After Lunar Disappointments, NASA Hits the Jackpot With Blue Ghost Moon Lander
NASA made a bet a few years ago that commercial companies could take scientific experiments to the moon on a lower budget than the agency could. Last year, that was…
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Did a TikTok laden with slurs help crack a murder case?
A video laden with expletives and racial slurs that was filmed outside an Orange County restaurant helped apprehend two people suspected in the killing of a Cerritos man, authorities said…
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Lunar Eclipse 2025: How to take blood moon photos with your phone
The lunar eclipse is coming, and it’s going to be a big one. The so-called blood moon on Thursday evening or Friday morning (depending on your time zone) will see…
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Here’s how to watch the ‘blood moon’ total lunar eclipse this week
Celestial enthusiasts will be able to see a total lunar eclipse for the first time in three years this week. The “blood moon” will be visible in every state between…
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Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate Is Unclear
Athena didn’t crash. But what did happen to it? Hours after the 15-foot-tall robotic spacecraft arrived at the moon’s surface, closer to the lunar south pole than any spacecraft has…
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Intuitive Machines Athena Moon Lander Dies After Toppling Over
A day after landing on the moon, the robotic Athena spacecraft built by Intuitive Machines of Houston is dead. In an update on its website on Friday, the company confirmed…
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Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Launches on Journey to the Moon
Intuitive Machines landed a robot on the moon last year. Can the Houston company do it again, but keep the spacecraft upright this time? The company’s second lander, named Athena,…
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A company is returning to the moon. Here’s how it will avoid tipping again
When Intuitive Machines became the first private space company to land on the moon, it was hailed as successful, despite its spacecraft breaking a leg and falling to its side. …
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NASA Gave Up a Ride to the Moon. This Startup’s Rover Took It.
NASA’s second thoughts about VIPER opened an opportunity for someone else to book that ride to the moon. Just because its cargo was canceled did not mean Astrobotic’s journey was…
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Private spacecraft gets dramatic view of Earth eclipsing moon
A robotic spacecraft has beamed home crisp videos and snapshots of Earth eclipsing the moon. Though lunar eclipses generally aren’t that unusual — stargazers can watch Earth’s shadow obscuring the…
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What Trump’s Pledge to Plant the U.S. Flag on Mars Really Means
During his Inaugural Address on Monday, President Donald J. Trump again promised to launch American astronauts to Mars. Seated nearby, Elon Musk, a political benefactor of Mr. Trump who founded…
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NASA leader doubts Elon Musk will push Trump to axe moon rocket
NASA will not launch astronauts around the moon next year as planned, pushing the Artemis II mission back another six months to April 2026, space officials said Thursday. The new…
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SpaceX launches Starship in test with Trump in attendance
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket system on its sixth test flight Tuesday, with Donald Trump in attendance at the company’s Texas launchpad. Trump’s presence underscores the close ties SpaceX owner…
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SpaceX successfully launches and catches Starship booster in fifth test flight
SpaceX pulled off its boldest test flight yet of the enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. Towering almost 400…
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NASA thinks it found a moon light-years away spewing gas
Scientists have never actually seen a moon orbiting a planet other than the ones in this solar system. An exomoon, a companion to an exoplanet, likely would be too tiny…
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NASA to search for signs of life on one of Jupiter’s moons
In 2015, Bill Nye was on Marine One with President Obama. The television personality and science advocate was officially there for an Earth Day event, but he took the opportunity…
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How to see Tuesday night’s Harvest supermoon and partial lunar eclipse
The skies will light up Tuesday night with a double lunar phenomenon: the Harvest supermoon and a partial lunar eclipse. Supermoons are full moons that appear larger because they happen…
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Search for survivors after small plane crashes in Half Moon Bay
Crews are searching for survivors after a small plane crashed into the waters near Half Moon Bay around 7 p.m. Sunday. Wreckage of the craft was found overnight, and authorities…
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Child, 5, dies after she and man are swept into ocean at Half Moon Bay
A 5-year-old girl died Saturday after being swept out to sea at Half Moon Bay, and the search for a man who was with the child has been suspended, according…
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India shares video proof of its phenomenal moon landing and rover
The world celebrated India on its historic moon landing Wednesday, as it became the first space program to reach the lunar south pole region with a robotic spacecraft. But in…
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