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Hubble captures a dusty nursery where new baby stars are being born

Nestled among the vast clouds of star-forming regions like this one lie potential clues about the formation of our own solar system. This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features AFGL 5180, a beautiful stellar nursery located in the constellation of Gemini (the Twins).

See views of Venus flybys captured during two close encounters

The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission captured this view of Venus on 10 August 2021 as the spacecraft passed the planet for a gravity assist manoeuvre.

The Dragonfly rotorcraft will search Saturn’s moon Titan for signs of life

Artist's impression of Dragonfly in flight over Titan.

Mars explorer Ingenuity helicopter spots Perseverance rover from above

Ingenuity captured the Perseverance rover in an image taken during its 11th flight at Mars on Aug. 4.

Things going badly for Boeing Starliner, launch delayed indefinitely

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is in view in the United Launch Alliance Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 on Aug. 9, 2021.

NASA solves mystery of missing Martian rock sample

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Boeing photos show engineers fixing Starliner spacecraft

Engineers working on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

Rocket Lab satellite launch will go ‘just a bit further than usual’

A Rocket Lab launch vehicle above Earth.

How to watch Northrop Grumman launch its 16th cargo mission to the ISS this week

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft is grabbed by the ISS's robotic arm.

Two different spacecraft will be swinging by Venus this week

Artist impression of Solar Orbiter during its second flyby of the planet. The spacecraft will make numerous gravity assist flybys at Venus to bring it closer to the Sun and to tilt its orbit in order to observe our star from different perspectives.

This tiny exoplanet 35 light-years away is half the mass of Venus

This artist’s impression shows L 98-59b, one of the planets in the L 98-59 system 35 light-years away. The system contains four confirmed rocky planets with a potential fifth, the furthest from the star, being unconfirmed. In 2021, astronomers used data from the Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and Stable Spectroscopic Observations (ESPRESSO) instrument on ESO’s VLT to measure the mass of L 98-59b, finding it to be half that of Venus. This makes it the lightest planet measured to date using the radial velocity technique.

Why growing delicious food in space is more than just a matter of taste

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough growing lettuce in the Veggie vegetable-production system on the International Space Station.

NASA wants you to live in a simulated Mars environment for a year

Mars Dune Alpha Conceptual Render: Visualization on Mars.

This black hole is creating enormous glowing X-ray rings

The black hole in V404 Cygni is actively pulling material away from a companion star — with about half the mass of the Sun — into a disk around the invisible object. A burst of X-rays from the black hole detected in 2015 created the high-energy rings from a phenomenon known as light echoes, where light bounces off of dust clouds in between the system and Earth. In these images, X-rays from Chandra are shown, along with optical data from the Pan-STARRS telescope that depict the stars in the field of view. Each of the concentric rings is created by the burst of X-rays reflecting off dust clouds at different distances. The rings are shown incomplete, with gaps at the upper left, upper right, and middle areas. These gaps show the edges of Chandra's field of view during the observations, or the sections of the field Chandra did not observe.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft, in orbit around Jupiter, is 10 years old this week

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Musk’s ‘dream come true’: See the SpaceX Starship stacked for the first time

SpaceX's Starship is stacked for the first time on 6 August 2021.

Boeing is working on fixing its troubled Starliner capsule

Boeing's Starliner capsule atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Thursday, August 5.

Perseverance rover has problems collecting its first Mars sample

This image taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover on Aug. 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled in a Martian rock in preparation for the rover’s first attempt to collect a sample.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on verge of historic moment

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Virgin Galactic’s space tourism ticket price rockets skyward

Virgin Galactic's space plane heading to the edge of space.

Check out this stunning Earth image captured by an astronaut

Earth captured from the space station.

Elon Musk shares photos of Super Heavy’s trip to launchpad

SpaceX's Super Heavy rocket being transported to the launchpad.

Watch Rocket Lab’s tour of its high-tech space facilities

A Rocket Lab production facility filled with rockets.

Boeing announces decision on Wednesday launch of Starliner

A graphic rendering of the Boeing Starliner orbiting Earth.

SpaceX takes big step toward Super Heavy’s first orbital flight

A black and white photograph of SpaceX's Super Heavy Raptor engines.

NASA reveals the best night-sky treats viewable in August

Starliner launch on Tuesday depends on the weather. Here’s how it’s looking

The Boeing Starliner on the launchpad.

How to watch Boeing’s Starliner test flight to ISS

A graphic rendering of the Boeing Starliner orbiting Earth.

ISS astronaut describes his first 100 days in space

Thomas Pesquet aboard the International Space Station.

Starliner launch map reveals viewing opportunities

The Boeing Starliner on the launchpad.

Watch NASA lift the Starliner spacecraft onto a rocket ahead of launch

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on the launchpad.

How the space station is helping U.S. fire crews battle wildfires

The ECOSTRESS instrument attached to the ISS.

Watch highlights of Rocket Lab’s spectacular night launch

Rocket Lab's Electron rocket blasting into space.

Watch Jeff Bezos cause audience chuckles in 2000 talk about going to space

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Check out Pirs’ fiery end after 20 years at the space station

Russia's Pirs module departing the International Space Station after 20 years.

Why is NASA sending slime mold to the space station?

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Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in plea for moon mission role

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An ‘arm made for walking’ is about to arrive at the space station

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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy wins major NASA contract for Jupiter moon mission

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft over Europa, with Jupiter in the background.

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has now flown a mile across Mars

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NASA gives nod to next week’s crucial test flight of Starliner spacecraft

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft ahead of launch.

Here’s a vital astronaut skill you may not have considered

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This amazing Milky Way image was taken on an iPhone

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NASA’s Mars rover is about to embark on a very special task

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NASA marks 20 years of ISS spacewalks, but not all have been smooth sailing

A NASA spacewalk

Guess who Jeff Bezos thanked for his Blue Origin rocket ride

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin New Shepard Space Vehicle Flies The Billionaire And Other Passengers To Space

Jeff Bezos makes it to edge of space (and back) in Blue Origin rocket trip

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Check out the first images sent by Hubble space telescope since reboot

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Watch now: Jeff Bezos to ride a Blue Origin rocket to edge of space

Jeff Bezos stands in front of a Blue Origin rocket.

Blue Origin video highlights path to Tuesday’s first crewed flight

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