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Look Past The Stars

CNET experts demystify space — from the moon's surface to distant galaxies.

ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti in a hatch to the Cygnus spacecraft with bags of garbage behind her.

ISS Astronaut Maps Out the Stinkiest Spots on the Space Station

The whiffiest places on the space station are all -- no real surprise -- waste-related.

By Amanda Kooser

Illustration of a blue-looking exoplanet K2-18 b close up against the darkness of space with a small red orb of a star in the distance.

Webb Finds Potentially Habitable Exoplanet Might Be an Ocean World

By Amanda Kooser

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Here's Where Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Is After Five Years in Space

By Amanda Kooser

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Here's What Happens When You Ask the Internet to Name a Uranus Mission

By Amanda Kooser

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99% of Humans Will Experience Daylight at the Same Time on Friday, but There's a Catch

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No, James Webb Space Telescope Images Do Not Debunk the Big Bang

By Jackson Ryan

Latest

Keep up with the latest news about our universe — from space missions to asteroids.

NASA Spots Eerie 'Spider' Shapes in Mars Crater View

SpaceX Falcon Heavy May Launch NASA Psyche Mission to Metal Asteroid Next Week

Meteor Shower Season Heats Up With Daytime Sextantid Show

NASA Opens Osiris-Rex Asteroid Sample Canister, Revealing Cosmic Bounty

Peculiar Galaxies Collide in Haunting NASA Hubble View

NASA's New Moon Mosaic Lets You Peer Deep Into Shackleton Crater

Next Launch of SpaceX Starship Faces More Potential Delays

Jupiter's Moon Callisto Has a Whole Lot of Oxygen Scientists Struggle to Explain

Webb Finds Potentially Habitable Exoplanet Might Be an Ocean World

See the Eerie Final Images of a Doomed Wind-Watching Satellite