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A new study in Nature Communications shows that the so-called Red Planet’s color comes from a water-rich mineral called ferrihydrite.

Elon Musk has made unfounded claims that two NASA astronauts were left on the space station for “political reasons” after their Boeing spacecraft ran into problems.

But — importantly — the chances are still “extremely low,” though they have ticked up since the object was first detected.

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck on the International Space Station since June, will come home sooner than anticipated.

NASA said that SpaceX will switch capsules for upcoming crew flights to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home in mid-March instead of late March or April.

Sixty labs around the world are analyzing dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.

Talk about a job with a view! NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, a native of Needham, Massachusetts, joined fellow astronaut Nick Hague on a spacewalk. The duo completed four tasks, including patching up a telescope. They worked so efficiently that they even did extra work, including photographing some components for more repairs. All of this done in just under six hours….

After seven months in orbit, a local astronaut performed her first spacewalk in 12 years.

Suni Williams, one of the two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, performed the year’s first spacewalk Thursday along with fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague.

Suni Williams, one of NASA’s two stuck astronauts, stepped out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station seven months ago.

Texas-based rocket builder Firefly Aerospace launched its “Blue Ghost” cargo lander on a SpaceX rocket on Wednesday. Japanese company ispace tagged along, launching a separate mission.

Smoke from the wildfires that have devastated the Los Angeles area can even be seen from space.

The NASA astronaut and Needham native will help astronaut Nick Hague with tasks as he installs patches to the agency’s Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, scheduled for Jan. 16.

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NASA astronaut Don Pettit, aboard the International Space Station, trained his camera on the northern lights, capturing the phenomenon flickering over nighttime city lights.

The Quadrantid meteor shower will be the year’s first chance to see fireballs in the sky.

While most people are familiar with the term “Blue Moon,” a “Black Moon” is an equally rare phenomenon, and will occur this week.

NASA has confirmed that a spacecraft has made the closest approach to the sun. Earlier this week, the Parker Solar Probe passed within a mere 3.8 million miles of the sun. Space agency officials received an all-clear message Thursday night confirming Parker survived the journey. The spacecraft was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. It’ll...

A NASA spacecraft is about to make the closest approach to the sun. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun.

Earth — and her hometown of Needham, Massachusetts — is going to have to wait a little longer before astronaut Sunita Williams returns from space.

In Suni Williams’ hometown of Needham, Massachusetts, residents are digesting the latest delay in the astronaut’s homecoming — she’ll end up being in space for the better part of a year. 

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