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A new book describes eclipse-watchers through history, and how many of them tried to document totality.
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft took this photo of Saturn's moon Tethys at the end of 2016, making it one of the last views of the ringed planet's moons before its mission end in April.
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This time it’s real-time.
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How to speed up the search for new worlds? Gamify it!
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Col. David Brynteson, the 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group commander, checks the engine on an F-15E Strike Eagle.
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Tethered drones aren't as well known as their free-flying counterparts, but can be more useful.
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A view of Lake Powell, the reservoir on the Colorado River in southern Utah and northern Arizona, from the International Space Station.
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Vents below the icy moon’s surface may power a biosphere, although there are other possibilities, too.
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On the first space shuttle mission in 1981, NASA called on a secret eye in the sky.
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In this view from NASA's F-18 chase aircraft, Orbital ATK's L-1011 flies above just before it launched a Pegasus XL rocket carrying the <a href="http://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/new-satellite-network-will-watch-hurricanes-grow-180961403/" target="_blank">CYGNSS hurricane-watcher satellites into orbit last December</a>.
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Pete Theisinger is this year’s recipient of the National Air and Space Museum Lifetime Achievement Trophy.
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Once the record holder for time spent in orbit, the cosmonaut’s career ranged from Sputnik to space stations to science fiction.
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A B-2 Spirit prepares to take off to support operations from Sirte, Libya.
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The story of a visionary who turned a blind eye to human suffering.
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NGC 4696 is the brightest galaxy in a cluster that contains hundreds of galaxies. This image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows its unique structure, with curling filaments that seem to be the result of a supermassive black hole at the galaxies center, as hot gas gets pushed outward.
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The Patrouille de France performance team graces American skies this airshow season.
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At NASA's Johnson Space Center, engineers are running simulations that test how the Orion spacecraft will vibrate atop the Space Launch System rocket. The test subjects also wear modified spacesuits to gauge their mobility and visibility in the spacecraft.
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Some of YouTube’s best robots turn out to be vaporware.
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An F-16 Viper Demonstration Team pilot prepares to take off at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.
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Watch the best drone filmography of the year.
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