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This illustration shows NASA's Perseverance rover with sample tubes on the Martian surface. Funding has been cut for the mission, effectively ending it. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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NASA’s Mars Sample Return Is Dead, Paving The Way For China

  • January 9, 2026
It looks like NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission has come to a bureaucratic end. The mission was…
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International Space Station crew to return early after astronaut medical issue
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International Space Station crew to return early after astronaut medical issue

  • January 9, 2026
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour carrying the Crew-11 mission lifts off from…
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A region of space mostly filled with background galaxies, with one prominent star at upper left. A large blob of purple haze occupies much of the field. Within the purple region, an unremarkable area is outlined with a dashed white circle.
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Hubble telescope discovers ‘Cloud-9,’ a dark and rare ‘failed galaxy’ that’s unlike anything seen before

  • January 9, 2026
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have just spotted a new type of celestial object: Cloud-9, a starless,…
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T-Mobile's Billy Bob Thornton Ads for Cellular Starlink Flagged as Misleading
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T-Mobile’s Billy Bob Thornton Ads for Cellular Starlink Flagged as Misleading

  • January 9, 2026
You may have spotted actor Billy Bob Thornton in TV commercials endorsing T-Mobile’s cellular Starlink service. But an…
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foiur-photo montage showing four different astronauts — three men and one woman — aboard the international space station
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NASA says it will return 4 astronauts home early in 1st-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station

  • January 9, 2026
‘For the first time ever, astronauts will depart the International Space Station early due to a medical issue.…
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The primary structure of Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element stands inside a high-bay cleanroom at Lanteris Space Systems in Palo Alto, California. The large rectangular structure is covered in reflective silver-colored panels. Two technicians in white cleanroom suits work near the base of the structure.
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NASA Starts Up Gateway’s Power System for First Time

  • January 9, 2026
Development continues on NASA’s Power and Propulsion Element, a solar electric propulsion spacecraft designed to provide power for…
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NASA to bring ISS Crew-11 astronauts back to Earth Saturday
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NASA to bring ISS Crew-11 astronauts back to Earth Saturday

  • January 8, 2026
Crew-11 mission astronauts wave as they depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building en route to…
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NASA announces new space object 'Cloud-9' discovered with Hubble Space Telescope
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NASA announces new space object ‘Cloud-9’ discovered with Hubble Space Telescope

  • January 8, 2026
SKY BLAZE ☄️: Skywatchers in Puerto Rico witness a fragment meteor zip across the sky. Witnesses said it…
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Watch a Supernova's Expansion Over 25 Years in Dramatic NASA Timelapse : ScienceAlert
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Watch a Supernova’s Expansion Over 25 Years in Dramatic NASA Timelapse : ScienceAlert

  • January 8, 2026
A new video provides a front-row seat to a cosmic drama that has been playing out for centuries.…
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Four astronauts in spacesuits walk through a small corridor, following another person. The photo is in black and white.
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Best of 2025: Artemis II Countdown Demonstration Test

  • January 8, 2026
Artemis II crewmembers (left to right) NASA astronauts Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot; CSA (Canadian…
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ESA says it is “waiting for spring” to launch an initial hop test of its Themis reusable rocket demonstrator from the Esrange Space Centre in Sweden.
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ESA “Waiting for Spring” to Launch Themis Reusable Rocket Demonstrator

  • January 8, 2026
Credit: ArianeGroup / Swedish Space Corporation The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed that, with the launch facility…
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Lunar Missions May Contaminate Life’s Building Blocks, New Research Reveals
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Lunar Missions May Contaminate Life’s Building Blocks, New Research Reveals

  • January 8, 2026
As lunar exploration intensifies, the potential for contamination of the Moon’s surface by spacecraft exhaust has become a…
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