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<p>The business end of the SpaceX Starship hopper prototype.</p>

The SpaceX 'Starhopper' is ready to make its biggest leap

After delays, the prototype version of Elon Musk's Mars rocket could soon get the go-ahead to rise up.

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<p>The Marius Hills pit, spotted in 2009, stretches 65 meters across and could be a skylight leading down to a lava tube that could allow space-farers to escape space radiation.</p>

NASA Moon Diver explores ancient Hawaiian lava pits

Take me with you, NASA.

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<p>The Rolling Stones are on a short US tour.</p>

NASA, the Rolling Stones and Robert Downey Jr. are up to something

"This may be the most exciting thing I've ever done," says Downey. But you have to wait until tonight to find out.

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<p>This image marks the Apollo crater and the Mare Orientale basin.&nbsp;</p>

India's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft delivers gorgeous first moon photo

That's amore, er, Mare Orientale.

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Russia just sent a creepy, humanoid robot to the space station

Fedor has been known to dual-wield pistols but we're pretty confident he's just heading up there for research purposes.

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<p>NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of fires burning in the Amazon rainforest on Aug. 13.</p>

Amazon rainforest fires rage in sobering views from space

Satellites are tracking a record number of wildfires burning across Brazil's rainforest.

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From Tetris to the moon and back: Henk Rogers on sustainability

Henk Rogers discovered Tetris and brought it to the West. Now, this legendary tech entrepreneur is on a mission to stop climate change.

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<p>We're already picking up more signals from deep space.</p>

Space's mysterious fast radio bursts: What the heck are they?

We've entered a new era of research into one of the newest phenomena in all of space. Here's what you need to know.

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Elon Musk ponders solar reflectors instead of nuking Mars to warm it up

Fewer explosions and more shiny things might be the key to making the Red Planet habitable.

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<p>Europa as seen by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.</p>

Mission to Jupiter moon Europa gets go-ahead from NASA

It's one of Jupiter's biggest moons, and scientists think there's an ocean beneath its crust.

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<p>The business end of the SpaceX Starship hopper prototype.</p>

Elon Musk: Newt Gingrich's $2 billion moon prize is a 'great idea'

SpaceX or Blue Origin could beat NASA to the moon -- especially with a boost from the US government.

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<p>NASA's Insight lander took this selfie in late 2018.</p>

See NASA's InSight Mars lander try to squish the soil

Pat the planet.

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