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Verge Science is here to bring you the most up-to-date space news and analysis, whether it’s about the latest findings from NASA or comprehensive coverage of the next SpaceX rocket launch to the International Space Station. We’ll take you inside the discoveries of new exoplanets, space weather, space policy, and the booming commercial space industry.

Nobel Prize in physics awarded to three scientists for the detection of gravitational waves

by Loren Grush

Young Mars warmed by methane bursts might have flowed with water

by Rachel Becker
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NASA photos of Puerto Rico show how Maria wiped out power on the island

by Loren Grush
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What NASA's Golden Record taught me about humanity

by Alessandra Potenza
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Can SpaceX afford its new Mars rocket — and will there be a market for it?

by Loren Grush
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Elon Musk’s idea for commercial rocket travel on Earth would be a logistical nightmare

by Andrew J. Hawkins
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NASA delays launch of the world’s most powerful space telescope, again

by Thuy Ong
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Elon Musk wants to send you anywhere on Earth in under an hour

Elon Musk wants to blast you from New York to London in 29 minutes.

Posted by Verge Science on Friday, 29 September 2017
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Elon Musk proposes city-to-city travel by rocket, right here on Earth

by Sean O'Kane
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Elon Musk plans to put all of SpaceX’s resources into its Mars rocket

by Loren Grush
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Elon Musk’s Mars colonization update: start time, streaming, and what to expect

by Sean O'Kane
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Elon Musk teases pictures of a SpaceX Moon base and Martian city

by Loren Grush
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What to expect from Elon Musk’s Mars colonization update this week

by Loren Grush
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US and Russia agree to research future lunar space station

by James Vincent
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Almost 90 percent of American adults watched the eclipse last month

by Alessandra Potenza
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A fourth gravitational wave has been detected — and we've pinpointed its location better than ever before

by Loren Grush
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Rocket Lab's rocket is launching again soon — and this time it'll carry satellites to space

by Loren Grush

WeChat changes splash screen from NASA’s Earth photo to Chinese satellite replica

by Shannon Liao
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What it's like to spend 8 months on a fake Mars mission

by Loren Grush
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The most energetic cosmic rays pelting Earth are coming from outside our galaxy

by Loren Grush
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Stratolaunch tests all six engines on its massive rocket-launching plane

by Loren Grush
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A NASA spacecraft is about to slingshot around Earth to meet up with an asteroid

by Loren Grush
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NASA’s Cassini probe has broken apart in Saturn’s atmosphere — ending its 20-year journey

by Loren Grush
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Watch NASA’s Cassini mission come to an end 20 years after launching

by Thuy Ong

Giant storms, methane lakes, and hidden oceans: Cassini’s best discoveries of Saturn and its moons

by Loren Grush
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Here’s Elon Musk’s SpaceX blooper reel 

by Thuy Ong
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Before NASA's Cassini flies into Saturn, take a look back at its best images

by Alessandra Potenza
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Watch three new crew members launch to the International Space Station this afternoon

by Loren Grush
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft will meet its fiery end in Saturn's atmosphere on Friday

by Loren Grush
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The Sun has produced a whole bunch of solar flares this week

by Loren Grush
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Elon Musk shares another photo of SpaceX’s future space suits

by Loren Grush
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How NASA is preparing for Irma at its most important Florida spaceport

by Loren Grush
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Every SpaceX rocket landing attempt

SpaceX just nailed two rocket landings in one weekend.

Posted by Verge Science on Monday, June 26, 2017
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Watch a GIF of every successful — and failed — SpaceX Falcon 9 landing attempt

by Sean O'Kane
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