Mysterious flashes of light on Venus aren't what scientists thought, according to a new study. And it could mean safer missions to the planet in the future.

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Venus has a mysterious display of light shows and scientists can't agree on what's causing them.

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NASA says UFOs are probably balloons, planes, or solar glints — but not aliens

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Aliens probably aren't the cause of UAP, but NASA is determined to find out what is.

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What the James Webb Space Telescope's discoveries on another planet mean — and don't mean — for the search for alien life

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Exoplanet K2-18 b is not a planet astronomers would typically think to search for alien life.

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India's moon lander is the first to study the lunar south pole region up close. Here are 5 scientific discoveries it's already made.

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The lunar rover that recently landed near the moon's south pole is about as big as a medium-sized dog.

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India's moon lander detected movement near the lunar south pole. It could be the first signs of a moonquake in nearly 50 years.

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India's Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander on the moon.

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Photos show European satellite tumbling to its fiery doom after a first-of-a-kind maneuver that prevented a lot of space trash and falling debris on Earth

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Aeolus was the first satellite to study winds on Earth at a global scale.

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SpaceX's mishap investigation is officially closed but that doesn't mean it can fly its Starship rocket just yet

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Starship fully stacked on its launchpad. Elon Musk said Wednesday the rocket was 'ready to launch' on its second flight, pending regulatory approval.

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We may be the only humans to ever see the green Comet Nishimura. Here's how, when, and where to spot it best.

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Comet Nishimura, photographed via telescope in June Lake, California, in late August.

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NASA spent billions on its SLS mega-rocket to take humans to the moon. It finally admitted it is 'unaffordable.'

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The SLS rocket stands at Launch Pad 39B, on November 11, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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A device on NASA's Perseverance rover generated enough oxygen on Mars for a small dog to breathe for 10 hours. Astronauts could be next.

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Members of NASA's Mars 2020 project install the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) into the chassis of NASA's next Mars rover.

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