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SpaceX Eyes 2026 Uncrewed Mars Launch as It Scales Starship Production

Elon Musk has reaffirmed plans to use Tesla Optimus robots to validate in-orbit refueling technology for the first mission.

China Launches Tianwen-2 to Sample Asteroid Kamo’oalewa

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NASA’s MAVEN Mission Directly Observes Martian Atmospheric Sputtering

New Dwarf Planet Discovery Challenges Planet Nine Despite 40% Simulated Odds

Researchers Warn Venus Co-Orbital Asteroids Could Endanger Earth

SpaceX to launch ninth Starship test flight with first reused Super Heavy booster

Doubts Deepen Over Potential Biosignature on Exoplanet K2-18b

Study Reveals Jupiter’s Early Size and Magnetic Power

Newly Cataloged Extreme Trans-Neptunian Object Challenges Planet Nine Hypothesis

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Marks 1,500 Sols with Dust Devil-Photobombed Selfie

Study Reveals Jupiter’s Early Size and Magnetic Strength Far Surpassed Current Levels

Retrograde Planet Confirmed in Tight Binary System with White Dwarf

Mars' Dark Streaks Confirmed as Dust Avalanches, Not Water Flows

William Shatner and Elon Musk Rally for Pluto's Planetary Comeback

Webb Telescope Confirms First Extraterrestrial Water Ice in Young Star System

NASA Confirms First Visible-Light Aurora Observed on Mars

NASA's Perseverance Reveals Stunning Image of Mars' Moon Deimos

Methane Clouds and Key Organic Molecule Detected on Titan

SpaceX's Latest Starlink Launch Expands Global Broadband Network

NASA Confirms Uneven Lunar Interior with New Gravity Map