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Auroras paint the sky around the poles when the sun is particularly active, flinging highly charged particles at Earth’s atmosphere — but to scientists’ surprise, displays at the north and the south don’t precisely match.

Time to change your desktop pictures. The Hubble Space Telescope just produced an amazing panorama image of the Triangulum Galaxy, one of the closest galactic neighbors to Earth.

On January 27, 1967, Apollo 1astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. See how it happened here in our On This Day in Space video series.

Suborbital spaceflight company Virgin Galactic laid off about 40 people earlier this month as part of a realignment of “skill sets” in the company’s workforce as it prepares to shift into commercial operations later this year.

As Blue Origin breaks ground on a new factory for producing rocket engines, the company says development of its BE-4 engine will be completed later this year.

Neurologist, astronaut, wildlife photographer, nonprofit founder, public speaker, inspirer of countless children for a generation — is there anything that Roberta Bondar can’t do?

The dense atmosphere roiling on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may come from organic material baking in the moon’s interior.

On January 26, 1978, the International Ultraviolet Explorer launched into orbit on a mission to study ultraviolet light emitted by stars and other bright objects in the universe. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com’s gallery of cosmic images posted in November 2018.

A better second episode of “Star Trek: Discovery” reminds us of what the series is capable of.

The first privately-developed lunar spacecraft has arrived in Florida in preparation for its launch next month.

A vertical panorama of the night sky reveals a colorful sea of stars glistening above an old Dutch sailboat in Portugal’s Lake Alqueva.

India launched its first rocket of 2019 yesterday (Jan. 24), lifting two payloads into orbit: a military imaging satellite and a student-built orbital laboratory.

See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com’s gallery of cosmic images posted in October 2018.

SpaceX has fired up the rocket that will launch its first Dragon spacecraft built for astronauts ahead of an uncrewed test flight next month.

A chunk of material brought back from the moon by NASA astronauts in 1971 harbors a 4-billion-year-old piece of Earth that was blasted off our planet by a long-ago impact, a new study suggests.

Under Armour will design the gear worn by passengers and pilots on Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceflights, representatives of both companies announced today (Jan. 24).

The founder of Virgin Galactic says he now expects to fly on the company’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle around the middle of this year after a series of test flights starting in the next several weeks.

NASA’s New Horizons mission has shared its most detailed view yet of the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule. It’s become nearly impossible to remember that just a few weeks ago the object was a fuzzy blur.

Astronomy may focus on the stars, but occasionally something happens to bring it back down to Earth — like a swarm of insects shorting out their telescope.

On January 24, 1986, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus. This was the first time any spacecraft had ever visited Uranus. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

What’s the next frontier for retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent nearly a year in space; and twin retired NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, who flew multiple times on the space shuttle?

NASA has developed a new, more powerful collection of commands to try to force the long-silent Opportunity rover on Mars to resume operations.

Attendees at the Sundance Film Festival are getting a first look at never-before-seen footage from the first moon landing mission. Billed as “a cinematic event 50 years in the making,” director Todd Douglas Miller’s “Apollo 11” premiered on opening night.

India’s first rocket launch of 2019 sent a military satellite and a student-built cubesat into orbit on Jan. 24, 2019. See amazing photos from the launch here!

President Donald Trump announced today (Jan. 25) that he’ll sign a continuing resolution (CR) that funds the government through Feb. 15. The CR doesn’t include money for a border wall, according to media reports.

Alara’s replacement arrives in a new episode of “The Orville.”

Before their fiery demise, NASA’s twin GRAIL spacecraft mapped the moon in a quest to learn more about our closest neighbor.

In 2023, a bit of the primordial solar system will come to Earth. That’s when NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will return with a sample of the asteroid Bennu, a carbon-rich rock hosting traces of the early solar system.

See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com’s gallery of cosmic images posted in December 2018.

Inspired by a galaxy not so far away…

A partial government shutdown now nearly five weeks old is affecting a growing number of space companies and organizations as well as the agencies themselves shuttered by the lapse in funding.

A planetary nebula — the remains of a giant star that has tossed away its outer layers — glows in this stunning new image released by the European Southern Observatory.

Nancy Lee Carlson has again filed a lawsuit against NASA, this time claiming the space agency damaged and improperly retained lunar material from an Apollo 11 moon rock collection bag that she previously sued over.

The long-ago giant impact that led to the formation of Earth’s moon also helped make life as we know it possible on our planet, a new study suggests.

Every year, NASA honors the people it has lost with a ceremony called the Day of Remembrance — but this year’s event is postponed indefinitely because the federal government remains shut down.

A collision with a Mars-like planet could have given Earth the ingredients it needed for life to form.

“Space is for everyone” is a popular saying, but it rarely holds true — partly because space is expensive, and partly because certain countries have decades of a head start and established procedures to rely on.

With other space agencies around the world making big plans for lunar exploration, will NASA be left in the (moon) dust?

Is super asymmetry a thing? And do big physicists really travel economy class?

The atmosphere surrounding the largest TRAPPIST-1 planet makes a strong case for it being a rocky world.

NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity is beginning its 16th year on the Red Planet the same way it ended its 15th — in silence.

On January 24, 1986, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus. This was the first time any spacecraft had ever visited Uranus. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com’s gallery of cosmic images posted in September 2018.

See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com’s gallery of cosmic images posted in September 2018.

See amazing images of the night sky and cosmos in Space.com’s gallery of cosmic images posted in August 2018.

Almost a half century after humans first set foot on the moon, you can now buy a U.S. half dollar struck with the image of an astronaut’s boot print on the lunar surface.

On Jan. 23, 2019, the private spaceflight company Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket and capsule on NS-10, its tenth mission yet, and aced a landing. See launch photos here!

On Jan. 23, 2019, the private spaceflight company Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket and capsule on NS-10, its tenth mission yet, and aced a landing. See launch photos here!

Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital vehicle flew for the 10th time today (Jan. 23), acing another uncrewed test flight.

A cherry moon in a cold sky kept skywatchers looking up yesterday (Jan. 20) as the moon passed into the Earth’s shadow.

No big nominations, but space films “First Man” and “Solo” have a few effects-focused nods this Oscar season.

There’s a new satellite in space, and it was put there to drop “meteors” over the city of Hiroshima.

Small launch vehicle developer Rocket Lab will launch an experimental satellite for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in February, the first of a planned dozen launches in 2019.

The Hayabusa-2 team has introduced fanciful new names for the features found at the top-shaped asteroid Ryugu, including the first-ever outer-space boulders to get official names.

A new IDW series will explore the final year of the original Enterprise mission.

On January 23, 1942, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) founded the Aircraft Engine Laboratory, which was renamed Lewis Research Center after NASA was established in 1958. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

Elon Musk has opened up about a big design change to SpaceX’s interplanetary spaceship.

A new appropriations bill the House plans to vote on next week would provide $21.5 billion for NASA in 2019 but warns that any further problems with the James Webb Space Telescope could lead to its cancellation.

The Missile Defense Agency is evaluating nine proposals for space sensor architectures. With $73 million that Congress already appropriated, the agency will select three to continue on.

Stratolaunch, the company founded by the late billionaire Paul Allen, said Jan. 18 that it is ending work on a launch vehicle that would be flown on the company’s giant aircraft.

In case you need a refresher on what happened last time, here’s what you should know about Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery.

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket completed its 10th uncrewed test flight today (Jan. 23) during a smooth launch from chilly West Texas — but the company is eyeing a crewed flight later this year.

The moon is shrouded by darkness and then re-emerges with dynamic color and activity in a new time-lapse video featuring this past weekend’s total lunar eclipse.

We now have a better idea of how big black holes were born in the early universe, a new study reports.

A professional basketball player’s personal connection to NASA has given rise to a new pair of sneakers.

Skywatchers wowed by the spectacular “blood moon” eclipse last night (Jan. 20) are probably asking, “When do we get an encore?”

Skywatchers wowed by the spectacular “blood moon” eclipse last night (Jan. 20) are probably asking, “When do we get an encore?”

Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceflight system will not fly for the 10th time on Monday (Jan. 21) after all.

Before the Big Bang, time may have run in reverse.

In late 2018, the Expedition 58 mission began on the International Space Station. See how astronauts, lived, laughed and worked in space in our photo gallery here!

Mad scientists through the ages have dreamed of holding the world hostage by threatening to destroy the whole thing. Here’s how that could work.

A new video shows the latest design incarnation of Blue Origin’s huge New Glenn rocket, which is scheduled to debut in 2021.

On January 22, 2003, NASA’s Pioneer 10 spacecraft beams its last data transmission back to Earth. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

NASA has announced a crew change for Boeing Starliner’s first crewed flight, assigning veteran astronaut Mike Fincke to the flight after Eric Boe was pulled for medical reasons.

The blood-red color of the moon during a total lunar eclipse may be difficult to explain without a basic understanding of orbital mechanics, but flat-Earthers have come up with a way to circumvent scientific facts and construct a creative explanation.

This weekend’s stunning lunar eclipse seems to have come with a little extra flash, thanks to a brilliant coincidence — a burst of light at about the time totality began, marking the end of a meteorite’s journey to the moon.

Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceflight system will not fly for the 10th time on Monday (Jan. 21) after all.

Now that Sunday night’s total lunar eclipse has passed into history, get ready for the two brightest planets to unite in a stunning dawn conjunction.

“If the recasting or the characterization itself doesn’t meet up with people’s imagination, then we get into trouble.”

The weirdly clustered orbits of some far-flung bodies in our solar system can be explained without invoking a big, undiscovered “Planet Nine,” a new study suggests.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft made another pass over Jupiter’s surface late last month, and the data is back — including this stunning view of two enormous storms swirling across the gas giant.

For the first time, an animated model visualized a realistic solar flare.

On January 21, 1960, a monkey named Miss Sam launched on a Little Joe rocket to help NASA test the launch escape system for its new Mercury spacecraft. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series!

On Jan. 20, 2019, the moon passes through Earth’s shadow in a total lunar eclipse during the Full Wolf Moon, which is also a “supermoon.” See amazing photos of the Super Blood Wolf Moon of 2019 here!

This past evening, a show-stopping celestial event crossed the sky: a total lunar eclipse.

The Super Blood Wolf Moon eclipse was a sight to behold, as these spectacular photos show.

On Jan. 20, 2019, the moon passes through Earth’s shadow in a total lunar eclipse during the Full Wolf Moon, which is also a “supermoon.” See amazing photos of the Super Blood Wolf Moon of 2019 here!

Go outside and look up — the “Super Blood Wolf Moon” total lunar eclipse is underway!

It’s time for the total lunar eclipse of 2019and if you’re hoping to catch the amazing event, you better check your weather first. The National Weather Forecast for the lunar eclipse tonight (Jan. 20) is basically a coin toss.