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Park Fire rages across California in dramatic satellite video
The second-largest wildfire of 2024 continues to rage in northern California, and satellites are watching the destruction unfold.
SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 5th test flight (photos, video)
SpaceX ignited the engines on its Starship spacecraft on Friday afternoon (July 26) to prep for an upcoming test flight, which may be just a few weeks away.
Boeing's Starliner tests thrusters at ISS as NASA reviews options for astronauts' return to Earth
Crew Flight Test and its NASA astronauts have spent more than 50 days in space ISS after helium leaks and thruster issues.
Watch a colossal X-class solar flare erupt from Earth-facing sunspot (video)
An X-flare erupted from the sun at 10:33 p.m. EDT on July 28 (0233 GMT July 29). Watch the action unfold here.
Dark matter could play 'matchmaker' for supermassive black holes
Dark matter could act as a cosmic matchmaker between dark matter and merging supermassive black holes, solving astronomy's "final parsec problem."
Dead stars sometimes shine again — and gravity itself may be responsible
Do dead stars glow? A strange gravitational phenomenon could be generating enormous amounts of light around neutron stars, new research suggests.
See the moon meet Mars, follow the Arc to Arcturus and keep your eyes peeled for meteors and more this week
Discover your night sky this week, July 29 — Aug. 4, 2024, using just your naked eyes, no equipment necessary.
'That was a really wild experience': How brand-new NASA astronaut Andre Douglas joined Artemis 2 moon mission (exclusive)
Andre Douglas became eligible for NASA spaceflights in March. Weeks later, the NASA astronaut learned he would back up the next mission to fly humans around the moon.
