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NASA criticizes China’s handling of rocket re-entry as debris lands near Maldives

The Space Place: A rocket launch, a rocket tumble, a Supermoon and more sky sights

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center set to launch next-gen telescope in October

Vice President Kamala Harris to lead National Space Council

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth; rare night splashdown

Scientists trace origins of 23-million-year-old asteroid that hit Earth

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First supermoon of 2021 is Monday night

Tidal Basin faces uncertain future with rising waters

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Cicadas, keep out! Protecting young trees from periodical pest

NASA announces Mars helicopters’ next flight attempt

Mars didn’t lose all of its water at once, based on Curiosity rover find

SpaceX wins $2.9 billion contract for NASA moon lander

What alien raindrops on other planets have in common with rain on Earth

Microplastics in our air ‘spiral the globe’ in a cycle of pollution, study finds

Nearly ‘catastrophic’ Florida wastewater leak could devastate marine life

CO2 levels highest they’ve been in over 3 million years, NOAA says

As the Arctic warms, lightning strikes are more frequent — even near the North Pole

Herndon’s BlackSky launching more 3D imaging satellites

By the end of the century, summer weather could last half a year (and that’s not a good thing)

Maryland’s original settlement unearthed in St. Mary’s

Largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will be moving unusually fast

The Space Place: A hopeful spring this year