is the Red Planet?
- NASA honors Black History Month with live webcasts
- The chances of early life on Mars faced a meteorite problem
- 'Moonfall' director Roland Emmerich talks disaster, destruction and the inspiration for his moon-crashing new film (video)
- Purple space 'lightning' spews from stellar corpse, creating cosmic shock waves (photo, video)
- February 3
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- China's Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter takes amazing video selfie for lunar New Year
- The alignment of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has begun
- What is the biggest star ever observed?
- Life-enabling moons can probably only form around small planets, study finds
- NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins to set new record for Black women in space: report
- The top 5 deep-space objects to look for in the winter night sky
- SpaceX launches 49 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on droneship at sea
- Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon review
- The 1st poster for 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' evokes the (final) frontier for new Paramount Plus spinoff
- Megaconstellations like SpaceX's Starlink may interfere with search for life by world's largest radio telescope
- Astra aiming for 1st Florida launch on Saturday
- Best Lego Star Wars sets 2022
- NASA hopes James Webb Space Telescope will unlock secrets of 'super-Earths' and hot rocky worlds
- Watch live as SpaceX launches more than four dozen Starlink satellites today
- Advanced GOES-T weather satellite to launch in March with instrument fix
- Making 'Moonfall': Geophysicist Mika McKinnon talks about the fun of annihilating Earth in the fictional disaster film (video)
- February 2
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- SpaceX launches classified spy satellite for US military, lands rocket
- NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission rocket faces new delays
- Lego Star Wars Boba Fett's Starship is 20% off on Amazon
- 'Moonfall' filmmakers saved NASA shuttle simulator now in museum
- These photos of SpaceX's Italian satellite launch and rocket landing are amazing
- Fisher debuts Artemis, Moonwalker space pens for return to moon
- NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission: Live updates
- Best sci-fi TV shows of all time
- The moon and Jupiter pair up in the night sky tonight! Here's what to expect.
- The history of the universe: Big Bang to now in 10 easy steps
- NASA delays rollout of Artemis 1 moon mission's SLS megarocket until March. Hear why today.
- SpaceX will launch a classified spy satellite on a new Falcon 9 rocket today and you can watch it live
- Update: No launch day doubleheader for SpaceX's NRO and Starlink launches
- NASA lays out plan for the International Space Station's final years
- Watch NASA astronaut Victor Glover and colleagues talk space station research today
- Tom Cruise asks NASA astronaut Victor Glover all about spaceflight (video)
- Marvel TV shows ranked, worst to best
- The mission to reduce the carbon footprint of astronomy
- February 1
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- 'The Book of Boba Fett' chapter 5 is an incredible episode of 'The Mandalorian'
- Powerful solar flare from recent sun eruption should reach Earth Wednesday
- New Milky Way mosaic reveals nearly 1,000 strange 'filaments' at the heart of our galaxy
- Mars rover Perseverance collects new sample after clearing pebble clog
- Space shuttle Challenger and the disaster that changed NASA forever
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope turns on cameras to look at first star target
- Earth has an extra companion, a Trojan asteroid that will hang around for 4,000 years
- How to photograph the moon using a camera: techniques, kit, and settings
- How many galaxies are there?
- Astrophotography for beginners: How to shoot the night sky
- Lunar New Year 2022 roars in with celebratory Google doodle
- Best monocular 2022: Kit you can use for stargazing
- Full moon calendar {year}: When to see the next full moon
- Moon phases 2022: This year's moon cycles
- The brightest planets in February's night sky: How to see them (and when)
- Best night sky events of February 2022 (stargazing maps)
- Night sky, February 2022: What you can see this month [maps]
- Chinese astronauts celebrate lunar new year on Tiangong space station, a first
- Albert Einstein: His life, theories and impact on science
- Hubble Space Telescope spots an 'oddball' starburst
- The first life on Earth depended on a deadly poisonous gas, study suggests
- SpaceX launches Italian Earth-observation satellite, lands rocket
