Space

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It's easily the best meteor shower of the year.

Did you know Ceres may be the key to mining on the asteroid belt?

Neil Armstrong, who would have turned 87 years old today, is remembered as both a "reluctant American hero" and "the spiritual repository of spacefaring dreams and ambitions."

Eisenhower signed the legislation largely in response to the USSR's various Sputnik satellites.

Steve Brown's star photography is out of this world.

Wake a few hours before sunrise tomorrow and you can start your day with some shooting stars.

Bill Nye and Neil Gaiman are also involved in the project.

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In an astronomical coincidence, two men discovered the comet simultaneously on July 23, 1995.

A software error coupled with a radar failure led to the loss of NASA's first Venus probe.

The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2016.

Satellites above Kazakhstan captured exhilarating time-lapse images of a Soyuz rocket taking flight.

If you’re lucky enough to witness this spectacular astronomical phenomenon, make sure you bring your eclipse glasses—and a thermometer.

Particles transmitted from the ground successfully reappeared more than 300 miles above Earth on an orbiting satellite.

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The first raw images of the Earth-sized hurricane were released today. Thanks, NASA!

A calculator will tell you how many more chances you'll get to see a total solar eclipse, and where you'll have to go to spot it.

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Days on the planet closest to the Sun may reach 800°F, but it also has water ice.

9. NASA flatly denies one of the insinuations made in the film.

The STS-135 crew got morning wakeup calls from Beyoncé, Paul McCartney, Michael Stipe, and Elton John.

In honor of World UFO Day (on July 2), here are 12 accounts of flying objects that remain fascinating for believers and skeptics alike.

The "year" lasted 18 months.

Did you know a Jovian year is 4333 Earth days long?

The most anticipated eclipse in American history is coming this summer. At the heart of it is Hopkinsville, Kentucky, which anticipates 100,000 visitors. Mental Floss takes a look behind the small town's preparations—and a deep dive into the passionate su