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NASA Could Send Your Tweet Into Deep Space

The #MessageToVoyager contest celebrates the 40th anniversary of the spacecraft's launch.

Bob Adams, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 2.0

Sign Up for Free Livestreams from Space Telescopes Just in Time for the Solar Eclipse

Members willing to pay extra will have the power to control telescopes around the world.

6 Memorable Letters From Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong, who would have turned 87 years old today, is remembered as both a "reluctant American hero" and "the spiritual repository of spacefaring dreams and ambitions."

Job Alert! NASA Is Hiring a 'Planetary Protection Officer'

Protect the planets, earn a six-figure salary—it's all in a day's work.

You Could Be One of the First People to See the Upcoming Solar Eclipse With New Airbnb Contest

You’ll see the event itself from a plane, extending the amount of time you’ll get to experience totality.

On This Day in 1958, NASA Was Created

Eisenhower signed the legislation largely in response to the USSR's various Sputnik satellites.

Photograph Captures the Dazzling Hues of the 'Rainbow Star'

Steve Brown's star photography is out of this world.

How to Make Sure Your Eclipse Glasses Are Safe

You don’t want to miss the biggest celestial event of the year, but you don’t want to risk your eyesight, either.

Look Up! The Southern Delta Aquariids Meteor Shower Is Here

Wake a few hours before sunrise tomorrow and you can start your day with some shooting stars.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Recruits George R.R. Martin to Work on His New Video Game

Bill Nye and Neil Gaiman are also involved in the project.

Composite image courtesy of NASA/Faroe Islands/SwRI

Flying Telescopes Will Watch the Total Solar Eclipse from the Air

The instruments will take to the air during the upcoming eclipse to study the solar corona and the surface of Mercury.

What You'll See of the 2017 Solar Eclipse From Your ZIP Code

A new infographic shows what you'll be able to see of the August 21 total solar eclipse across the U.S.—and how far you’ll have to go to see total darkness.

Gregory H. Revera, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

Study Suggests There's Water Beneath the Moon's Surface

And a lot of it.

Philipp Salzgeber // CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Remembering Comet Hale-Bopp's Unlikely Discovery

In an astronomical coincidence, two men discovered the comet simultaneously on July 23, 1995.

On This Day in 1962, NASA Launched and Destroyed Mariner 1

A software error coupled with a radar failure led to the loss of NASA's first Venus probe.

The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2016.

Here’s What a Rocket Launch Looks Like from Space

Satellites above Kazakhstan captured exhilarating time-lapse images of a Soyuz rocket taking flight.

Will the Solar Eclipse Have an Impact on the Weather?

If you’re lucky enough to witness this spectacular astronomical phenomenon, make sure you bring your eclipse glasses—and a thermometer.

The New ISS Mascot: This Incredibly Cute Camera Drone

The Int-Ball, which can be controlled from Earth, will free up time astronauts would otherwise spend photographing their work.

Chinese Scientists 'Teleport' an Object Into Space

Particles transmitted from the ground successfully reappeared more than 300 miles above Earth on an orbiting satellite.

NASA / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Seán Doran © PUBLIC DOMAIN

Here's the Closest View of Jupiter's Great Red Spot That Humans Have Ever Seen

The first raw images of the Earth-sized hurricane were released today. Thanks, NASA!

How Many Solar Eclipses Will You Be Able to See In Your Lifetime?

A calculator will tell you how many more chances you'll get to see a total solar eclipse, and where you'll have to go to spot it.

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

7 Hot Facts About Mercury

Days on the planet closest to the Sun may reach 800°F, but it also has water ice.

10 Starry Facts About Contact

9. NASA flatly denies one of the insinuations made in the film.

Remembering the Final Space Shuttle Mission

The STS-135 crew got morning wakeup calls from Beyoncé, Paul McCartney, Michael Stipe, and Elton John.

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