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Russian Meteor's Origin Remains Mysterious 2 Years Later Two years after an asteroid exploded over Russia and injured more than 1,200 people, the origin of the space rock still puzzles scientists.

 

Europe's Last ATV Space Station Freighter Makes Fleet's Final Re-Entry In the end, Europe's fifth and final space station freighter went out in more of a fiery blaze than with the "big bang" of its namesake. Read More

 

Best Space Stories of the Week – Feb. 15, 2015 It's been a big week in space, from the launch of Europe's prototype IXV minishuttle to the splashdown on SpaceX's robotic Dragon cargo capsule. Iconic 'Pale Blue Dot' Recalled By Ann Druyan On Anniversary | Video On Feb. 14th, 1990, the Voyager 1 probe snapped an image of Earth. The probe was more than 4 billion miles away at the time. Druyan, Carl Sagan's co-author and widow, talks about how impactful the image is on humanity.

 

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'Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens' in Photos The 2015 science fiction film 'Star Wars Episode VII' carries the subtitle 'The Force Awakens.' See photos and images here from 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens.'. Read More Boeing CST-100: Next-Generation Spaceship The aviation giant aims to take astronauts to the International Space Station in a capsule that is similar to Apollo spacecraft. Read More Don't Panic, But the Sun Will (Far) Outlive Earth (Op-Ed) In a few billion years, the sun will become a red giant so large that it will engulf our planet. But the Earth will become uninhabitable much sooner than that. After about a billion years the sun will become hot enough to boil our oceans. Read More

 

Aurora Borealis: What Causes the Northern Lights & Where to See Them The northern and southern lights are a dazzling spectacle for skywatchers lucky enough to see them, but fascinating science is behind what causes these impressive light shows. Four Space Shuttle Fliers to Be Inducted by Astronaut Hall of Fame The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will honor four space shuttle astronauts this spring as it marks 25 years since its founding. See which astronauts have the right stuff in 2015. Cosmonaut Cuisine in Tubes: Real Russian Space Food on Sale in Moscow Real space food for cosmonauts is on sale in Moscow in the form of space food tubes. How to find them at the All-Russian Exhibition Center.