A partial solar eclipse is seen as the sun rises behind the U.S. Capitol building on June 10, 2021. Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Images hide caption
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NASA engineers work alongside the tip of a solid rocket booster for the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) in NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in February. Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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This multi-wavelength image from NASA shows a universe full of galaxies that are various shapes, colors and sizes. Most are small while a handful are somewhat larger. A few stars are also scattered across the image. NASA/ESA/CSA/A. Pagan (STScI)/R. Jansen (ASU)/NASA hide caption
Dark energy is weakening and the universe could (eventually) collapse, study says
A new half-sky image from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope combines three wavelengths of light to show the Milky Way galaxy in purple and the cosmic microwave background in gray. On the right, the image is zoomed in to show the Orion Nebula. ACT Collaboration; ESA / Planck Collaboration hide caption
Wednesday
In this handout image provided by NASA, support teams work on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov onboard on March 18, 2025, off the coast of Florida. Keegan Barber/NASA via Getty Images hide caption
In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017, astronaut Jack Fischer waves while attached to the Destiny laboratory during a spacewalk to replace a failed data relay box and install a pair wireless antennas. AP/NASA hide caption
What happens to the human body after being in space for extended periods
Tuesday
In this image taken from video provided by NASA, a SpaceX capsule floats in the Gulf of Mexico, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, after landing off the coast of Florida with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov. AP/NASA hide caption
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This image made from video by NASA shows astronauts waving after a four-person crew arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, March 16. AP/NASA hide caption
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launches from the Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on March 14, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Astronauts Suni Williams (lower) and Butch Wilmore (left) were originally supposed to return to Earth in June of last year. Instead, they've been part of the latest crew of the International Space Station, along with astronaut Nick Hague (right). AP/NASA hide caption
SpaceX craft to launch to retrieve 2 astronauts who have been swept up in politics
Tuesday
Light shines from a total lunar eclipse over Santa Monica Beach in California in 2021. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP hide caption
Saturday
The booster of SpaceX's mega rocket Starship is recaptured during a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
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SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
An artists impression of a black hole flinging a hypervelocity star out of the Large Magellanic Cloud. CfA/Melissa Weiss hide caption
A view of the moon from Intuitive Machine's Athena Lander. Intuitive Machines hide caption