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SpaceX Sets Starship Flight 14 for Sept. 28 Orbital Attempt

A successful orbital insertion would add 26 operational Starlink V3 satellites to the constellation.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Delivers 27 Starlink Satellites From Vandenberg

SpaceX’s Starship Completes 13th Test Flight and Splashes Down Intact

Long-Tracked Near-Earth Object Reclassified as Comet After Missing Radar Detection

Large Asteroid 1997 NC1 to Pass Safely About 2.56 Million km From Earth

TESS Survey Identifies 27 Candidate Two‑Star Planets

Comet PANSTARRS Now Visible in Germany’s Pre‑Dawn Sky as Viewing Window Closes

Artemis II Crew Completes Lunar Flyby and Sets Farthest-From-Earth Record

Atlas 5 Lifts 29 Amazon Leo Satellites, Setting Payload Record

SpaceX Launches 29 Starlink Satellites as Falcon 9 Booster Lands on 27th Flight

Crescent Moon Brushes Past Saturn Tonight, With Neptune Nearby

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Makes Closest Earth Pass at 270 Million Kilometers

SpaceX Targets Wednesday Vandenberg Launch of 27 Starlink Satellites on Falcon 9’s 30th Flight

Rare Near-Sun Alignment of Mercury, Venus and Mars Is Underway

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Inside 300 Million Kilometers, Set for 269 Million-Kilometer Earth Flyby on Dec. 19

Researchers Identify Compact 'Inner Kernel' in the Kuiper Belt at 43 AU

Astronomers Map Orbit and Mass of Stormy Brown Dwarf Around Nearby Red Dwarf

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Surprises Researchers With CO2-Rich Coma and Nickel Vapor

Two Comets Share the Night Sky This Weekend as Swan Peaks, Lemmon Nears Earth

Comet Lemmon Brightens Ahead of Oct. 20–21 Peak, Now Near the Big Dipper