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Ultima Thule, a distant space rock with two lobes like a bowling pin

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Distant space rock Ultima Thule formed in a slow and gentle collision

New images of the most distant space rock we have ever visited show that it has mysterious bright spots and stripes, and that it probably formed in a slow-motion collision

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Revealed: First image of huge meteor explosion over Earth last year

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Revealed: First image of huge meteor explosion over Earth last year

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Black holes and lasers could let us cheat at interstellar travel

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Black holes and lasers could let us cheat at interstellar travel

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A plane in flight

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UK and other EU countries ban Boeing 737 Max after Ethiopia crash

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Mae Jemison: The astronaut plotting a journey to other stars

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Mae Jemison: The astronaut plotting a journey to other stars

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At last, US dream of resuming human space launches are within reach

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SpaceX ready to take humans to the ISS after a successful dummy run

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SpaceX ready to take humans to the ISS after a successful dummy run

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Two days remain until the planned liftoff of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket—the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans. Liftoff is targeted for 2:49 a.m. EST on Saturday, March 2, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission to the International Space Station serves as an end-to-end test of the system’s capabilities.

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SpaceX is about to launch a dummy astronaut called Ripley to the ISS

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VSS Unity

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Virgin Galactic reaches space again - this time with a passenger

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Mission controllers celebrate Hayabusa 2's touchdown on Ryugu

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Japan’s Hayabusa 2 bags its first sample from the asteroid Ryugu

A Japanese spacecraft has touched down on an asteroid and collected the first of three samples, raising hopes for the space mining industry

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First private mission to the moon is launched on SpaceX rocket

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European Mars rover named after DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin

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Distant Ultima Thule is a weirdly flat snowman that defies explanation

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Here's how we could turn an asteroid into a space station

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