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Radar and other data indicated that the meteoroid broke apart in the atmosphere, and some fragments reached the ground.
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The first astronomer to discover moons around Jupiter was Galileo, back in the year 1610, but astronomers are still finding more and more moons around this gas giant.
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Seven astronauts died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentry on Feb. 1, 2003. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks back on the tragedy and how it shaped the agency.
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There was no reason for alarm, as a NASA engineer called it "one of the closest approaches by a known near-Earth object ever recorded." It was only 2,200 miles above the Earth's surface.
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The retired astronaut, who was the second person to walk on the moon, announced his marriage to Anca Faur.
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One year ago, on Christmas Day, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched. Since it began collecting data, it has captured - in stunning detail - previously unobservable stars, planets and galaxies.
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InSight's end has long been in sight, with NASA warning that it would likely be inoperative by the end of the year. The lander went quiet this weekend and shared a tweet it said might be its last.
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Sixteen passengers with disabilities are boarding a special airplane flight from Houston with a nonprofit group called AstroAccess.
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The successful splashdown of the spacecraft with no humans aboard keeps NASA's Artemis mission on track to put the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface by 2025.
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The theme for the artwork is 'Breaking Boundaries in Space.' The submission deadline is Dec. 16. Blastoff is scheduled for next January.