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Here’s how to see Leonard’s Comet, the brightest comet all year
Don’t miss this rock before it gets tossed out of the solar system.
NASA is spending big on commercial space destinations
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is among the companies receiving funding.
On this blisteringly hot metal planet, a year lasts only 8 hours
The years are extremely short and hot on planet GJ 367b.
The most high-flying aerospace innovations of 2021
A major airline turns to artificial intelligence for help, a drone that can refuel fighter jets, and more airborne innovations are the Best of What’s New.
Watch a black hole devour simulated stars
Some stars survived—but others were completely destroyed in the virtual encounter.
There’s only one space treaty in the world, and it’s woefully out of date
The United Nations aims to update laws and keep the upper atmosphere peaceful.
NASA’s James Webb telescope will peer through the haze of other worlds
It should help astronomers understand some of the galaxy's most abundant planets.
NASA is winding up to punch an asteroid
The DART mission is the first test of a potential Earth-saving strategy.
Pockets of frozen CO2 on the moon could fuel future space travel
A lunar map shows where solid carbon dioxide could exist, hidden from sunlight.
This week’s destroyed Russian satellite created even more dangerous space debris
A Russian missile smacked into Kosmos-1408, producing hazards that put the ISS at risk. Here's what we know.
