The most powerful solar eruption in years fired a powerful 'X-class' solar flare that just hit Earth, and scientists are monitoring for more possible outbursts

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The sun is growing more active.

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It's Been 2 Months. Why Can't NASA Open the Asteroid Sample Container?

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In September, fragments of a near-Earth asteroid were carefully dropped off in the Utah desert. The space rocks hold clues to the origin of the solar system and can possibly answer crucial questions about how our planet came to be—if only we can get to them first.

This is what happens to space tomatoes that get lost on the International Space Station for 8 months

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Two space-grown tomatoes were found earlier this month eight months after they disappeared on the International Space Station.

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NASA paid $5 million for a probe into drug use at SpaceX after Elon Musk was filmed smoking weed. It still won't say what it found.

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NASA initiated a probe into SpaceX one week after Musk was filmed smoking a spliff on Joe Rogan's podcast.

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The 'solar wind,' which the sun is constantly blasting over the planets, suddenly disappeared and created a void around Mars

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The sun can make or break Mars.

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NASA's Voyager 1 Spacecraft Is Speaking Gibberish

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NASA’s iconic space probe is having trouble communicating with its home planet due to a computer glitch, forcing engineers to resort to decades-old manuals to come up with a way to fix the 46-year-old mission.

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How to Watch SpaceX Launch Space Force’s Spaceplane for the First Time

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For the first time, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy will attempt to deliver the Pentagon’s spaceplane to low Earth orbit. The mission marks the seventh for the mysterious spacecraft, aiming to expand the Space Force’s knowledge of the space environment and test new technologies.

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When to watch the spectacular Geminid meteor shower this week. NASA says skies are ideal for viewing it.

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Skywatcher Kenneth Brandon wrote, "This shot is a composite of about 700 frames from a time-lapse I took in Big Sur, CA. I found 61 frames with meteors in them. Then I stacked the frames and created masks for each meteor. "

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2024 Will Be an Epic Year in Spaceflight

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A Martian moons mission, a plethora of private lunar landers, probes to Venus and Jupiter, and reusable heavy-lift rocket tests are among the many highlights we’ll be watching in the coming 12 months, in what looks to be an extraordinary year in spaceflight. Here’s your 2024 calendar.

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NASA found a stray, space-grown tomato that went missing for 8 months, clearing the astronaut they all thought ate it

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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio with tomatoes growing on the International Space Station.

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