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The BelugaXL's paint job "features beluga whale-inspired eyes and an enthusiastic grin." For several hours on Thursday, the whale soared over southern France.

Calling all planets that orbit around bright, nearby stars: NASA's new Tess spacecraft is looking to do a head count.The Transiting Exoplanet Survey…

The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986 "was a trauma to the nation's psyche," says Sen. Bill Nelson, a former astronaut. But NASA and the American public have learned a few things about space science since then.