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NASA says it will spend nine months studying UFOs

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NASA says it will spend nine months studying UFOs

Mashable June 11, 2022

NASA wants to believe. And maybe it will at the conclusion of the latest study the U.S....

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NASA has released an retro arcade game about the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope

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NASA has released an retro arcade game about the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope

Mashable June 10, 2022

NASA has released a browser-based game intended to spark interest in the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope. Creatively...

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A micrometeoroid hit NASA’s giant Webb telescope, but it took it like a champ

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A micrometeoroid hit NASA’s giant Webb telescope, but it took it like a champ

Mashable June 8, 2022

When you’re a new parent, every little bump and bruise concerning your child is distressing, headline-worthy news....

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NASA spacecraft zooms over Jupiter’s swirling clouds at 131,000 mph

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NASA spacecraft zooms over Jupiter’s swirling clouds at 131,000 mph

Mashable June 4, 2022

Buckle up for a wild flyby. NASA’s Juno spacecraft — the most distant probe orbiting another planet...

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NASA taps SpaceX for five additional missions through 2030

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NASA taps SpaceX for five additional missions through 2030

Mashable June 4, 2022

NASA has announced the purchase of five additional crewed flights from SpaceX as part of their efforts...

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NASA’s tenacious drone sweeps over Mars in farthest flight yet

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NASA’s tenacious drone sweeps over Mars in farthest flight yet

Mashable May 30, 2022

The little Martian helicopter-that-could has done it again. Ingenuity, a small 4-pound robotic scout that hitched a...

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Vigilant amateur asteroid hunters keep watch for menacing space rocks

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Vigilant amateur asteroid hunters keep watch for menacing space rocks

Mashable May 28, 2022

In the Mojave Desert of Southern California, Bob Stephens has a wide view of the cosmos, where...

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Meteor shower this week: Everything you need to know about tau Herculids

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Meteor shower this week: Everything you need to know about tau Herculids

Mashable May 28, 2022

There’s a chance you might see a slight meteor shower known as the tau Herculids this long...

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Astronomer captures image of the huge mile-wide asteroid (safely) passing Earth

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Astronomer captures image of the huge mile-wide asteroid (safely) passing Earth

Mashable May 25, 2022

It’s extremely unlikely that a colossal space rock will slam into Earth in the coming centuries, and...

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If a scary asteroid will actually strike Earth, here’s how you’ll know

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If a scary asteroid will actually strike Earth, here’s how you’ll know

Mashable May 22, 2022

This story, originally published in June 2021, has been republished as part of Mashable’s “Space Rocks” series....

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