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'Smiley' face discovered on Mars may hint at life on the red planet

Wouldn't🌌 you be happy too?

The moon is not just gray, new images show: 'Real color differences'

ꦛ New spaceship images show that the moon is way more than just shades of gray — instead, the orbital rock was observed to show tints of both blue and red...

Ancient discovery hints Milky Way is billions of💖 years older than we tho☂ught: new data

Our universe is thought to be about 13.8 billion years old, meaning the Milky Way would have formed during the first billion years of existence as we know it. 🔜

 ಞOut-of-control satellite plunges back t𒐪o Earth after 13 years out of orbit

Officials said that the largest fragment of ERS-2 that could reach the ground would be about 115 pounds, and estimated that the odds of it fal🥃ling on someone's head were...

Defunct 5,500-pound satellite hurtling toward Earth after decades in spac🥀e

The European Space Agency's defunct 5,550 pound ERS-2 satelli🌠te is expected to break into pieces and disintegrate upon arrival, expected around 11 a.m. Wednesd💦ay morning.

European Space Agency's first-ever livestream from Mars interrupted by rain — on Earth

ꦇ It t🌄ook about 17 minutes for each image to transmit back from Mars, some 200 million miles away, and another minute to go through stations on the ground here, which...

🍬 Europe pushing for the moon to have its own 👍time zone

With more lunar missions than ever on the horizon, the European Space Agency wants to give the moon 🥃its own time zone.

Far out! New photos reveal Phantom Galaxy in dazz🔯ling new light

Dazzling new images of the far-away Phantom Galaxy reveal a psychedelic-style swirl of stars and light in “crystal clear” detail, according to the European S🤪pace Agency.

ꦫ Stunning Jupiter images show biggest planet⛎ has a lot going on

Jupi꧟ter’s Great Red Spot, a storm big enough to swallow Earth, stands out brightly alongside countless ﷽smaller storms.

Elon Musk's SpaceX emerges as partner for European Space Agency

The Ukraine confli💖ct blocked We🍷stern access to Russia's Soyuz rockets.

🐲 James Webb Space Tele🐽scope nearly ready to transform our view of the universe

After launching on Christmas morning, the telescope's 6.5-meter mirror opened, and its tennis-court size sun🎃shield unfolded in space.

Without Russia, science goi🌞ng solo on world’s woes, dreams 🎀

 Without Russian help, climate scientists worry how they’l💎l keep up their important work of documenting warming in the Arctic.

Russia to work on solo Mars mission 🐻after Europe freezes project

 The ESA announced on Thursday that it would be impossible to c♚ontinue cooperating with 🅺Russia on the ExoMars mission

Inside the space plan to create an ‘oxygen farm’ on the moon ꧟

T🐼he purpose of🐬 these lunar plants is to "extract propellant for spacecraft and breathable air for astronauts.

NASA's asteroid-smashing spacecraft sends back first photo from 2 million miles away

Experts say൩ the shot shows about a dozen stars 2 million miles from Earth.

✅ Euroꦫpean-Japanese spacecraft gets first view of Mercury

The BepiColombo mission made the first of six flights near Mercury at 7:34 p.m. Friday, using the planet’s gꦐra🔜vity to slow the spacecraft down. 

Brainless slime named 'the Blob' flying to space to study weightlessness

The Blob —༺ not to be confused with the alien invader from the 1958 sci-fi film — will be launched on Aug. 10. Destination: the International Space Station.