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While NASA astronaut Anne McClain can’t take her son to space with her, she’s spreading Christmas cheer for all kids watching her cosmic Elf on the Shelf campaign.

For the next total eclipse of the sun, set for July of next year, an aircraft will fly into the shadow of the moon. And this journey is special.

NASA has serious plans to send astronauts back to the moon by 2028, and the agency is looking for help from U.S. companies to develop technology to accomplish this feat.

With no less than FOUR rocket launches by four different companies, today promised to be an epic one for space fans. But by mid-morning, two of the most anticipated launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin were scrubbed by glitches.

Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos, will launch experiments for NASA on a suborbital rocket ride today (Dec. 18) using a New Shepard spacecraft and you can watch the action live here. Liftoff is at 9:30 a.m. EST (1430 GMT).

The whirlwind second season of National Geographic’s “Mars” concludes tonight (Dec. 17) with a bang. In this final episode, the world watches as boundaries are pushed and lives are both saved and lost on Mars.

Chances are, you wouldn’t recognize Saturn without its trademark thick band of rings. But if you could travel 300 million years into the future, you would need to, because by then, chances are those rings would be gone — and they could disappear even f…

Who wouldn’t want to travel in time, glimpsing the dinosaurs or peeking at humans 2,000 years from now? Now physicists have designed a time machine that seems deceptively simple.

A scale model company is celebrating the past and future of U.S. spacecraft with the latest additions to its popular Metal Earth line.

On Dec. 18, 1999, NASA launched its flagship Terra satellite into Earth’s orbit to collect data about Earth’s changing climate. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

To find life on Mars, scientists may need to “go deep.”

SpaceX on Tuesday scrubbed the Falcon 9 launch of the Air Force’s first GPS 3 satellite. Another attempt is planned for Wednesday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

The first-ever private moon mission is expected to launch in February 2019, and it will carry some extra-special Israeli cargo to the lunar surface.

With no less than FOUR rocket launches by four different companies, today promised to be an epic one for space fans. But by mid-morning, two of the most anticipated launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin were scrubbed by glitches.

Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos, will launch experiments for NASA on a suborbital rocket ride today (Dec. 18) using a New Shepard spacecraft and you can watch the action live here. Liftoff is at 9:30 a.m. EST (1430 GMT).

After three postponed launches originally scheduled to blast off today (Dec. 18), there is just one rocket set to launch today, but you can watch it live.

After two postponed launches originally scheduled to blast off today (Dec. 18), there are just two rockets set to launch today, but you can watch them both live.

If you’re a space fan, Christmas comes a week early this year. There are four — count ’em, four! — launches scheduled to take place today (Dec. 18), and you can watch them all live.

All four launches originally scheduled for today have been postponed.

If you were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the bright green December visitor known as Comet 46P/Wirtanen this weekend as it made its closest approach, you are just a tiny bit luckier than the Rosetta spacecraft.

On Dec. 21, 1968, James Lovell and two fellow pilots piled into a tiny capsule and set off into the unknown, becoming the first humans to fly around the moon.

The NASA Advisory Council has recommended that NASA review its existing planetary protection guidelines to balance the needs of science and exploration, an effort that could set the stage for a similar revision at the international level.

On Dec. 17, 2012, NASA’s GRAIL mission crashed into the moon. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

Gas and dust disks around young stars reveal features that suggest planets are off to an early start.

NASA’s new Mars lander isn’t quite ready to probe the Red Planet’s interior yet, but it’s starting to get the lay of the land on the surface — and in the atmosphere.

The United States Mint has revealed the design for its 2019 coin celebrating the roles of Native Americans in NASA history.

Blue Origin plans to conduct the next test flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Dec. 18 as the company moves closer to flying people into space.

Steph Curry is sorry for all the trouble his moon-landing comments have caused.

Forget about dark matter and dark energy, new research suggests that the existence of ‘dark fluid’ may solve some of the biggest mysteries in physics.

A group of scientists wants to send a nuclear-powered “tunnelbot” to Europa to blaze a path through its thick shell of ice and search for life.

A newly discovered object is the most-distant body ever observed in the solar system — and the first object ever found circling at more than 100 times the distance from Earth to the sun.

While some question whether Virgin Galactic’s latest SpaceShipTwo test flight actually went into space, a number of government officials and industry organizations have few doubts that it did.

A new video gives a bird’s-eye view of the ancient lake bed that NASA’s next Mars rover will scour for signs of long-dead life.

While some question whether Virgin Galactic’s latest SpaceShipTwo test flight actually went into space, a number of government officials and industry organizations have few doubts that it did.

These are the first-ever seismic recordings of a meteor impact on ice in Greenland.

These are the first-ever seismic recordings of a meteor impact on ice in Greenland.

On Dec. 16, 1962, NASA launched the Explorer 16 spacecraft to study micrometeoroids near Earth. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

A Rocket Lab Electron booster lifted off from the company’s launch site on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula early this morning (Dec. 16), successfully delivering 13 tiny satellites to orbit for NASA.

In mid-December 2018, the 2018 Geminid meteor shower peaked in what was the best meteor shower of the year. See amazing photos of the 2018 Geminids in our photo gallery here.

A NASA spacecraft originally built as part of the previous effort to return humans to the moon is now playing a key role in the new effort at human lunar return, including aiding commercial landers.

Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin directed Fred Kennedy, director of DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office, to lead a study team and come up with recommendations for the “implementation of the Space Development Agency.”

With a first flight to the edge of space under the company’s belt, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson believes commercial flights of SpaceShipTwo could begin some time next year.

Japan’s pioneering Hayabusa2 asteroid hoppers have gotten new names.

Rosetta’s comet sent a magnetic shock wave screaming out in front of it, blazing a trail through the stellar wind. And scientists just found it.

You can expect a ghostly green blob to grow brighter in the sky near Orion in the coming days, as Comet 46P/Wirtanen makes its closest approach to the Earth in 20 years this weekend.

On Dec. 15, 1612, the Andromeda galaxy was seen through a telescope for the first time by a German astronomer named Simon Marius. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

The U.S. Mint has struck its initial coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.

We get to see lots more of Spock in the new full-length trailer for “Star Trek: Discovery” Season 2 plus, we learn a little more about the so-called “red angel.”

On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft flew by Venus. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

Call it a cosmic coincidence: Two probes launched four decades apart, traveled in opposite directions — and ended up using similar instruments to gather milestone data on precisely the same day.

Call it a cosmic coincidence: Two probes launched four decades apart, traveled in opposite directions — and ended up using similar instruments to gather milestone data on precisely the same day.

Call it a cosmic coincidence: Two probes launched four decades apart, traveled in opposite directions — and ended up using similar instruments to gather milestone data on precisely the same day.

For the first split second after the Big Bang, the universe was nothing but an extremely hot “soup” of quarks and gluons — subatomic particles that would become the building blocks of protons and neutrons.

A gaseous alien world is evaporating at a record rate, shedding considerable light on an exoplanet mystery, a new study reports.

The moon lights the way to the Red Planet tonight (Dec. 14) as the two objects make a close approach to each other in the evening sky.

The Geminid meteor shower has already peaked — but you still have time to try to catch sight of what will likely be the best meteor shower of the year.

Virgin Galactic just brought human spaceflight back to American soil after a seven-year hiatus — and other private companies are poised to make some giant leaps of their own.

The Parker Solar Probe is doing well after its first flyby of the sun, and it will soon begin returning groundbreaking data about how our star behaves.

The 2018 Geminid meteor shower peaks overnight tonight (Dec. 13) and Google is celebrating the celestial light show with a Google Doodle that is simply adorable.

Virgin Galactic is conducting the fourth powered test flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity today and chronicling the attempt – its highest and fastest test flight yet – on Twitter. Check out the awesome updates here. It might even reach space!

For the first time ever, Virgin Galactic has reached space — by one definition, anyway.

Virgin Galactic conducted its fourth powered test flight of the SpaceShipTwo Unity on Dec. 13, 2018, marking the first time the ship reached space, and the photos are incredible. See photos from the test flight here.

Virgin Galactic is conducting the fourth powered test flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity today and chronicling the attempt – its highest and fastest test flight yet – on Twitter. Check out the awesome updates here. It might even reach space!

A black dwarf is all that is left after a white dwarf star burns off all of its heat, but retains its mass.

Richard Branson, through his company Virgin Galactic, plans to offer flights into space for paying customers by 2015.

Watch the vehicles separate, the engine blaze and the horizon spin in dramatic in-flight video taken from today’s (Dec. 13) flight of Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity.

Watch the vehicles separate, the engine blaze and the horizon spin in dramatic in-flight video taken from today’s (Dec. 13) flight of Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity.

The Geminid meteor shower peaks the night of Dec. 13-14. This guide tells you the best times and places to see these shooting stars (no equipment necessary).

On Dec. 13, 2012, a Chinese spacecraft flew by the asteroid Toutatis. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

The Geminid meteor shower will provide a shining backdrop for the approach of Comet 46P/Wirtanen on Thursday (Dec. 13), shortly before the object’s closest approach to Earth in 20 years.

Head for dark, clear skies tonight — overnight Dec. 13-14 — to see the shooting stars of the Geminid Meteor Shower overhead.

NASA astronaut Nick Hague is excited to clamber atop a Russian Soyuz rocket 11 weeks from now, even though his first experience with the booster didn’t go so well.

Its main job is to spot the stars, but an ultrasensitive navigation camera on NASA’s Juno spacecraft is returning amazing images of Jupiter’s rings, auroras, lightning, and even its moonlit dark side.

As Virgin Galactic gets closer to its first suborbital flights into space, a potential change in terminology could make it easier for the company to achieve that milestone.

As comets blaze across the night sky, they can bring wonder and excitement to those watching from Earth – or even a sense of impending doom.

NASA’s Mars InSight lander has settled into its new home on Elysium Planitia and is preparing to deploy its instruments — and if all goes well, one device’s work should be complete by March.

“SpaceShipTwo, welcome to space,” reads a triumphant tweet from Virgin Galactic posted during today’s successful test flight after the company’s vehicle reached 51.4 miles (82.7 kilometers) in altitude.

For hundreds of years the Small Magellanic Cloud has provided astronomers with a relatively close-up view of another galaxy.

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed the InSight lander, as well as the hardware that helped the stationary robot ace its Nov. 26 touchdown on the equatorial plain known as Elysium Planitia.

For those hoping to get a glimpse of tonight’s Geminid meteor shower, the weather across the United States will either be very good or very bad.

A comet is set to pass close to Earth this weekend, providing a treat for skywatchers — and for astronomers hoping to learn more about the building blocks of the early solar system.

Standing beneath a stained glass window embedded with a piece of the moon, Jim Lovell recalled his journey into lunar orbit 50 years ago.

Parallax is a method of measuring the distance to nearby objects in space. It is also a method used to display 3D images.

Virgin Galactic plans to perform the next test flight of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane as soon as Dec. 13, a flight that could be the first by the vehicle to reach at least one definition of space.

China’s Chang’e 4 lander and rover spacecraft successfully entered lunar orbit Wednesday (Dec. 12) following a four-and-a-half-day flight to the moon.

China’s Chang’e 4 lander and rover spacecraft successfully entered lunar orbit Wednesday (Dec. 12) following a four-and-a-half-day flight to the moon.